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The Arab-Israeli Wars

The Arab-Israeli Wars. Roots of the Problem The Cold War Context The Six Day War (1967) The Yom Kippur War (1973) Reasons for Israeli Success Abiding Problems. Roots of the Problem. Russian Pogroms 1897 Zionist Conference 1917 Balfour Declaration The Holocaust 1948 Creation of Israel.

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The Arab-Israeli Wars

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  1. The Arab-Israeli Wars • Roots of the Problem • The Cold War Context • The Six Day War (1967) • The Yom Kippur War (1973) • Reasons for Israeli Success • Abiding Problems

  2. Roots of the Problem • Russian Pogroms • 1897 Zionist Conference • 1917 Balfour Declaration • The Holocaust • 1948 Creation of Israel Chaim Weizmann

  3. The Six Day War of 1967 • Tensions From 1956 • Creation of PLO, 1964 • Historical Analogies? • Reasons for Israeli Success • Results Gamal Abdul Nasser

  4. Personnel Losses, 1967

  5. Equipment Losses, 1967

  6. Golan Heights From Syria West Bank and Gaza Strip (Occupied Territories) Sinai from Egypt (returned to Egypt in 1978)

  7. The Yom Kippur War of 1973 • Reasons for the War • The Element of Surprise • Israeli Recovery • Results • The Camp David Accords of 1978 Israeli Checkpoint, 1973

  8. Arab Losses, 1973

  9. Reasons for Israeli Success:“We are good at what we do because the alternative is too horrifying to contemplate.” • Motivation • Planning • Intelligence • Diplomacy • US Support Moshe Dayan

  10. Continuing Problems • Division in Arab World • PLO and Israeli Occupation • Post-Superpower Era • Intifada • Religious Fundamentalism Yasir Arafat

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