What does the song title mean, and how does it relate to the
song lyrics? If you could come up with an alternate title for this
song, what would it be? Why? What is the songwriter trying to tell
you? What do you think they were feeling when they wrote this song?
Do you agree or disagree with what they're saying? Why? How did
this song make you feel? Did you feel that it was expressing
feelings that are similar to your own?
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The area around Israel and Jordan is referred to as Palestine.
This is where much of what was written in the Old Testament, New
Testament and Quran took place. The City of Jerusalem was
especially important.
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Before WWII, this area was also referred to as Transjordan. The
only group who lived in the area at this time were Muslims (aka
Palestinians) Many Jewish people had felt that this area should
belong to them, since it was promised to them by God thousands of
years before. As it is written in the Old Testament.
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The groups that felt Jews should be given a homeland in Zion,
or those parts of Palestine where the Jewish people had lived in
Biblical times were known as ZIONISTS.
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During WWII, the Jewish of Europe suffered terribly at the
hands of the Nazis. Over six million European Jews were placed in
concentration camps and murdered by the Nazi German government.
This period of murder became known as the HOLOCAUST. There was
widespread ANTI-SEMITISM (hatred of Jews) in Europe even after the
war.
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At the end of the war, the newly created United Nations
believed something should be done for the worlds Jews In 1948, the
United Nations voted to create a homeland in Palestine and founded
the nation of Israel.
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Many Zionists (Jews) began moving to the area. This upset many
Muslims in the area. They felt this was THEIR homeland Many other
Middle Eastern countries were angry as well, and refused to
recognize the new country. The United Nations backed the Jewish
nation with military help Palestinians (Muslims) were forced into
certain areas of Israel
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For the past 60 years, the two groups have fought over land in
the area. Palestinians (Muslims) Believe this is their Holy Land.
They believe Mohammed went to heaven while in the city of Jerusalem
They feel this was their home, and they were wrongly forced to
leave. Muslims lived here for thousands of years
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Israelites (Jews) Jews feel this land was promised to them by
God. The first Jewish kingdom was built by King David in Jerusalem
in 996 BC Jews believe Mount Zion (Where Abraham was asked to slay
his son Isaac) is in Jerusalem. King Davids son Solomon built a
great temple in Jerusalem. It was destroyed in 586 BC, but one wall
still remains Jews consider this Wailing Wall the Holiest spot in
the world to their faith.
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Today, the two groups continually fight over the land. The
Israelis have more military power and more people For this reason,
many more Palestinians have died in the struggle. Some Palestinians
have resorted to using terrorist attacks to win the fight Bombing
buses and buildings.
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For this reason, Israelis force Muslims to live either in the
West Bank or Gaza Strip. Palestinians are not free to move about
the country. In fact, Israelis are building a wall around the two
areas to keep Palestinians out of the rest of Israel.
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Israeli or Palestinian 5-7 Sentences Assume the role of an
Israeli or Palestinian and argue for why your people should control
the area.