1. Palestine Israel Conflict

2. Mandatory Palestine
Balfour Declaration 1917, “His Majesty's government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people”
Influx of Jewish Migrants,
Jerusalem Riots 1920
White Paper Limited Jewish immigration
1929 Riots, 116 Arabs 133 Jews killed
1931, 17% of Palestine Jewish
Arab Revolt
Civil War

3. Occupied Territories
1967,  Sinai, West Bank, East Jerusalem, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip
Sinai returned to Egypt 1979
1982 and 2000  South Lebanon
Gaza considered independent by Israel
West Bank under military. Fatah PA Government. Contains settler communities

5. Palestinian Liberation Organisation
Founded 1964 Arab League Summit
Objectives: Liberate Palestine through armed struggle
10 factions the largest Fatah
Granted UN observer status 1974
Labeled a terrorist organization until Madrid Conference 1991
1993 recognized right of Israel to exist

6. Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman 1969
Advocated guerilla warfare
War of Attrition
1970 Black September
1974 Ten Point Plan, Establish a State, Rejection of Israel, Right of Return
1982 relocates to Tunis
1st and 2nd Intifada
1995 Taba Agreement
1996 Arafat wins Noble Prize
2004 Death of Arafat
2005 Mahmoud Abbas

7. First Intifada
A road accident involving the IDF and 4 Palestinian deaths at a refugee camp in Gaza
Iron Fist Policy, Post 1967 occupied territory
extrajudicial killings, mass detentions, house demolitions, forced migrations, relocations and deportation
High unemployment, increased population density
40% of Palestinians working in Israel, border restrictions
Boycotts, strikes, stone throwing and Molotov cocktails
80,000 IDF deployed
1,162–1,204 Palestinians killed
100 Israeli civilians and 60 IDF

8. Oslo Peace Accords
James Baker, US Secretary of State “Israel should abandon its expansionist policies”
Madrid Conference, Syria Lebanon, Jordan, PLO, Israel
Oslo I 1993
Oslo II (Taba) 1995
Palestine gains control of civil affairs, Safe passage of peoples, economic cooperation

9. Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
4 November 1995, by Yigal Amir an Israeli Zionist
PM Netanyahu, Rabin “removed from Jewish tradition and Jewish values.”
Annual rally held in support of Rabin’s policy
33,000 attended in 2013

10. Second Intifada
Sparked by visit of Ariel Sharon to Temple Mount
Election of Netanyahu, failure of Oslo
Jerusalem, Temple Mount, Right of Return
Deaths, 3000 Palestinians, 1000 Israelis, 64 others
Sharm el Sheikh Summit 2005

11. Contemporary Issues Settler Communities Separation Wall
Right of Return
Hamas/ Gaza
Palestine joins ICC
Jerusalem

12. Right of Return and Condition of Refugees
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Post Conflict Policy
first-generation refugees and descendants have a right to the property they or their forebears left behind or were forced to leave
Compensation in lieu of return
Israel regards this as an unrealistic demand

13. Settler Communities
382,031 West Bank, 300,000, East Jerusalem 20,000 in the Golan Heights
Considered illegal by international community
UN Vote, 158 of 166, of 171 against settlement policy.
Illegal egal under international law

14. Separation Wall
1949 Armistice Line
700 Km
Construction began 2002

15. Gaza
2005,unilateral disengagement plan, Israel removed all of its settlers and military forces from the territory.
does not consider Gaza to be occupied territory and declared it a "foreign territory".
2007 Hamas elections, border crossings by land, sea and air heavily restricted

16. Hamas The Elected Governing Authority in Gaza
Islamist organisation founded 1987 First Intifada
Goals: Liberate Palestine, Establish and Islamic State
Wings: Social Welfare, Political and Military
Governed by a Consultative Council
15 Member Political Bureau elected by the Council

17. 2014 Gaza War July 2014, 3 Israelis abducted and killed
Israel crackdown on Hamas leadership sparks intensifies rocket fire from Gaza
Israel launches 7 week bombing campaign

18. International Criminal Court
ICC deals with war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity
Frustration with peace negotiations lead to strategy of ‘internationalizing the issue’
Palestine submits claims for the 2014 events
Hamas could face charges
Israel not a member of ICC
US could cut 400m in Palestinian aide

19. Jerusalem
Netanyahu "Jerusalem belongs to the Jewish people and will remain under Israeli sovereignty for eternity.“
UN international city
PNA, An open city with freedom for all to worship

20. Temple Mount or Haram al Sharif
Dome of the Rock
Night Journey
Al Aqsa Mosque
Western Wall