Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Project

Roles

Israeli Perspective

Israeli Prime Minster (official website)

Jewish person (Israeli citizen) living in Jerusalem (significance of Jerusalem to Jewish person)

Jewish rabbi of a local synagogue in Israel (rabbi's role defined)

Orthodox Jew living in West Bank Israeli settlement (Orthodox Judaism & Israeli settlements)

Israeli that lost his/her innocent sibling to a Palestinian bombing (major attacks against the Israeli people and children)

Israeli Jewish person who lives in a settlement in a settlement in the Gaza strip that was forced to move when Israel withdrew (background to withdrawl and news about the Gaza strip)

Israeli soldier who works at a checkpoint (guide to West Bank checkpoint)

Jewish holocaust survior who immigrated to Israel at the end of WWII (the Holocaustand Jewish immigration)

U.S.-based Jewish person who has dual citizenship between Israel and the U.S. (Israelis in America and roots)

American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) lobbyist (AIPAC website)

Palestinian Perspective

President of the Palestinian Authority (Palestinian Authority Encyclopedia Britannica entry and news & more)

Palestinian Muslim Imam of a local mosque (imam defined, a lecture, and Liberation)

Palestinian living in Jerusalem (Palestinian people, a journal, & events)

Palestinian who lost his/her innocent sibling to Israeli counter-terror attack (war on children and currently)

Palestinian who had his/her house bulldozed to make an Israeli settlement in the West Bank (example of bulldozing housing and other examples)

Palestinian who travels through two checkpoints to work for Israeli company (example of checkpoint issue & example currently)

Palestinian refugee in Jordanian refugee camp (UNRWA site on refugee camps)

Hamas representative of Palestinian Authority (who opposes violent means of solving issue within Hamas party) (article on Hamas election victories, who are Hamas?, Council on Foreign Relations, Hamas, & Hamas in 2016)

King Abdullah II or Jordan (official website)

Muslim U.S. citizen who has family living in the West Bank (West Bank, official site, life, photo, and more)

Other Perspectives

Amnesty International (official website)

Archeologist specializing in ancient Jewish, Christian, and Muslim history (archaeological sites in Israel and Palestine)

Catholic Pope (American Catholic- the Pope)

United Nations Relief Works Agency worker (UN)

United States President (official site)

United States Secretary of State (official site)

Background Information on the Conflict

Websites

News Focus on the Middle East

Each of these links will take you to the Middle East-specific webpage for these news websites

Al-Jazeera BBC News CNN Christian Science Moniter

New York Times Washington Post

Databases

Don't forget to get the username & password from Ms. Torp or Ms. Mannion!

Database Tips

Choose ADVANCED SEARCH
Use the Boolean term "AND" to connect your search terms
- Think of different ways to word your search terms
Look for the database vocabulary (the drop-down menu in the search bar)
Check out the abstract to get an idea of what each article is about

Academic Journals

Academic OneFile Advanced Placement Source History Reference Center

General News Sources

Gale Newsstand Gannett Newsstand General OneFile National Newsspaper Index

Both

Opposing Viewpoints in Context Points of View Reference Center

Attached to this page is a Word document containing a copy of the New York Times article about the outcome of the case. It is a Word document because the NYT limits the amount of articles one can view online in a certain period of time and this way you can come back to the article whenever you'd like.

M.T.A Violated Rights of Group, Judge Says (NYT).docx

Works Cited/Bibliography

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If you cannot tell us where your information came from, then that information is tantamount (equal to) useless.

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