| Term | Definition |
|---|
| kamal ataturk | a turkish army officer |
| zionism | movement that sought to re-establish a jewish state in palestine |
| anti-semitism | hatred and jear of jews |
| theodore herzl | formed organization to promote zionism |
| UN partition plan | 1947- un divides palestine into a jewish part and an arab part. jews accept but arabs refuse to give any land to the jews |
| harry truman | first us president to recognize and support a jewish state |
| war of independence | 1948- england pulls out of palestine and state of israel is declared. arabs refuse to recognize and declare war |
| gamel abdul nasser | leads overthrow of king in egypt and takes control of suez canal. later cuts off this canal and all imports into israel |
| six day war | 1967- israeli air force destroys egyptian air force and israeli tanks and infantry over-run syria. jordan still attacks israel despite warnings. israel retaliates and defeats jordan. israel gained the sinai peninsula, gaza strip, golan heights |
| plo | palestinian liberation org. that formed in 1964 to eliminate israel and est. a palestinian state |
| yasser arafat | leader of plo. after death in 2004 millions were found in his bank accounts that should have gone to his people |
| yom kippur war | egypt and syria attack on yom kippur, the holiest day of the year. egypt regains some land and palestinians go back to using terrorism and israel refuses to negotiate |
| menachem begin | elected prime minister in 1977 |
| anwar sadat | negotiates with israel in the camp david accords and assassinated by 1981 for these decisions |
| intifada | referred to as the shaking. palestiniants attack israeli soldiers and civilians and rebel against israeli military rule |
| oslo accords | plo agreed to end terrorism, israel would withdraw parts of forces and grant self rule in gaza and jericho |
| camp david 2 | offers to arafat included 97 percent of the west bank, all of the gaza strip, half of jerusalem, refugees in east jerusalem could return to palestine and receive 30 billion, and desalination plants for water. arafat declines and launches intifada 2 |
| ariel sharon | leads israel to give gaza to palestinians, israel in return wants peace and security |
| benjamin netanyahu | elected prime minister of israel |
| iranian nuclear threat | iran on verge of nukes and calls israel to be wiped off the map |
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