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October 7, Hamas-led militants launched an assault on Israel from the Gaza Strip. Like many world affairs, this has opened discussions, disagreements, and a wide range of emotions here in the United States. It has also, undoubtedly, raised many questions both
in our personal lives and those we share with middle and high school students. Like other current events that have a long history of conflict, the
</span><a href="https://mel.org/welcome"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Michigan eLibrary</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> (MeL) offers several
</span><a href="https://mel.org/az.php"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">eResources</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> to help learners better understand and further consider the actions that
we’re witnessing today. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Britannica School<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To gain summary information related to topics such as
</span><a href="https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Gaza-Strip/36255"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gaza Strip</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
</span><a href="https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Hamas/2732"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hamas</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
</span><a href="https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Hezbollah/384132"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hezbollah</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
</span><a href="https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Israel/106444"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Israel</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, or
</span><a href="https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Palestine/108522"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Palestine</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
</span><a href="http://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=eb"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Britannica School</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> gives straight-forward,
encyclopedic content. As students discover the details about the geographic region, culture, changes in leadership, political affiliations, and pivotal events, they can dig deeper with embedded, linked content to people and place names such as
</span><a href="https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Benjamin-Netanyahu/2840"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Benjamin Netanyahu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
</span><a href="https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Khaled-Meshaal/603641"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kaled Meshaal</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> and
</span><a href="https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Plain-of-Sharon/67160"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Plain of Sharon</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. Primary Source documents
that correlate to the article, like the </span><a href="https://school.eb.com/levels/high/additionalcontent/primarysources?id=161444&path=/primary_source/avalon/20th_century/hamas.asp"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hamas Covenant
1988</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, can be found under the tab,<b> Related.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">eBook Collections<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">There are hundreds of eBooks in MeL that offer varying perspectives of historic events in this region. From the
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-e862xna"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">eBook High School Collection</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
and translated from the original Hebrew work, </span><a href="https://auth.mel.org/newera/check-direct?url=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e862xna&AN=1048770&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Erased
from Space and Consciousness: Israel and the Depopulated Villages of 1948</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, offers an aftermath perspective of Arab-Israel War of 1948. Other books in this collection include
</span><a href="https://auth.mel.org/newera/check-direct?url=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e862xna&AN=983402&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_frontcover1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On
Palestine</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> and
</span><a href="https://auth.mel.org/newera/check-direct?url=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e862xna&AN=490306&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
Origins of Israel, 1882-1948: A Documentary History</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-e000xna"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">eBook Academic Collection</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
provides several titles related to the United States involvement through the years. These include
</span><a href="https://auth.mel.org/newera/check-direct?url=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xna&AN=1868514&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Our
American Israel: The Story of an Entangled Alliance</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
</span><a href="https://auth.mel.org/newera/check-direct?url=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xna&AN=2248861&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
Movement and the Middle East: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Divided the American Left</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, and
</span><a href="https://auth.mel.org/newera/check-direct?url=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xna&AN=2135197&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Israel,
the United States, and the War Against Hamas, July-August 2014: The Special Relationship under Scrutiny</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Viewpoints and Jewish Studies Source<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Highlighted in the featured content, both
</span><a href="http://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ovic"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
and </span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebscoprofile-pov"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Points of View Reference Center</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
provide thousands of news stories on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in audio and video from sources such as BBC, NPR, The Washington Post Videos, and NYTimes.com Video Collection. Additionally, both resources have hundreds of point/counterpoint perspectives
for students to consider.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Finally,
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-jss"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jewish Studies Source</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
which offers “a multidisciplinary view of the study of the Jewish civilization from its historical origins to the present,” includes publications such as
</span><a href="https://auth.mel.org/newera/check-direct?url=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=jss&jid=8VFK&site=ehost-live"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jerusalem
Viewpoints</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> and
</span><a href="https://auth.mel.org/newera/check-direct?url=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=jss&jid=HE6G&site=ehost-live"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Journal
of Holy Land and Palestine Studies</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
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