1. Politics of the Middle East
Jordan, Palestine, Israel

3. People Population, 7,930,491 Arab 98%, Circassian 1%, Armenian 1%
Muslim 97.2% (predominantly Sunni), Christian 2.2%

4. Government Parliamentary Multi Party Monarchy King Abdullah II
King is the executive, signs and vetoes laws, may suspend or dissolve parliament. A veto by the king may be overridden by a two-thirds vote of both houses of parliament at his discretion
appoints and dismisses judges, approves constitutional amendments, declares war, head of the military

5. History Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Trans-Jordan, Emerit of Jordan
1946 Independence
1948 – 1967 Gained control of the West Bank
1951 Abdullah I killed
1957 End of security pact with UK
1958 Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan

6. 1967 Six day War, loss of West Bank
1970 Black September
1973 War, 1 Brigade to Syria,
Israel Jordan Peace Pact October 26, 1994, ending 46-year state of war.
1999 Death of King Hussein
King Abdullah II, political reforms economic cooperation with Egypt, Syria, Israel
2011 Arab Revolutions, protests quelled by some reforms, extended subsidies, reappointment of ministers and early parliamentary elections.

7. Black September Fedayeen: Loose collection of Palestinian resistance
1967 United under the PLO
actions in Jordan including the destruction of three hijacked international airliners and attempted assassination of the king prompted military response
Jordanian victory in July 1971, Fedayeen expelled
Syrian intervention threatens to start regional war
Center of Palestinian militancy relocates to Lebanon

8. Foreign Relations Pro-Western, close ties US, UK
European Neighbour Policy, Non-NATO member ally

9. Israel

10. People Populations 8,230,000 76% Jewish, 21% Arab, 3% other
Hebrew and Arabic Language

11. Origins of the Idea
Israel means Jacob in reference to the Patriarch "struggle with God"[
Twelve Tribes of Israel Jacob
From  Canaan were forced by famine to go into Egypt for four generations until Moses lead the Exodus.

12. Zionism nationalist movement that supports the creation of a Jewish
Zionist Congress
Aliyah, Immigration waves, (1884), (1904–14), (1919–1923), (1924–1929)
1903, declined a British offer to establish a homeland in Uganda.
WWII 33% increase of Jews in Palestine
fear that American Jews would encourage the USA to support Germany in WW I resulted in Balfour Declaration

13. 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
1931, 17% of Palestine Jewish
Arab Revolt
Civil War

14. Government Unitary Parliamentary Republic Knesset 120 members
PM is head of government
Unstable coalitions

15. 20th Knesset

16. Coalition Government 30 Likud 6 United Torah Judaism 7 Shas 10 Kulanu
8 Jewish Home

17. Settlement
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

18. Palestine

20. People West Bank 2.5 Million Gaza I.8 Million E. Jerusalem 1.6 Million
Muslim 85%, Jewish, 13%, Christian 2%

21. Government
1994 Palestinian Authority established by the Oslo Accords as an interim government
semi-presidential multi-party republic, with a Legislative Council, an executive President, and a Prime Minister
President and parliament elected by the people
2006 Hamas wins decisive election in parliament
Hamas considered unfit to govern as it rejects the platform of the Oslo accords

22. Fatah and Hamas ReconciliationHamas
1) The Palestinian Authority government will be empowered to carry out fully its responsibilities in administrating the Gaza Strip as it does in the West Bank by December 1.
2) A PA-formed committee will resolve the employees issue by February 1. While the committee works to resolve the employees issue and after the PA is enabled to carry out its administrative and financial powers in Gaza including tax collection, the PA will pay the Hamas-appointed employees their salaries.

23. 3) Border crossings in Gaza with Israel and Egypt will be transferred to the PA by November 1.
4) PA security leaders will go to Gaza to discuss ways and mechanisms to rebuild the security services with relevant parties.
5) A meeting in Cairo will take place in the first week of December to evaluate the implementation of what was agreed between Hamas and Fatah.
6) All the Palestinian factions that signed the Cairo reconciliation agreement in 2011, will meet on November 14 in the Egyptian capital to discuss the 2011 agreement.