Jewish History• Before Jesus, Jews lived in own

kingdom in what in now known as Israel

Roman Empire Expansion• Roman Empire destroyed the Temple

in Jerusalem in 70 A.D.• Ruins are now called the Wailing Wall

Homeless

• Since then, Jewish people have had no rightful place to live.

• They had been shun from every angle of society

Palestinian Arab History• Ottoman Empire took over what is

known as the Middle East.• Ottoman’s were Arabs (Muslims)

Zionism• The movement to create a Jewish

homeland

Middle East in 1914

League of Nations Mandates

Great Britain’s Influence

• After WWI, Great Britain received Palestine area.• Britain allowed Jewish people to move in, but did not create a true state because wanted to continue good relations with other Arab states to gain oil

Jews & Arabs in Palestine, 1920• In 1920, there

was 1 Jew toevery 10 Arabs inPalestine.

• By 1947, the ratio was 2 Arabs forevery Jew.

The Arabs felt that they were losing control of their “country!”

British Mandate in

PalestineCreated

July, 1922

The Holocaust

• 6 million Jews died under Adolf Hitler• During WWII• Genocide is the elimination of a racial, political or cultural group.

Ended in 1945

Zionism even more Aggressive

The Creation of IsraelMay 14, 1948

USA was first to recognize it as a country

War Begins!: May 15, 1948Palestinians invaded Israel

Soviet Union provided Israel with weapons

United States went over to push Palestinians back

Losses of Palestine Area

Israel:1947

&Israel:1949

Israel:1947

&Israel:1949

Palestinian RefugeesPalestinian Refugees

Palestinian Diaspora- The Relocating of Palestinians

Six-Day War (1967)Six-Day War (1967)

§It literally took 6 days, Israel invaded and conquered the Sinai Peninsula, West Bank, Golan Heights, and Gaza Strip

§While the U.S. supports Israel in their territory, no country agrees with Israel keeping these Occupied Territories of Arabs.

Palestine Liberation Organization

Palestine Liberation Organization

Yassir Arafat

"sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people."

Original Goal is to end the occupation of Israelis and give freedom back to Palestinians

Mahmoud Abbas

Camp David Accords (1979)

Camp David Accords (1979)

President President Prime MinisterAnwar Sadat Jimmy Carter Menachem Beginof Egypt of the U. S. Of Israel

Camp David

• Jimmy Carter met with leaders of Egypt and Israel

• Israel agreed to allow Arabs into the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and would completely return Sinai Peninsula to Egypt

• In return, Egypt agreed to recognize Israel as a country

Camp David Accords (1979)

Camp David Accords (1979)

Palestinian Intifada-Part I

(1987-1993)

Palestinian Intifada-Part I

(1987-1993)

The radical uprisings of Palestinians against Israelis in West Bank and Gaza Strip

Oslo Accords (Norway)1993

• Israel Prime Minister-Yitzhak Rabin • PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat• USA President Bill Clinton

Oslo Accords

• Israel promised to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and West Bank

• Arabs allowed Israel to continue as a country with Jerusalem

After Thoughts

• Palestinians upset- thought PLO had surrendered the territory of Israel

• Hama, a militant group of Arabs, threatened to do anything to undo the agreement

• Israelis thought Rabin had sold out and would protect their homes on West Bank and Gaza Strip

• Since then continuous fighting, but no more talks or agreements