| Term | Definition |
|---|
| May 14th, 1948 | Jews are first to declare Palestine as their land and appeal to world superpowers like USSR/USA/UN; Israel is made a country run by Jews and for Jews |
| Consequenses of the creation of Israel | War between Arab states (Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Syria) and Israel, but Israel wins because they have weapons (leftover from WWII) and man power (Jews from all over the world willing to fight for the independant Jewish state); 50% of Palestinians become refugees |
| Suez War | 1956, Egypt attack Suez Canal Zone; War between Brit/France/Israel and Egypt/USA |
| Suez War outcome | Egypt gets the Suez Canal but Israel gets the Gulf of Aqaba |
| Six-Day War | 1967, Israel lauches pre-emptive strike against Egypt/Syria/Jordan |
| Six-Day War outcome | Israel wins and gets the Sinai Peninsula/Gaza Strip from Egypt, the Golon Heights from Syria, and the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) from Jordan |
| Yomkippur War | 1973, Arab (Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq) Aggression; invasion of Israel on Yomkippur |
| David Ben-Gurion | First prime minister of Israel |
| Hezbollah | Arabic, "The Party of God", a Shiite Muslim guerrilla movement based in Lebanon and backed by Iran |
| Hamas | terrorist group, current government in the West Bank |
| 1979 | USA President Jimmy Carter, Menadem Begin (Israeli Prime Minister), and Anwar Sadat (Egyptian Pres) come together diplomatically and come up with the Camp David Agreement |
| Camp David Agreement | 1979, Egypt gets the Sinai Penisula and Egypt will recognize the right of the state of Israel to exist |
| PLO | Palestinian Liberation Orgainzation; created to destroy Israel and therefore "liberate" Palestine, terrorist group |
| Yasser Arafat | leader of the PLO |
| 1986 | First intifada (uprising); between Palestinians and Israelis and continues until 1993 |
| 1993 | Oslo Accords takes place between Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin (Israeli prime minister) |
| 1982 | War between Israel and Lebanon (main base of PLO); Occupational (Israeli) Lebanon goes from 1982-2000 |
| Oslo Accords | 1993, Between Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin; Israel gets peace and recognition and Palestinians get 17% of Gaza and the West Bank and the PNA/PA (Palestinian National Authority) |
| 1995 | Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated |
| dove | a person who believes peace will come with negotionation, not force |
| hawk | a person who believe peace will come with force |
| 1998 | Clinton/Arafat/Netanyahu; Wye River Memorandum, offering 40% of Gaza and the West Bank to Palestinians |
| 2000 | Clinton/Arafat/Barak "super dove"; 91% of Gaza/West bank is offered and turned down by Arafat |
| 2001-2005 | second intifada |
| 2006/2007 | Gaza is given to PA by Ariel Sharon |
| Ariel Sharon | leader of Israel who negotiated peace with Palestinians, but forcefully removed Jews from their homes in Gaza |
| the Roadmap | 2003-2009; plan for peace between Israel and Patestinians, visionary |
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