Middle East Oversimplified Flashcards
What was the Balfour Decloration of 1917?
A desire to establish a homeland for the Jews.
What is Zionism?
the ideolgy to establish a Jewish homeland
What, and when, was formed that conflicted with Zionism?
the Arab League, after WW2
What did the US proposal of 1947 do?
partitioned Arab and Jewish areas of Palestine with Jerusalem
May 14 1948 the British mandate ended so what started?
Palastinian war
In the Palastinian war Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iraq sided with who? WHo did they fight against?
Palastinians. Israel
Who won the palastinian war, what did this cause?
Israel, refeugee problem
When was the Suez Crisis?
1956
When was the second conflict at the suez? what was it nicknamed?
June 5-11 1967, 6-day war
Who was the 6-day war between?
Israel and Egypt
The attack on Israel by Egypt, Syria and Iraq in Oct 1973 was on what Jewish Holiday? Who won, Why?
Yom Kippur. Israle, US help.
What is OPEC?
Organization of Petrolium Exporting Countries
What did OPEC do in respose to the Yom Kippur war?
raided oil prices 70% to any supporters of Isreael
What dose “hawk” mean vs “dove”?
hawk - a country or person that favors entry into war.
dove - a country or person that opposes militarty conflict
Sadat goes from hawk to dove and in 1979 he gose to Camp _____ Accords(aka the _____ ______). These accords were facilitated by _____ ______ and resulted in the agreement to ……
- David
- Isreal-Egypt
- Pres. Carter
What is Israel alowed becaue to the Camp David Accords?
to use the Suez
buy oil form Egypt
negotiate the refugee problem
Because of Egypts actions int he Camp David Accords what happens?
OPEC expels them