Arab-Israeli Conflict
What They Are Land
Fighting Over
Anti-Semitism
Hatred and fear of Jews
Zionism
Movement to reestablish a Jewish homeland in Palestine
Theodor Herzl
Austrian Jew who was a key figure in the Zionist movement
Last Islamic
Empire
European
Colonial Power
Balfour
Declaration
Impact of
Holocaust
UN Partition
Plan
Arab & Jewish
Response to UN
Plan
Year of Israel’s
Independence
Palestinian
Territories
Intifadas
Ottoman
Jewish
Settlements
Palestinian
Refugees
Yitzhak
Rabin
Israeli communities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, traditionally Palestinian
areas, that are home to hundreds of thousands of Israelis
Hundreds of thousands became refugees in the 1948 & 1967 wars; live in Palestinian
areas and neighboring countries; descendants number 5 million; want to return home
Israeli prime minister who was assassinated by a right-wing Israeli after he signed the
Oslo Accords; awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Leader of Palestinian Liberation Organization and Fatah. Supported violence and
terrorism before turning to non-violence and winning Nobel Peace Prize with the Oslo
Accords
Clashes between Israel and Hamas in 2006, 2008-9, 2014; Hamas fired rockets into
Israel and Israel responded with military force
Moderate Palestinian political party that governs the Palestinian areas of the West
Bank; acknowledges Israel’s right to exist
Militant Palestinian political party/ terrorist group that controls the Gaza Strip;
dedicated to the destruction of Israel
Protective wall built by Israel around the Palestinian areas of the West Bank; encircles
many Israeli settlements; limits movement of Palestinians
Security, borders, settlements, refugees, Jerusalem
Yasser Arafat
Conflicts with
Gaza
Fatah
Hamas
Security Barrier
Britain
British declaration that supported establishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine
Jewish immigration to Palestine increased
1947; proposed two nations, Jewish Israel and Arab Palestine, with Jerusalem under
international control
Jews accepted plan; Arabs refused; war followed
1947
West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem
Arabic for “the shaking”; Palestinian uprisings; 1987-1991 & 2000-2005
Unresolved
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Issues
Arab-Israeli Wars
Describe each war. For each, be sure to include the name of war, the countries involved, and the territories that were occupied
and by whom.
1948
1967
Called War of Independence by Israelis and the Catastrophe by Palestinians; followed
Arab rejection of UN Partition Plan; Israel fought Palestinians and Arab nations; Israel
gained 50% more territory than under UN Plan; Jordan occupied and annexed East
Jerusalem & West Bank; Egypt occupied West Bank
Called Six Day War and the Setback by Palestinians; Israel fought Egypt, Jordan, and
Syria; Israel occupied East Jerusalem (later annexed), the West Bank, the Gaza Strip,
the Golan Heights (Syrian territory), and Sinai Peninsula (Egyptian territory that was
later returned)
Arab-Israeli Peace Agreements
Year
Name of Agreement
Countries/ Organizations
1978
Camp David Accords
Israel & Egypt
1993
Oslo Accords
Israel and Palestinian
Liberation Organization
(PLO)
Details of the Agreement
Egypt made peace with Israel;
Israel withdrew from the Sinai
Peninsula and agreed to
Palestinian self rule
PLO gave up attacks on Israel,
Israel gave PLO limited self-rule
in the West Bank & Gaza Strip
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