PPT-The Expansion of the Arab-Israeli Conflict in the 1950s

Great Powers in the Middle East Galen Jackson April 15 2014 Agenda Background Ikes New Look in the Middle East The Baghdad Pact and Tensions with the Arabs The Road to the Suez Crisis and Its Aftermath . 1897 The World Zionist Organization was founded. Zionists believed that Palestine was rightfully the homeland of the Jews. Zionism. During World War I the British made three incompatible promises about the Middle East. Territorial or Existential?. Nevet Basker. March 2011. 1. 2. It’s Both!. Territorial. Existential. 3. TWO. Conflicts in One!. 4. Different objectives. Different players. Different themes. But…. Same land. A survey sponsored by the. Sadat Chair for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland. i. n . c. ooperation with the . Program for Public Consultation. presented at. The Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. Israeli independence. War of 1948. Law of Return. Suez Crisis. June War. UN Resolution 242. 1973. PLO Founded. Camp David. Israel . Invades Lebanon. PLO moves to Tunis. Jordan relinquishes. West Bank claim. G8 Taskforce Plenary. July 9. th. ,. 2015. Yaron . Neudorfer. CEO, Social Finance Israel . yaron@socialfinance.org.il. . July 2015 . 2. ISRAEL. During 2014 . 8.3 million people . 176,000 children born . We are learning about a conflict in the Middle East. Another way to refer to the Middle East is Southwest Asia.. Two groups of people are fighting over the same piece of land. The land is today called Israel, but it used to be called Palestine.. The end of WWII led to an era of wealth & spending in the 1950s:. The war stimulated the economy & ended the Great Depression. High wages, service pay for soldiers, & war bond investments gave Americans money to spend. Conflict. Chapter 1, Lesson 2. Warm-Up Questions. CPS Questions (1 - 2). Chapter 1, Lesson 2. Overview. Historical events that contributed to the founding of modern Israel. Historical events associated with the Six-Day War of 1967. We are learning about a conflict in the Middle East. Another way to refer to the Middle East is Southwest Asia.. Two groups of people are fighting over the same piece of land. The land is today called Israel, but it used to be called Palestine.. At first the Egyptian air force struck Tel Aviv. Soon after that forces from Egypt, Transjordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia all attacked. Most analysts felt the more numerous and better equipped Arabs would overwhelm the Israelis easily. Territorial Conflicts . When 2 or more groups want to occupy the same territory . Most common source of fighting. Because= Natural Resources & Strategic location . Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Israel . Keep your video question sheet out once I hand it back. Chronology-Put the Following Events in Order . Six Day War. 1. st. Arab-Israeli War. Holocaust. Camp David Accords. Balfour Declaration. Yom Kippur War. Social Unrest” . ??. “Conservatism, Complacency, and Contentment”. OR. 1. A. . Baby Boom. It seems to me that every other young housewife I see is pregnant.. . -- British visitor to America, 1958. The League of Arab States was established by a pact signed on March 22, 1945 at the conclusion of a . conference. held in . Cairo. , Egypt, . attended. by representatives of . Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria .