Israel And Palestine

Front 1

Mainstream Zionism

Back 1

Want to work within the system
Avoidance of conflict

Front 2

Revisionist Zionism

Back 2

Maximal land claims, including West and East Jordan

Front 3

Arab Revolt

Back 3

1915-1918

Hint 3

Arab revolt led by Sharif Husayn ibn Ali al-Hashemi and TE Lawrence of "Arabia" against the Ottomans

Front 4

Husayn-McMahon Correspondence

Back 4

1915

Hint 4

Husayn and Hashemites will lead revolt vs. OE; Britain will provide aid and postwar support for independent Arab states

Front 5

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Back 5

1916

Hint 5

Division of the Middle East between French and British

Front 6

Balfour Declaration

Back 6

1917

Hint 6

Britain supports the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine and pledges to help create it

Front 7

Colonial Trinity

Back 7

Husayn-McMahon, Sykes-Picot, Balfour Declaration

Front 8

Peel Commission Proposal

Back 8

1937

Hint 8

Jerusalem and surrounding area under British control, northwest given to Israel, southeast given to Palestine.
Zionists accept; Palestinians reject

Front 9

UN Resolution 181

Back 9

November 1947

Hint 9

Proposes to divide Palestine 50/50. Jews constitute a much smaller population than Arabs so Palestinians reject (why should they get HALF?)

Front 10

Deir Yassin Massacre

Back 10

April 9, 1948

Hint 10

Around 120 fighters attacked a Palestinian village near Jerusalem of roughly 600 people. 107 villagers died; 4 attackers died. Jewish Agency for Israel sent an apology letter to Jordan’s King Abdullah, which he rebuffed. Pivotal in the Arab-Israeli conflict for their democratic and military consequences

Front 11

Etzion Bloc

Back 11

May 13, 1948
on May 15, Arab-Israeli War begins

Hint 11

A cluster of Israeli settlements located in the Judaean Mountains directly south of Jerusalem and Bethlehem in the West Bank. Siege by Arab Legion and Arab militias & massacre of Jewish peoples.

Front 12

Israel Proclamation of Independence

Back 12

May 14, 1948
War declared May 15

Hint 12

Secular, democratic Jewish state; Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq declare war May 15

Front 13

Resolution 242

Back 13

November 22, 1967

Hint 13

Foundation for "Peace Process," Israel must withdraw from occupied territories and Arab states will recognize its independence

Front 14

Camp David Accords

Back 14

1979

Hint 14

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israel PM Menachem Begin, and Jimmy Carter; Egypt recognizes Israel, signs peace treaty; Israel gives back Sinai and pledges to address Palestinian issue. Strategic move by America to keep the peace.

Front 15

Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)

Back 15

Founded 1964

Hint 15

Founded 1964 by Yassir Arafat
Charter called for a Palestinian state in all of mandate Palestine. New generation of nationalists who used guerilla tactics.

Front 16

First Intifadah

Back 16

1987-1993

Hint 16

Reaction to living conditions in Israel, no government; Hamas emerges. Small uprising, mostly children throwing rocks

Front 17

Oslo Accords

Back 17

1993-1995

Hint 17

Yitzkah Rabin (Israel) meets with Yassir Arafat and Bill Clinton; PLO recognizes Israel, renounces violence; Israel recognizes PLO as reps. of Palestine, will withdraw from Gaza; PA created

Front 18

Arab League Peace Initiative

Back 18

2002, 2007

Hint 18

Endorsed by all members of Arab League including Palestine; Israel withdraws from occupied territories; Palestinian state in W. Bank, Gaza, E. Jerusalem; Palestinian refugees allowed to return home or receive compensation; Arab states will recognize and make peace with Israel

Front 19

Second Intifada

Back 19

2000-

Hint 19

Palestinian uprising
More violent than the 1st (more adults, guns, bombs, etc.)

Front 20

Globalist

Back 20

Focus on Soviet Union as a rival
American Government, looking at Middle East from Global power.

Front 21

Regionalist

Back 21

Focus less on Soviet Union
Looking at local sources of conflict

Front 22

Post-Ottoman Syndrome

Back 22

Post WWI state borders decided by British and French
Betrayal of wartime promises made by the Allies
Exploitation of raw materials
Weak, unstable new states with illegitimate rulers

Front 23

White Paper

Back 23

1939

Hint 23

Limits Jewish immigration
Electoral referendum on final status after 10 years

Front 24

Bi-National Zionism

Back 24

Anti-war
Feel that they will be at war with the Arabs forever

Front 25

Yom Kippur War

Back 25

1973

Hint 25

Also known as the Arab-Israeli war
Was fought by Arab states involving (led) Egypt and Syria against Israel.

Front 26

London Conference

Back 26

Restriction on Jewish immigration and sales of Arab lands (1939-1949) with proposal to institute elections based on majority in 1949.

Front 27

Operation Wrath of God

Back 27

1972

Hint 27

Covert operation to assassinate individuals "suspected" of being involved in the 1972 Munich massacre in which eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team were killed. The targets were members of Black September and PLO operatives. Authorized by Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, the operation is believed to have continued for over twenty years.