ISRAELI - PALESTINIAN CONFLICT IN MAPS WORLD WAR I to Present-Day
EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM AFTER WWI BRITISH & FRENCH: divided SW Asia into Mandates (areas of direct control & areas of “influence” with local government). IBN SAUD: given Arabian Pen (present-day Saudia Arabia & Yemen) JERUSALEM: international city
1947 UN PLAN of PARTITION FOR ISRAEL & PALESTINE 1 Palestinian State/1 Jewish State/ International City of Jerusalem The treaty is rejected by what groups? What does it mean to be a “stateless nation?”
NEW TERRITORIAL DIVISIONS AFTER ARAB-ISRAELI FIGHTING Egypt controls Gaza Strip Jordan controls West Bank and Eastern part of Jerusalem (contains holy sites)
1967: THE SIX-DAY WAR ISRAEL’S SWIFT & UNEXPECTED SUCCESS AFTER ARAB ATTACK Israel captured Golan Heights, Sinai Pen., West Bank & Gaza Strip. Israel returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt in 1979.
ISRAELI TAKEOVER OF JERUSALEM
THE COMPLICATED GAZA STRIP Gaza: one of the most densely populated tracts of land in the world. Home to 1,178,000 Palestinians (33% live in refugee camps) and 6,900 Jewish settlers (until Israeli Disengagement Plan). June, Israeli military forcibly removed Jewish settlers from Gaza; area turned over to Palestinian Authority)
ISRAEL BUILT MANY SETTLEMENTS IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK Currently, 59% of West bank officially under Israeli control. 23% under Palestinian civil control, but Israeli security control. Remainder of territory is governed by Palestinian National Authority.
PALESTINIAN AREAS OF THE WEST BANK
TODAY Much dispute, fighting & acts of terrorism over land and borders. Hamas and the PLO actively in conflict with Israel. Today, Israel has control over 78% of former Palestine, rather than 55% allocated under initial UN Plan of Partition.
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS Many moderate Arabs want Israeli withdrawal to pre-1967 borders Hamas (currently in power ) does not want a peace agreement, wants a single Palestinian state 2 States solution 1 State solution Israel’s “land for peace” deals