The Arab-Israeli Conflict

1. The Arab-Israeli Conflict A Big Problem In The Middle East

2. 1077-997 BCJewish Control of Holy Land • Kingdoms of ___ • Jews lived in an ___ • The state is referred to as the ___ • ___and the holiest city in Judaism

3. 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 ___

4. 634 Byzantine Control of Holy Land Mohammed, the greatest prophet of Islam, ___ Jerusalem becomes the ___

5. 638Arab 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___

6. 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 ___

7. 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

8. 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 ___

9. 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

10. 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 ___

11. 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 ___

12. 1947United 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 ___

13. 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, ___

14. 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 ___

15. 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 ___

16. 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 ___

17. 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

18. 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 ___

19. 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 ___

20. Peace Between Israel and Egypt in 1978 • In 1979 Begin and Sadat ___ • Israel returned the ___ • Egypt recognized ___ • Egypt was considered an ___ • Sadat was ___

21. An Attempt at Peace • ___erupts in 1987 • Sick of the fighting on both sides Arafat and Israeli Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin ___

22. The Oslo Peace Accords • Palestinians would ___ • Israel would stop building settlements in the West Bank and ___ • Peace process hindered when Rabin was ___

23. 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 ___

24. The Peace Attempt Fails • After numerous suicide bombings Israel began constructing ___ • Palestinians suffer because it separates them from some of their farmland • In 2004 ___ • MahmoudAbbas takes over as ___ • In 2005 Israel ___ • ___ and is replaced by Ehud Olmert • ___takes control of Gaza in 2006