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1 Historical Background to the Palestine-Israel Conflict Prepared for the Forum on the Palestine-Israel Conflict 09 May 2002 at the UP PCED Hostel By Rey Claro Casambre of the PHILIPPINE PEACE CENTER and the INTERNATONAL LEAGUE OF PEOPLES’ STRUGGLE Study Commission on Peace
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2 Introduction This paper aims to provide a brief historical background on the war currently raging in the Occupied Territories, especially at the West Bank, between the Palestinians and the Israelis
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3 The history of the Palestine-Israel conflict may be discussed in four periods From ancient times to the end of World War I The British Mandate of Palestine – 1917-1948 The establishment of the state of Israel and the Israel-Arab Wars (1948-1982) Peace talks and the First Intefada
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4 Ancient Times to the End of World War I 1250 BC - Israelites conquer Canaan; King David, Solomon (965-928)and other Hebrew rulers 586BC - Jews driven out by Assyrian conqueror Nebuchadnezzer Succession of Assyrian, Persian (539BC), Greek (333BC), Egyptian, Syrian, Roman Byzantine (63 BC), and Arab rulers from Damascus (661-750), Iraq (750-1258), and Cairo (969-1099, 1187-1516), and the Crusaders (1099-1187). Palestine incorporated into the Ottoman Empire from 1516-1917 Zionism – the movement to establish a separate Jewish state in Palestine – was born in the end of the 19 th century
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5 The Middle East in 1917 Middle East in 1917
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7 The British Mandate (1917-48) The Balfour Declaration of 1917 pledged Britain’s support for “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people” and paid lip service to safeguarding the civil and political rights of the non-Jewish communities in Palestine Successive waves of migrations increased Jewish population in Palestine from less than 6% in 1903 to 31% in 1945
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8 UN RESOLUTION 181 PAVES WAY TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ISRAEL IN PALESTINE 29 Nov 1947 - UN Resolution 181 – partitioning Palestine into a Jewish state (56.5% of Palestine) and a Palestinian state (43%); rejected by the Palestinians and Arab states. 14 May 1948 - State of Israel proclaimed in Tel Aviv at 4:00 P.M., recognized by US President Truman 15 May 1948 - British Mandate ends. Declaration of State of Israel comes into effect. 15 May 1948 - British Mandate ends. Declaration of State of Israel comes into effect.
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10 The Arab-Israeli Wars 1949 – First Arab-Israeli War 1956 – Suez Campaign (Oct 29-Nov 5) 1967 - Six-Day War (June 5-10) Israel occupies: Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip, & the West Bank Israel occupies: Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip, & the West Bank 1973 - October War (Yom Kippur) 1982 - Israeli invasion of Lebanon
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13 Six-Day War 1967 June 5-10
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14 October 1973 War (Yom Kippur)
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15 Peace Talks and the Intefada 1978 Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt; Israel turns over Sinai to Egypt in exchange for recognition of right to exist 1987 - the outbreak of the first Palestinian intefada in December 1987 triggered by death of Palestinian youths run over by Israeli lorry (military personnel carrier) 1988 - Yasser Arafat's condemnation of terrorism and recognition of the state of Israel in December 1988. 1991 October - The Madrid peace conference
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16 1992 - secret Israeli-Palestinian talks in Oslo, Norway 1993 Declaration of Principles (DoP), signed by Yasser Arafat and Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin: o set up the Palestinian Authority, but failed to resolve the issues of : o failed to resolve the issues of : § return of Palestinian refugees § the status of Jerusalem § Israeli settlements § final Palestine-Israel borders 1994 – Arafat returned to Gaza Strip and West bank to head the Palestinian Authority
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17 However, Israel wielded full authority and control by frequently sealing off the Palestinian- governed areas from the rest of the Occupied Territories and from Israel.
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18 July 2000 – Camp David Summit called by US President Bill Clinton. After two weeks of intensive negotiation with Arafat and Barak, the talks end without a deal. Barak resigns shortly after and Ariel Sharon elected Prime Minister 27 September 2000- Second Intefada erupts
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Since 2002 – additions by Joe Naumann Hamas wins elections in Gaza Hamas fires missiles into Israel 2009 - Israel bombs and invades Gaza 19
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