2. Adopted from Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

3. Zionism Theodore Herzl 1860-1904  GOALS: The spiritual and political renewal of the Jewish people in its ancestral homeland of Palestine.  Freedom from Western anti-Semitism.  GOALS: The spiritual and political renewal of the Jewish people in its ancestral homeland of Palestine.  Freedom from Western anti-Semitism.

4. The Middle East in 1914

5. Sykes-Picot Agreement, 1916

6. The Arab Revolt: 1916-1918

7. British Promise to the Jews: Balfour Declaration, 1917 Sir Arthur James Balfour Br. Foreign Secretary His Majesty ’ s Government views with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine …

8. The League of Nations Mandates

9. Oil Discovered in Mesopotamia!  First discovered on Masjid-I Suleiman in Persia in 1908.  Turkish-Petroleum Co. [TPC] founded in 1911  drill for oil in Mosul, Mesopotamia.  Britain signed a secret agreement with the sheikh of Kuwait who, while outwardly pledging allegiance to the Ottoman Sultan in Istanbul, promised exclusive oil rights to the British.  Kuwait became a British protectorate in November, 1914.  In 1927, oil was struck in Kirkuk, Iraq, and the Iraq Petroleum Co. [IPC] was created.  First discovered on Masjid-I Suleiman in Persia in 1908.  Turkish-Petroleum Co. [TPC] founded in 1911  drill for oil in Mosul, Mesopotamia.  Britain signed a secret agreement with the sheikh of Kuwait who, while outwardly pledging allegiance to the Ottoman Sultan in Istanbul, promised exclusive oil rights to the British.  Kuwait became a British protectorate in November, 1914.  In 1927, oil was struck in Kirkuk, Iraq, and the Iraq Petroleum Co. [IPC] was created.

10. Oil Becomes the New International “Coin of the Realm!”  American oil companies [Texaco & Chevron], gain oil concessions in Bahrain in 1929.  In 1933, American oil companies win an oil concession in Saudi Arabia.  ARAMCO [Arab-American Oil Co,] is created in 1939.  American oil companies [Texaco & Chevron], gain oil concessions in Bahrain in 1929.  In 1933, American oil companies win an oil concession in Saudi Arabia.  ARAMCO [Arab-American Oil Co,] is created in 1939.

11. Essential Question: How did Britain ’ s actions in Palestine after 1918 lay the groundwork for the on-going conflict between the Jews and the Arabs in the Middle East today?

12. Jews & Arabs in Palestine, 1920  In 1920, there was 1 Jew to every 10 Arabs in Palestine.  By 1947, the ratio was 2 Arabs for every Jew.  In 1920, there was 1 Jew to every 10 Arabs in Palestine.  By 1947, the ratio was 2 Arabs for every Jew. The Arabs felt that they were loosing control of their “ country! ”

13. British Mandate in Palestine Created July, 1922

14. Jewish Settlements: The Kibbutz System  First one founded in 1908.  Communal living.  “ Make the Desert Bloom! ”  First one founded in 1908.  Communal living.  “ Make the Desert Bloom! ”

15. The Peel Commission Partition Plan, 1937

16. Hitler’s “Final Solution” The Jewish population in each country in 1942.

17. Aliyah Bet : Illegal Jewish Immigration

18. Aliyah Bet  Illegal Jewish immigration to Palestine.  The Exodus, 1947.  Illegal Jewish immigration to Palestine.  The Exodus, 1947.

19. Palestine Population in 1946

20. Jewish “Freedom Fighters” (or “Terrorists”?) Irgun Zvai Leumi [Natl. Military Org.] Avraham Stern & The Stern Gang

21. U. N. Partition Plan of 1947

22. Israel Becomes a Nation: May 14, 1948 David Ben-Gurion, 1 st Prime Minister Chaim Weizmann, 1 st President

23. War Begins!: May 15, 1948

24. Arab Refugees, 1948 The Palestinian Diaspora begins!

25. Armistice Signed, 1949

26. Israel: 1947 & Israel: 1949

27. Palestinian Refugees Palestinian Diaspora

28. Six-Day War (1967)  UN Resolution 242  UN Resolution 338

29. Palestine Liberation Organization Yassir Arafat

30. Camp David Accords (1979) President President Prime Minister Anwar Sadat Jimmy Carter Menachem Begin of Egypt of the U. S. Of Israel

31. Camp David Accords (1979)

32. Palestinian Intifada-Part I (1987-1993)

33. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Israeli% E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict