Goals I can identify the major cultural groups in Israel and the roles they have played in the nation’s history. I can list the steps that Israel and its Arab neighbors have taken to prevent conflict.

Drip irrigation- a process by which precisely controlled amounts of water drip directly onto plants form pipes, thus preserving precious water resources. Potash- a mineral used in explosives and fertilizer.

Expansion of Israel Series of wars between Israel, neighbors has led to expansion of Israel Israel controls more land now than in 1948 when created Result: many Palestinian Arabs live under Israeli control; another source of tension, conflict in region Conflicts with Israel 1948, Israel established; since then most Middle Eastern countries have refused to recognize its right to exist Some countries have repeatedly attacked Israel, funded militant groups that conduct raids, terrorist attacks against Israelis

Israel: 1947 & Israel: 1949

Palestinian Refugees Palestinian Diaspora

Suez Crisis (1956) Gamal Abdul Nasser President of Egypt

Six-Day War (1967)  UN Resolution 242  UN Resolution 338

Palestine Liberation Organization Yassir Arafat

Yom-Kippur War (Oct., 1973)

Camp David Accords (1979) President President Prime Minister Anwar Sadat Jimmy Carter Menachem Begin of Egypt of the U. S. Of Israel

Camp David Accords (1979)

Palestinian Intifada-Part I ( )

The Expansion of Israel