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I. The State of Israel

a. The modern state of Israel was established in ______________

-Many beliefs and events led to its creation including _______________, _______________, and _________________

-Zionism is a ___________________ that began in ___________ in the late _______ century.

- Its goal was to_________________________________________________.

- ________________ started the movement and also led the first_____________ Congress in_____________.

b. After__________________________, the movement grew in ___________________.

-In_____________, Britain issued the______________________, which stated that Britain would work toward the establishment of a national home for the _________________ people in ____________________

c. The term _______________ refers to a person who speaks Arabic. Arabs live in many

different countries, but mainly in the________________________________________.

- Many Arabs did not support __________________________.

- Nevertheless, the ____________ population in Palestine continued to grow.

• In just 30 years, from ________ to ___________, the Jewish population grew from ___________________as Jews moved to the region.

d. In____________, Zionism achieved its goal with the creation of_________, the Jewish

state.

e. European ____________________is hostility toward or prejudice against Jews or

Judaism.

f. In the late _______ and early _________ centuries, anti-Semitism began to spread

throughout Europe.

II. World War II

a. The events that led to the ________________ began in ______________.

b. From the time _______________________ became the chancellor of Germany, the treatment of _____________ in Germany, and Europe grew worse.

• The policies of Hitler’s Nazi Party slowly took away_______________________________.

• The government declared that Jews were ___________________________ and removed them from their_________, ________________, ________________, and ____________________.

c. By the end of the war, Hitler’s “___________________” to rid the earth of Jews resulted in the murder of _______________________ Jews and the deaths of millions of other Europeans.

• Often the Jews that could flee Europe moved to ______________ during this time.

d. The Holocaust ended with ______________defeat in World War II in _____________

III. The Creation of Israel

a. The history of the Jews is traced back to the __________________ along other early civilizations.

b. In more recent times, ________________was part of the________________, until World War I.

• After ___________________ and___________________, Britain ruled Palestine.

• As more Jewish people moved into Palestine, ___________________

____________________________________

• Clashes became___________________________________________.

c. In___________, the British created a plan to _______________ the land between the______________ and _____________, but both groups rejected it.

d. Although the US was not directly involved at this time, they did believe that Jewish people should be allowed to move to the area.

e. The __________________ support the creation of a state of Israel after World War II.

f. Around______________, one-third of the total population of Palestine was made up of ________________ immigrants.

g. The conflict between the Arabs and the Jews continued to get ___________.

h. In____________________, British rule of Palestine ________ and the state of Israel was ______________.

IV. Israeli and Arab Conflict

a. ___________________ - That is the day when the state of Israel was declared and the last of the British troops _________________.

• The very next day, ________________ armies from surrounding countries __________________ the new state.

• These forces were then defeated by the____________________.

• Over the next several years, the Arab countries surrounding Israel competed to lead Arab forces against the new Israel.

V. The Conflict Continues

a. In 1964, the ________________________________________ (PLO) was formed.

• The PLO was made up of ________________________________in different countries.

• Their goal was to__________________________________________.

b. The 1967 __________________ occurred in June, and changed the face of the Middle East conflict.

• Israel was able to _______________ the amount of land it_____________.

• This also helped to spread hope and confidence throughout all of Israel and to its supports.

- Many of these people became __________ in Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, and____________________.

c. For the next several years, and still today, Israeli and Arab forces have______________

_______________________________________.

d. Attempts at ____________________ have been made, with the help of other _______________, including the US.

e. So far, __________________________ has been successful in brining peace to the region.

f. A terrorist group called “_________________” was formed by ______________ militants.

• The following year, at the Olympics in___________, Germany, this group took _______________ athletes hostage.

• All of the athletes were ___________ along with ________ of the terrorist and__________________.

VI. Attempts at Peace

a. ______________________ became prime minister of Israel in 1977, during the US presidency of_______________________.

• President Carter ______________ Prime Minster Begin and _____________ President __________________work out an agreement.

• This agreement is called the______________________.

• The___________ leaders met at ________________in the US

• Begin agreed to remove _____________________ from the _______________________ and return the land to____________.

• Other Arab countries were ______________ about this agreement.

• They stopped ________________ with ____________.

• In 1981, Sadat was___________________ by troops in the___________________________.

b. In July of 2006, war broke out between __________________ (extreme Arab group from Lebanon) and_____________________.

• The UN helped both sides agree to ___________ the fighting.

VII. The Impact of Oil and Middle East Wars

a. Countries in ___________________________________ export more oil than most other countries in the world.

b. The control of oil reserves has been an ______________in many of the ____________ fought in the Middle East during the 20th century.

c. Many countries have been involved in ________________ in the Middle East.

d. Iran – Iraq War

- In___________, the Iran-Iraq war broke out because ___________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

- the US had to send ____________in the area to protect their ______________ from being ___________________by one of the two sides

- in______________, the war ended with a ______________

e. Persian Gulf War

- The Persian Gulf War was a war between __________________________

______________________________________________________________

- Iraq accused ____________ of stealing oil by drilling ___________________ between the two countries.

- Iraq invaded Kuwait in___________________, under the direction of Iraqi President_______________________.

- The Iraqi army took _______________of Kuwait in a very short amount of time.

• The UN responded to the Iraqi invasion by _____________________

________________________________________

• The UN used the Iraqi _______________ to try to convince the country to_______________.

• They did this by cutting off ____________to the country.

• Iraq did ______________withdraw.

- Many citizens of Kuwait _____________the country during the Iraqi occupation.

- The US and other countries began sending troops to ________________ over the next few months.

- The UN set a ________ for Iraq to leave Kuwait.

• Iraq ____________ this date and _____________ to back down.

- The Iraqis remained in Kuwait after the date.

• The US and other nations _______________ the Iraqi forces in January of___________. The Iraqi army was _________________ in less than ___________________.

• Iraq was then directed to recognize Kuwait’s ____________ and destroy all ______________________________________ (WMDs).

• Later, the claims of Iraq having weapons of mass destruction were ________________________.

f. US Invasion of Afghanistan

- On_________________________, al-Qaeda attacked two targets in the US.

• Al-Qaeda is a group of __________________________________

________________________________________________________

• They ________________ four airplanes and crashed ________ of them into the ______________________ in New York.

• The _________ airplane crashed into the __________________ in Virginia, and the __________ crashed in rural ________________, before reaching its intended target of the White House or US Capital.

• These terrorist attacks killed nearly ______________people.

- Investigations into the attack have named _______________________ as its organizer.

- US President Bush called on other countries to help wage war on _____________________.

• The first _____________of those nations that joined the US was to find__________________, whom they believed to be in_________________, even though most of the people carrying out the attacks were from ______________________________________

________________________________________________________

• So far bin Laden has ____________ been captured

- In October_____________, US and ________________ troops invaded ____________________ in search of bin Laden.

- They bombed places where bin Laden was known to be.

• _______________ of people from Afghanistan were ________________ because of the many wars that have taken place in their country.

• After the invasion, more than ______________ refugees returned to their homes.

- The US-led forces _________struggle to control portions of the country.

g. Iraq War

- _______________________ was still the president of Iraq at the time of the invasion of Afghanistan.

- Officials in the US government feared connections between the _____________ regime and______________________.

• They were afraid that Iraq was building__________________________, such as ____________ or ___________________weapons.

- The ___________sent inspectors to Iraq to check for WMD’s.

- In 2002, the US Congress passed an ______________________ that authorized the president to go forward with a_________________________.

- In___________________, the US bombed targets in the Iraqi capital of__________________.

• This effort was know as_____________________________________.

• ___________________________ was captured after many months and his rule_________________.

• He was sentenced to ____________ and died in___________, after being tried for killing________________________.

• He was also responsible for the deaths of_______________________________________________________.

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