Israel and Palestine Film Handout
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Israel and Palestine: The Roots of Conflict In 1947, the United Nations proposed a plan to partition Palestine and create a homeland for Jewish people. More than 50 years later, conflict between Jews and Palestinians is still unresolved-and it is often marked by violence. Learn the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the historical claims to the land that both sides have made. 1. Who is involved in the conflict? They are Jews and Muslims. 2. What region is at the heart of the conflict? Describe the claim that both groups have on this region. Israel and Palestine is the heath of the conflict. 3. What is Israel? When was it founded and by whom? It is a country that was split from Palestine. 4. What is the Zionist Movement?
