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Dallas, Anthony, Josephine and Bjorn. Peace in Israel, and Palestine. Islam: Most Muslims in the region are Sunni.(traditional Muslims) Christianity: 0.6 percent of the population is Christian. Judaism: Jewish settlers form communities of about 400,000, on Palestinian territory.
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Dallas, Anthony, Josephine and Bjorn Peace in Israel, and Palestine
Islam: Most Muslims in the region are Sunni.(traditional Muslims) Christianity: 0.6 percent of the population is Christian. Judaism: Jewish settlers form communities of about 400,000, on Palestinian territory. Main religions
They all believe in at least part of the old testament. They are all monotheistic, and claim to believe in the same god. They all believe in other spiritual beings, such as angels, and demons. similarities
Mount Moriah: Is a Jewish holy site Where Abraham, one of their founding fathers almost sacrificed his son. Mount Zion: considered holy to Muslims, and Jews, they say it is the burial site of King David The land in this area is commonly referred to in both Islamic, and Jewish holy books. Religious claims to land
Both Islam and Judaism were founded in this region resulting in holy sites from both religions. Palestinians, have lived there traditionally, but Israelis have more allies and weapons. Obstacles to peace
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Terrorism is when people do acts of teer for no real reason. Both sides have terrorists Israelis don’t have very many big groups but the Palestinians have big parties the hammas is a big one There are a lot more terrorism groups on the Palestinian side. Terrorism
A wall was put up to separate the different religions so this would not happen but it turned out that most of the people were more effected with it than with out to it would block school ways work ways and separate families. Goals are to erase the other religion doing what ever they needed to. Objects that stand it the way are ignorance and the hate on the other group. Attempts at peace
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Mahmound Abbas The current leader of Palestine
Hammas ruling party: want outright destructions of Israel Fatah- have finally recognized Israeli’s right to exists (PLO) Mahmuond Abbas Two Political parties
http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/ Citations http://www.allaboutpalestine.com/index.shtml
Current Prime Minister: Benjamin Netanyahu Zionism: The national return of the Jewish people to their homeland and resumption of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel, also means "Jewish national liberation movement." Israel established How- initiated by Theodore Herzl, founder of the Zionist movement, permission by Balfour Declaration of 1917 Which is unasserted British government’s support further creation of the Jewish homeland in Palestine. When- 1948 Why- to create a homeland for the Jewish religion Israel
Relation between the U.S. and Israel- Israel receives about $3 billion per year in military grand, refugee settlement assistance, and other aid. Israel is dependent in U.S. government and military strength. the Palestine's especially don't like that the U.S is helping Israel and not them, but the U.S. is helping Israel because they are considered a country and Palestine isn't. Obstacles Get the people organized Border settlement Israel
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We would cut the country in half with Jerusalem as the boundary The boundary isn’t straight, it’s adaptive according to people’s land so they’re not cut in half Jerusalem is a neutral city Solution for peace
Have people move to live with their family. The government has to subsidize the price of their land, and houses. Solution for peace