TOPIC # 5: ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

Please consider the following potential leading questions

#1: What would “justice” for both the Israelis and the Palestinians look like?

#2: What are the contours of a potential two-state solution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict?

#3: What are the major impediments to a two-state solution and how can these impediments be overcome?

#4: In a situations where there have been provocations and charges of unjust actions on both sides, what role, if any, does the idea of forgiveness play, if a peaceful solution is to be found?

#5: How has the influence of Christians in the United States influenced, for good or for ill, the prospects of resolving the Israeli/Palestinian conflict?

#6: How have the policies and approaches to addressing the Israeli/Palestinian conflict of the Obama administration and previous presidential administrations helped or hindered the quest for resolving this conflict?

#7: How should a Christian’s understanding of “biblical prophecy” about the “end times” influence, or not, his/her perspective on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict?