Yasser Arafat and the Israeli

MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT

AP World History Unit 5

THE BRITISH IN PALESTINE, 1919-1947 

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In 1920, there was one Jew to every 10 Arabs in Palestine. By 1947, the ratio was two Arabs for every Jew. The Arabs felt that they were loosing control of “their” country.

PALESTINE ARAB REVOLT 1936-1939 

Goals of the revolt:  

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End Jewish immigration to Palestine. End to the transfer of lands to Jewish owners. A new “general representative government.”

The Peel Commission Partition Plan in 1937.

ISRAEL WOULD BECAME A NATION ON MAY 14, 1948.

WAR BEGINS ON MAY 15 AND ARABS FLEE THE REGION

Israel in 1947

Israel in 1949

PALESTINIAN DIASPORA

SUEZ CRISIS OF 1956

SIX-DAY WAR OF 1967

PALESTINIAN LIBERATION ORGANIZATION 

Yasser Arafat and Al Fatah

YOM-KIPPER WAR IN OCTOBER 1973

CAMP DAVID PEACE ACCORDS OF 1979

1ST PALESTINIAN INTIFADA, 1987-1993 

Intifada means uprising

ISRAELI EXPANSION FROM 1948-1988

THE CONFLICT TODAY 

Today’s population distribution  

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Israeli Government 

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82% Jewish 16% Arab The Knesset

Palestinian Authority 

Yasser Arafat 

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Mahmoud Abbas 

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Current leader

Hamas 

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Former leader of the PLO and Al Fatah

Islamic Resistance Movement

The 1993 Oslo Peace Accords

THE CONFLICT TODAY 

United States’ Impact Post World War II  Six-Day War  Today 

The Second Intifada in 2000.  Arafat’s death in 2004.  Gaza Strip Pullout in 2005. 