Why Hasn’t the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Been Solved?

Goals:

• Affective – Students feel proud to be Zionist despite the ongoing nature of the Israeli Palestinian conflict.
• Behavioral – Students are able to explain why a two-state solution has not been achieved.
• Cognitive – Students understand the history of two-state solution negotiations and why they have not proven successful thus far.

Essential Questions

1. Can the two-state solution work?
2. Why has a two state solution not been achieved so far?
3. Are there grounds to be hopeful when thinking about the future?

Big Ideas

1. A two-state solution has historically been considered the most viable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
2. The Palestinian leadership has so far been unwilling to accept a two-state compromise.
3. Mutual acceptance is the only path towards a peaceful resolution of the Israeli Palestinian conflict.