Dec 28, 2015
Roman Empire Expansion• Roman Empire destroyed the Temple
in Jerusalem in 70 A.D.• Ruins are now called the Wailing Wall
Homeless
• Since then, Jewish people have had no rightful place to live.
• They had been shun from every angle of society
Palestinian Arab History• Ottoman Empire took over what is
known as the Middle East.• Ottoman’s were Arabs (Muslims)
Great Britain’s Influence
• After WWI, Great Britain received Palestine area.• Britain allowed Jewish people to move in, but did not create a true state because wanted to continue good relations with other Arab states to gain oil
Jews & Arabs in Palestine, 1920• In 1920, there
was 1 Jew toevery 10 Arabs inPalestine.
• By 1947, the ratio was 2 Arabs forevery Jew.
The Arabs felt that they were losing control of their “country!”
The Holocaust
• 6 million Jews died under Adolf Hitler• During WWII• Genocide is the elimination of a racial, political or cultural group.
Ended in 1945
War Begins!: May 15, 1948Palestinians invaded Israel
Soviet Union provided Israel with weapons
United States went over to push Palestinians back
Six-Day War (1967)Six-Day War (1967)
§It literally took 6 days, Israel invaded and conquered the Sinai Peninsula, West Bank, Golan Heights, and Gaza Strip
§While the U.S. supports Israel in their territory, no country agrees with Israel keeping these Occupied Territories of Arabs.
Palestine Liberation Organization
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yassir Arafat
"sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people."
Original Goal is to end the occupation of Israelis and give freedom back to Palestinians
Mahmoud Abbas
Camp David Accords (1979)
Camp David Accords (1979)
President President Prime MinisterAnwar Sadat Jimmy Carter Menachem Beginof Egypt of the U. S. Of Israel
Camp David
• Jimmy Carter met with leaders of Egypt and Israel
• Israel agreed to allow Arabs into the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and would completely return Sinai Peninsula to Egypt
• In return, Egypt agreed to recognize Israel as a country
Palestinian Intifada-Part I
(1987-1993)
Palestinian Intifada-Part I
(1987-1993)
The radical uprisings of Palestinians against Israelis in West Bank and Gaza Strip
Oslo Accords (Norway)1993
• Israel Prime Minister-Yitzhak Rabin • PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat• USA President Bill Clinton
Oslo Accords
• Israel promised to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and West Bank
• Arabs allowed Israel to continue as a country with Jerusalem
After Thoughts
• Palestinians upset- thought PLO had surrendered the territory of Israel
• Hama, a militant group of Arabs, threatened to do anything to undo the agreement
• Israelis thought Rabin had sold out and would protect their homes on West Bank and Gaza Strip
• Since then continuous fighting, but no more talks or agreements