The Answers
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1. What is the difference between Hamas and Fatah?
Fatah - Palestinian National Liberation Movement, and the largest faction in the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organisation). Their ideology is secularist and Palestinian-nationalistic in nature.
Hamas - Islamic Resistance Movement. They were the democratically elected party by the Palestinians in 2006. Their ideology is Islamistic and Arab-nationalist. It is considered to be a primarily terrorist organisation.
2. What was the catalyst event to the eruption of the Second Intifiada?
Ariel Sharon's walk on the Temple Mount is generally considered the catalyst to the eruption of the second intifada
3. What was Al-Nakba and when is it commemorated?
Al-Nakba refers to the Palestinians flight out of Israel (just before and after it's founding was announced) during the War of Independence/First Arab-Israeli War in 1948. It is commemorated on May 14/15 depends on the calendar and it corresponds with the Gregorian date of Israel's founding. "Nakba" is Arabic for "disaster" or "calamity". Most Palestinians living today outside of Israel and the Occupied Territories are descendants of the refugees who left Israel during that time.
4. What is the Green Line?
The Green Line is used to refer to the cease fire line agreed upon in 1949 between Israel and its neighbors (Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon) after the War discussed above. It is called the Green Line due the green ink used to mark it on the map.
5. What is the Right of Return? What is the Law of Return and what laws is it based on?
Right of Return - the right for Palestinian refugees to return to the land they left during Al-Nakba.
Law of Return - The law states that Jews (and those with Jewish parents and grandparents) and their spouses to seek a home and settle in Israel.
The laws it is based on is the International Law that each country can create it's own criteria for immigration. And it is enshrined in Israel's Nationality law, passed in 1952.
6. What is Al-Awda?
Refers to the Palestinian Right to Return (Haq Al-Awda) and the principle that holds that the Palestinian refugees have a right to return to their ancestors homeland.
7. What was stated in the Oslo Accords?
Long, very long and complicated.
I'm going to cop out on this one and refer you to the very good Oslo Accords Wikipedia page.
Yeah I know, bad Mel, she be lazy.
8. What was the disengagement plan? Did it succeed? Did it fail?
This was a trick question. The disengagement plan was the unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza strip by the Settlers who lived there (the settlements were collectively called Gush Quatif). It succeeded since there are no civilian Jews living Gaza anymore, but it failed since there is still Israeli Millitary presence there and many of the Settlers that used to live there remain essentially homeless.
9. What are the colours of the Palestinian flag?
Black, green, red and white
10. What are the colours of the Israeli flag?
White and blue
11. What is a Shahid?
A Shahid (Arabic for martyr) is a man or woman died or was killed in the name of a Jihad, i.e. Suicide Bombers and any one killed by Israeli fire which the Jihadists deem worthy of martyrdom.
12. Why is the Israeli army called the "Israeli Defense Force"?
The Israeli army is called a Defence Force because it developed from the Jewish anti-British mandate organisation "Ha'Haganna" which literally means "Defense". Also in the IDF's mission statement it's mission is to defend Israel and its people against its enemies and that the fight should be in defense and not necessarily offense.
13. What happened in 1967 and why does everyone always talk about the border?
In June 1967, Israel managed, in one week, to push back on their neighbors aggression plus conquering land in the process. The borders as agreed upon in 1949 as the Green Line, remained roughly unchanged until 1967. When people talk about going back to the 1967 border lines when discussing the Occupied Territories they're actually talking about the 1949 Green Lines, but that's nitpicking.
14. Who are the Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade?
The Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade are Fatah's fanatically extreme armed faction.
15. What is Mt. Moriah? Why is it important both to Jews and Muslims? And what does have to do with the conflict?
Mt. Moriah is the place where Abraham nearly sacrificed Issac, it is also the place where Muhammad the Prophet ascended to Heaven. It is where the Temple was built and destroyed, leaving only the Wailing Wall behind as a relic. It is where Al-Aqsa Mosque is built and is the third holiest site in Islam.
In addition, the genocide in Darfur must be stopped.
וכמו כן, צריך לעצור את רצח העם בדרפור.
1. What is the difference between Hamas and Fatah?
Fatah - Palestinian National Liberation Movement, and the largest faction in the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organisation). Their ideology is secularist and Palestinian-nationalistic in nature.
Hamas - Islamic Resistance Movement. They were the democratically elected party by the Palestinians in 2006. Their ideology is Islamistic and Arab-nationalist. It is considered to be a primarily terrorist organisation.
2. What was the catalyst event to the eruption of the Second Intifiada?
Ariel Sharon's walk on the Temple Mount is generally considered the catalyst to the eruption of the second intifada
3. What was Al-Nakba and when is it commemorated?
Al-Nakba refers to the Palestinians flight out of Israel (just before and after it's founding was announced) during the War of Independence/First Arab-Israeli War in 1948. It is commemorated on May 14/15 depends on the calendar and it corresponds with the Gregorian date of Israel's founding. "Nakba" is Arabic for "disaster" or "calamity". Most Palestinians living today outside of Israel and the Occupied Territories are descendants of the refugees who left Israel during that time.
4. What is the Green Line?
The Green Line is used to refer to the cease fire line agreed upon in 1949 between Israel and its neighbors (Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon) after the War discussed above. It is called the Green Line due the green ink used to mark it on the map.
5. What is the Right of Return? What is the Law of Return and what laws is it based on?
Right of Return - the right for Palestinian refugees to return to the land they left during Al-Nakba.
Law of Return - The law states that Jews (and those with Jewish parents and grandparents) and their spouses to seek a home and settle in Israel.
The laws it is based on is the International Law that each country can create it's own criteria for immigration. And it is enshrined in Israel's Nationality law, passed in 1952.
6. What is Al-Awda?
Refers to the Palestinian Right to Return (Haq Al-Awda) and the principle that holds that the Palestinian refugees have a right to return to their ancestors homeland.
7. What was stated in the Oslo Accords?
Long, very long and complicated.
I'm going to cop out on this one and refer you to the very good Oslo Accords Wikipedia page.
Yeah I know, bad Mel, she be lazy.
8. What was the disengagement plan? Did it succeed? Did it fail?
This was a trick question. The disengagement plan was the unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza strip by the Settlers who lived there (the settlements were collectively called Gush Quatif). It succeeded since there are no civilian Jews living Gaza anymore, but it failed since there is still Israeli Millitary presence there and many of the Settlers that used to live there remain essentially homeless.
9. What are the colours of the Palestinian flag?
Black, green, red and white
10. What are the colours of the Israeli flag?
White and blue
11. What is a Shahid?
A Shahid (Arabic for martyr) is a man or woman died or was killed in the name of a Jihad, i.e. Suicide Bombers and any one killed by Israeli fire which the Jihadists deem worthy of martyrdom.
12. Why is the Israeli army called the "Israeli Defense Force"?
The Israeli army is called a Defence Force because it developed from the Jewish anti-British mandate organisation "Ha'Haganna" which literally means "Defense". Also in the IDF's mission statement it's mission is to defend Israel and its people against its enemies and that the fight should be in defense and not necessarily offense.
13. What happened in 1967 and why does everyone always talk about the border?
In June 1967, Israel managed, in one week, to push back on their neighbors aggression plus conquering land in the process. The borders as agreed upon in 1949 as the Green Line, remained roughly unchanged until 1967. When people talk about going back to the 1967 border lines when discussing the Occupied Territories they're actually talking about the 1949 Green Lines, but that's nitpicking.
14. Who are the Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade?
The Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade are Fatah's fanatically extreme armed faction.
15. What is Mt. Moriah? Why is it important both to Jews and Muslims? And what does have to do with the conflict?
Mt. Moriah is the place where Abraham nearly sacrificed Issac, it is also the place where Muhammad the Prophet ascended to Heaven. It is where the Temple was built and destroyed, leaving only the Wailing Wall behind as a relic. It is where Al-Aqsa Mosque is built and is the third holiest site in Islam.
In addition, the genocide in Darfur must be stopped.
וכמו כן, צריך לעצור את רצח העם בדרפור.
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Date: 2007-10-22 12:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-22 05:47 am (UTC)Current events too shape me perspective a whole lot more than cultural history.
Well, you know, like the Man said, and I paraphrase:
"The wisest man is the man who knows he known nothing"
There's always a whole lot to learn.
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Date: 2007-10-22 01:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-22 07:45 pm (UTC)