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19 Cards in this Set
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explain the Camp David Peace Agreement
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-ended thirty years of war between Israel and Egypt
-Israel agreed to give back the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt -The israelis promised EVENTUAL withdraw from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip |
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what does PLO stand for?
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Palestinian Liberation Organization
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what was the goal of the PLO?
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to get Palestine as homeland for Palestinians
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who is the leader of the PLO?
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Yassir Arafat
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what tactics has the PLO use to gain the attention of America?
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hijackings, bombings, and they took hostages
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what did the balfour declaration do?
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encouraged Zionism through th jewish homeland and promised european jews that they would have a homeland there if Britain was successful in World War I
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what serves a bond between Arab countries in the Middle East?
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hostility towards Israel
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what was the six-day war?
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israel launched a preemptive strike on Syria and Egypt and gained the Golan Heights, the West Bank, and the Gaza strip
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what were the results of the six day war?
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Israel won and gained territory that doubled their size
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why was israel founded?
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to give european jews a jewish homeland
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what was the result when the British left Palestine?
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the jews declared the creation of the state of Israel
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why did britain, france, and israel attack egypt in 1956?
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egypt took over the suez canal
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what happened in 1973 to israel?
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they were attacked by syria and egypt on yom kippur and they were caught completely off guard
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what was the name of the two areas that were originally set aside for the palestinian state?
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west bank and the gaza strip
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what organization recommended that Palestine be divided into two separate states?
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the united nations
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what was the 1948 war?
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war of independence for israelis
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what were the results of the 1948 war?
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israel defeated the arab nations and gained control of some of the areas set aside for a palestinian state
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what were stumbling blocks to peace for the Israelis?
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-continued arab refusal to recognize israel
-attacks on Israel settlements in lands to which Israel has a historic right |
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what were stumbling blocks to peace for the Palestinians?
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-the building of jewish settlements in occupied lands (west bank and gaza strip)
-refusal to grant palestinians self rule |
