SOC 100A Lecture 19: April 22nd Notes
Document Summary
Mandate palestine- area which was recognized by the league of nations. Un had no right to give land to a 3rd group of people. Palestinian land has become smaller and smaller since 1947, originally, Palestinians had much of the land, but now it is dominated by israelis. The nakba (catastrophe) of 1948-750,000 misplaced palestinians, forced out of houses, land etc. From 2009 to early 2014, jewish settler population in the west bank grew by. More than 2 million palestinians in the west bank cannot vote in israeli elections. Yasser arafalk rejection of camp david accords in july 2000. Bias in us media reports: contrast w/ israeli media. Military occupation in international law: duty to maintain normal life in occupied territories, right of self defense vs. right to police. Hamas: encouraged as a counter to the secular fatah. No. of israelis killed by fire from gaza from 1/1/12 to 11/11/12: 1.