Dr. Cargil begin by talking about 20th Century Jerusalem, specifically the Six-Day War. This occured in 1967. The Soviets informed Syria of impending Israeli attack, Egypt ammased troops in Sinai, and then the Israeli forces launched a pre-emptive strike and reduced the Egyptian air force within hours. Dr. Cargill showed us an image of the King David Hotel. A question was brought up--Is this terrorism? A para-military group not recognized with a state that uses bombing to blow up buildings to kill "military targets". Some believe this isn't terrorism because it was a military target. However, I believe if they were not affiliated with the state then it is considered terrorism. The reason why we always want to blame certain groups as terrorists is because that is who we put the camera on. However, 90% of those people have nothing to do with any sort of affiliation with terrorism. Next, we looked at the demographics of Jerusalem. I found it very interesting. We looked at Intifadas-- which consisted of civil disobedience, violent action, and paying taxes. There was a sign on the slide stating that Jewish people were not allowed to enter the area of the Temple Mount. Moving onto the Oslo Accords in 1993. It was the first face-to-face agreement between Israel and the PLO in Oslo, Norway. It called for the creation of PNA and the Israeli withdrawl from the Gaza Strip and West Bank. They also called for Letters of Mutual Recognition; the PLO agreed to recognize Israels right to exist, but what they got in exchange was Israel recognized Arafat as the legitimate representative of the Palestinian People. The Prime Minister of Israel was assassinated by a Jewish man. Article I and V state that we will save to divide Jerusalem until later.
The PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) was founded in 1964 and was considered by the United States to be a terrorist organization until the Madrid Conference in 1991.
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