By Mr Mark Gonzalez Grace Christian Academy

By: Mr. Mark Gonzalez Grace Christian Academy

Israel: 1947 & Israel: 1949

The 1947 UN Partition Plan • The UN voted to separate Palestine/Israel into 3 separate pieces: • 1. Jewish state called Israel • 2. Arab/Palestinian State • 3. Jerusalem (international city) • Jews accepted the plan. • Palestinians rejected it.

The Nazi Holocaust N The Nazis led by Hitler systematically killed over 6 million Jews from over a period of 12 years-1/2 in concentration camps NAfter WW 2 , large amounts of Jewish Holocaust survivors immigrated to the new Jewish country of Israel. NWatch Homeland question scene-blood and tears video

Aliyah Bet- aliyah means in Hebrew “return” to the Promised Land §“illegal” (to the British)Jewish immigration to Palestine. § The ship Exodus, 1947.

Israel Becomes a Nation: May 14, 1948 Chaim Weizmann, 1 st President David Ben-Gurion, 1 st Prime Minister

War Begins!: May 15, 1948 • 5 surrounding Arab countries invaded Israel • Israel miraculously defeated them all and even captured West Jerusalem and the Western Wall • The War created 700, 000 Palestinian refugees • Trans. Jordan took in 500, 000 refugeeswatch video: ”Refugees. Blood and Tears”

Six-Day War (1967) • Israel captured East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and all of the West Bank in just 6 days • The UN Passed Resolution 242 condemned the Israeli preemptive strike and occupation and refused to acknowledge Jerusalem as the Israeli capital. • Israel must withdraw • Israel accepted the resolution, but retained much of the land in order to protect themselves from future Arab attacks

Why Israel can’t give withdraw to its pre-1967 borders • http: //www. youtube. com/watc h? v=k 2 h. Z 6 Sl. Sqq 0

Israel’s stunning victory and subsequent occupation of Arab lands created problems that led to another war in 1973

Israeli troops celebrate at the Jerusalem holy sites-the Dome of the Rock-video “Six Day War”

Palestine Liberation Organization Terrorist Yassir Arafat founds the PLO with the goal of establishing a Palestinian Nation-State

Yom-Kippur War (Oct. 6, 1973) • This time 13 nations gather and do a surprise attack Israel on the holiest Jewish holiday Yom Kippur • Israel extends its territory as far west as the Suez Canal

Yom-Kippur War (Oct. 6, 1973) • Jewish prime minister Golda Meir to US Pres Nixon: “Mr. President, by the time you get here, we won’t be here” • Israeli forces with the help of God and US weaponry were able to push back the invading forces

Camp David Accords (1979) President Anwar Sadat of Egypt President Jimmy Carter of the U. S. Prime Minister Menachem Begin Of Israel

Camp David Accords (1979) • Israel agrees to withdraw from the Sinai peninsula and make peace with Egypt • Israel agrees to negotiate more land for peace • Egypt becomes the first Arab nation to recognize Israel’s right to exist

Palestinian Intifada- (1987 -1993) • The Intifada is a Palestinian uprising involving suicide terrorist attacks against the Jews by groups such as HAMAS • The UN took no official steps to end the Intifada-Israel’s problem • 1993 -US President Bill Clinton brought the Israelis and Palestinians together to negotiate a peace agreement • The result was the Oslo Peace Agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians-The Declaration of Principles

The 1993 Oslo Peace Agreement • Palestinians would declare Jewish Israel’s right to exist • Jews would hand over land for peacethe Golan Heights and the Gaza Strip • Palestinians would stop terrorist attacks against Israeli Jews • Jews would allow for limited Palestinian self-rule in parts of the West Bank

Alright Boys- “Lets shake and be friends-huh, huh” Yitzak Rabin (Israel) Assassinated in 1995 Bill Clinton (USA) Yasir Arafat (Palestinian) Poisoned or died of AIDS

The 2000 s • Since 1993 Peace Accords: • Israel evacuated the Gaza Strip settlements in August 2005 • Terrorist Group HAMAS has taken over the Gaza Strip • Control over the West Bank and Jerusalem still unresolved at this date • The Golan Heights situation is still unresolved due to disagreements on the Sea of Galilee and Mt Hermon-video clip threshold of peace

Rocket Attacks and Retaliations • Weekly, Israeli cities are attacked by rockets fired from Gaza Strip by HAMAS terrorists • The Israeli military’s response is usually swift and targets Hamas buildings, but sometimes innocent Palestinians are killed • Jews continue to build settlements in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Golan Heights