1949PRESENT

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ISRAELI VS. ARAB CONFLICT

• 1949-PRESENT

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Israel founded UN partition plan

• The United Nations General Assembly decided in
  1947 on the partition of Palestine into Jewish
  and Arab states, with Jerusalem to be an
  international city. The plan, which was rejected
  by the native Arabs, was never implemented.

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Israel founded Armistice

• War broke out in 1948 when Britain withdrew, the
  Jews declared the state of Israel and troops from
  neighboring Arab nations moved in. After eight
  months of fighting an armistice line was agreed,
  establishing the West Bank and Gaza Strip as
  distinct geographical units.

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1967 Six Day War--Before and After
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Occupied Territories

• Gaza Strip
• Golan Heights
• East Jerusalem
• West Bank

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INTIFADA--"TheUprising"
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Palestinian Resistance

• Widespread Civil Disobedience
• Boycotts, demonstrations, attacks on Israeli
  soldiers
• Drew international attention which put pressure
  on Israel to make peace

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FATAH

• Fatah--Militant wing of the PLO
• Founded by Yassir Arafat in the late 1950s
• Strongest and best organized resistance group
  within Israel
• Pushing for a Palestinian homeland in the West
  Bank and Gaza

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• Largest Palestinian militant group
• Formed during the Intifada in 1987
• The killing of civilians must be punished by the
  killing of civilians
• Founder Sheikh Yassin was killed in a missile
  attack in March--igniting violence
• Long Term Goals
• establishing an Islamic state on all of historic
  Palestine
• Short Term Goals
• drive Israeli forces from occupied territories
• attack Israeli soldiers, settlements, and
  civilians

HAMAS
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ISLAMIC JIHAD
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ISLAMIC JIHAD

• Started in Egypt and spread during the Intifada
• Arab-Israeli conflict will only be resolved
  through armed confrontation
• Israel is considered as a expansion of western
  imperialism in Islamic lands
• car bombings, suicide bombers
• Mixed relations with Yasser Arafat--share
  liberation ideology but disagree with peace such
  as Oslo Accords
• Grown close to Hamas as the two groups methods
  and long-term goals have converged

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YASSIR ARAFAT

• Leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization
• Goal has always been independence for the
  Palestinians
• Led the military action against Israel from
  1960-1990
• Attempted to compromise peace for Palestinian
  Homeland

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• Mission is keeping maximum land and political
  rights for the Jewish State of Israel
• Fight for Israel's security
• Fought in 1967 Six Day War
• U.S. President George W. Bush has called him a
  man of peace
• New Policy?--find out what Sharons new policy is
  in occupied territories

ARIEL SHARON