Chapter 8 Flashcards
Al-Fatah
A left-wing nationalist Palestinian political party and largest member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). It has supported a wide variety of European terrorist groups through the 1960s and 1970s.
Ariel Sharon
Israel’s eleventh prime minister and former Israeli Army general
Balfour Declaration
1917 declaration pledging British support to a Jewish homeland in Palestine
Black September
A Palestinian terror group that takes its name from the bloody month that saw hijackings of airliners and fighting with Jordanian troops leading to the expulsion of Palestinians from Jordan
Fedayeen
An Arab commando or guerilla unit
Hamas
An offshoot of the Islamic Brotherhood and an acronym for the Islamic Resistance Movement
Hezbollah
Also known as Party of God - a Shia Muslim militant group based in Lebanon
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Formed by militant Palestinians in the Gaza Strip during the 1970s; committed to the creation of an Islamic Palestinian state and the destruction of Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Established by Yasser Arafat in 1964 as a political body representing the Palestinian people
Yasser Arafat (August 24, 1929 - November 11, 2004)
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994. Symoblically portrayed as the leader of the Palestinian struggle for an independent Palestinian state; often viewed by outsiders as a corrupt politician and a stumbling block to peace in the Middle East; considered a terrorist by Israel
To sustain the Jews on the side of Britain, the British government issued the Balfour Declaration, which is named after the British foreign secretary…
Sir Arthur James Balfour
The Israeli government established Unit 101, a special operations/commando unit. Who lead this unit?
Ariel Sharon on August 1953, on orders from former prime minister David Ben-Gurion
