Contemporary Conflicts And Challenges- Gaza And The West Bank

Question 1

Where?

Answer 1

East coast of Mediterranean Sea, Middle East

Palestinian Territories created to end conflict: Gaza, West Bank, Israel(with Jerusalem)

Question 2

What?

Answer 2

Conflict over who had right to the land (the Palestines)

Question 3

Who?

Answer 3

Jews-settled in Palestine in early 20th century
Also fled WW2
Arabs(Palestinians)- already lived there

Question 4

Proposal

Answer 4

1947-UN plan to divide Palestine into Jewish State and Arab State and Jerusalem
Jews accepted

Question 5

Problems

Answer 5

Palestinians/Arab states didn’t accept

War

Question 6

Solution

Answer 6

1949-3 states created

Israel (for Jewish)the West Bank (Arab territory), Gaza (Arab territory)

Question 7

Conflict continued

Answer 7

1960s-Palestinian Liberation Organisation aimed to return former area of Palestine to an Arab state-armed conflict PLO/Israeli forces

Question 8

Israels response to attack

Answer 8

invaded West Bank/gaza 1967

Conflicts continued

Question 9

Peace talks?

Answer 9

1993
PLO recognising Israel as a state
Israel give West Bank/Gaza back to Palestinians

Question 10

End of conflict?

Answer 10

No, 2006 elections
Palestinuan group won in WB and G
Violent history against Israel
Conflict continues

Question 11

Social impacts

Answer 11

Estimated 50-100,000 military deaths, 10-50,000 civilian deaths
Many injured
700,000 Palestinians forced from homes

Question 12

Environmental impacts

Answer 12

Military structures (bases) ruin
Loss of agricultural land
Pollution by explosions
Sea polluted

Question 13

Economic impacts

Answer 13

Likely to have cost trillions of US$ since 1948
Stopped economic growth
Poverty (unemployment)
Can't trade, no country
Rely on international aid