IAFS 1000 The Arab-Israeli Conflict

Outline History of British-controlled Pal Two key figures: --Zionist Chaim Weizmann --Palestinian Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al- Husseini Partition proposals Post-1948 developments and recent events

Palestine Britain’s conflicting WW I promises: —Balfour Declaration —McMahon-Hussein correspondence Mixed population: 80% Muslim, 10% Christian, 8% Jewish 1922: Palestine Mandate granted

Chaim Weizmann ( ) Russian-born biochemist Zionist leader Skillful negotiator Well-connected

Hajj Amin al-Husseini, the Mufti ( ) 1921: Grand Mufti of Palestine President of Supreme Muslim Council Palestinian Arab nationalist leader

Palestine Mandate Timeline 1920: Pogrom 1922: Churchill White Paper 1929: Yom Kippur attacks : Arab revolt 1937: Peel Commission Report

Partition The territorial division of a previously unified administrative entity carried out by an external party –vs. secession:: one part of a political entity withdrawing itself from the whole

Palestine Mandate Timeline 1939 White Paper WWII: Mufti to Germany 1947: British decision to abandon Mandate 1948: British withdrawal, Arab-Jewish civil war 09A,_Amin_al_Husseini_und_Adolf_Hitler.jpg

Arab-Israeli Conflict 1967 war 1973 war 1987 intifada 1990s peace process 2000 intifada 2005 withdrawal of Gaza settlers 2008/2009 Gaza war “Palestine Papers” leak