03 Flashcards
When were first Palestinian elections held in which Yasir Arafat waselected President of the Palestinian Authority?
(a) 1993
(c) 1995
(b) 1994
(d) 1996
(d) 1996
Mahmud Abbas, is also known as:
(a) Abu Ala
(b) Abu Mazen
(c) Abu Ahmed
(d) Abu Muhammud
(b) Abu Mazen
Which Palestinian leader was w w • * • • » — — awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1994?
(a) Ahmed Qurie
(b) Mahmud Abbas
(c) Yasir Arafat
(d) Sheikh Ahmed Yasin
(c) Yasir Arafat
The political faction of PLO is known
(a) Force 17
(b) Fatah
(c) Al-Aqsa Martyr’s Brigade
(d) Intifada
(b) Fatah
The first Palestinian Intifada began in:
(a) August 1980
(b) August 1987
(c) August 1994
(d) August 2001
(b) August 1987
second Palestinian Intifada started in
(a) 2000
(c) 2002
(b) 2001
(d) 2003
(a) 2000
Whose visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in east Jerusalem sparked the Palestinian Intifada?
(a) Binyamin Nentanyahu
(b) Ariel Sharon
(c) Shimon Peres
(d) Yatizhak Rabin
(b) Ariel Sharon
Which Hamas leader was martyred in an Israeli missile attack on 17 April 2004? (a) Sheikh Ahmed Yasin (b) Abudul Aziz al-Rantissi (c) Ali Hassan Salameh (d) Mahmud Abbas
(b) Abudul Aziz al-Rantissi
Who was the founder and spiritual leader of Hamas? (a) Sheikh Ahmed Yasin (b) Abdul Aziz al-Rantissi (c) Ali Hassan Salamah (d) Mahmud Abbas
(a) Sheikh Ahmed Yasin
Which is the largest Palestinian militant organization?
a) Hamas
(b) Islamic Jihad
(c) Al-Aqsa Martyr’s Brigade
(d) Palestine Liberation Organization(PLO
(a)Hamas
The peace negotiations culminated in the Oslo Accords of: (a) September 1991 (b) September 1992 (c) September 1993 (d) September 1994
(c) September 1993
Oslo Accords was approved by the PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat, Israel’s then PM Yitzhak Rabin, and endorsed by US President:
(a) George Herbert Walker Bush
(b) Ronald Wilson Ragon
(c) Bill Clinton
(d) Jimmy Carter
(c) Bill Clinton
Which of the following is the Iranian- backed extremist Muslim faction based in Lebanon? (a) Hamas (Zeal) (b) Fatah (Victory) (c) Hezbullah (Party of God) (d) Islamic Jihad
(c) Hezbullah (Party of God)
The second Intifada known as the Al- Aqsa Intifada started after the failure of US sponsored IsraeliPalestinian Summit in 2000 at:
(a) New York
(b) Washington DC
(c) Camp David
(d) Oslo
(c) Camp David
Yasir Arafat passed away at Paris on
(a) November 2004
(b) 15 November 2004
(c) 11 November 2004
(d) 19 November 2004
(c)11 November 2004
Hamas formed in
(a) 1980
(c) 1985
(b) 1983
(d) 1987
(d) 1987
How many seats were secured by Hamas in the house of 132 in 2006 Election? (a) 65 (c) 71 (b) 76 (d) 56
(b) 76
Hamas formed government under the Prime Ministership of
(a) Ahmed Ceorie
(b) Mahmood Abbas
(c) Ahmad yasin
(d) Ismail Haniya
(d) Ismail Haniya
President of Palestine
Mahmoud Abbas
As per UN, largest number of Palestinian refugees lives in
Jordan
The Gaza flotilla raid, code named________ by the Israel Defense forces was seizure of six ships on 31 May 2010 carrying 663 people from 37 countries to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza strip from the Gaza Freedom Flotilla.
(a) Operation Sea Breeze
(b) Operation Sea Spark
(c) Operation Water Spark
(d) Operation Blue Water
(a)Operation Sea Breeze
Israel and Hamas began prisoner swap on 18 Oct 2011, in which the captured Israeli Army soldier \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ was released by Hamas inexchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners. (a) Gilad Shalit (b) Gabi Ashkenazi (c) Jonathan Locker (d) Rav Aluf Benny Gantz
(a) Gilad Shalit
When was Palestine upgraded to “non-member observer state” status in the United Nations in a 138-9
vote, General Assembly resolution 67/19 passed?
29th Nov 2012
How many out of the total 193
member states of the United Nations
recognized the State of Palestine on
14 September 2015?
136
CURRENT
(138 (71.5%) of the 193 United Nations (UN) member states and two non-member states have recognized it. … Palestine is not recognized as a state by Israel, the United States, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and most of the European Union, among others)
