1. Middle East Conflict The Arab-Israeli Conflict
AP World History

2. The British in Palestine, 1919-1947
In 1920, there was one Jew to every 10 Arabs in Palestine.
By 1947, the ratio was two Arabs for every Jew.
The Arabs felt that they were loosing control of “their” country.

3. Palestine Arab Revolt 1936-1939
Goals of the revolt:
End Jewish immigration to Palestine.
End to the transfer of lands to Jewish owners.
A new “general representative government.”
The Peel Commission Partition Plan in 1937.

4. Israel would became a nation on May 14, 1948.

5. War begins on May 15 and Arabs flee the region

7. Israel in
1947
Israel in
1949

8. Palestinian Diaspora

9. Suez crisis of 1956

10. Six-Day War of 1967

11. Palestinian liberation organization
Yasser Arafat and Al Fatah

12. Yom-kipper war in October 1973

13. Camp David peace accords of 1979

14. 1st Palestinian intifada, 1987-1993
Intifada means uprising

15. Israeli expansion from 1948-1988

16. The conflict today Today’s population distribution Israeli Government
82% Jewish
16% Arab
Israeli Government
The Knesset
Palestinian Authority
Yasser Arafat
Former leader of the PLO and Al Fatah
Mahmoud Abbas
Current leader
Hamas
Islamic Resistance Movement
The 1993 Oslo Peace Accords

17. The conflict today United States’ Impact The Second Intifada in 2000.
Post World War II
Six-Day War
Today
The Second Intifada in 2000.
Arafat’s death in 2004.
Gaza Strip Pullout in 2005.