MODERN WORLD HISTORY THE ARABISRAELI CONFLICT INTERACTIVE Why

MODERN WORLD HISTORY THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT INTERACTIVE Why has the Arab-Israeli Conflict been so difficult to resolve?

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The Conflict One. Arab-Israeli land, two peoples The Arab-Israeli Conflict What is this conflict about? The USSR have supported Arab countries in the Middle East. The Arab-Israeli conflict is essentially about land. Two peoples, the Jews and the Palestinians both claim the same territory. The Jews know this land as Israel, the Palestinian Arabs, who also lived there, call it Palestine. Religion and race has made Jewish or the conflict more bitter. Israelis are Jewish and believe that God has given the land of Israel to Arab them. The Palestinians are Muslims and believe it is their duty to drive Homeland? The a large out. USA thehas Jews. This clash makes the conflict much harder to solve. Jewish community and Intervention by neighbouring Arab countries, the USA and the USSR has Israelis Palestinians have supported Israel. Since 1917, the made the situation even more complicated. By Middle 2011, the conflict has Religion: mainly Jewish Muslim (10%) has Religion: been theconflict focus (90%), Christian lasted. Language: more than. Hebrew half a century. East As long as the continued, the Language: Arabic of world attention. The difficult it became to settle. Supported by USA more and Britain Supported by Arab countries and USSR conflict between Israel and the Palestinians has led to conflict in the whole region. Arab-Israeli Conflict Interactive 3

WAR promises IN THE MIDDLE 1914 -1918 Britain’s during. EAST the First World War Russia Gallipoli The British, led by Colonel T E Lawrence gave the Arabs weapons and encouraged them to revolt against Turkey. ota sop Me Turkey The Mc. Mahon Ottoman Empire Declaration The Sykes-Picot The Balfour During the First World War 1914 -1918, the Britain’s Double Dealing Suez Canal (1915) Agreement Declaration Ottoman Empire allied with Germany and Britain and France had great interest in the Syria (1916) (1917) Promised British Persia Austria against Britain, France and Middle East and took advantage of their support for. Hungary Arab Palestine would Britain supported independence, if region. be Britain under thecollapse idea ofof a Russia. The war helped to quicken the Allied attacks influence in the did quite a bit Egypt Attacks by TE the Arabs rose international Jewish homeland Arabia ofupthe Ottoman Empire. Arabs and Jews both Lawrence and double dealing during the war. against administration. in Palestine. the Arabs hoped toof fillpromises the vacuum left. Arabs by its and collapse. Land lost by They to both Jews. Turkish rule. Mesopotamia wasmade part a mi the Turkish Empire. Britain wanted to stop Turkey invading British controlled Egypt and the oil fields in Persia. Turkey by the end of the war Oil fields Arab-Israeli Conflict Interactive 10

n Lebanese Lebanon o Arab-Israeli War n 1 Arab-Israeli War 1 a Army Syrian eb L Israeli War of Independence 1948 Arab-Israeli Syria Israeli War of 1 Army Israeli land after the war Haifa Independence 1948 UN mediators tried to end the fighting. Egyptian Israel win Israel the 1948 war? The Jews were better Army led and more heavily armed. Transjordan Jews were surrounded and outnumbered. Dead Sea Me dit River Jordan err Sea anea n The Arab armies were Arab Palestine divided and poorly before the war led. The Saudi Israel after the West Army Israel war before the Tel-Aviv war Jaffa Bank Jerusalem Gaza The West Bank is The Jews had no Strip seized by The Arab armies had Jordanian option other than to Jordan Why did no co-ordinated plan. Gaza Hebron Army fight to the bitter end. In The Gaza Strip seized by February is. Egypt 1949, the war ended. The Arabs failed to defeat Israel. The Jews had. Over the 1 million Arabs fled from Palestine. technical skills of British trained officers. Arab-Israeli Conflict Interactive 23

Is there still hope for peace with Israel? There has been some progress… The conflict continues U. S. Presidents Carter, Clinton, and Bush have made at least some effort to reach a truce. specifically themade Attempts to make today, peace Egypt and Jordan between the Palestinians a separate peace conflict between the with and Israeli began in the Israel and the PLO 1970 s. Palestinian people recognizes and Israel. Palestinian suicide Obstacles tobombers peaceoften blow up buses filled with still remain… Israelis…The Israelis Terrorism and the Israeli settlers do usually not About 4 with million respond Palestinian prisoners in want to leave their Palestinian refugees towards Israeli jails. homes. military force still live in camps. Palestinian targets…the Jerusalem, the city, is Palestinians of cyclewant ofallviolence sacred to both Muslims the land in Gaza and continues. and Jews. the West Bank. Arab-Israeli Conflict Interactive 44