The Israeli Arab Conflict 19471980

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The Israeli / Arab Conflict 1947-1980

• David Colon
• Edu 290
• http//www.msnbc.com/news/210882.asp

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History of Conflict

• 1947- Israel gains Independence by Britain.
• recognized as a sovereign Nation by the U.N.
• Countries in Arab League refuse to Acknowledge
  Israels right to exist
• First Israeli Palestinian war breaks out

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Israel vs. Arabs

• May 15, 1948 Israel attacked by Palestinian Arab
  Forces.
• Iraq, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon All attack
  Israel.
• U.N. sets up cease fire agreement, between Israel
  and infultrating Arab countries
• Minor conflicts Continues despite Cease fire
  Armistice.

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Suez canal conflict(1956)

• Palestinian Arabs Terrorize Israeli borders from
  Egyptian controlled Gaza strip.
• Egyptian president Nassar Blockades Suez canal
  from Israel
• Egypt Nationalizes Suez canal Forbidding Israel
  to use it for navigation and trade.

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Suez-Sinai War (1956)

• 1956- Joint Military Campaign launched
• France, Great Britain, join Israeli led attack on
  the Sinai Peninsula
• 100 hours for Israel to occupy the Egyptian Sinai
  Peninsula, Gaza Strip.
• Israel also occupies eastern bank of Suez canal.

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6 days war-1967

• U.N. and United States force Israel to leave the
  Sinai.
• Egyptian president Nassar closes Gulf of Aqaba to
  Israel.
• Egypt, Syria, and Jordan unified forces under
  Egyptian command.
• Israeli Defense forces take out Arab unified air
  defense
• Israel Reoccupies Sinai, and conquere Arab
  Jeruselem from Jordan
• Israel occupies Syrian Golan Heights and Arab
  west bank.

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October war 1973.

• 1970-Anwar El Saddat ascended to power as
  Egyptian President.
• Oct 6, 1973 Syria and Egypt launch an offensive
  against Israel.
• Israel is pushed beyond the lands occupied in the
  6 days war.
• Israel was attacked on Jewish holiest day the Yom
  Kippur.

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Israeli Recuperation

• Israel recovered by driving Egypt out of the
  Sinai by military force
• Israel drove Syria out of Israel proper and
  pushed into Syria miles from Damascus, the Syrian
  capital
• The Fighting ceased when the United states
  intervened

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United States Intervention

• Henry Kissenger Set up disengagment agreements
  Between Isreal, Syria, and Egyp
• Egypt received a strip of the eastern sinai
• Syria received the area surrounding the Golan
  Heights.

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Peace Israel and Egypt.

• 1979- President Carter Negotiates a peace summit
  between Isreal and Egypt.
• Anwar Saddat travels on a historic trip to
  Jerusalem.
• Saddat addresses the Israeli Knesset on the
  subject of freedom for the Palestinians
• 1979 the monumental peace treaty between Israel
  and Egypt is signed.
• Peace has been attained.
• 1980 Egyptian President Anwar El Saddat is
  assassinated.