The Arab-Israeli Conflict A Big Problem In The Middle East

BC Jewish Control of Holy Land Kingdoms of ___ Jews lived in an ___ – The state is referred to as the ___ ___and the holiest city in Judaism

37 BC Roman Control of Holy Land Kingdoms of ___ Jews lived in a state ___ In 134 AD, Jews were kicked out of the Holy Land Many ended up in ___

634 Byzantine Control of Holy Land Mohammed, the greatest prophet of Islam, ___ Jerusalem becomes the ___

638 Arab Control of Holy Land ___, under the banner of Islam, take control of the Holy Land as well as the Middle East and North Africa Many Arabs in the Holy Land ___

1100 Muslim and Crusader Control of Holy Land Without an independent state of their own, ___ continue to live in the Holy Land Jews under the rule of either the ___

1500 Ottoman Control of Holy Land By the 1500s the Islamic Ottoman Empire controlled the Holy Land Although Jews paid special taxes, they continued ___by the Ottoman government

1897 Weak Ottoman Control of Holy Land In response to the anti-Semitic attitudes of Europe, ___ –Its goal was to create a ___ After his death, Herzl’s predecessor, Chaim Weizmann befriended the British statesman ___

1897 Weak Ottoman Control of Holy Land Balfour came to support the Zionist movement and in 1917 ___ It stated that the English government would ___ in the Holy Land, now called Palestine Also stated that the ___in Palestine must be upheld

1920 British Control of Holy Land After WWI, the victorious Allies dismantled and ___ – Great Britain took the ___ Great Britain tried to please both sides in Palestine – They had a natural tendency to support the Zionists as they ___ – The British did try to control the ___to Palestine – This was impossible ___

1920 British Control of Holy Land As the population of Jews surpassed the population of Arabs, Jews saw the control of Palestine ___ The influx of Jews to the Arab Palestinians was seen as ___

1947 United Nations Control of Holy Land ___into a Jewish settlement zone and an Arab- only zone did not work – ___between Arabs and Jews in Palestine Unable to find a solution, Britain ___

The UN’s 1947 Partition Plan The UN decided to divide the territory into the Arab country of ___ Although passed by the UN, ___Palestinians and the Arab nations of the Middle East Supported by the United States and Europe, ___

Arab States Attack Upset at what was seen as a foreign power in the holy land, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria ___ Israel, supported by the US, ___ –Israel took ___ –The Gaza strip went ___ –The West Bank went ___

The 1956 Suez Crisis In 1956 Egypt’s leader Nasser ___ Outraged, the British and French made a deal with Israel to ___ Pressure from the US and USSR forced Israel, France, and Britain ___

The 1967 Six Day War Nasser closed off Israel’s outlet to the Red Sea and convinced other Arab states to ___ Fearing attack, Israel struck airfields in ___ Within 6 days Israel won taking the ___

The Palestinian Liberation Organization Palestinians disillusioned with the Arab States’ ___formed the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) led by ___ – Rejected the idea of an ___ – Continued to fight the Israelis

The 1973 Yom Kippur War Nasser’s successor Anwar Sadat launched a surprise attack against Israel on their ___ For a couple of days the Egyptians and Syrians had the advantage ___

Peace Between Israel and Egypt in 1978 Sadat knowing that he could not defeat the US-supported Israel ___ –Even flew to Jerusalem to ___ In 1978 President Carter met with Israeli Prime minister ___ –The US promised billions of aid to both countries ___

Peace Between Israel and Egypt in 1978 In 1979 Begin and Sadat ___ –Israel returned the ___ –Egypt recognized ___ Egypt was considered an ___ Sadat was ___

An Attempt at Peace ___erupts in 1987 Sick of the fighting on both sides Arafat and Israeli Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin ___

The Oslo Peace Accords Palestinians would ___ Israel would stop building settlements in the West Bank and ___ – Peace process hindered when Rabin was ___

The Peace Attempt Fails After the assassination of Rabin the ___ In 2000 Palestinians rejected the final Israeli offer and ___ Arafat called for ___ The Israeli people responded by ___ –In June 2003 Bush meets with Arab leaders to discuss ___ Calls for ___

The Peace Attempt Fails After numerous suicide bombings Israel began constructing ___ – Palestinians suffer because it separates them from some of their farmland In 2004 ___ – Mahmoud Abbas takes over as ___ In 2005 Israel ___ – ___ and is replaced by Ehud Olmert ___takes control of Gaza in 2006