Topic 6

The State of Israel

1) What were the goals of the 'Committee X?'
2) What did Mike Harari want those involved in the Munich Massacre to feel?
3) Survey the list of Hamas terrorist attacks and describe what happened.
4) How many separate terrorist attacks does Israeli Foreign Minister Shalom say occurred in the past 3 and a half years?
5) What happened the day after Israel declared independence? What countries were involved?

Common Questions: Focus on the response to the 1972 Munich Olympic Massacre

1) Who was the group?
2) Where were they from?
3) What was their motivation? (cause?)
4) What did they do? (the Act?)
5) What happened immediately? (the result of the Act?) (# of deaths or casualties or type of damage)
6) What, if any, were the long-term outcomes of the Act?
7) Did the end justify the means? (did the outcome make the act okay?)
8) Do you believe this was an act of terrorism or a fight for freedom?