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ISIS sites

• TIME MAGAZINE - Special Report
• VOX Video: The rise of ISIS

A1: "Poverty, Compounded" by Gillian White (The Atlantic)

IMPERIALISM ENRICHMENT: Read the following two poems about imperialism.  Who are the poets writing to?  And what are they saying -- what is the central idea of each poet?  Evidence?

Rudyard Kipling (1899): "The White Man's Burden"

Hubert Harrison (1920): "The Black Man's Burden"

The following sites may aid you in your research as you work to propose a sensible course of action for the US government to take relative to the ongoing conflict in Israel-Palestine:

• The Middle-East Friendship Chart
• Middle-East Relationships: It's Complicated
• Threats Facing Israel (2013)
• America's 25 Most Awkward Allies
• 2016 Poll: Who do Americans fear the most?
• Map of Countries with Nuclear Weapons
• Nuclear Weapons: Who Has What?
• Israel-Palestine Crisis Guide (scroll way down to "Parties to the Conflict")
• Who recognizes Israel as a legitimate state?
• Who recognizes Palestine as a legitimate state?

Helpful sites relative to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and peace process:

• VOX Cards: "Everything you need to know about Israel-Palestine"

• The Daily Conversation [video]: Israel and Palestine Explained

• Crash Course w/John Green [video]: Conflict in Israel and Palestine