PPT-EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SYRIA, JORDAN, ISRAEL, LEBANON, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY MOUNTAINS AntiLebanon mountain range border of Syria and Lebanon Highest point is Mt Hermon 9232 ft Lebanon Mountains lie in western Lebanon Galilee Mountains in north Israel. What does it mean to be bitter?. Objectives (aka what you should be able to do after this presentation). Trace colonialism in the Middle East. Understand what “Arab” means. Summarize history and significance of the Suez Canal. The Enemies of Israel: . Make a tumult or an uproar. Hate God. Exalt themselves above God. They . are . conspiring together. or making . war plans. to attack Israel. Their . intensions. are to kill all the Jews so they are . Palestinian refugees. 1948; 150.000 Palestinian arrived in Lebanon. No serious effort to integrate the Palestinians. Nationalization .  sectarian imbalance. Repatriation to Palestine/Israel made impossible by wave of Jewish immigrants. A place for Jews . and . Arabs. I. . Forming the Israeli State. Knesset. : Israel’s parliament system. Prime Minister: head of . government. First was David Ben-Gurion. Current Prime Minister is Benjamin Netanyahu. Link to syllabus. Link to . https://ctools.umich.edu/portal. Link to . WDI. Ottoman Empire under Suleiman the Magnificent, 1580. Sykes-Picot: Zones. Secret accord between . France and Britain for . setting out spheres of . 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. Current Issues. Key issues : . mutual recognition. borders. security,. water rights. control . of . Jerusalem. Israeli settlements. Palestinian freedom of movement. refugees . Mutual Recognition: Two State Solution. The History of Terrorism as a Strategy of Political Insurgency. February 21, 2011. The Palestinians. Semitic and Arab. Christian (6%) and Sunni Muslim. 49% of the total population of Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. The Arab-Israeli Conflict. By: Deric M., Marc F.. _______. Conflict. Lasted more than 50 years. Conflict between Arab nations & State of Israel causing attention to the Middle East. During fighting:. Neutral until the very end of the war. Iran. Divided between Russian and British troops. Arab states. Axis marched through North Africa to try to cut off British supplies and entered Egypt; were forced back and ultimately defeated in Tunisia. Education Department. The Middle Eastern Jigsaw Puzzle:. Lebanon in the 1980s. Lebanon & The Middle East. Situation & Timeline. April 13, 1975 – Lebanese Civil War begins. Christians & Muslims competed for political power. 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 . By Bro. Jared Keyes. Jerusalem the fought over city. Trump recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish people and Israel. http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/12/06/trump-Jerusalem-announcement-sot.cnn/video/playlists/donald-trump--israel/. Located in Israel. Sacred to three major . religions; Judaic, Christian and Islam. Cause of hostilities between Jewish and Muslim . people. Jewish ties to Jerusalem. Dome of the Rock – Believe it is the site where Abraham almost sacrificed his son, Isaac.