Daily News Article - January 10, 2008
1. During President Bush's visit to Israel to meet with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders regarding the peace negotiations, what did Palestinian terrorists do?
2. a) How many rockets and mortars have Palestinian terrorists launched at Israel in the last nine days?
b) Who are Palestinians targeting with their rockets?
3. a) What key demand has Israel made in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations?
b) How will the Palestinians' failure to meet this demand affect the peace negotiations?
4. Who controls the Gaza Strip?
5. What is the first question President Bush will ask when he meets with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas today?
6. How effective do you think Mr. Abbas can be in ending the rocket attacks?
7. What is the first phase of the road map peace plan, which both Israelis and Palestinians agreed to fulfill at the November peace conference?
8. a) What did Israel do that appears to contradict their agreement to halt settlement construction?
b) How did Israeli Prime Minister Olmert attempt to justify Israel's action?
9. Think about the plan that both Israelis and Palestinians agreed to fulfill to establish peace (see para. 18). Do you think the Israelis and Palestinians will establish peace? Explain your answer.
10. Do you think that the Israelis and Palestinians are equally to blame for trouble they have establishing peace? Explain your answer.
11. Israelis have the military capability to destroy the Palestinian areas of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip if they wanted to do so. If Palestinians possessed the military might to destroy Israel, do you think they would do so? Explain your answer.