mideast final 1

Evangelicals and Quakers; the markers for the end of time 1. creation of Israel 2. jews will build a temple on the temple mount

founded by the Arab League –NASSIR; to control anger and to stop the conflict (not the Palestinians); coalition of many organizations that are resistance fighting groups; one state one vote

revolt “shake off” the occupation of israel

head of the PLO after the June war of 1967; 1st Palestinian leader in West Bank

largest PLO group that Yasser Arafat was leader of ; became the Palestine National Liberation Movement

mainstream solution to the arab-israeli conflict; “two nations, two states, one future”; Palestinians do not accept; backed by the UN

1. isreal back to 1967 borders 2. Jerusalem shared; if accepted the arabs will recognize Israel as a state; Israel said no

Arafat’s popularity low; hamas’s popularity up; in the 2006 the Hamas elected 76/136 to the Palestinian legislative council thus large political influence; in 2007 the Fatah plans a coup that was supported by the US and Hamas takes Gaza after finding out; Palestinians are split politically thus there will not be peace unless negotiations include Hamas

1. taking land by force is illegal 2. each state must respect each other’s security 3. peace may be obtained by trading land

Israeli-palestinian agreement to resolve of conflict; 1. territory 2. refugees 3. Jerusalem

Israel withdrew from Gaza under Ariel Sharon

allowed the Palestinians to be murdered during the Lebanese civil wars; withdrew Israel from Gaza in 2005

shi’ah military in Lebanon; stopped Israel in 2006 which resulted in a dramatic increase in popularity

1. territory (increased settlements in the west bank and outposts + apartheid wall) 2. Palestinian refuges 3. Jerusalem (holy to all 3 of the great faiths and is the site of the temple mount)

Israel considers it a security fence; cuts through the west bank; placed after the attacks began on Israeli civilians; Palestinians say that it is Israel’s way of securing land and Israel’s population is small compared with the Palestinians, thus elitist division of land ; deemed illegal by international law

1. likud (“the gathering”); 2. Labor

the current PM of Israel and is part of the Likud party

Palestinians should be permitted to return; authority by states who voted for it; backed by the “right of return” law

an international law that states that it is a human right to return if forced from home; lends enforceability to the UNGAR 194

legislature of the PLO; first to propose the acceptance of the “two state solution”; the two-state solution was endorsed in 1988 because Jordon annexed the West Bank

revolt in which Palestinians were killed 10:1; PLO sees the revolt as counter productive because the Palestinians are not taking direction from them

called by Bush SR because sadam invaded Kuwait; purpose was to negotiate with arab states to gain support in the coalition against sadam; required Israel to come or threatened to pull US funding ; Syria agreed because they are part of the second opposing ba’th party; bush promised that is arabs joined then an end to the arab-israeli conflict would result; after sadam was forced out the Egyptian-israeli and Jordanian-israeli peace treates were signed

Arafat; 1. Palestinians will have a government in West bank (Jeraco: PLO becomes PNA) 2. three major problems (territory/refuges/Jerusalem) would be resolved; resulted in the current territories in palestine’s West Bank and an increase in the Israeli population

after OSLO the PLO becomes the PNA; expected to be the police for Israelis against palestinians

bill clinton tried to resolve the conflict but Arafat could not accept because the issue of Jerusalem was not resolved

al-Aqsa mosque was built and Ariel Sharon went there which elicited riots; Arafat refused to stop the riots and was seen as a liability to the Israelis

best deal put forth by the Israelis but was revoked because elections made it unpopular

proposed by bush because the US invaded iraq and recognized that the conflict must be resolved; 1. end violence and settlement growth of Israelis 2. Palestinians make provisional borders to establish an arab state 3. then proceed to “final negotiations”

sponsors the road map

new legislation after the PNC; Hamas won 76/136 seats in 2006 thus controls the government of palestine

elected after Arafat; compliant to israelis

offshoot of the muslim brotherhood resulting from the Israeli occupation; provides social services; says the armed struggle is necessary because they will never recognize Israel as a state

israel went to war with the Hizbullah; at first the hizzbullah stopped Israel; Israel stopped with air power; US stepped back