ROOTS OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT 1890s – 1949



ROOTS OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT 1890s – 1949

What is Zionism?

The _____________________________________________________controlled Palestine prior to WW I (1914).

The discovery of _______________ increased Western interest in the Middle East early in the twentieth century?

What is ARAMCO?

|BRITISH POLICY |YEAR |STATEMENT OR PLAN |

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|HUSSEIN-McMAHON LETTERS | | |

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|SYKES-PICOT AGREEMENT | | |

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|BALFOUR DECLARATION | | |

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What do the above plans and policy statements indicate about British foreign policy in the Middle East?

What is a mandate?

What country was given a mandate in Palestine following WW I?

Why did Jews leave their home countries and move to Israel?

What was the Arab response to this Jewish emigration to Palestine?

Why would the Arabs be alarmed by the Jewish immigration statistics shown on the chart?

What were the two major concerns voiced by the Palestinian Arabs?

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In 27 years the ratio of Jews to Arabs in Palestine increased by what factor?

What is a Kibbutz?

How did the statements in the British White Paper of 1939 conflict with earlier British statements?

What was the United Nations’ solution to the Palestine problem?

On what date did Israel become an independent country?

On what date did five Arab nations launch an attack against Israel?

What did most Palestinian Arabs in Israel do when the war started?

What were their expectations for after the war?

Did these expectations come true?

Where did the Palestinians end up settling?

What has been the long-term trend for Arab land control in Palestine since 1946?

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Why do both the Jews and the Arabs believe Palestine is their homeland?

What 5 Arab countries attacked Israel?

THREE WARS:

1. What was the result of the war of 1948?

2. In 1956, Israel went to war against Egypt to help ______________________ win control of the _______________ canal. This was a vital waterway to Europe from the rest of the world and Egypt was trying to block it.

3. In the ______________________________________ War, Israel was forced to fight alone. Yet, they still defeated the Egyptian, Jordanian and Syrian air forces in a quickly won war. After this war, Israel expanded its territory immensely.

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