Post 1948

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Post 1948

• Israel-Palestine Dispute

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4 Years in 25 Years

• War of 1948
• The War of 1956
• The War of 1967
• The Yom Kippur War of 1973

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War of 1948

• May 14 1948 Israel claims independence
• May 15 1948- Syria, Trans-Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt
  invade Israel
• Ends in December with Arabs defeated
• 1949- Israel given sovereignty over 12 800 km
  bordering Mediterranean
• Trans-Jordan kept land west of Jordan River
  (including East Jerusalem)
• Egypt took control of Gaza strip
• Palestine ceased to exist

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The War of 1956

• Israeli forces invade Egypt with support from
  Britain and France
• Reason- Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal
• UN intervened, emergency force placed in Suez
• Israel withdraws forces
• Made no territorial gains
• BUT destroyed Egyptian arms supremacyYouTube -
  Suez 1956 Story of struggling against
  colonialism - p(1/2)
• Led to a Six Day War in 1967

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Six Day War of 1967

• Guerrilla forces of Palestine (Al-Fatah) carry
  out raids in Israel from Jordan and Syria
• Israel retaliates (attacked bases in Jordan)
• Syria used artillery fire on Israeli farmers
• Israelis respond- air attack on Syrian positions
• UN leaves Suez and Nasser denies Israel use of
  canal

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Six Day War of 1967 continued

• Troops in Arab world (Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq,
  and Kuwait) mobilized
• Planned attack for Israel
• Israel attacks first
• Israelis destroy Egyptian air force
• War ends in 6 days
• Israel controls Sinai desert and pushed Egypt
  past Suez Canal
• Israel captures ALL of Jerusalem, pushed
  Jordanians past Jordan River, took Golan Heights
  from Syrians- increased land mass by 400

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Yom Kippur War of 1973

• Egypt and Syria attack on religious Jewish Holy
  Day
• Took Israelis by surprise
• Israelis regroup after several days, and defeat
  their attackers
• Soviets and US work for a cease fire and war ends
  in 17 days

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More

• 1979- Egypt-Israeli Peace Treaty
• 1982- Israelis give Sinai peninsula back to Egypt
• Israel gives up
• 7000 Israeli homes
• The Alma oil fields
• Strategic defence locations

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Maps

• Maps of Israel-Palestine

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Hamas

• 1987
• Palestinian-Islamic Paramilitary force
• Considered a Terrorist Organization by Western
  forces
• Controls Gaza
• Began suicide bombing in April 1993
• Stopped suicide bombing in 2006

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Oslo Accords

• August 1993
• Recognized Palestinian Territory of West Bank and
  Gaza Strip
• Israeli Prime Minister Rafin
• PLO representative Arafat
• PLO Palestinian Liberation Organization
• Created in 1964
• Sole legitimate representative of Palestinian
  people by UN in 1993

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Totally Random Slide

• Most of todays conflict in the Middle East is
  the result of this conflict
• Still no Palestine
• Iran in search of Nuclear Power
• Terrorism / Pursuers of Freedom
• ONE of the reasons why US is disliked
  internationally (supports Israel)
• Suicide bombers, checkpoints
• Some Palestinians living in Israel

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Whats going on today?

• Last year in December
• Death Toll Rises in Gaza - Video Library - The
  New York Times
• Fighting Continues in Gaza - Video Library - The
  New York Times
• In Israel, Gaza War Is Seen as Just - Video
  Library - The New York Times

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• Netanyahu Talks About Abbas Meeting - Video
  Library - The New York Times
• G20 Summit and Iran