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Middle East People
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| theodore herzl | brought forth the idea of zionism |
| arthur balfour | UK's foreign secretary who signed the Balfour Declaration |
| david ben gurion | the 1st prime minister of Israel |
| gemal abdel nasser | president of egypt, resigned in disgrace, responsible for egypt getting control of the suez canal, nationalized the suez canal |
| yasser arafat | head and chairman of the PLO (palestinian liberations organization); dedicated to destorying israel before signing a peace treaty with Rabin (Israeli Prime Minister);leader of most of the terrorist strikes against Israel |
| King Hussein | king of Jordan; given control of Jordan by the British; attacked Israel in 1967, signed peace treaty with israel (Rabin) |
| golda meir | the 1st female prime minister of Israel; fought in the yom kippor war against Sedat; born jew in the ukraine |
| menachem begin | important member of the irgun; signed camp david accords with sadat; created the likud party; won the nobel peace prize |
| anwar sadat | signed camp david accords with Begin; President of egypt during Yom Kippur war; killed for signing peace treaty |
| jimmy carter | president of USA; signed camp david accords |
| ariel sharon | prime minister of israel' signed peace treaty with Arafat; founded the political party: Kadima; got israelis out of the gaza strip |
| yitzah rabin | involved in every aspect of israel's history; signed peace treaty with Arafat; murdered by a jew for signing the peace treaty |
| Benjamin Netanyahu | current prime minister of israel; threatens to bomb b/c they are building nuclear weapons |
| mouhamoud abbas | current head of palestine in the west bamks & fatah. |