Notes Then Argo Flashcards
Write Jew and Arabs in Palestine, 1920 population date?
1)In 1920, there was 1 Jew to every 10 Arabs in Palestine
2)by 1947, the ratio was 2 Arabs for every jews.
So the Arabs felt that they were losing control of their “ country!”
Jewish people were targeted
Dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the western wall into fight
Where is original country where illegal jewish immigration?
from Poloand ,Romania and Bulgaria
What is Hitler’s “Final solution”
Mass murder of European Jews
The Jewish population in each country in 1942
What is important about this picture?
1-Red-palestine population in 1946
2-Blue-Jewish
What is United Nations Plan of 1947?
The United Nations Plan in 1947 the partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states. The Jewish side accepted the UN plan for the establishment of 2 states. The Arabs rejected it and launched a war against the Jewish state
What is about “ Israel by the United Nations?
Created Israel to redress their suffering in WW2- Holocaust
Benefited the Israelis
No Palestinian representation at the meeting
All Islamic countries rejected the creation of Israel
What is the Exodus, 1947?
It is Jewish immigration to Palestine.
What is the war begins in May 15, 1948?
On May 14, 1948, the first day of Israeli independence , five Arab nations armies invaded Israel and the first Arab-Israeli War in May 15 of 1948 begins .
What date is Israel begins independence?
May 14, 1948
What is Armistice Agreement in 1949?
In 1949 United Nations- sponsored armistice agreement concluded between the state of Israel and four Arab state Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria.
What are the Gaza Strip and the West Bank?
The Gaza Strip and the West Bank are two Palestinian Territories that were part of Mandate Palestine and were captured by Israel during the Six-Day war in 1967
What is Suez Crisis( 1956)
Gamal Abdul Nasser 2nd president of Egypt-blocked Israel from shipping products out of the Suez Canal (a valuable waterway)
British and French military helped Israel move into the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt)
Then:
Signed a Peace treaty: return territory and restore shipping rights.
What is Six-Day war (1967?
1-Egypt blocked shipping against Israel
2-Egyptian military advanced into the Sinai Peninsula
3-Israel destroyed Egyptian Air Force, then turned east to attack Jordan, Syria, and Iraq militaries
4-Israel occupied the Sinai Peninsula, Gowan Heights, Gaza and the Wet Bank.
What is PLO (Palestine Liberation ORganization?
The goal is to remove Jew from Palestine stated by Yassir Arafat
“Liberation of Palestine”
What is Yom-Kippur War In October 6, 1973?
The war began when Egypt andSyria launched a surprise attack on Israel during the holiday of Yom Kippur, giving the conflict its name.
1-Egypt and Syrian attack on Yom Kippur-Holiest day in Judaism.
2-Israel not prepared.
3-US supported and supplied Israel.
4-USSR supported and supplied Egypt.
What is purpose of OPEC (organization of the Pertroleum Exporting Countries)?
3-In retaliation of the 1973 Yom Kippur War where the Israelis were able to get a re-supply of oil from the US.
What is 1970s politics casused? And the objectives of OPEC are:
1- set quotas to control oil price
2-if they pump out less the price increases
3-if the pump out more the price decrease/
OPEC to cut off the USA from oil
What is OPEC?
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting countries
What is CAMP DAVID ACCORDS PEACE TREATY?
The Camp David Accords treaty ensured threat both Egypt and Israel achieved their primary goals: Israel gives back the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt does not block shipping lanes, and agrees not attack Israel again.
Anwar Sadad- Egypt
Menachem Begin- Israel PM
3-Camp David Accords-Egypt and Israel sign a peace treaty.
4-President Jimmy Carter is mediator.
What is Iran hostage crisis? And causes?
1-The 1953 overthrow of the Iranian PM (prime minister by the USA and the Great Britain.
4- AS resulted, Iran hostage crisis-took US embassy workers as hostages for 444days.
