Where is Israel? Locate it on a map?


It is located In the middle east, with borther with libanon, egypt, and jordan, and palestin.



Why was Israel created?


It was created to give the Jewish people a city, and in there are much of the religious places for Jewish people, so thats why Israel was created.



Where are the Palestinian Territories?


There are In Gaza, and West Bank, are the ones in yellow.

1- What is happening in Israel and Gaza?
A war to defend their territory and political personals.
2- How many Palestinians have died and how many Israelis?
like 635 Palestinians and like 14 Israelis.
3- What is Hamas?
Hammas is a palestine group which is considered by the UN as a terrorist group.
4- What was the U.S. response to the attacks?
The U.S. supports Israel's decission to attack Gaza, because hamas is a terririst group.
5- What happened when Israel was declared a state in 1948?
It was invaded by arabian armies.
6- What did Israel agree in the Oslo accords?
Israel agreed withdrawing from parts of Gaza Strip and West Bank.
7- How did Hamas come to power in Gaza?
Hamas won the elections by the majority of the palestinian that vote for them.

"The New Meaning of an Old Battle"

a) To which "old battle" does the article's headline reffer?
It reffers to the battle between Palestine and Israel.

b) What seem to be the hopes underlying Israel's assault on Gaza?

To take away, Hamas’s leadership in the eyes of the Palestinian people and eliminate its power.
c) How would a clear Israeli victory affect the region?
The clear victory would affect Iran.
d) How would a clear Israeli victory affect the United States?
A clear victory would become the way for a restoration of political control in Gaza.
e) Why does Iran have much at stake in the outcome of the current crisis?

Because it would break up the strategy between Hammas and Hezbollah influence in the arabian world.
f) How likely is it that the Israeli assault will be successful?
Israel’s attacks also could fail.
g)What are some of the divisions in the Middle East that this conflict has highlighted?
Egypt, Hezbollah, Lebanon. A Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister gently and indirectly rebuked Hamas for provoking the conflict, because it is afecting other nations.
h) What happened in Lebanon in 1982? How are the Gaza attacks similar?
Israel failed an atat to lebanon in 1982 and ageed a negosiation.
i) In what ways might the attacks on Gaza backfire?
Israel has a lot of probabilities to fail just as it did in lebanon on 1982.
j) Why does Mr. Abbas say he will walk away from the peace talks begun by President Bush in 2007?
Because fighting was embolding palestinian resistance.
k) What lessons has Israel learned from Lebanon?
Israel has learned to lower expectations.
m) In what way is the timing of this renewed battle beneficial?
It came like a month ago like at the begining of december, before Obama was elected.
n) How will the Obama administration be able to capitalize on the situation in Gaza?
Obama would not aproach this and i thing he would try to change the U.S. the problem was before the obama goverment.

What is going on in the photograph?
Some women are protesting to stop the Israeli atack.
-Who is pictured?
Some palestinian women,complaining and showting in a march
-What can you learn about how the main subject in the photo is feeling from his or her facial expression?
By her facial expressions, they are like desperate waitting for the war over.
-What might this person be feeling, given what is going on in the photograph?
They might be felling kind of fear and they are angry at the Isreaelies
-What might this person want to say to the "opposite side"?
That they are not responsible for the terrorist attacks to Israel, and that there is dying lot of inocense people.