HIST 1763 Lecture 1: Lecture 1 (page 1) Israel Palestine
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Israelis often use english as their second language. Palestine includes the gaza strip, west bank, and golan heights. Israel surrounds all of these areas and no transportation takes people directly from one to the other. Still have 1/5 of israel"s population as palestinians *mostly in jerusalem* Israel is boardered by the mediteranean sea (273 km coastline) The oslo accords created the pieces that make up the palestinian territory. Israel has nearly 7 million people and palestine has 5 million. Palestinian west bank holds 3,5 million people; 1. 4 million live on the gaza strip (top population per square km in the world) Israel has 6 million jews; 1. 7 million arabs (mainly in the north) along with many others. Palestine is much more poor comparatively with israel. 47% below poverty line in the west bank ( average) 70%-80% below the poverty line in gaza strip ( average)
