1. Israeli-Palestine Conflict
Post-WWII
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3. THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN WWI CONTROLLED
THE AREAS OF IRAQ, SYRIA, JORDAN, LEBANON,
AND PALESTINE
AFTER LOSING WWI, OTTOMANS HAD TO GIVE UP
THESE AREAS
THE FIVE AREAS WERE MADE INTO MANDATES TO BE RULED OVER BY BRITAIN AND FRANCE UNTIL
THEY ARE GIVEN INDEPENDENCE

4. ONLY PALESTINE REMAINED UNDER BRITISH CONTROL IN 1947
PALESTINE’S INDEPENDENCE WAS DIFFICULT
BECAUSE IT HAD BOTH A LARGE ARAB (2/3) AND
A JEWISH (1/3) POPULATION
ZIONISM - A MOVEMENT THAT WAS STARTED IN LATE
1800’S TO CREATE A JEWISH STATE IN PALESTINE
DURING HITLER’S GERMANY, JEWS IMMIGRATED
FROM EUROPE TO PALESTINE FOR PROTECTION
AFTER WWII, THERE WAS A LOT MORE SUPPORT
FOR A JEWISH STATE INCLUDING U.S. AND BRITAIN

5. THE IMMIGRATION OF JEWS INTO PALESTINE
ARABS RESENTED
THE IMMIGRATION OF JEWS INTO PALESTINE
THE ZIONIST TALK OF CREATING A JEWISH STATE
CIVIL WAR BREAKS OUT BETWEEN
ARABS AND JEWS IN PALESTINE
BRITAIN TURNS PALESTINE OVER TO THE NEWLY CREATED UNITED NATIONS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM
THE U.N.’S PLAN CALLED FOR PARTITION OF
PALESTINE INTO TWO STATES-
ONE ARAB & ONE JEWISH

7. BRITISH TROOPS LEAVE PALESTINE MAY 1948
ISRAEL BECOMES
A NATION
IN MAY 1948

8. 1948 Israel’s neighbors immediately attack Syrian
Lebanese
Army
Syrian
Army
Territory in Palestine held
by Israelis at the beginning
of the Arab invasion
Territory in Palestine
held by the Arabs at the
beginning of the invasion
Saudi
Army
1948
Jordanian
Army
Egyptian Army

9. 1948 War Results
The Arab war to destroy Israel failed. Indeed, because of their aggression, the Arabs wound up with less territory than they would have had if they had accepted partition.
Israeli control of Palestine
Jordan took control of
Palestine’s West Bank
Egypt took control of
Palestine’s Gaza Strip

10. A. B. C. A. B. C.

11. ARRANGED AN ARMISTICE (TRUCE) AND THE FIGHTING ENDED
AFTER TWO MONTHS, THE U.N.
ARRANGED AN ARMISTICE (TRUCE) AND THE
FIGHTING ENDED
HOWEVER, THE ARAB NATIONS VOWED TO DEFEAT
ISRAEL AND RETURN ALL PALESTINE TO ARAB CONTROL

12. TWO MORE WARS WILL BE FOUGHT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE ARAB NATIONS
SIX DAY WAR IN 1967
YOM KIPPUR WAR IN 1972

13. SIX DAY WAR 1967 ISRAEL ATTACKED BY EGYPT, JORDAN, AND SYRIA RESULTS:
ISRAEL TAKES
SINAI DESERT
FROM EGYPT &
THE WEST BANK
FROM JORDAN

14. YOM KIPPUR WAR 1972 OPEC oil embargo EGYPT ATTACKED ACROSS
THE SUEZ CANAL INTO THE
SINAI DESERT.
ISRAEL PUNCHED THROUGH
EGYPTIAN LINES AND TOOK
CONTROL OF THE WEST SIDE
OF THE SUEZ, TRAPPING THE
EGYPTIAN ARMY ON THE
EAST BANK
SYRIA ATTACKED FROM THE
GOLAN HEIGHTS
ISRAEL’S COUNTER ATTACK
TOOK CONTROL OF SYRIA’S GOLAN HEIGHTS
OPEC oil embargo

15. PRESIDENT CARTER IVITED THE LEADERS OF EGYPT AND
ISRAEL TO CAMP DAVID AND GOT THEM TO WORK OUT A
PEACE TREATY- THE CAMP DAVID ACCORD
ISRAEL RETURNED THE SINAI PENINSULA TO EGYPT
EGYPT IN RETURN RECOGNIZED ISRAEL’S RIGHT TO EXIST
AND A PROMISE NOT TO ATTACK

16. ISRAEL GIVES THE SINAI BACK
TO EGYPT IN 1982

17. ISRAEL TODAY IT STILL CONTROLS SYRIA’S GOLAN HEIGHTS
IT ALSO CONTROLS ALL OF
PALESTINE INCLUDING THE
GAZA STRIP AND THE WEST BANK
ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS
ARE NEGOTIATING THE
FORMATION OF A PALESTINIAN
STATE CREATED OUT OF GAZA
AND THE WEST BANK

18. Beginning in the late 19th Century, many Jewish people immigrated to Palestine in the hope of eventually establishing a Jewish state. In 1948, Israel became an independent country. In the following years, Arab and Israeli armies fought several wars.
A major reason for these conflicts was that Arab countries
a. feared Israeli urbanization would ruin their agriculture.
b. believed Israel was created on lands belonging to Palestinians.
c. believed that Israel supported the Soviet Union in the Cold War.
d. were angered by the refusal of Israel to enter into trade agreements.

20. Following World War I, Great Britain was given a mandate (order) by the League of Nations to govern Palestine. Jewish immigration to Palestine greatly increased during the 1930s and 1940s. Violence erupted between Palestinian Arabs and Jewish people. Unable to resolve the conflict, Britain turned the problem over to the United Nations. The maps on the previous page show changes to this region as a result of the U.N. Partition Plan of 1947.
According to the maps on the previous page, how did the U.N. Partition Plan propose to prevent further violence between Palestinian Arabs and Jewish people?
a. The region’s physical features were used to separate the Jewish people from the Palestinian Arabs.
b. An economic union was created that made the Jewish people and the Palestinian Arabs dependent on each other.
c. Two political regions were created in order to divide the control of Palestine between the Jewish people and the Palestinian Arabs.
d. Palestine was placed under the jurisdiction of the United Nations, and its boundaries were redrawn to include Jewish people and Palestinian Arabs.