term 3 vocab Flashcards
United Nations
is an intergovernmental organization established 24 October 1945, to promote international co-operation.
Declaration of Human Rights
is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948 at the Palais de Chaillot, Paris.
violation
the act of doing something that is not allowed by a law or rule
refugee
someone who has been forced to leave a country because of war or for religious or political reasons
Holocaust
the killing of millions of Jews and other people by the Nazis during World War II
concentration camp
a type of prison where large numbers of people who are not soldiers are kept during a war and are usually forced to live in very bad conditions
Secretary General
a principal administrative officer
Security Council
a permanent council of the United Nations with primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security
General Assembly
the highest governing body in a religious denomination (as the United Presbyterian Church)
scapegoat
a person who is unfairly blamed for something that others have done
persecuted
to treat (someone) cruelly or unfairly especially because of race or religious or political beliefs
anti-semitic
hatred of Jewish people
Israel
a county created post WW2 for jewish references
Palestine
region bordering on the Mediterranean on W & Dead Sea on E; a part of the Ottoman Empire 1516–1917, a British mandate 1923–48; now approx. coextensive with Israel and the West Bank
West Bank
area Middle East W of Jordan River; occupied by Israel since 1967 with parts having been transferred to Palestinian administration since 1993
partition
the division of a country into separate political units
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
political support for the creation and development of a Jewish homeland in Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
Organization is an organization founded in 1964 with the purpose of the “liberation of Palestine” through armed struggle.
intifada
an armed uprising of Palestinians against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip
