1. The Geopolitics of the Middle East The Arab Israeli Conflict

3. Things you gotta know! WARS 1947 - 49 1956 Suez Crisis 1967 Six Day War 1973 October War 1987, 2000, 2002 Intifada WARS 1947 - 49 1956 Suez Crisis 1967 Six Day War 1973 October War 1987, 2000, 2002 Intifada Peaces 1949 establishes Israeli borders 1967 Expanded Israeli borders. West Bank, Gaza, Sinai, Golan Heights 1978 Camp David Accords 1993 Oslo Accords 1998 - 2000 Camp David II (Wye River) Peaces 1949 establishes Israeli borders 1967 Expanded Israeli borders. West Bank, Gaza, Sinai, Golan Heights 1978 Camp David Accords 1993 Oslo Accords 1998 - 2000 Camp David II (Wye River)

5. People you gotta know! David Ben Gurion Menachem Begin Yitzak Rabin Ehud Barak Ehud Olmert David Ben Gurion Menachem Begin Yitzak Rabin Ehud Barak Ehud Olmert Yasir Arafat Anwar al-Sadat Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) PLO, Hamas, Hezbollah, Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade Yasir Arafat Anwar al-Sadat Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) PLO, Hamas, Hezbollah, Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade

6. Places you gotta know! West Bank Gaza Strip Golan Heights, Sinai Peninsula, Suez Canal Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon Nablus, Jericho, Gaza City, Hebron Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa West Bank Gaza Strip Golan Heights, Sinai Peninsula, Suez Canal Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon Nablus, Jericho, Gaza City, Hebron Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa

8. Palestinian Territories

9. Groups you gotta know! Likud Party Labor Party Likud Party Labor Party Palestine Liberation Organization Palestinian National Authority Hamas Hezbollah Palestine Liberation Organization Palestinian National Authority Hamas Hezbollah

10. Unresolved Issues Recognition of Israel by Arab States Situation of Palestinian Refugees Right of Return Borders--pre-1967? Road Map? JERUSALEM! Recognition of Israel by Arab States Situation of Palestinian Refugees Right of Return Borders--pre-1967? Road Map? JERUSALEM!

11. Jerusalem

13. The Arab Israeli conflict in context