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There are 2 major moments in the history of the Jews and the state of Israel.  One is from the past during World War II.  The other event just took place in October 2023.  The Jewish people date back to early times in the Middle East, and more recently they became a nation in 1968.  Palestine will be covered in this presentation.  There has never been a country named Palestine.  Rather, it has been more of an area in the Middle East next to Israel.  Conflict involving Israel, including the Jewish people, beginning with the Holocaust, is connected to the Hamas attack on Israel.  Let’s take a further look into this history, starting with the Holocaust.

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Part 1: A major moment in Jewish history 

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Part 1: A major moment in Jewish history 

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Jews, Nazis, and the Holocaust

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The Holocaust

6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust (brittannica)

Millions of others were killed by the Nazis as well

Hitler rose to power in 1933.  He believed in a master race, and ethnic cleansing.

1938 Kristallnacht: Nazi torching of synagogues, vandalism to Jewish schools, businesses.  Rounding up of Jews.  This marks the beginning of ghettos and concentration camps.

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The Unbelievable Reality of Auschwitz | The U.S. and the Holocaust | PBS

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Live footage of fighting.

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The Unbelievable Reality of Auschwitz | The U.S. and the Holocaust | PBS

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In 1919 Adolph Hitler said, “Rational anti semitism, however, must lead to systemic legal opposition…its final objective must unswervingly be the removal of the Jews altogether.”

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This is a picture of malnourished Jews in horrible conditions

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This is a picture of malnourished Jews in horrible conditions

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The Nazis used many control tactics from fear to murder to control the Jews

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The Nazis used many control tactics from fear to murder to control the Jews

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This is Auschwitz: one of the death camps in Poland

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This is Auschwitz: one of the death camps in Poland

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Part2: Second major event - Hamas attack on Israel 2023

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Part2: Second major event - Hamas attack on Israel 2023

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Palestinians, upset with Israel’s boundaries, attack October 2023.  Here are Hamas fighters in Israel, standing on an Israeli tank.

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Israel: Present Day Conflict (BBC)

Hamas- An Islamist military terrorist group

Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023

Hamas gunmen entered Israel and killed 1,200 people

They fired thousands of rockets as well

They took 250 hostages

Israel immediately began air strikes and ground invasions killing about 28,000 people in Gaza

Currently, there is ongoing war

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Who is Hamas and what did they do to Israel in October 2023?

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Hitler blamed the Jews for Germany’s defeat in World War I.  This led to the Holocaust.  The Jews had world support to become a nation in 1968, but old tensions persisted in that part of the Middle East.  The specific city of Jerusalem is a prominent religious center, having been the Jewish Temple Mount, but also Haram Al-Sharif, or Muslim destination of Muhammad.  These two religions are in direct conflict with one another and give background as to why the Jews are again under attack.

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Israeli Defense releases combat footage fighting Hamas | LiveNOW from FOX

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Footage of fighting in Gaza

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Israeli Defense releases combat footage fighting Hamas | LiveNOW from FOX

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The Holocaust was a major event in the history of the world, but very specifically to the Jews.  There was brutal persecution with an ultimate attempt to terminate the Jews altogether.  The world got back in order after World War II, and Israel became a nation where the Jews would have safety and peace.  Then in October 2023 they were invaded, and are currently at war.  There are contentious relations in the Middle East, and the Jews a have found themselves in the crosshairs again.  It is good to study and learn about events in the past and understand how they connect to current events.