Green Line Divide Flashcards
What do Palestinians call the area where Israelis live beyond the green line?
Occupation or Israeli Occupation
What do Israelis call the area where Israelis live beyond the Green Line?
Disputed Territories or Territories
How does international law view the territories?
the West Bank and Gaza Strip are regarded as occupied territories under international law because they were not part of Israel before June 1967 war, when the Israeli army conquered them
What was decided about a two-state solution after the 1967 war?
The coalition governments from 1967 - 1977 decided not to make a decision, most Israelis believed that their country could keep most or even all of the lands captured in 1967
How did PAI feel about the two-state solution?
§ Palestinian representatives from the West Bank wanted to reach a dead with Israel for the establishment of a Palestinian political entity alongside Israel, On the Palestinian side, political elites were at times inept or ambiguous in the proposal for peace with Israel (lacked political unity)
What are the characteristics of Area A in the WB?
Under PA’s administrative and police control in all the Palestinian cities and large towns of the West Bank, where most Palestinians live. (most densely populated)
What are the characteristics of Area B?
PA is responsible for civil affairs but shares security control with Israeli authorities
What are the characteristics of Area C?
Under Israeli military control. Sparsely populated by Arab or Jewish inhabitants and characterized by harsh climate and low to no rainfall
Are Israelis allowed to enter Area A?
Entry for Area A is prohibited for Israelis, However, in practice the IDF does not enforce the ban on Palestinian Israeli Arabs.
How was the settler project created?
Religious nationalists saw the Israeli victory of 1967 as a miracle and embraced the messianic version of religious Zionism (Greater Israel = Promised Land from God who commanded Jews to inhabit Judea and Samaria)
Who lives in the Settlements?
The religious national settlers represent only 1/4 of all settlers, most Jewish settlers do not fit the stereotype and choose to live in illegal settlements for economic reasons (shorter commute, cost of living, affordable housing, quality of life etc)
How does the Israeli government respond to the settler movement?
Both of the country’s major political parties, Labour and Likud, have supported settlement building in the West Bank,
What have religious nationalist been trying to do?
religious nationalist settlers had been lobbying and manipulating Israeli governments to expand Israeli settlements in the West Bank, fearing Israel might try to return them
