3. What happened on October 7?
1. Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah (Joy of the Law)
2. Hamas militants attacked in Southern Israel
3. Killed 1,400 Israelis (most civilians)
4. Captured 222 hostages (infants, children, elderly)
5. Tortured, beheaded, and burned alive, many
6. Israel invaded Gaza to free the hostages
7. Arab World protested the invasion & Palestinian deaths
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7. Jewish Story
• Jews are children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
• Jews were slaves in Egypt
• God freed them from slavery
• God gave them the Law on Sinai
• God gave them the Land of Israel
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8. Jewish Story
• Jews broke God’s law
• Jews were scattered for 2,000 years
• Wandered, homeless, & persecuted
• Hitler tried to annihilate the Jews
• Jews needed a homeland
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9. Jewish Story
• Jews returned to the Land of Israel
• 1948 established the State of Israel
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11. Palestinian Story
• Arabs are children of Ishmael
• Allah gave them the Arab lands
• Palestinians are Arabs who lived in Palestine
for 2,000 years
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13. Palestinian Story
• Jews are foreign to the Middle East
• Jews are White Europeans
• Europeans didn’t want the Jews
• Sent them to Palestine to colonize it
• Jews displaced Palestinians
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16. Israel’s Version
• Egypt, Jordan, Syria invaded Israel
• Vowed to annihilate Israel and kill the Jews
• Told Arab inhabitants to
fl
ee their homes
• Israel promised citizenship to Arabs who stayed
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17. Israel’s Version
2.1 Million Arab Israeli Citizens
5 Million Palestinians in occupied territories
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Arab Citizen of Israel
18. Palestinian Version
• Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq invaded Israel
• Israel drove the Palestinians from their homes
• Israel erased the evidence of their crime
• Palestinians are now refugees
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31. 2007
Hamas took over Gaza
Expelled Palestinian Authority
Vowed to annihilate Israel
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32. 2007 - Today
Hamas
fi
red rockets into Israel
Israel attacked terrorist bases
Signed Cease Fire
Hamas resupplied from Iran
Attacked again
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33. October 7, 2023
Hamas in
fi
ltrated South Israel
Killed 1,400 Israelis
Captured 222 hostages
Vows to attack again
Israel invaded Gaza to remove Hamas
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