middle east 6 Flashcards
why did the arabs cut off oil to the usa
USA were helping israel in the conflict
what happened in the oil embargo
all arab states cut off oil to america so the production dropped by 25%
what were the consequences of the oil embargo
cost of producing good increased dramatically
companies went out of business
major economic crisis
what did the USA do to end the oil embargo
put pressure on israel to remove from captured territories and a cease fire for the yom kippur war
what was the significance of the oil embargo
from then onwards the USA tried to make peace in middle east
who was henry kissinger and what did he do
US secretary of state and who embarked on a shuttle diplomacy between egypt israel and syria
what were the successes of kissingers shuttle diplomacy
egypt and israel both agreed to remove troops from suez canal
israel and syria allowed UN to monitor the golan heights
what were failiures of the shuttle diplomacy
israeli president refused to withdraw troops from sinai or goland heights
egypt and syria still refused to accept israel
when was the suez canal re opened
5th june 1975
what did sadat do in november 1977
told israel he would do anything for peace and he made visits to the israeli parliament
during sadats visits to israel what did he want
peace with israel
sinai back
solution for palestinians
during sadats visits to israel what did israel want
peace with egypt
israel to keep control of jerusalem and west bank
no compromises on palestinian issue
what happened at the camp david accords 1978 for egypt and israel
egypt and israel would resolve their conflict diplomatically and not through war
within 3 years israel would leave sinai
egypt would give israel access to suez canal
how did the camp david accords 1978 frame peace in middle east
israel would accept the rights of palestine
israel would withdraw from west bank and jerusalem
what followed after camp david accords
1979 treaty of washington
what did the treaty of washington state
formal peace treaty between egypt and israel
egypt recognised israels right to peace
israel recognised egypts right to peace and withdrew from sinai
what was the significance of the treaty of washington
arabs rejected the treaty and arafat and egypt were thrown out
Palestinians were furious
UN rejected as they thought not enough was done for palestinian refugees
