Arab Israel Arab Israel Iraq Iran Afghanistan

Israeli's claims to the land

Holyland

Palestinian claims to the land

Homeland

supports the creation of a Jewish national home in Palestine, but only if it didn’t threaten the rights of non-Jews

Balfour Declaration

the movement to promote the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine

Zionism

Arab countries invasion of Israel in response to Jewish declaration of independence

War of Independence

This country could not handle the problems of dividing Palestine between the Arabs and the Jewish after WWII

Great Britain

Israeli access to this prompted the Suez/Sinai War

Suez Canal

Egypt had cut off Israeli access to the Gulf of Aqaba prompting this war

Six Day War

This group has targeted Israel in recent times and the US has labeled them a terrorist group

Hamas

Egypt’s participation in this event led to its dismissal from the Arab League

Camp David Accords

Until 1932 the area of Iraq had been a _______ mandate

British

Socialist political group committed to Arab Nationalism in Iraq

Ba’ath Party

Saddam Hussein ________ his power by appointing family members and friends to key positions in gov’t and military

Consolidated

before the Iran/Iraq War Saddam was friendly to the _________.

Communist Bloc

Once in power Saddam will begin to have all opposition within the Ba’ath Party systematically __________.

Murdered

_______ supported the Kuwaitis and Iraqis during the Iran/Iraq War.

United States

UN inspection teams were in search of these in Iraq

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Saddam accused the Kuwaitis of this leading to his invasion of Kuwait

Slant Drilling

the goal of liberating Kuwait by Coalition Forces

Operation Desert Storm

Saddam used chemical weapons on this group in Northern Iraq during the Iran/Iraq War

Kurds

terrorist leader responsible for numerous attacks on the West

Osama Bin Ladin

The US embassy was stormed in this country taking 66 civilians hostage in 1979

Iran

Who the US supported during Iran's Islamic revolution

Shah

holy warriors or rebels who defeated the Soviets in Afghanistan

mujahideen

wanted control of Afghanistan to have access to this...

Indian Ocean