1. Which groups of people and their religions have settled Israel and throughout the world?

2. 2000 B.C. Israelites move to Palestine and start Judaism.
About 1500 B.C.
3,500,000 total population of the world

3. 578 B.C. Diaspora – spreading of a people to other areas.
Babylonians destroy Jewish temple.
Temple Mount – Abraham sacrifice of Isaac

4. 70 A.D.
Romans destroy the temple in Jerusalem. Jews forced to go elsewhere.
Later, the Muslims build al-Aqsa Mosque on the same site.

5. 312 A.D.
Most people living in Palestine are Christians.

6. 640A.D.
Arabs conquer the region. Islam becomes the main religion with Muhammed as the most important prophet.

7. 1100A.D. The Crusades – Christians are brutal to Muslims and Jews.

8. 1517 – 1918 A.D.
Muslim Ottoman Turks. After World War I, Palestine becomes a British mandate.

9. 1914 – 1918 : WWI – Who was promised a homeland in Palestine?
Britain agreed to back Arab demands for independence
Britain pledged its support for a “national homeland” for the Jews
The British promised the same land to both groups!

10. Zionism Movement to create a safe Jewish homeland in Palestine

11. World War II Holocaust – over 6 million Jews die
Palestinian Arabs unhappy with flood of immigrants
Movement to create a safe Jewish homeland in Palestine

12. 1947 UN partition plan –There would be an Arab and a Jewish plan.
The Jews accept this; the Arabs do not.

13. 1948
Israel becomes a nation, then is attacked by several of its Arab neighbors in May, 1948.

14. 1956
Egypt & Israel at war –
Israel successfully attacked Egypt in response to Egypt blocking their use of the Suez Canal.

15. 1967
Israel attacks Syria, Jordan, & Egypt who had troops at their border.
Israel captured the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, and the Sinai Peninsula.
6 Day War
Arab armies before the Israeli attack.

16. 1979
Israel and Egypt – peace agreement. Israel returns the Sinai Peninsula.
U.S. President Jimmy Carter arranged talks between Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat and Israel’s Prime Minister Menachem Begin. A peace agreement known as the Camp David Accords was signed.

17. 1970’s & 1980’s More Israeli settlements in the West Bank

18. Late 1980’s
Intifada (means uprising in Arabic) – violent resistance to Israeli control

19. 1994 Israel and the PLO – peace agreement
Israel agreed to: 1. recognize the PLO as a representative for the Palestinians
2. Palestinian get some self-rule in Gaza Strip and W.Bank.
Israel will remove some settlers.
PLO agreed to: 1. recognize Israel’s right to exist in peace and security
2. Stop terrorist attacks

20. 2000
Second intifada
Israel builds security wall in Gaza and the West Bank.

21. 2006 to present
Hamas wins most legislative seats in the territories. (Hamas has vowed to eliminate Israel.)
Violence on both sides.

23. Israeli security fence-
The purpose is to protect Israeli settlements from Palestinian suicide bombers.
The UN, however, has told them to stop building it since it has treated Palestinian communities unfairly, cutting them off and dividing them.
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