TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Conflicts in the Middle East

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Understand why Arabs and Israelis fought over land. Explain why civil war ravaged Lebanon. Outline Iraq’s long history of conflict. Objectives

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Terms and People occupied territories – land taken from surrounding nations after their attack on Israel in 1967 Yasir Arafat – leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), which led the struggle against Israel intifada – violent uprising by Palestinians to protest Israeli occupation; began in 1987 Yitzhak Rabin – Israeli prime minister who in 1993 signed the Oslo Accords granting limited self- government to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Terms and People (continued) Jerusalem – city with sites sacred to Muslims, Jews, and Christians; control of city is a key point of disagreement between Israelis and Palestinians militia – an armed group of citizen soldiers, such as the Muslims and Christians who fought in Lebanon Saddam Hussein – Iraqi dictator; launched war against Iran and later Kuwait, was twice defeated by U.S.-led forces; executed for war crimes no-fly zone – designated areas set up by the United Nations in Iraq to protect Shiites and Kurds by forbidding flights by Iraqi aircraft

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Terms and People (continued) weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) – nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons insurgents – rebels who fought to undermine the new Shiite-led government in Iraq

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. The Middle East has vast oil resources, key waterways, and land that is holy to three major world religions. For decades it has been the focus of conflicts that have a global impact. Disputes over access to oil and waterways and the conflict between Israelis and Palestinian Arabs have added to tensions. What are the causes of conflict in the Middle East?

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Israel has fought four major wars with its Arab neighbors. Arab states attacked in 1948, as soon as Israel declared itself a nation. Other wars occurred in 1956, 1967, and In the 1973 war, Arab nations attacked on Yom Kippur, the most solemn day of the Jewish year. Between these major wars, Israel faced guerrilla and terrorist attacks.

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. After the 1967 war, Israel gained control of lands taken from hostile Arab nations. After the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Israel helped Jewish settlers build homes in what Palestinians called the occupied territories. JordanThe West Bank and East Jerusalem EgyptThe Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Strip SyriaThe Golan Heights

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. PLO leader Yasir Arafat called for the destruction of Israel and the creation of a Palestinian state. To gain attention, the PLO employed terrorist tactics such as airplane hijackings and the killing of Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympic games. For decades the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) fought against Israel.

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Palestinians in the occupied territories began launching intifadas against Israel in They demanded an end to Israeli occupation. Palestinians stoned and fired on Israelis. Suicide bombers blew up buses, stores, and clubs in Israel, killing civilians. Israel responded by targeting terrorist leaders and bombing Palestinian towns.

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Some peace efforts succeeded. Egypt and Israel signed a peace agreement in 1979, resulting in a return of the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt. Yasir Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin signed the Oslo Accords in The PLO recognized Israel’s right to exist and promised to stop using terrorism, while Israel granted limited self-rule to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. In 1994, Jordan made peace with Israel. Syria and Israel, however, failed to reach agreement on the Golan Heights.

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. After the 2006 PLO elections, the radical Islamist group Hamas seized control of Gaza. Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza, while Hamas fired rockets into Israel. In 2009 Israeli forces invaded Gaza, resulting in a short, destructive war. Arafat’s successor, Mahmoud Abbas, pledged to stop attacks, but violence continued.

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Three key obstacles stand in the way of peace. Palestinians demand the “right of return” to land they left in the past. Israel fears large numbers of Palestinians might overwhelm the Jewish state. Israel has settlements in the West Bank. Palestinians wants Jewish settlers to leave. Palestinians want East Jerusalem to be the capital of a future Palestinian state. Israel claims all of Jerusalem as its capital.

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Jerusalem was capital of the ancient kingdom of Israel and contains sites that are holy to Jews, Muslims, and Christians. The Western Wall, a Jewish holy place, and the Dome of the Rock, an important Islamic shrine, in Jerusalem

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. A cycle of attacks and reprisals has continued for decades. Radical Islamist groups continued to reject Israel’s right to exist. Terrorist attacks against Israel, and Israeli counterattacks, have killed thousands, including many civilians. The cycle of violence has crippled the economy of the West Bank and Gaza.

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Some Israeli and Palestinian leaders accepted the two-state plan. Iran and radical Islamist groups rejected it. It called for creation of a stable, democratic Palestinian state that would peacefully coexist with Israel. The UN, the United States, the European Union, and Russia promoted a “road map” to peace in the early 2000s.

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Lebanon has also been racked by religious conflict. Lebanon is a small, multiethnic nation north of Israel. Arab Christian sects historically held the most power. It also includes Sunni and Shiite Muslims and Druze. Christian and Muslim militias fought for power. Israel invaded in 1982 to stop PLO raids launched from Lebanon. UN peacekeepers were killed in suicide bombings. Peace was restored after 16 years. Lebanon was plunged into civil war in 1975.

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. In 2006, Hezbollah launched attacks against Israel from southern Lebanon. Israel responded in a month-long war that killed civilians in both Israel and Lebanon. Lebanon reached a power-sharing agreement with Hezbollah in Hezbollah gained power, but all factions promised not to use weapons within Lebanon. Hezbollah, a radical Islamist group based in Lebanon, has become another source of conflict.

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Iraq included Shiite Arabs, Sunni Arabs, and Kurds. Although Shiites were in the majority, Sunnis controlled the government. The Kurds sought self-rule. In 1980, dictator Saddam Hussein launched a bloody war against Iran. Millions died. He also used chemical weapons on the Kurds.

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. In 1991 Iraq invaded neighboring Kuwait. Saddam Hussein seized Kuwait’s rich oil fields, claiming that Kuwait was Iraqi territory. The United States led a coalition against Iraq that included several Arab states. The Persian Gulf War crushed Iraq’s military and freed Kuwait.

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Saddam Hussein was permitted to stay in power, but economic sanctions were imposed. No- fly zones were set up to protect Shiites and Kurds in Iraq. After 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, President George W. Bush accused Iraq of supporting terrorists and hiding weapons of mass destruction.

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. A coalition led by the United States invaded Iraq in 2003 and toppled Saddam Hussein. No weapons of mass destruction were found. Shiite, Sunni, and Kurdish leaders wrote a new constitution. Elections were held in The new government later executed Saddam for war crimes.

TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. U.S.-led forces fought the insurgency and trained Iraqi troops. In 2007, a U.S. troop surge caused a decline in violence and death tolls. Iraq moved toward civil war as insurgents fought for control. The Shiite-led government faced many obstacles, but grew more confident. The United States withdrew nearly all of its troops from Iraq 2011.