1. WWI to 1967
Background
WWI-1948
Notes

2. Zionism Emancipation in Western Europe Dreyfus Affair Theodor Herzl
The Jewish State
Political Zionism

3. Demographic Changes The First Aliyah (1882 - 1903)
Mostly Eastern European; 25,000 immigrants
The Second Aliyah ( )
Tel Aviv founded 1909
Many leaders of the future state of Israel arrive
40,000 immigrants

4. World War I British take control of Palestine Jewish Funding of WWI
Balfour Declaration (1917)
“His majesty’s government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a National Homeland for the Jewish people”

5. Mandate Period Britain runs Palestine
1922 white paper (declares that Zionist had a right to be there, but did not mean the imposition of the inhabitants already there)
Struggles over immigration and land
The Third Aliyah ( )
The Fourth Aliyah ( )
Wailing Wall Disturbances 1929
Britain issues the white paper of 1930
Limits immigration, both communities upset

6. World War II The Fifth Aliyah (1929 - 1939)
Includes many immigrants from western Europe
250,000 immigrants, many go to Jerusalem
Haganah trains with Britain to fight Germany
Holocaust
Generates sympathy for Zionist

7. Interwar period to 1948 Britain too weak to stay in Palestine
UN partition proposal
Israel declares an independent state
1948 War
Resulted in refugee problem
Israel gains territory
Jerusalem divided into two sections

8. Between 1948 and 1967
Major influx of Jewish immigrants from Arab countries
Majority of Jewish population comes from Arab countries
1956 Suez War
Made relations with Arab neighbors worse
Anxiety of war
Pan-Arabism
Cold War

9. June War and its Aftermath
Israel doubled its territory
West Bank, Gaza, Sinai, Golan Heights
Now occupied a large Palestinian population