1. IAFS 1000 The Arab-Israeli Conflict

2. Outline History of British-controlled Pal Two key figures: --Zionist Chaim Weizmann --Palestinian Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al- Husseini Partition proposals Post-1948 developments and recent events

3. Palestine Britain’s conflicting WW I promises: —Balfour Declaration —McMahon-Hussein correspondence Mixed population: 80% Muslim, 10% Christian, 8% Jewish 1922: Palestine Mandate granted

4. Chaim Weizmann (1874-1952) Russian-born biochemist Zionist leader Skillful negotiator Well-connected http://www.art.man.ac.uk/RELTHEOL/JEWISH/EXHIBITION/BUTTONT0.HTML

5. Hajj Amin al-Husseini, the Mufti (1897-1974) 1921: Grand Mufti of Palestine President of Supreme Muslim Council Palestinian Arab nationalist leader http://galeon.hispavista.com/historiadeisrael/mufti.jpg

6. Palestine Mandate Timeline 1920: Pogrom 1922: Churchill White Paper 1929: Yom Kippur attacks 1936-39: Arab revolt 1937: Peel Commission Report http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/israel/images/israel03.jpg

7. Partition The territorial division of a previously unified administrative entity carried out by an external party –vs. secession:: one part of a political entity withdrawing itself from the whole

8. Palestine Mandate Timeline 1939 White Paper WWII: Mufti to Germany 1947: British decision to abandon Mandate 1948: British withdrawal, Arab-Jewish civil war http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1987-004- 09A,_Amin_al_Husseini_und_Adolf_Hitler.jpg

9. Arab-Israeli Conflict 1967 war 1973 war 1987 intifada 1990s peace process 2000 intifada 2005 withdrawal of Gaza settlers 2008/2009 Gaza war “Palestine Papers” leak