Israeli-Palestinian conflict WWII-Present 1947 UN Partition Plan

Israeli-Palestinian conflict WWII-Present

1947 UN Partition Plan The newly created United Nations approved the UN Partition Plan on November 29, 1947, ____the country into two states, one Arab and one Jewish. ____ was to be designated an international city. The ____ community accepted the plan, but the ______ rejected it. Regardless, the State of _____ was proclaimed on May 14, 1948.

1948 Arab Israeli War Not long after, five Arab countries – Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq – attacked Israel, launching the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. After a year of fighting, a ceasefire was declared and temporary borders, were established. Jordan annexed what became known as the______ and East Jerusalem Egypt took control of the _________.

1948 -1958 Jewish Immigration During the Arab Israeli War about 80% of the previous Arab population, ____ Israel (Palestinians fled). 1948 -1958 --mass immigration of Holocaust survivors and an influx of _____. The population of Israel rose from 800, 000 to two million between 1948 and 1958.

Israel’s Shocking Success in the 6 Days War (1967) 1967 --Egypt, Syria, and Jordan massed troops close to Israeli borders, expelled UN peacekeepers and blocked Israel's access to the Red Sea. ____saw these actions as reason for a pre-emptive strike The war lasted just ___ days and Israel achieved a decisive victory in which it captured the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Sinai _____ and Golan Heights. Israel returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt in 1979

Today In 1992, Israel and the PLO, signed the Oslo Accords, which gave the Palestinian National Authority (Palestinians) the right to ____-_______ parts of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip In 2001 Israel unilaterally withdrew from the Gaza Strip and also started the construction of the Israeli West Bank _______ (still under construction).

Israeli Palestinian Impact Before the creation of Israel in 1948, few Arabs thought of themselves as members of a ______ of nations with a common _______. Arabs questioned Israel’s right to the land. Suddenly, the ____ world shared a goal—driving the Israelis (Jews) out.

One reason why many Arab (Muslim) nations are against the United States & Europe Many Arab nations Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, etc. (Muslims) want ______ out of Israel and the land given to the Palestinians (also _______). The United States and Europe have consistently supported _______ (Jews). Therefore, the ______ and Europe are seen as allies of the enemy by many Arab nations.

Sources Our World Today—People Places and Issues, Glencoe Mc. Graw-Hill pp. 116 -117. http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Israel