Ethnic cleansing of palestine

Question 1

What does the term bitachon refer to?

Answer 1

meta-term used by Zionists to over a range of issues and justify policies against the local Palestinian population

Question 2

What is Hutchinson’s definition of ethnic cleansing?

Answer 2

expulsion by force in order to homogenise the ethnically mixed population of a particular region or territory

Question 3

What is the UN recognised definition of ethnic cleansing?

Answer 3

separation of men from women, detention of men, explosion of houses and subsequently repopulating the remaining houses with another ethnic group

Question 4

What important distinction did Drazen Petrovic include in his definition of ethnic cleasning?

Answer 4

He associated ethnic cleansing with nationalism and the making of new nation states and national struggle

Question 5

Which definition includes Nakba of 1948?

Answer 5

Popular definitions, such as the wikipedia version

Question 6

When did zionism emerge?

Answer 6

Late 1880s in central and eastern Europe

Question 7

Who was the father of zionism?

Answer 7

Theodor Herzl

Question 8

When did Herzl die?

Answer 8

1904

Question 9

What does Eretz Israel men?

Answer 9

name for Palestine in the Jewish religion

Question 10

What does Hagana mean?

Answer 10

Defence

Question 11

When was the first Arab Revolts?

Answer 11

1936

Question 12

Who led the Zionist movements from mid 1920s until mid 1960s?

Answer 12

David Ben-Gurion

Question 13

Where is David Ben-Gurion from?

Answer 13

Plonsk, Poland - arrived in Palestine in 1906

Question 14

What were the two “magic words” used by Ben-Gurion about achieving the Jewish state?

Answer 14

Force and opportunity!

Question 15

What was special about Ben-Gurion’s approach to seizing land compared to other zionists?

Answer 15

He meant that purchasing land would not be sufficient, one needed to use military force and operations to claim the land

Question 16

What is Gimel?

Answer 16

Place C: revised plan of A and B - amied to prepare the military forces of Jewish community for the offensive campaign

Had list of human targets.

Included: killing palestinian leadership, jewish opposers, damaging palestinian infrastructure

Question 17

What was Dalet?

Answer 17

Plan D: plan that sealed the fate of the palestinians - called for the total expulsion from their homeland

Question 18

Explain UN’s partition plan

Answer 18

the country would be divided into two states, bound together as a federation and the City of Jerusalem would be under international regime by the UN

Question 19

When was the UN partition plan consilidated

Answer 19

29th of November in 1947, resolution 181

Question 20

Why did the US accept the plan?

Answer 20

1. Compensate the Jews after Holocaust
2. Lack of knowledge and expertise about the Palestinian cause - UN was only 2 years old
3. Because Palestinian leadership had been opposed to the partitioning of their land - boycott UN proceedings in protest

Question 21

When did the US become involved in the conflict?

Answer 21

1967