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THE ROOTS OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT

THE ROOTS OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT. 1890’s-1947. ZIONISM. The spiritual and political renewal of the Jewish people in its ancestral homeland of Palestine. Freedom from Western anti- Semitism. Theodore Herzl 1860-1904. The Middle East in 1914.

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THE ROOTS OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT

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  1. THE ROOTS OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT 1890’s-1947

  2. ZIONISM • The spiritual and political renewal of the Jewish people in its ancestral homeland of Palestine. • Freedom from Western anti- Semitism. Theodore Herzl1860-1904

  3. The Middle East in 1914

  4. British Promise to the Jews: Balfour Declaration, 1917 His Majesty’s Government views with favor the establishment in Palestine of anational home for the Jewish people and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine… Sir Arthur James BalfourBr. Foreign Secretary

  5. The League of Nations Mandates

  6. The British in Palestine (1919-1947)

  7. Essential Question: How did Britain’s actions in Palestine after 1918 lay the groundwork for the on-going conflict between the Jews and the Arabs in the Middle East today?

  8. Jews and Arabs In Palestine, 1920 • In 1920, there was 1 Jew toevery 10 Arabs inPalestine. • By 1947, the ratio was 2 Arabs forevery Jew. The Arabs felt that they were loosing control of their “country!”

  9. British Mandate in PalestineCreatedJuly, 1922

  10. Hitler’s“FinalSolution” The Jewish population in each country in 1942.

  11. Nazi Concentration & Extermination Camps

  12. The Nazi Holocaust • 6,000,00 Jews killed by the Nazis [1/2 in the concentration camps.]

  13. Aliyah Bet : Illegal Jewish Immigration

  14. Aliyah Bet • Illegal Jewish immigration to Palestine. • The Exodus, 1947.

  15. U. N. Partition Plan of 1947

  16. Israel Becomes a Nation:May 14, 1948 David Ben-Gurion,1st Prime Minister Chaim Weizmann,1st President

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