The Israeli Palestinian Conflict

The Creation of Israel (1948)
Background
Balfour Declaration 1917
Zionism  Theodor Herzl
British withdrawal

The Creation of Israel (1948)
(UNSCOP) UN special committee on Palestine
1948 War- David Ben-Gurion announces creation of Israel
Palestinian refugees
Domestic development

1956 War
Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal
The 1956 attack
Effects on the rest of the Arab world

The Six Day War (1967)
Israeli military victory
Palestinians organize PLO and Yasir Arafat

War in Jordan (1970)
Egypt and Israel 
Sadat negotiates
Camp David talks (1979)
Sadat's assassination

War in Lebanon (1982)
1970s border raids
1982 Israel invades Lebanon
Lebanese Shiite resistance force Israeli withdrawal (1985)
Israel and Syria have troops in Lebanon

A Shaking Off
The Intifada (1987-89)
Palestinian uprising
Israel's "Iron Fist" policy
1988 PLO declares independence of Palestine (Gaza and West Bank)

The conflict continues...
Oslo agreements
	-Arafat, Rabin, Peres shake hands, but stalemate
Political instability
	-violence escalates
	-Rabin assassinated (1995)
	-Ariel Sharon
	-Arafat dies (2004)

Discussion Questions:
1. Is it essential for an ethnic group to have a homeland?
2. What does a homeland provide?
3. Which ethnic groups maintain their identity within a host society? How are they treated?