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Grade 7 Lesson 18 - Modern Israel (All Assignments)
 * History
 * Israel was formed almost excusively by secular Jews. Read [|Orthodox Opposition to Israel] and briefly summarize why they are against it.
 * __//**They are against it because they wanted all of the Jews to follow the religious laws and for the Jews to be ruled by rabbis like the ancient times**//__.
 * Skim the history of the [|Arab-Israeli conflict]
 * List the core issues that have to be solved to resolve the conflict?
 * __//**Israelis making Settlements in Arab land.**//__
 * __//**Israelis destroying Arab neighbor hoods in Jerusalem.**//__
 * __//**Hamas constantly suicide bombing Israel.**//__
 * __//**Hamas lobbing from Gaza Strip at Israel.**//__
 * Why are [|Israeli settlements in the West Bank] one of the issues - how do the Arab and Israeli desires for the settlements differ? What problems are caused by the presence of the settlements?
 * __//**The Israelis try to take over the only land the Palestinians have left by making settlements throughout the West Bank. The problem is that the Palestinians are becoming too compact into hundreds of tiny areas making it almost impossible to make their own country.**//__
 * There have been many efforts at creating a stable peace. Read the section on the Oslo Accords. What were the basic ideas of the accords. What prevented them from being fulfilled?
 * __//**The basic ideas of it is that the PLO recognize Israel's right to exist; and Israel allows the Palestinians to create their own county. They also agreed that they would split Jerusalem in half so the Eastern part would be Arab and Western Part Israeli.**//__
 * Holidays - for each of the holidays listed below, provide short descriptions ((1 sentence - 200 characters max) of its purpose from both a secular and a religious point of view
 * Yom Ha'Atzmaot
 * Culture
 * Is Israel a theocracy?
 * __//**Israel is and is not a theocracy. It is not a theocracy because its leader is not a religious leader, but a prime mintister. Israel does have some laws reflecting its theocratic na**//__ **//__ture.__//**
 * What is a chief rabbi? Why does Israel have 2?
 * **//__A chief rabbi is the religious leader for a specific country or region.__//** __//**Israel has 2 chief rabbis because it is the Jewish center of the world.**//__
 * What was the role of kibbutzes in the formation of Israel and what was its economic philosophy?
 * **//__Jews used kibbutzes to expand territory and create Israel. So many kibbutzes were made that they made the Jewish state. They were socialistic and worked as a collective and were all treated equally within the kibbutz.__//**
 * Discuss with your family the Arab-Israeli and come with suggestions for resolving it?
 * __//**I would resolve this conflict by making a wall at the west bank to stop settlers. At the wall i would put soldiers from other countries that are not from the Middle Eastern area. I would also put soldiers at the wall at Jerusalem to stop Israelis from taking Arab neighborhoods.**//__
 * Heroes/Heroines - for each of the people below, provide a short answer (1 sentence - 200 characters max) and a longer one (1 paragraph - 800 characters max) to the questions who are they and why are they important
 * Theodore Hertzl
 * David Ben Gurion
 * Golda Meir
 * 8th Grade Curriculum
 * FAQs - for each of the questions below, provide a short answer (1 sentence - 200 characters max) and a longer one (1 paragraph - 800 characters max)
 * Vocabulary - for each of the words below, provide a short definition (1 sentence - 200 characters max) and a longer definition (1 paragraph - 800 characters max)
 * pogrom
 * flog
 * kibbutz
 * Hamas
 * theocracy