Israel Inquiry3

Ely Selden 12-11-12 6/7
Israel Inquiry -- History 30% Project History Department Essential Learning: Make connections and use the
knowledge of the past to address current issues
Explore current Israel through the news. *Question provided for this inquiry.
What is the current state of affairs in Israel?
1.) Inquiry
2.) Prediction What do you think you will find?

(4-7+ sentences Stretch your thinking; Be specific; Draw connections from past history and current events)
Israel is at war with Hamas and rockets are blowing up many people. Also, people are probably fighting over sacred land like Canaan to support their religion. If Israel wasnt the center of most religions, it wouldnt be a war zone for that reason. America is trying to help Israel but they dont want help.
CNN -- http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/meast/archive/index.html BBC -- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/middle_east/ A.) Identify what country each site is from (Check site links) B.) How might each countrys perspective influence how they report the news? C.) Explain how this site is or is not a credible source
CNN A.) This site is American and the URL is
3.) References
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/meast/archive/index.html.
B.) Our country might have influence because we are friends with the Hebrews and other countries might not like them and have a different view on the country. C.) CNN is credible because it is easy to find an about us link and it was updated recently. Also CNN has been on TV for years, and if their news is not credible, then they wouldnt be on TV.
Ely Selden 12-11-12 6/7 BBC A.) BBC is in the UK and the URL is http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/middle_east/ . B.) The UK might change its opinion on the matter of war because it is closer to the UK than it is to the USA, so they might feel threatened by the explosions and gun shots. C.) This site is a credible source because it is easy to navigate and to find out about them. They are relatively new and it only reports new news and doesnt keep us up to date with things happening in America.
Use easybib.com to properly cite ALL the pages that you use for your investigation within the selected news site. Select APA format. Alphabetize. YOU MUST HAVE 4+ SEPARATE CITATIONS (2+ from each news site)
1.) Staff, CNN Wire, Mike Schwartz, Kareem Khadder, Alexander Fenton, and Journalist Mohamed Fahmy. "Israel Defies International Criticism of Settlement Plans."CNN. Cable News Network, 05 Dec. 2012. Web. 11 Dec. 2012. 2.) Pleitgen, Fred. "Q and A: Inside Israel's Planned Settlement." CNN. Cable News Network, 05 Dec. 2012. Web. 11 Dec. 2012. 3.) "Israel Profile." BBC News. BBC, 05 Aug. 2012. Web. 11 Dec. 2012. 4.) "Israel Profile." BBC News. BBC, 09 Nov. 2012. Web. 11 Dec. 2012.
4.) Citations
(Expected and unexpected answers, insights, and questions related to the inquiry focus. Use Language Toolkit 2 for help with citations using APA style)
5.) Investigation (2+ Direct Quotes per Citation = 8+ Direct Quotes)
Ely Selden 12-11-12 6/7 1.) Israel plans to build 3,000 housing units in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, many of them in the large West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim. 2.) I was standing on the barren hilltops East of Jerusalem and it is hard to believe the area could be at the center of an international controversy. E1 stands for East 1 and marks territory that the Israeli government has slated for settlement construction in the West Bank. It's about 12 square kilometers (4.6 square miles), and when completed will touch the outskirts of Jerusalem. 3.) The relentless pace of the Israeli airstrike on Gaza gave the country's military time to make a significant dent in the offensive capability of Hamas, the Israeli military said. 4.) Hamas fired more than 1,500 rockets, according to the IDF statement. But if Hamas started the conflict with 10,000-12,000 rockets, as Israeli and American officials believe, than there is plenty of firepower left in Gaza. 5.) It has been locked in conflict with the Palestinians and its Arab neighbours over ownership of land considered holy by Jews, Christians and Muslims since its creation in 1948.
6.) Israel has developed from an agrarian state run along collectivist lines into a hi-tech economy
in the past 60 years. It has absorbed Jewish immigrants from Europe, the rest of the Middle East, North America and, most recently, the former Soviet Union and Ethiopia along the way.
7.) Israel evacuated its settlers from the Gaza Strip in 2005 and withdrew its forces, ending almost four decades of military occupation. However, after the militant Islamic group Hamas seized control of Gaza in June 2007, Israel intensified its economic blockade of the Strip. At the end of 2008 it launched a major military assault on Gaza to halt cross-border rocket attacks. 8.) In 1979 Egypt and Israel signed a peace agreement, but it wasn't until the early 1990s, after years of an uprising known as the intifada, that a peace process began with the Palestinians. Despite the handover of Gaza and parts of the West Bank to Palestinian control, a final agreement has yet to be reached.
6.) Analysis (5-8 sentences Follow PEEER Overview model) Write a PEEER paragraph that answers the Inquiry Question
Ely Selden 12-11-12 6/7
For your Evidence statement use one of your Direct Quotes Color-code your paragraph -Israel is not doing very well war wise. This shows that Israel is in a heated war with Gaza and they both claim that they are winning. For instance, Gaza started this most recent war by firing rockets at various cities in Israel and they killed many people. Furthermore, the counties have been starting and ending wars for a really long time, so this will probably not be the last war that happens between Israel and Gaza. Israel is going to be at war for a while.
What is the current state of affairs in Israel?
INQUIRY RUBRIC Research
A Properly uses the 5 Ws of Website Evaluation and Easybib.com without exception Ideas and elaboration include thorough and insightful historical connections. Includes variety in sentence structure and high-level word choice throughout. Is free of most errors conventions.
B Properly uses the 5 Ws of Website Evaluation and Easybib.com with few exceptions. Ideas and elaboration include insightful historical connections. Includes variety in sentence structure and high-level word choice occasionally. Is generally free of most errors in conventions. Follows instructions with one or two omissions, and includes Del Mar header, 12 point Cambria or Times New Roman font.
C Somewhat uses the 5 Ws of Website Evaluation and Easybib.com properly. Ideas or elaboration includes insightful historical connections. Includes a lack of variety in sentence structure and highlevel word choice. Has some errors in conventions.
D Does not use the 5 Ws of Website Evaluation and Easybib.com properly. Ideas nor elaboration include historical connections. Includes a lack of variety in sentence structure and high-level word choice throughout. Contains errors in conventions, so serious that meaning is somewhat obscured. Follows instructions with multiple omissions, and does not include Del Mar header, or 12 point Cambria or Times New Roman font.
Historical Connections
Written Expression
Quality of Work
Follows instructions completely and includes Del Mar header, 12 point Cambria or Times New Roman font.
Follows instructions with several omissions, may not include Del Mar header, or 12 point Cambria or Times New Roman font.

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2.) Prediction What do you think you will find?

5.) Investigation (2+ Direct Quotes per Citation = 8+ Direct Quotes)

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What is the current state of affairs in Israel?

INQUIRY RUBRIC Research

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