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ottoman empire the Turkish empire -lasted 1299-1923 -taken over by British and French after WWI - all they have left is Turkey
Balfour Declaration created a Jewish homeland a letter from the UK's foreign secretary saying " we favor an establishment of a nation home for the Jews in Palestine" this letter began all parliment
Sykes- Picot Agreement 1916- division up of the middle east and Ottoman empire by the french and british
zionism the philospohy of Jews having their own country started by Theodore Hertzel ISRAEL
Palestine v. Israel two nations that wanted to murder eachother
Aliyah Bet code name given to illegal immigrantation to jews by the british Mandate for Palestine
partition dividing a country into two parts ex. Israel and Palestine
What is the Suez Canal-- physical appearance? artifical sea level water way in Egypt connects the Medditeranean sea and the red sea
What was the purpose of the suez canal? to transport oil and other goods without going all the way around
Suez canal--- conflict B+F= want canal, Isr side with F+B. Soviets side w E. US decided to side w I+F+B Nasser nationalizes cannal F+B+I= mad Isr invades Egy russians built dam for Egy Nasser wanted to build dam on Nile Einstenhower sides w egy einh+egy= allies egy
effects of the suez cannal conflct UN gets peace troops in the Sinai peninsuila
Gaza Strip a strip of land in Israel on the med coast eastern coast 1-2 million Arabs live there under Israeli occupation
west banks a piece of land in Israel jerusalem on the boarder Arabs live there 80% of the suicide bombs occured there
sinai peninsula protects jews from Egypt mostly desert 7 wars have occured there
UN Security Council USA, France, Britain, Russia, China all have veto power 13 temporary members-- hard to make decisions
6 day war Nasser asked UNEF (United Nations Emergency Forces) so he could attack Israel =, the willingly agreed. Israel defeats Egypt and NAsser is humiliated - defeated in 6 days Israel pre-emptive struck Egypt destroyed a lot of egypts air fleet`
Golan Heights part of Syria occupied by Israel, most fertile farmland in Israel. Syria invaded during the Yom Kippor War
PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) palestine had no place to settle so they settled in the west banks Leader= Yasser Arafat terrorists attack everywhere!
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) asking for forgiveness for all of your sins most holy day for the Jews a day of praying and fasting
Yom Kippur War Syrians and Egyptians attacked Israel on Yom Kippur 73' surprise attack- palestinians wanted to take back their homeland 3 days for Israelis to rally- came back and won war Israelis lost many
Effects of the Yom Kippur War Israeli economy suffered Egyptians celebrated (even though they lost) because they caused so much destruction in Israel shattered Israel's sence of security
Likud Party right wing party in Israel conservative party Current leader= Nentanyuha
Camp David Begin and Sedat signed peace treaty in Camp David witnessed by president carter
Oslo Accords an attempt for the PLO and Isralei government to make peace
hamas Palestinian government of the Gaza Strip
Nationalism the Breakup of colonies into independent countries
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