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History 171D The United States and the World Since 1945
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The Arab-Israeli Conflict
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For centuries, much of Arab world had been under control of Ottoman Empire, based in Turkey
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Ottoman Empire crumbled after it fought on losing side in World War I
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After WWI, League of Nations awarded Britain mandates over Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq
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Theodor Herzl Late 19th century—European Jews, inspired by Theodor Herzl, began settling in Palestine in pursuit of Zionist program
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During WWI Britain had made conflicting pledges to Zionists (Balfour Declaration, 1917) and Arabs (vague promises of independence) Arthur BalfourSharif Hussein of Mecca
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Interwar period—Britain caught between conflicting demands of Zionists and Palestinian Arabs Jewish refugees from Europe, late 1930s Palestinian rebels against British rule, late 1930s
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Rise of Hitler in 1930s, and especially Nazi Holocaust in 1940s, give enormous impetus to Zionist movement
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1945-1946—Zionist groups attacked British forces in Palestine and illegally smuggled Jewish refugees into Palestine
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Early 1947—Britain announced it would pull out of Palestine in 1948, turning issue over to United Nations
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Summer 1947—UN Special Commission recommended partion of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states
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Zionists accepted partition plan; Arabs rejected it
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Division within Truman administration Secretary of State George Marshall WH Counsel Clark Clifford
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Truman decided to support partition
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November 1947— UN General Assembly voted in favor of partition
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1947-1948—UN partition vote sparked violence between Zionists and Palestinian Arabs
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May 1948—Zionists declared independent state of Israel
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Truman immediately recognized Israel
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Arab states went to war against new state
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but Israeli army defeated them
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... and took more territory than initially allotted to Jewish state
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1947-1949—750,000 Palestinians fled or were driven from homes in present-day Israel
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Israel refused to permit repatriation of refugees
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Truman tried to get Israel to give back territory and take back some Palestinian refugees, but Israel refused and Truman gave up
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Dwight D. Eisenhower set out to follow more “even- handed” Middle East policy
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1956-1957—Following British, French, and Israeli attack on Egypt, Eisenhower pressured Israel to withdraw from Egyptian territory
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Israel complied but got concessions in return: termination of Egyptian blockade of Strait of Tiran and stationing of UN peacekeeping force in Sinai
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Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (especially latter) were more partial to Israel than Eisenhower had been
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Late 1950s and 1960s—Arab world divided between conservative governments (e.g., Saudi Arabia & Jordan) and radical governments (e.g., Egypt, Syria, & Iraq)
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Gamal Abdel Nasser vs. King Hussein
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May 1967—Nasser moved forces into Sinai, requested withdrawal of UN peacekeepers, and reinstated blockade of Strait of Tiran
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June 1967—Israel launched preemptive strike against Egyptian air force Israel took Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Strip from Egypt; West Bank from Jordan, Golan Heights from Syria
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After 1967 war Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) emerged as independent force PLO chairman Yasser Arafat
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Attack on 1972 Munich Olympics
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Nasser’s successor: Anwar Sadat
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1973 Arab-Israeli War aka “Yom Kippur War”
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Brent Scowcroft
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After war, Kissinger negotiated partial Israeli pullback in Sinai, paving way for Camp David Agreement of late 1970s
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Late 1973-early 1974—Oil producing Arab states embargoed oil shipments to West, causing major spike in gas prices and in general inflation rate
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August 1974—Nixon resigned; Vice President Gerald Ford became president
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Spring 1975—North Vietnam launched offensive against South
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April 1975—Saigon fell
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1975—US, Soviet Union, and European nations met in Helsinki, Finland, to sign Helsinki Final Act Western nations formally recognized European borders established at end of World War II, and East bloc nations pledged to respect human rights (but then reneged on pledge)
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1975-1976—Church and Pike Committees exposed prior covert actions of CIA Senator Frank Church displaying poison dart gun
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1974—Jackson-Vanik Amendment denied most- favored nation (MFN) status to Soviet Union Refusnik supporters protesting to President Ford Henry Jackson Charles Vanik
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Mid-1970s—Détente came under attack from both right and left, as exemplified by presidential campaigns of Ronald Reagan (in Republican primary) and Jimmy Carter Carter, Reagan, and Ford
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November 1976—Jimmy Carter elected president
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