term 3 Flashcards
Palestine
Palestine is a geographic region in Western Asia between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. It is sometimes considered to include adjoining territories
West Bank
The West Bank is a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia, forming the bulk of the Palestinian territories.
partition
the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts.
Balfour Declaration
The Balfour Declaration (dated 2 November 1917) was a letter from the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Baron Rothschild (Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild), a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland.
zionism
a movement for (originally) the re-establishment and (now) the development and protection of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel. It was established as a political organization in 1897 under Theodor Herzl, and was later led by Chaim Weizmann.
Palestine Liberation Organization
The Palestine Liberation Organization is an organization founded in 1964 with the purpose of the “liberation of Palestine” through armed struggle.
intifada
the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, beginning in 1987.
Israel
srael or, officially the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia, situated at the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea.
anti-semitic
is prejudice against, hatred of, or discrimination against Jews as a national, ethnic, religious or racial group.
persecuted
subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs.
scapegoat
(in the Bible) a goat sent into the wilderness after the Jewish chief priest had symbolically laid the sins of the people upon it (Lev. 16).
General Assembly
is the world’s forum for discussing matters affecting world peace and security, and for making recommendations concerning them. It has no power to enforce decisions. It is composed of the 51 original member nations and those admitted since, totaling 192.
Security Council
is the primary instrument for establishing and maintaining international peace. Its main purpose is to prevent war by settling disputes between nations.
Secretary General
a title given to the principal administrator of some organizations, most notably the United Nations.
concentration camp
a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution. The term is most strongly associated with the several hundred camps established by the Nazis in Germany and occupied Europe in 1933–45, among the most infamous being Dachau, Belsen, and Auschwitz.
