Title: One Land, Two Peoples
1One Land, Two Peoples
- The Arab-Israeli Conflict
2The size of Israel compared to the state of
California (Israel is approx. the same size as
New Jersey)
3Names you will hear associated with this conflict
- 1. Arabs any member or close descendant of any
of the Arabic speaking peoples of SW Asia and
North Africa
4The Arab World
5Arabic alphabet
6- 2. Palestinian an Arab living in the region of
SW Asia once known as Palestine ( between the
Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River). Most
Arabs still call Israel- Palestine.
7- 3. Jew descendant of the Semitic tribes who
lived in and around ancient Palestine and among
whom the beliefs and laws of Judaism developed.
8- 4. Hebrew member of one of the Jewish tribes
of ancient times (Semites). It is the language
of Judaism and one of the official languages of
Israel. (Arabic is the other official language)
9Hebrew alphabet
10Coca Colain Hebrew
11McDonalds sign in Israel
12McDonalds Menu in Hebrew
13Make sure you know that
- the Arab- Israeli conflict has dominated the
politics of SW Asia (Middle East) for over 50
years.
14Facts about the country of Israel today(2004
World Almanac)
- Population 6.4 million
- Pop density 820 per sq mi
- Area 8,019 sq mi
- Ethnic distribution 80 Jewish 20 Arab and
other. - Chief religions 80 Jewish 15 Islam (mostly
Sunni) 2 Christian
15Roots of the conflict
- Jewish claims
- Arab claims
161890s Birth of Zionism
- This was an effort started by European Jews in
the 1800s to create a Jewish homeland in
Palestine. By the early 1900s, there were
approx 25,000 Jews living in Palestine. (movement
was named after Mt. Zion, NE of Jerusalem)
171900s Arab Nationalism Grows
181914- 1918 World War I
- British promise to the Arabs
- British promise to the Jews
191920s- 1930s British Rule(British Mandate)
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211939- 1945 World War II
221947- 1948 UN Partition Plan
231948 The First Arab-Israeli War
24Israel gains new land after the first attacks in
1948
25Many Palestinians become REFUGEES
26Refugee camps in the late 1940s
271950s Israel builds
281956 The Second Arab-Israeli War
29Israel invadesEgypt- 1956
30Israel pressured to withdraw from Sinai Peninsula
and Canal Zone
311964 Birth of the PLO
- PLO Palestine Liberation Organization
- Purpose of the PLO
32Long- time PLO leader Yasir Arafat(died Nov.
2004)
331967 Six Day War
341973 Yom Kippur War
35PLO Recognition (1974)
- What did Arab govts do?
- What did the United Nations do?
361977-79 Camp David Accords
371982- 85 Flawed Peace
- What does self-government mean to the
Palestinians? - What does self-government mean to the Israelis?
38PLO splinters into an extremist faction called
Hezbollah- in Lebanon (early 1980s)
391987 the Intifada is born
40Palestinian youth fighting in the intifada
41PLO splinters into anotherextremist faction (in
Israel- late 1980s)
Hamas
42Military training is REQUIRED for ALL
Israelismale and female
431990-91 The Gulf War
44Israelis wearing gas masks during the Persian
Gulf War
451993-94 Breakthrough
461994 Jordan joins in
- Israel and Jordan officially end their state of
war and initiate economic ties.
47Issuespost-1994 (Arab and Jewish extremists
repeatedly challenged the peace process)
- 1995 Israeli Prime Minister Rabin was
assassinated by a Jewish Extremist
48Islamic militants shake up Israel with a series
of suicide bombings and rocket attacks as Israel
chooses Rabins successor (Shimon Peres)
49- 1997 Israelis agree to allow the city of Hebron
(in the West Bank) to go under Palestinian
self-rule
50- 1998- 1999 Israel yields more West Bank
territory to Palestinians in exchange for
security guarantees. (violence continues)
51- 2000 Israel withdraws troops from Southern
parts of Lebanon.
52- 2000 Peace talks between Israeli Prime Minister
Barak and PLO leader Yasir Arafat fail2nd
Intifada begins.
53- 2001 new Israeli Prime Minister elected-
- Ariel Sharon
- (a hardliner)
54- 2002 Israel builds a controversial security
barrier in the West Bank to restrict Palestinian
access to Israel
55Part of the wall near Jerusalem
56- 2003 President George W. Bush works with
Israeli and PLO leaders on Road Map for peace.
57- Nov. 2004 PLO leader Yasir Arafat dies.
Mahmoud Abbas becomes new PLO leader.
58- 2005 Abbas attempts to convince militant groups
(Hamas and others) to honor a cease-fire between
Israel and the Palestinians. - Future of region??????
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