Israel is located in the Middle East and is in the border with Lebanon to the North, Jordan to the West, Egypt to the South, and the Mediterranean Sea to the East.
2- Why was Israel created?
Israel was created to establish an official homeland for Jewish people.
3- Where are the Palestinian territories?
The Gaza Strip is in the border of Israel and Egypt and the West Bank is in the border with Jordan.
1- What is happening in Israel and Gaza?
A war for territory.
2- How many Palestinians have died and how many Israelis?
900 Palestinians and 13 Israelis up to January 12th, 2009.
3- What is Hamas?
Hammas is a group from Palestine which is considered by the UN as a terrorist group.
4- What was the U.S. response to the attacks?
The U.S. is against the terrorist attacks from Hamas, and supports Israel's decission to attack Gaza.
5- What happened when Israel was declared a state in 1948?
It was immediately invaded by armies from neighboring arab states.
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 and having a majority in the Palestinian Legislative Council took over Gaza by isolating the area.
The New Meaning of an Old Battle
a) To which "old battle" does the article's headline reffer?
It reffers to the battle that Israel has been having with Palestine since it was created.
b) What seem to be the hopes underlying Israel's assault on Gaza?
Delegitimize the Hamas’s leadership in the eyes of the Palestinian people and eliminate its power to prevent a two-state solution.
c) How would a clear Israeli victory affect the region?
It would make it easier for countries near Israel to declare common cause against Islamic militancy and its main sponsor in the region, Iran.
d) How would a clear Israeli victory affect the United States?
An international peacekeeping force could clear 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 sponsors Hamas and Hezbollah to spread its influence in the Arab world. A defeat of Hamas would undercut that strategy.
f) How likely is it that the Israeli assault will be successful?
Israel’s attacks also could fail outright, and history suggests that as the more likely scenario, Middle East experts across the political spectrum said.
g)What are some of the divisions in the Middle East that this conflict has highlighted?
Egypt, whose peace treaty with Israel is anathema to militants in the Middle East, kept its border to Gaza largely shut last week, and its president, Hosni Mubarak, quarreled openly with the leader of Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militant Shiite group that now shares power in Lebanon. And at a meeting of the Arab League, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister gently and indirectly rebuked Hamas for provoking the conflict.
h) What happened in Lebanon in 1982? How are the Gaza attacks similar?
While Israel was worrying about the negotiation with Yassir Arafat, Hezbollah was rising in Lebanon.
i) In what ways might the attacks on Gaza backfire?
History suggests that 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 emboldening palestinian resistance.
k) What lessons has Israel learned from Lebanon?
Israel has learned to lower expectations and this time Israel is more prepared.
m) In what way is the timing of this renewed battle beneficial?
It came before president elect Obama went into power.
n) How will the Obama administration be able to capitalize on the situation in Gaza?
All the violent reactions and hate will be sent to the past administration and no to Obama's
-What is going on in the photograph?
Some women are covering and running away from an Isreali attack.
-Who is pictured?
Some palestinian women.
-What can you learn about how the main subject in the photo is feeling from his or her facial expression?
By her facial expressions, I can tell she is feeling very nervous and afraid.
-What might this person be feeling, given what is going on in the photograph?
She might be feeling a lot of fear.
-What might this person want to say to the "opposite side"?
That she is not responsible for the Hamas terrorist attacks to Israel.
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