1. Israel

2. Israel
Palestine- Name for the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River
1947- the U.N. voted to divide the area known as Palestine into Jewish and Arab states (U.N. Partition Plan)
Palestinians disagreed with the division

4. Israel
1948- British left the area and Jews set up an independent country in their part of Palestine- Israel
Only country created by the U.N.
First Israeli leader
David Ben-Gurion

5. Israel
1948 War of Independence- Israel attacked by Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq
War lasted 11 months

6. Israel
1948 War of Independence Results- Jordan took West Bank & east Jerusalem; Israel took west Jerusalem & Palestinian area that increased Israeli land by 1/3; 800,000 Palestinians displaced- many fled to Jordan

7. Israel
1967 Six Day War-Israel attacked Jordanian, Egyptian, & Syrian troops stationed at its border

8. Israel
1967 Six Day War Results- Israel took east Jerusalem, parts of West Bank, Syria’s Golan Heights, & Egypt’s Sinai (Sinai was returned in ’82 after the ’78 Camp David Accords)
This quadrupled its land holdings

9. Israel
Six Day War Link

12. Israel
1973 Yom Kippur War- Egypt and Syria attacked Israel during the holy day
Yom Kippur War results- Syria got the Golan Heights back; Arab countries launch embargo against U.S. after sending arms to Israel

14. Israel
Yom Kippur War Video

15. Israel Camp David Accords (1978)
Meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Begin, Egyptian President Sadat, and U.S. President Jimmy Carter

16. Israel Terms of Agreement
Sinai Peninsula taken during Six Day War returned to Egypt
Egypt recognized Israel’s right to exist
U.S. agreed to pay over $3 billion annually to the 2 countries

17. Palestine
Palestine is now a patchwork of districts in the West Bank and Gaza, broken up by Israeli settlements

18. Palestine Palestine- never been an organized country
The closest thing Palestine has to a government is the Palestinian Authority created in 1993
It oversees the West Bank and Gaza Strip
Ineffective, squanders international aid

19. Palestine Hamas Started by the Muslim Brotherhood in 1987
Known for its militants
Main force behind suicide bombers
Hates Israel
Its destruction is one of Hamas’ stated goals

20. Palestine Hamas Provides social services to Palestine Welfare
Medical aid
scholarships

21. Israel Today Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Population
6,426,679 note: includes about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem

22. Israel Today Ethnic Groups Religion
Jewish 76.4% (of which Israel-born 67.1%, Europe/America-born 22.6%, Africa-born 5.9%, Asia-born 4.2%), non-Jewish 23.6% (mostly Arab)
Religion
Jewish 76.4%, Muslim 16%, Arab Christians 1.7%, other Christian 0.4%

23. Israel Today
Government
parliamentary democracy
Capital
Jerusalem

24. Gaza Strip Today President Population Ethnic Groups Religion
Mahmud Abbas
Population
1,482,405
Ethnic Groups
Palestinian Arab and other 99.4%, Jewish 0.6%
Religion
Muslim 98.7%, Christian 0.7%, Jewish 0.6%
Government
Palestinian Authority (PA)

25. West Bank Today President Population Ethnic Groups Religion Government
Mahmud Abbas
Population
2,535,927
Ethnic Groups
Palestinian Arab and other 83%, Jewish 17%
Religion
Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8%
Government
Palestinian Authority (PA)

26. Conflict
Challenges to Peace
U.S. Relations to Conflict

27. Israel-Palestine In every peace talk, 3 issues emerge
The right of return for Palestinians displaced since 1948
Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza
The status of Jerusalem, which Israel claims as all its own