1. Conflicts in the Middle East
Division of Palestine after World War II makes the Middle East a hotbed of competing nationalist movements.
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2. A land disputed… 2400-1200 BCE – Canaan Israeli kingdom around 900 BCE
Ottoman empire controlled from
During WWI- British encourage Arab revolt…why?
Post WWI- British mandate to control Palestine
From – Palestine political boundary created
Post WWII – Israel created – plan to include Palestine as well…but…war!

3. Conflicts in the Middle East
Israel Becomes a State
A Jewish Nation
• Both Jews and Palestinians make historic claims to Palestine
- begin settlement movement in Palestine to create a state
• UN votes for formation of Jewish, Palestinian states in 1947
• Palestinians, nearby Arab nations reject creation of Israel
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4. Israel and Arab States in Conflict
Interactive
Israel and Arab States in Conflict
Wars Break Out -1948
• Arab neighbors attack Israel the day after it
becomes new nation
• Israel repels the attack, seizes additional territory
The Suez Crisis
• Conflict begins after Egypt grabs control of British-
held Suez Canal
• Israeli troops seize back the canal with British,
French support
• International pressure prompts Israel to return canal
to Egyptians
Continued . . .
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5. Arab-Israeli Wars Continue- 1967
• Israel defeats Arab countries in Six-Day War of
1967
- gains key land: Jerusalem, Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, West Bank
• Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat launches Arab
attack on Israel in 1973
• Israeli leader Golda Meir orders Israeli counterattack
• Israel recovers most territory- Gaza, West Bank, Golan Heights
The Palestine Liberation Organization
• Many Palestinians living under Israeli rule, want their
own state
• Form Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO);
Yasir Arafat leader
Read packet…
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6. Rachel Corrie
Olympia, WA

7. Efforts at Peace Sadat Moves for Peace
• Egypt and Israel sign peace agreement, Camp
David Accords, in 1979
• Egypt recognizes Israeli state; Israel returns Sinai
region to Egypt
• Many Arab countries angry at Egypt; extremists
assassinate Sadat
Israeli-Palestinian Tensions Increase
• PLO continues armed struggle for own state during
1970s and 1980s
• Palestinians launch intifada, or uprising, against Israeli rule in 1987
- campaign includes boycotts, demonstrations,
attacks on army
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Continued . . .
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8. Review vocab… Israel, Palestine Camp David Accords
(today) Oslo Accords
Yasir Arafat, Gamal Nasser
Yitzhak Rabin, Ariel Sharon,
Intifada

9. The Oslo Peace Accords • Secret talks result in Oslo Peace Accords in
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continued Efforts at Peace
The Oslo Peace Accords
• Secret talks result in Oslo Peace Accords in
1993
• Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin calls for
Palestinian self-rule, Yasir Arafat signed
• Rabin is assassinated by Jewish opponent of
Palestinian self-rule
• Peace plan stalls
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10. Fairly recent attempts at peace…
1979 – Camp David Accords
(Jimmy Carter, Anwar Sadat (Egypt), Menachem Begin (Israel))
1993 – Oslo Accords
(Bill Clinton, Yitzhak Rabin (Israel),
2003 – Roadmap for Peace
(George Bush, Jr., Ariel Sharon (Israel), Yasir Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas (PLA))

11. Peace Slips Away The Conflict Intensifies Working Toward a Solution
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End of video clip…
Peace Slips Away
The Conflict Intensifies
• Steps to revive peace plan fail; Israeli-Palestinian
hostility grows
• Second intifada arises in 2000; suicide bomber
attacks on civilians
• Israel responds with greater armed force, halt
dealings with Arafat
Stop here…discuss homework…
Working Toward a Solution
• Palestinians elect a prime minister to negotiate with
Israel in Abu Mazen or Mahmoud Abbas
• Israeli leader Ariel Sharon agrees to explore new U.S.-backed peace plan = Roadmap for Peace
Homework tonight…Sharon interview…
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12. How does religion fit into the picture?
See chart…to prepare for essay on whether religion plays a role- and if so- what is it?