Please use the attached file to answer the questions below.
What is your reaction to the Amnesty Report on Apartheid Against the Palestinians? Which parts of it you found most interesting? Do you find it biased in any way? Why or why not? (300 to 400 words, 20 points)
Share your reaction to the debaters’ positions in the IQ Squared video:
What were the main arguments presented by Melanie Phillips? Do you agree or disagree? Why?. (100 to 150 words, 5 points)
What were the main arguments presented by Ilan Pappé? Do you agree or disagree? Why?. (100 to 150 words, 5 points)
What were the main arguments presented by Einat Wilf? Do you agree or disagree? Why?. (100 to 150 words, 5 points)
What were the main arguments presented by Mehdi Hasan? Do you agree or disagree? Why?. (100 to 150 words, 5 points)
Give the class your reflection on what you read in the Report and saw in the video. This will get you up to 30 points. Include in your reflection the answers to the following questions categorically:
What is the difference between Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism? What is your perspective on these? (at least 150 but no more than 200 words, 5 points)
What is the Nakba? What does the Amnesty Report mention about it? What is your perspective on it?(at least 150 but no more than 200 words, 5 points)
What is the difference between Aliyah and the Right of Return for Palestinians? Why do they differ? What does the Amnesty Report mention about it? What is your personal perspective on it? (at least 150 but no more than 200 words, 5 points)
What is the difference between terrorists and freedom fighters? Are the Palestinians terrorists? Are the Israelis? Do the Palestinians have the right to defend themselves? Why or why not? (at least 150 but no more than 200 words, 5 points)
What are the United Nations’ resolutions regarding the Palestinian territories under Israel’s occupation? Have they ever been enforced? What does the Amnesty Report mention about them? What is your perspective on them?(at least 150 but no more than 200 words, 5 points)
What are AIPAC and CAIR and what are their impacts on American foreign policy regarding Israel? What is your perspective on them? (at least 150 but no more than 200 words, 5 points)
What is BDS and what is its impact on Israel? Would you support or oppose BDS? Why? (at least 150 but no more than 200 words, 5 points)
How much money do American taxpayers pay to Israel as military aid each year? What is your perspective on it? (at least 150 but no more than 200 words, 5 points)
In light of the A+J video and the Amnesty Report, how does Israel’s occupation practices compare to those of South Africa under its apartheid regime? Watch the video below before you answer (at least 150 but no more than 200 words, 5 points):
In your opinion, is America neutral in this conflict? How does it affect America’s relationship with Arab and Muslim nations and their people? (at least 150 but no more than 200 words, 5 points)
