Transcript The Arab-Israeli Conflict

The Arab-Israeli Conflict
A Big Problem In The Middle East
1077-997 BC
Jewish Control of Holy Land
• Kingdoms of ___
• Jews lived in an ___
– The state is referred
to as the ___
• ___and the holiest
city in Judaism
37 BC
Roman Control of Holy Land
Kingdoms of ___
Jews lived in a state
___
In 134 AD, Jews were
kicked out of the Holy
Land
Many ended up in ___
634
Byzantine Control of Holy Land
Mohammed, the
greatest prophet
of Islam, ___
Jerusalem becomes
the ___
638
Arab Control of Holy Land
• ___, under the banner of Islam, take control
of the Holy Land as well as the Middle East
and North Africa
• Many Arabs in the Holy Land ___
1100
Muslim and Crusader Control of Holy Land
Without an
independent state
of their own, ___
continue to live in
the Holy Land
Jews under the rule of
either the ___
1500
Ottoman Control of Holy Land
By the 1500s the Islamic
Ottoman Empire
controlled the Holy
Land
Although Jews paid
special taxes, they
continued ___by the
Ottoman government
1897
Weak Ottoman Control of Holy Land
In response to the anti-Semitic
attitudes of Europe, ___
– Its goal was to create a ___
After his death, Herzl’s
predecessor, Chaim Weizmann
befriended the British
statesman ___
1897
Weak Ottoman Control of Holy Land
Balfour came to support the
Zionist movement and in
1917 ___
It stated that the English
government would ___ in the
Holy Land, now called
Palestine
Also stated that the ___in
Palestine must be upheld
1920
British Control of Holy Land
• After WWI, the victorious Allies
dismantled and ___
– Great Britain took the ___
• Great Britain tried to please both
sides in Palestine
– They had a natural tendency to support
the Zionists as they ___
– The British did try to control the ___to
Palestine
– This was impossible ___
1920
British Control of Holy Land
As the population of Jews
surpassed the population of
Arabs, Jews saw the control
of Palestine ___
The influx of Jews to the Arab
Palestinians was seen as ___
1947
United Nations Control of Holy Land
• ___into a Jewish settlement
zone and an Arab- only
zone did not work
– ___between Arabs and Jews
in Palestine
• Unable to find a solution,
Britain ___
The UN’s 1947 Partition Plan
The UN decided to divide the territory into the
Arab country of ___
Although passed by the UN, ___Palestinians
and the Arab nations of the Middle East
Supported by the United States and Europe,
___
Arab States Attack
Upset at what was seen as a
foreign power in the holy land,
Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon,
Saudi Arabia, and Syria ___
Israel, supported by the US, ___
– Israel took ___
– The Gaza strip went ___
– The West Bank went ___
The 1956 Suez Crisis
In 1956 Egypt’s leader Nasser ___
Outraged, the British and French
made a deal with Israel to ___
Pressure from the US and USSR
forced Israel, France, and Britain
___
The 1967 Six Day War
Nasser closed off Israel’s outlet to the
Red Sea and convinced other Arab
states to ___
Fearing attack, Israel struck airfields in
___
Within 6 days Israel won taking the ___
The Palestinian Liberation Organization
• Palestinians
disillusioned with the
Arab States’
___formed the
Palestinian Liberation
Organization (PLO)
led by ___
– Rejected the idea of
an ___
– Continued to fight the
Israelis
The 1973 Yom
Kippur War
• Nasser’s successor Anwar
Sadat launched a surprise
attack against Israel on their
___
• For a couple of days the
Egyptians and Syrians had the
advantage ___
Peace Between Israel and Egypt in 1978
Sadat knowing that he could not
defeat the US-supported Israel
___
– Even flew to Jerusalem to ___
In 1978 President Carter met with
Israeli Prime minister ___
– The US promised billions of aid to both
countries ___
Peace Between Israel and Egypt in 1978
In 1979 Begin and
Sadat ___
– Israel returned the ___
– Egypt recognized ___
Egypt was considered an
___
Sadat was ___
An Attempt at Peace
• ___erupts in 1987
• Sick of the fighting on
both sides Arafat and
Israeli Prime minister
Yitzhak Rabin ___
The Oslo Peace Accords
• Palestinians would ___
• Israel would stop building
settlements in the West
Bank and ___
– Peace process hindered
when Rabin was ___
The Peace Attempt Fails
After the assassination of Rabin the ___
In 2000 Palestinians rejected the final Israeli
offer and ___
Arafat called for ___
The Israeli people responded by ___
– In June 2003 Bush meets with Arab leaders to discuss ___
Calls for ___
The Peace Attempt Fails
• After numerous suicide bombings Israel began
constructing ___
– Palestinians suffer because it separates them from
some of their farmland
• In 2004 ___
– Mahmoud Abbas takes over as ___
• In 2005 Israel ___
– ___ and is replaced by Ehud Olmert
• ___takes control of Gaza in 2006