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Conflicts in the Middle East

Conflicts in the Middle East. By Eric Zacher And AJ Snorf. After World War II. After World War II the UN gave land to the Jews The Jews got their own state on the east cost of the Mediterranean (Palestine). The land that the Jews were given is neighbored by Arabic countries.

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Conflicts in the Middle East

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  1. Conflicts in the Middle East By Eric Zacher And AJ Snorf

  2. After World War II • After World War II the UN gave land to the Jews • The Jews got their own state on the east cost of the Mediterranean (Palestine). • The land that the Jews were given is neighbored by Arabic countries.

  3. Israel Becomes a State • After World War II the United Nations voted to make Palestine into a Arab and Jewish state. • Neither religion could make claims in Jerusalem. • Every Islamic country voted against it. And Palestinians rejected it. • On may 14 1948 the Jewish nation of Israel was created.

  4. Israel and Arab States conflict • The first day that Israel claimed itself to be an independent nation six Islamic states invaded. • Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. • Israel won within a few months of fighting.

  5. Suez Canal • Egypt took Canal from Israelis • Israelis cried help • GB and France come in and stop Egyptians • USA and USSR tell Europeans to get out

  6. Arab-Israeli Wars Continue • Tensions between Arab and Israel states continue rising • 6 Day War • Israel won • Israel lost 800 troops Arabs lost 15,000 • Israel gained land

  7. Yom Kippur War • Arab countries surprise attack Israel • Israelis suffer heavy casualties • Both sides agree on truce • http://videos.howstuffworks.com/military-channel/7182-20th-century-battlefields-1973-middle-east-sinai-video.htm

  8. Palestine Liberation Organization • 1964 Palestine Liberation Organization group was formed • Participants varied from Teachers to Guerilla fighters. • Terrorist Organization • Leader of the group was Yasir Arafat

  9. Efforts at Peace • Anwar Sadat recognized Israel for the first time • Israel had to give up some of its territories for peace settlements • Israeli-Palestinian tensions increase • Israeli uprising (Intifada) started to anger Palestinians.

  10. Oslo Peace Accords • Israel gives the Palestinians self rule in the Gaza strip, and West Bank • This did not really work because of the Assassination of Rabin in 1955.

  11. Peace slips away • Protestors began the second Intifada • Palestinian Military steps in • http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+second+intifada&view=detail&mid=36BD9C29E395141551ED36BD9C29E395141551ED&first=0

  12. Shifting powers and alliances • Hamas military group tries to replace Israel with an Islamic state. • Israel refuses to recognize the new government • The two sides are still hoping for a peaceful future.

  13. Work Cited • Google images • http://www.ehow.com/about_5448872_arab-israeli-conflict.html’ • http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestoryamericas/2012/05/201251593733577549.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_Accords • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_Sadat • http://brucesmideastsoundbites.blogspot.com/2011/07/yasir-arafat-school-of-public.html

  14. Work cited cont • http://phobos.ramapo.edu/~theed/Cold_War/d_Brezhnev_Era/e_Nixon_73_74/dd_YomKippurWar.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War • http://www.familyholiday.net/the-suez-canal-the-highway-to-india • http://www.ehow.com/about_5448872_arab-israeli-conflict.html • https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Israel.svg

  15. Work cited cont • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine

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