Mrs. Tina Simmons
Honors English 11
21 September 2015
Annotated Bibliography
Source 1: Background Information
New York Times. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2015. .
Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank were, at one point, collectively know as Palestine.The right to own the land is being fought over by the Israeli Jews and the Palestinian Arabs, who are also known as the Muslims.After the Arab-Israeli War of 1947 was over, the land of Palestine was split into the three regions, Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank. the Israeli Jews state that they have the right to the land because it was promised to them by God through the birth of Isaac, son of Abraham. The Palestinian Arabs, on the other hand, state that they are the rightful heirs to the land because the Arabs have lived in the region for the longest of the two groups. The Gaza Strip is a rectangular land mass on the Mediterranean coast in the middle of Israel and Egypt. The majority of the population there are Palestinian refugees, and many have lived in camps for years. In the Oslo peace accords in 1993, …show more content…
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