Upload
may-rogers
View
226
Download
4
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
UNIT 4 : MODERN MIDDLE EAST
Creation of Israel
Conflicting Claims
Zionism: Form of Nationalism Creation of a state in
the holy land.Arabs:
Turks controlled Holy Land since 1100’s.
Palestinians lived there for nearly 2000 years.
Home of Al-Aqsa Mosque
Justification for Land Claim
Jewish Justification: Historic Land Claim
Abraham led the Jews to Canaan
Ancestors lived there Jerusalem home of
Wailing Wall
Think Pair Share
If you were Israeli, why might you think you should live on the land that is now Israel?
If you were Palestinian, why might you think you should live on the land that is now Israel?
Who has the rightful claim to the land?
Where did Zionism come from?
Anti Semitism throughout History. Black Death
Poisoning Wells Russian Pogroms
Anti Jewish riots Dreyfus Affair
Wrongfully Convicted Holocaust
6 million dead
UNIT 4 : MODERN MIDDLE EAST
Broken Promises
What Did WWI Promise the World?
Ottoman Empire
The Decline of the Ottoman Empire: 1807-1924
UNIT 4 : MODERN MIDDLE EAST
Conflict in the Middle East:Arab-Israeli Wars
Broken Promises
World War I Fall of the Ottoman
Empire British had made Promises
to Both SidesMcMahon-Husain
(1915)Sykes-Picot (1916)Balfour Declaration
(1917)The Mandate of Palestine
British occupation and Administration
McHahon-Husain Letters
McHahon-Husain Letters
Sykes-Picot
Aftermath of WWII
UN Intervention 1947 Palestinian (45%) and
Jewish States (55%)What do we do with
Jerusalem? International Shared
Jewish refugees: Populate area Very organized
UNIT 4 : MODERN MIDDLE EAST
Conflict in the Middle EastThe Wars that Shaped the Borders
Arab-Israeli War
May 14, 1948 Israel becomes a state David Ben-Gurion
1st prime MinisterMay 15, 1948
Egypt, Transjordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Lebanon invade Israel.
Israel wins US Support
What about Palestine?
Israeli Palestinian
Creates state of Israel
War of Independence
Violence would not happen if there was a Jewish Homeland
They had no input Nabka:
“catastrophe”Land set aside for
Palestinians: Arab or Israeli
controlled
Perspective on Partition
Suez Crisis
Suez Canal British owned Canal Negotiations to draw
down TroopsJuly 1956
Egypt Nationalizes canal
What does that mean?British, France, and
Israel. Israel invades
UN sides with Egypt
Six Day War
Tensions still exist June 1967 Preemptive Strike Israel is over powering
Results: Territorial Gains
Jerusalem West Bank Golan Heights Sinai Peninsula
Refugees 250,000 fled
Israeli Palestinian Perspective
Land gained is a buffer zone West bank, Gaza Strip,
and Golan heights. Defensible borders
Unified Jerusalem Holiest City
West Bank and Gaza Strip “Occupied territories”
Some will accept pre-war borders
PLO forms and begins to use terrorism
Perspective On and Aftermath of 1967 War
Unfinished Business
Yom Kippur War: Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat. Surprise Attack
Initial Results: Israeli forces pushed
backIsraeli Counter Attack
Prime Minister Golda Meir
Results Borders remain the
same
UNIT 4 : MODERN MIDDLE EAST
Peace in the Middle East?
Palestinian Liberation Organization
P.L.O 1964 Goal= Fight for
Palestinian StateYasser Arafat
Chairmen of the P.L.O 1969-2004
Munich Olympics Black September
PLO? 1972 summer games 11 Israeli athletes
murdered
Camp David Accords
Why is it important? First signed agreement
between Israel and an Arab Country
Who was it between? Israel and Egypt
What did it do? Recognized Israel Israel gives back Sinai
Results Anwar Sadat was
assassinated.
First Intifada
Palestinian CampaignWhat do you think
Civil Disobedience is? Boycotts and Protests Attacks on Soldiers Rock Throwing
Why did they do it?Results
400 Israelis killed 1500 Palestinians
killed
Second Intifada
Bill Clinton Failed at Peace
Accords at Camp David
Arafat walks awayPalestinian violence
erupts. Suicide bombers
target buses, discos, hotels, etc.
Israel military responds 4500 Palestinians
killed 1000 Israelis killed
UNIT 4 : MODERN MIDDLE EAST
Current Situation
Oslo Accords
Oslo Peace Accords Declaration of
PrinciplesWho is it between?
Israel and PLO Rabin and Arafat
Results: Limited Self Rule
Gaza and West bank Framework to settle
issues Rabin Assassinated
Gaza Strip
Road Map to Peace Abbas and Sharon
Two State Solution Backed by US Create a Israel and
Palestine2005 Israel removes
settlements. Palestinian control Hamas
Gov’t vs. terrorist org.