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  1. Do Now: Grab Agenda 13:1(Weebly or Out Box). Grab a map. What conflicts are going on around the world today?

  2. Objective:World Conflicts WHII.16a TSWDK of cultural, economic, and social conditions in developed and developing nations of the contemporary world by identifying contemporary political issues with emphasis on migrations of refugees, and other ethnic/religious conflicts and the impact of new technologies.

  3. World Conflicts • Middle East Conflict • Northern Ireland • Balkans • Horn of Africa • South Asia • Challenges Today

  4. Middle East Conflict Countries Involved • Israel • Lebanon • Gaza

  5. Middle East Conflict Peoples Involved • Israelis

  6. Middle East Conflict Peoples Involved • Israelis • Palestinians • PLO • Palestine (Palestinian) Liberation Front

  7. Middle East Conflict Peoples Involved • Israelis • Palestinians • PLO • Palestine (Palestinian) Liberation Front • Led by Yasser Arafat

  8. Middle East Conflict Peoples Involved • Israelis • Palestinians • PLO • Palestine (Palestinian) Liberation Front • Led by Yasser Arafat • PA • Palestinian Authority

  9. Middle East Conflict Peoples Involved • Israelis • Palestinians • PLO • Palestine (Palestinian) Liberation Front • Led by Yasser Arafat • PA • Palestinian Authority • Led by Yasser Arafat

  10. Middle East Conflict Background • Egypt’s peace with Israel (Camp David Accords) meant that the Palestinians were on their own in their attempt to get rid of Israel.

  11. Middle East Conflict Background • Egypt’s peace with Israel (Camp David Accords) meant that the Palestinians were on their own in their attempt to get rid of Israel. • As a result of the many wars in Israel, there were many Palestinians without a place to go (refugees). So in 1982, the PLO set up base in southern Lebanon and began to bomb northern Israel.

  12. Middle East Conflict Background • Egypt’s peace with Israel (Camp David Accords) meant that the Palestinians were on their own in their attempt to get rid of Israel. • As a result of the many wars in Israel, there were many Palestinians without a place to go (refugees). So in 1982, the PLO set up base in southern Lebanon and began to bomb northern Israel. • Israel attacks southern Lebanon to drive out the Palestinian guerillas. The Israelis succeed… for a few years.

  13. Middle East Conflict Conflict • First Intifada • 1987 • Began in West Bank and Gaza • A popular uprising of Palestinians living in Israel • No leader to be tracked down, no bases to be bombed, mostly young boys, usually throwing rocks • Very difficult for Israel, a professional military, to fight

  14. Middle East Conflict Conflict (continued) • Oslo Accords • 1993 • Cease-fire between Israel and the PA in order to start the peace process • Signed by • Israel – Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin • PA – President Yasser Arafat • U.S. – President Bill Clinton

  15. Middle East Conflict Conflict (continued) • Oslo Accords • 1993 • Cease-fire between Israel and the PA in order to start the peace process • Signed by • Israel – Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin • PA – President Yasser Arafat • U.S. – President Bill Clinton • 1994, Israel signs peace treaty with Jordan

  16. Middle East Conflict Conflict (continued) • Oslo Accords • 1993 • Cease-fire between Israel and the PA in order to start the peace process • Signed by • Israel – Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin • PA – President Yasser Arafat • U.S. – President Bill Clinton • 1994, Israel signs peace treaty with Jordan • 2000, after attempts at peace fail, the Second Intifada begins

  17. Middle East Conflict Resolution • 2004, Arafat dies and Fatah’s (Palestinian nationalist movement) Mahmoud Abbas takes over as president of the PA.

  18. Middle East Conflict Resolution • 2004, Arafat dies and Fatah’s (Palestinian nationalist movement) Mahmoud Abbas takes over as president of the PA. • Attempts at peace continue; for a two-state solution rather than to get rid of Israel completely. Current Status

  19. Middle East Conflict Resolution • 2004, Arafat dies and Fatah’s (Palestinian nationalist movement) Mahmoud Abbas takes over as president of the PA. • Attempts at peace continue; for a two-state solution rather than to get rid of Israel completely. Current Status • 2005, Israel cedes Gaza to the PA. Hamas (terrorist organization) has since been elected to govern Gaza.

  20. Middle East Conflict Resolution • 2004, Arafat dies and Fatah’s (Palestinian nationalist movement) Mahmoud Abbas takes over as president of the PA. • Attempts at peace continue; for a two-state solution rather than to get rid of Israel completely. Current Status

  21. Middle East Conflict Resolution • 2004, Arafat dies and Fatah’s (Palestinian nationalist movement) Mahmoud Abbas takes over as president of the PA. • Attempts at peace continue; for a two-state solution rather than to get rid of Israel completely. Current Status • 2005, Israel cedes Gaza to the PA. Hamas (terrorist organization) has since been elected to govern Gaza.

  22. Middle East Conflict Resolution • 2004, Arafat dies and Fatah’s (Palestinian nationalist movement) Mahmoud Abbas takes over as president of the PA. • Attempts at peace continue; for a two-state solution rather than to get rid of Israel completely. Current Status • 2005, Israel cedes Gaza to the PA. Hamas (terrorist organization) has since been elected to govern Gaza. • 2008, after a 6-month cease-fire, Hamas steps up rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza. • 2014, Fatah and Hamas join together; Israel ceases all peace talks

  23. Northern Ireland Countries Involved • Northern Ireland • Republic of Ireland (Southern Ireland) • Great Britain

  24. Northern Ireland Peoples Involved • IRA • Irish Republican Army • Fighting for a united Ireland

  25. Northern Ireland Peoples Involved • IRA • Irish Republican Army • Fighting for a united Ireland • Southern Ireland • Catholic • Independent from UK • Northern Ireland • Protestant • Want to remain in UK

  26. Northern Ireland Peoples Involved • IRA • Irish Republican Army • Fighting for a united Ireland • Southern Ireland • Catholic • Independent from UK • Northern Ireland • Protestant • Want to remain in UK • British (UK)

  27. Northern Ireland Background • Catholics and Protestants in Ireland never got along.

  28. Northern Ireland Background • Catholics and Protestants in Ireland never got along. • 1921, Britain created Irish Free State (Catholic) in Southern Ireland; Northern Ireland remained in UK.

  29. Northern Ireland Background • Catholics and Protestants in Ireland never got along. • 1921, Britain created Irish Free State (Catholic) in Southern Ireland; Northern Ireland remained in UK. • 1949, Irish Free State became Republic of Ireland, completely independent; Northern Ireland remained as part of UK, although with self-rule

  30. Northern Ireland Conflict • Protestant government of Northern Ireland frequently discriminated against Catholics, denying them political and economic opportunity. Created resentment, which led to protests and then violence.

  31. Northern Ireland Conflict • Protestant government of Northern Ireland frequently discriminated against Catholics, denying them political and economic opportunity. Created resentment, which led to protests and then violence. • The decades of violence that followed was known as “The Troubles.”

  32. Northern Ireland Conflict • Protestant government of Northern Ireland frequently discriminated against Catholics, denying them political and economic opportunity. Created resentment, which led to protests and then violence. • The decades of violence that followed was known as “The Troubles.” • Late 1960s, with the help of the IRA, Catholic protests turned violent.

  33. Northern Ireland Conflict • Protestant government of Northern Ireland frequently discriminated against Catholics, denying them political and economic opportunity. Created resentment, which led to protests and then violence. • The decades of violence that followed was known as “The Troubles.” • Late 1960s, with the help of the IRA, Catholic protests turned violent. • Early 1970s, UK sent troops into Northern Ireland to keep the peace. Took control of government.

  34. Northern Ireland Conflict • Protestant government of Northern Ireland frequently discriminated against Catholics, denying them political and economic opportunity. Created resentment, which led to protests and then violence. • The decades of violence that followed was known as “The Troubles.” • Late 1960s, with the help of the IRA, Catholic protests turned violent. • Early 1970s, UK sent troops into Northern Ireland to keep the peace. Took control of government. Permanent troops created more resentment and more violence.

  35. Northern Ireland Conflict • Protestant government of Northern Ireland frequently discriminated against Catholics, denying them political and economic opportunity. Created resentment, which led to protests and then violence. • The decades of violence that followed was known as “The Troubles.” • Late 1960s, with the help of the IRA, Catholic protests turned violent. • Early 1970s, UK sent troops into Northern Ireland to keep the peace. Took control of government. Permanent troops created more resentment and more violence. • IRA took fighting beyond Irish borders by bombing British cities and attacking British soldiers in other parts of Europe.

  36. Northern Ireland Resolution • Peace agreement signed on Good Friday, 1998

  37. Northern Ireland Resolution • Peace agreement signed on Good Friday, 1998 • Northern Ireland to remain part of UK but to be equally ruled by Catholics and Protestants. Current Status

  38. Northern Ireland Resolution • Peace agreement signed on Good Friday, 1998 • Northern Ireland to remain part of UK but to be equally ruled by Catholics and Protestants. Current Status • So far, so good. While there is distrust on both sides, there is still peace.

  39. Balkans Countries Involved • Czechoslovakia (sort of)

  40. Balkans Countries Involved • Czechoslovakia (sort of) • Yugoslavia

  41. Balkans Peoples Involved • Yugoslavia made of many ethnic groups • Serbs • Croats • Slovenians • Macedonians • Albanians • Yugoslavia also diverse in religion • Serbs were Eastern Orthodox • Croats and Slovenians were Roman Catholic • Muslims larges t group in Bosnia and Herzegovina

  42. Balkans Peoples Involved • Yugoslavia made of many ethnic groups • Serbs • Croats • Slovenians • Macedonians • Albanians • Yugoslavia also diverse in religion • Serbs were Eastern Orthodox • Croats and Slovenians were Roman Catholic • Muslims larges t group in Bosnia and Herzegovina • Slobodan Milosevic • President of Yugoslavia • Tried to keep Yugoslavia in one piece and rule it all

  43. Balkans Peoples Involved • Yugoslavia made of many ethnic groups • Serbs • Croats • Slovenians • Macedonians • Albanians • Yugoslavia also diverse in religion • Serbs were Eastern Orthodox • Croats and Slovenians were Roman Catholic • Muslims larges t group in Bosnia and Herzegovina • Slobodan Milosevic • President of Yugoslavia • Tried to keep Yugoslavia in one piece and rule it all • Bosnians were ethnically diverse. Mostly Muslim; third identified themselves as Serbs and fifth identified themselves as Croatian

  44. Balkans Background • Eastern Europe lost largest trading partner when USSR fell. • They had inefficient industry and weak communist governments.

  45. Balkans Background • Eastern Europe lost largest trading partner when USSR fell. • They had inefficient industry and weak communist governments. • Countries suffered unrest and pollution. • Ethnic differences intensified and grew to violence.

  46. Balkans Conflict • 1991, Croatia and Slovenia declared independence (UN protected)

  47. Balkans Conflict • 1991, Croatia and Slovenia declared independence (UN protected) • 1995, Yugoslavian government (Bosnians who considered themselves Serbs) began program of ethnic cleansing (campaign of terror and murder intended to “cleanse” the area) to drive out the Muslims. UN tried to help but Serbs continued to bomb Bosnian capital of Sarajevo.

  48. Balkans Conflict • 1991, Croatia and Slovenia declared independence (UN protected) • 1995, Yugoslavian government (Bosnians who considered themselves Serbs) began program of ethnic cleansing (campaign of terror and murder intended to “cleanse” the area) to drive out the Muslims. UN tried to help but Serbs continued to bomb Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. • 1998, Yugoslavia cracked down on Albanians wanting independence in Kosovo with intense violence. NATO responded with bombings and kept peacekeepers in Kosovo.

  49. Balkans Resolution • 1992, Czechoslovakia peacefully split into Slovakia and Czech Republic

  50. Balkans Resolution • 1992, Czechoslovakia peacefully split into Slovakia and Czech Republic • 1995, Bosnian Serbs would control some areas of Bosnia while still recognizing overall sovereignty of Bosnia’s Muslim-led government (Bosnia-Herzegovina).

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