Tuesday, March 5, 2013

In class/homework: Fatah & Hamas

Date assigned
Tuesday, March 5


Assignment
Read, highlight, and annotate the following three articles:

1) New York Times on Fatah (link - make sure to click on the Read more... link at the bottom of the article to see the whole thing)
2) CNN on Hamas (link)
3) Council of Foreign Relations on Hamas (link)

Then answer the following questions:

1) List similarities and differences between Fatah and Hamas.

2) List the differences between the two Hamas articles. 

3) What are the potential problems for peace between Israel and Fatah?

4) What are the potential problems for peace between Israel and Hamas?

5) What are the potential problems for peace between Fatah and Hamas?

6) With what we've already learned, and what you've read in these articles, what hopes are there for peace between any two of these groups?  What about all three of them?


Due date
Thursday, March 7

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