Consequences of Arab-Israeli War

Question 1

What proportion of Palestine became Israel with the 1949 armistice?

Answer 1

77%

Question 2

Which territories did Egypt and Jordan gain from the 1949 armistice?

Answer 2

Jordan = East Jerusalem and the West Bank
Egypt = the Gaza Strip

Question 3

How many Palestinian refugees were caused by the fighting between 1947-49?

Answer 3

700,000

Question 4

What was the main cause for the Palestinian refugees?

Answer 4

Zionist direct military actions and psychological campaigns

Question 5

How many Palestinian expulsions occured in Lydda and Ramle alone in July 1948?

Answer 5

50,000

Question 6

Which infamous massacre near Jerusalem led to large scale Arab flight?

Answer 6

The Dayr Yasin massacre

Question 7

How may Palestinians now live inside Israel’s 1949 armistice borders? What proportion of the population is this?

Answer 7

1.4m

20%

Question 8

How many Palestinians (approx) live in diaspora? What is the main country?

Answer 8

5. 6m

2. 7m live in Jordan

Question 9

Where do many Palestinians in diaspora live?

Answer 9

In refugee camps

Question 10

What status do Palestinians have in countries such as Lebanon and Syria?

Answer 10

A subordinate status to the citizens of those states

Question 11

How does the per capita rate of university grads of Palestinians compare to the Arab world?

Answer 11

Palestinians have the highest per capita rate of university graduates in the Arab world

Question 12

How many Palestinians remained in the area that became Israel in 1948?

Answer 12

150,000

Question 13

What examples are there of Palestinians being treated as second-class citizens by the Israeli government?

Answer 13

• Until 1966, subject to military government that restricted their movement and rights
• Until 1965, were not permitted to become full members of the Israeli trade union federation
• Allocated far fewer resources for education, health care, public works etc.
• Have had 40% of their lands confiscated by the state and used for development projects to the benefit of Jews

Question 14

What was ‘Land Day’?

Answer 14

A general strike by Palestinians in Israel in March 1976, in protest against the confiscation of Arab lands. It is now commemorated as a national day by Palestinians.

Question 15

What was the continued focus of government spending after the war?

Answer 15

On armaments, as part of an arms race against the surrounding Arab nations

Question 16

When did Israel next attack Egypt after the war? What annexations were they forced to give up under international pressure?

Answer 16

In 1956, as part of the Suez Crisis with Britain and France

Gave up the Gaza Strip and Sinai peninsula which they had captured in the attack

Question 17

How did the 6 day war in 1967 come about?

Answer 17

• The Soviet Union misinformed Syria of an Israeli attack on them
• Syria called on Egyptian support. Egyptian troops occupied Sharm el-Sheikh and blockaed the Israli port of Eilat
• Through diplomatic crisis, Israel pre-emptively attacked Egypt and Syria (and later Jordan when it joined the conflict) and won the war

Question 18

What territories did Israel gain from the 1967 conflict?

Answer 18

The West Bank, Gaza Strip, Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights

Question 19

Which Palestinian nationalist organisation emerged after 1967?

Answer 19

The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)