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| Who is involved in this conflict? |
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| Israeli people and Palestinian people |
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| What region is this happening in? What claims do both sides have? |
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| This is happening in the middle east and both sides believe they should have the land because it is their "holy land" |
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| What is Israel? Who founded Israel? |
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| The United Nations founded Israel in 1947. and It is a Jewish Country |
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| What is the Zionist Movement? |
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| The Zionist movement is when the Zionist people wanted the Palestinians out of the area in order for the Jews to obtain more of the land the Palestinians were settled on. |
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| How did the holocaust and WWII effect the formation of a Jewish homeland? |
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| The holocaust destroyed any form of homeland they may have had because they were separated from them. |
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| What is the PLO? Whom do they represent? |
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| The P.L.O. stands for The Palestine Liberation Organization; these people are dedicated to establishing a separate Palestinian state |
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| The Intifada was an uprising by the Palestinian-Arabs against Israeli officers occupying territories near the Gaza Strip. This awoke the rest of the world about the conflict and it’s harshness! |
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| Hamas is Palestine’s largest militant movement that has carried out numerous terroristic attacks, such as suicide bombing, against Israel and the Gaza Strip. Hamas stands for Islamic Resistance Movement. They consider it a religious movement to get their land back at all costs even if it takes killing Israel. |
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| What is happening in Israel and Gaza today? |
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| Israel is taking rockets fired from the Hamas people and then is answering with bombings and stuff like this. |
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| What did Israel agree to in the Oslo accords? |
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Gave Palestinians the power over the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
Israel has control of security. |
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| Do you agree with Israel's Decision not to stop bombings until Palestine stops the rockets? |
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| Yes, I am with Israel on that matter. Air strikes are powerful things. They can be used in such a way that they could make the Hamas want to stop sending rockets in to Israel. If Israel can target where the Hamas leader is and it most important landmarks, with air strikes, maybe Hamas will stop the rockets. |
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| Do you think the international community should get involved in trying to resolve the issue? |
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| No they would just get in the way of professionals trying to resolve a matter. |
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| Looking at the history of Israel and the disputes over land there, what do you think should happen to increase the chances for peace in this region? |
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| Maybe there's a way they can be one country but each present-day country can be a province; or something like this!? |
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