| A | B |
|---|
| Zionism | A movement to build a Jewish Nation |
| Balfour Declaration | A document from Britain favoring the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people |
| Terrorism | Acts of violence commited to intimidate |
| Intifada | A people's uprising started by Palestinians in the late 1980's |
| Arab Israelis | Palestinian Arabs who want full and equal citizenship in Israel |
| Hamas | A Palesinian resistance group that emerged from the 1987 Infifada who's goal it is to reclaim all of Palesitne and create an Islamic Palestinian State |
| The Labor Party | A Zionist group which believes in the establishment of a secular (nonreligious) Jewish nation |
| The Likud Bloc | A Zionist group which believes in a secular (nonreligious) Jewish nation through the use of military force |
| PLO | The internationally recognized political voice of the Palestinians. They want to create a secular (nonreligious) Palestinian nation |
| Yaser Arafat | The leader of the PLO |
| Peace Now | A Jewish Israeli group who want a Palestenian state and peace in the Middle East |
| Ultra-Orthadox | A group of religiously observant Jews who want a nonsecular (religious) Nation of Israel in the land that once made up ancient, Biblical Israel |
| Sunni Muslim | 90% of all Muslims are of this sect and can pursue their faith in secular settings |
| Shiite Muslim | Very strict sect of Islam |
| Jihad | Holy war or internal stuggle |
| The Quran | The words of Allah |
| The Hadith | The words and teachings of Mohammed |
| Islam | The Second largest religion in the world today |
| Muslims | Followers of Islam and the teachings of Mohammed |
| Allah | The one true God of Islam |
| Mohammed | The founder of Islam |
| The Kabah | The house of Allah |
| Arab Nationalism | Arabs uniting throughout the world to further their own causes |
