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Israel and Palestine

Israel and Palestine. Twins in the Sand. An Ancient Struggle. Remember David and Goliath, Jews vs. Philistines??? Through time, Israelites forced from their adopted homeland Oppressed wherever they go. Old Jerusalem. Why Were Jews Despised???. Killing of Jesus

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Israel and Palestine

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  1. Israel and Palestine Twins in the Sand

  2. An Ancient Struggle • Remember David and Goliath, Jews vs. Philistines??? • Through time, Israelites forced from their adopted homeland • Oppressed wherever they go

  3. Old Jerusalem

  4. Why Were Jews Despised??? • Killing of Jesus • Scapegoat group for any problem • TINY minority group can’t defend self • Money Lending with interest…

  5. Fast Forward 2000 Years • Balfour Declaration 1917, Britain calls for Jewish homeland next to Palestinian one • Jews have had hard time in Europe • Russian Pogroms, Catholic Inquisition, Lutheran oppression Russians Take to the Streets…

  6. Zionism • With promise, Jews leave for Palestine • Palestine 98% Arab – Palestinians TICKED OFF!!! • Rise in Arab Nationalism as Ottoman Empire breaks apart…

  7. Hitler’s Impact • German conditions accelerate Zionism • Arab anger on the rise… • England backs off Balfour Declaration to cool off Arab anger • Sets Jewish Quotas

  8. THE HOLOCAUST

  9. Sympathy for the Jews = ISRAEL • UN divides Palestine into two states, 1948 • Jerusalem “capital” • Tel Aviv (Capital) • IMMEDIATELY Arabs invade new Israeli state

  10. Israeli Victory? • US-supported Israelis devastate the combined Arab forces!!! Gain land. • Arabs vow never to recognize Israel • Many Arabs now living under Israeli authority

  11. Suez Crisis - 1956 • WAR - Britain, France and Israel vs. Egypt • Seizes Suez Canal for Egyptian government (seeks to destroy Israeli economy) • Military loss for Egypt, but political victory (Nasser becomes Arab hero)

  12. 1967 - The Six Day War • Egypt, backed by USSR, takes up Arab leadership against Israel… • Blockades ports • Preparing War • Israeli pre-emptive strikes

  13. Results of War • Israel Triples Size • Gain Sinai, West Bank, Golan Heights • Takes Jerusalem • Another million Palestinians live in Israeli state • Palestine Gone

  14. A New Arab Strategy • Frustrated by another pan-Arab loss in 1973, Arabs switch focus… • USA now the enemy as supplier of Israel • Create OPEC and cut oil to US • Oil Crisis in US Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

  15. US Brokers Deal Camp David Accords • Feeling oil pinch, Carter invites Menachim Begin and Anwar Sadat to Camp David. • Sinai returned to Egypt for recognition of Israel

  16. The Price of PeaceSadat killed by Egyptian Radicals

  17. A New War – An Insurgency • Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) created to fight for a free Palestine and to remove Israeli state • Led by Yasir Arafat • Also secret leader of Al-Fatah, terror group desiring to overthrow Israel

  18. The First Intifada 1987 • Civilian popular uprisings against Israel • Rock throwing to bombings…

  19. Bus Bombing in Israel

  20. Hope in the ’90’s… The Oslo Accords • Israel gives some autonomy to the West Bank and Gaza Strip in return for PLO recognition of Israel’s right to exist

  21. The Arafat Dilemma • Oslo Accords not accepted by Palestinian terrorist groups (led by Hamas) • Arafat’s own support in question

  22. A New Intifada - 2000 • Palestinians, even for independent state, won’t concede on: • Right of Return • Settlements • Peace on Hold • New Intifada

  23. 2001 – Roadmap For Peace • 2000 intifada and 9/11 convince West to try to solve this… • Roadmap for Peace calls for two states • Trying to work out sticky issues

  24. 2004 - Arafat Died

  25. 2006 - A Split in the Movement Mahmoud Abbas leader of PLO – willing to work with Israel Hamas – elected group bent on eliminating Israel

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