Refugees
Big Idea: Clarifying reality is innately positive, whether it provides a solution or not
TOPICS
- The Issue
- The History
- The Context (Zooming Out)
- Current Global Crisis
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND VIDEO LINKS
- Deir Yassin – 50 Years War
- Benny Morris on Deir Yassin
- Arab Leaders Caused Many to Flee
- Horror of the Refugee Camps
- UNRWA Summer Camp Lessons
- Abba Eban 1958 Interview
- Palestinian Media Watch (YouTube Channel)
- 50 Years War (Recommended Full Documentary)
- Declaration of Independence
READINGS:
- Migrant crisis: Migration to Europe explained in seven charts
- Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001 pp. 161-259. Benny Morris
- The Case for Israel pp.78-91. Alan Dershowitz.
Students will know:
The return of the Jewish Nation to their homeland is an unprecedented historical event
- Zionism is the name of the cause behind that return
- The Zionist narrative of the State of Israel
- The Palestinian narrative of the State of Israel Students will understand:
- How the two narratives address Jerusalem, refugees, and Occupation
- How the narratives compete in the media, and on campus Students will:
- Reflect critically on the moral and political dilemmas facing Israel
- Articulate their personal Zionist narrative
Big Ideas:
- Arabs fled Israel before and during the War of Independence
- The Palestinian refugee issue has been exacerbated by many agencies and players
- Occupation, Jerusalem and refugees are the three most contentious issues of the conflict
Key Knowledge:
- Many refugee crises
- Palestinian flight before and during War of Independence
- Palestinian refugees outside of Israel
- Military campaign and Deir Yassin
- Right of Return
- UNRWA
Learning Activities:
- Defining a refugee
- Modern refugees
- 3 categories of Palestinians
- War of Independence, resulting in refugees
- Timeline
- Operation Nachshon
- Deir Yassin video
- UNRWA slides
- Future of the refugees slide