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A R A B - I S R A E L I
P A L E S T I N E
CONFLICT
THE AND
D A N I A
M A R Y - C A T H E R I N E
C L A R A
R A K S H I T H
R A M Y
A T I M E L I N E T H E B I R T H O F T H E S T A T E O F I S R A E L
Z I O N I S M
• It’s roots.
• Discrimination against European
Jews in 19th century Europe.
• Lovers of Zion
• “Automemancipation”
• Leo Pinkser
• “The Jewish State”
• Theodor Herzl
• Zionist Congress in Basil
• Balfour Declaration
• Chaim Weizmann
T H E B A L F O U R D E C L A R A T I O N
“His Majesty's government view with favour the
establishment in Palestine of a national home for the
Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to
facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly
understood that nothing shall be done which may
prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-
Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and
political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.”
L O L , W U T ?
– C H A I M W E I Z M A N N
“In its initial stage, Zionism was conceived by its pioneers as a movement wholly
depending on mechanical factors: there is a country which happens to be called
Palestine, a country without people, and, on the other hand, there exists the
Jewish people, and it has no country. What else is necessary, then, than to fit the
gem into the ring, to unite this people with this country? ”
1 9 2 0 - 1 9 4 8
B R I T I S H M A N D A T E I N
P A L E S T I N E
• Sir Herbert Samuel
• White Paper of 1922
• White Paper of 1939
• UNSCOP
T H E P A L E S T I N I A N S & T H E
Y I S H R U V
L E A D E R S H I P A N D I N S T I T U T I O N S
T H E P A L E S T I N I A N S :
• No real government.
• Bitter Rivalry:
• The Nashashibis
• al-Husaynis
• Hajj Amin
• Arab Higher Committee
T H E Y I S H U V :
• Histadrut
• Haganah
• Mapai Party
• Chaim Weizmann
• The Zionist Organization
of America
1 9 1 7 - P R E S E N T
“ I M M I G R A T I O N ” O F L A N D
C A U S I N G :• T H E W A I L I N G W A L L
D I S T U R B A N C E O F 1 9 2 9
• G R E A T R E V O L T O F 1 9 3 6 -
1 9 3 9
W W I I A N D T H E
B I R T H O F T H E
S T A T E O F I S R A E L
• The Holocaust
• Intercommunal War
• The Jewish Agency Joins
• UNSCOP
• The British Withdraw • M A Y 1 4 , 1 9 4 8
T H E N E X T
D A Y M A Y 1 5 , 1 9 4 8
T H E F I R S T A R A B - I S R A E L I
W A R
I S R A E L I
P O L I T I C A L
S Y S T E M A N D
C U L T U R E
• Enshrine Authority of the State
• Atalena the ship
• Parliamentary Democracy (Knesset)
• Immigration 1948-51 (Ashkenazi and Sephardic)
• Presence of 160,000 Palestinian Arabs from post 1949 borders.
• Nationality Who is Jew? Law of Return
• Military Ben-Gurionism
• Special Relationship U.S. and Israel
• Elections of 1977: Revolt of Sephardim
P A L E S T I N I A N
C O N F L I C T S
• 1968 1.3 million refugees
• No alternative
• Cycle of Dependency
• June War, Arab states failed to liberate Palestine
• Al Fatah
• Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), PELP, DFLP
• Black September
• Munich Massacre 1972
• West Bank Clear Decision?
• Gush Emunium (Bloc of Faithful)
A U T H O R I T A R I A N
R U L E I N S Y R I A
H A F I Z A L - A S A D & S Y R I A
• Awalite;lower-middle class;Ba’ath party
• Commander of air force, minister of defense
• 1966 ousted Amin al-Hafiz
• 1970 elected president of Syria
• Economic shift: high focus on industry,
service & oil
• Education rooted in Ba’athist ideology
• 1973 - Arab struggle against Israel: Golan
Heights & the build up of the Syrian
Army(50,000 —> 400,000)
• Anti-PLO in Lebanon; sided with Iran in Iraq-
Iran war (1980-1988)
A U T H O R I T A R I A N
R U L E I N I R A Q
S A D D A M H U S A Y N & I R A Q
•Sunni; Takrit; Ba’ath party
•Deputy Secretary General of Ba’ath,vice-
chairman of RCC, army general
•1979 - succeeded Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr
as president
•Growing tension between Kurds & Shi’a
•1975 - Algiers Agreement
•Oil wealth & social reform
•Education used to propagate Ba’ath
doctrines
•Rejected UN Resolution 242 (settlement
of Arab-Israeli conflict), denounced
Egyptian-Israeli treaty of 1979
T H E I R A N - I R A Q
W A R ( 1 9 8 0 -
1 9 8 8 )
• 1979 - shah of Iran overthrown
• 1980 - Husayn announces abrogation of
Algiers Agreement
• 5 days later Iraq invades Iran
• Iraq becomes heavily dependent on the
Arab gulf
• US provides Iraq with military intelligence
• 1988 - UN-sponsored cease-fire
• Restoration of Algiers Agreement
• Death toll:Iran - 262,000;
Iraq - 105,000
T H E I S R A E L I -
P A L E S T I N I A N
C O N F L I C T N O W
Q U A N D T
U . S . R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y I N T H E M I D D L E
E A S T
• U.S still has a major interest and a major responsibility to
usher Arab – Israeli peace.
• Obama should mobilize an international coalition and apply
pressure
I S S U E S E N C O U N T E R E D B Y T H E
O B A M A A D M I N I S T R A T I O N
• It started off with conviction but began to lose steam due to
domestic issues such as the recession, stimulus package,
bank bailouts and healthcare.
• Two Elections in the ME made it difficult
• Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
• Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Nuclear issues,
unable to deal with moderates)
T H E
N E T A N Y A H U
C O N U N D R U M
• Strained Relationships between both leaders.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFFAyYabzhg
• Scaling down Settlements
• http://youtu.be/jAlJ6erL-HY?t=
• Iran’s Nuclear Weapon’s
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
• Ahmadinejad
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wii90Xqq3M4
W H A T T H E O B A M A A D M I N I S T R A T I O N C O U L D H A V E D O N E B E T T E R .
• Obama should have stood his ground on the settlements issue.
• Work with an empowered secretary of state.
• Establish clear paradigms for diplomacy.
• Don’t put in big chips on the table too early.
• Start making the Arab – Israeli issue a national priority
Select a principal spokesman
Create an outline for peace negotiations and rally the
international community to get behind it.
W H A T T H E O B A M A A D M I N I S T R A T I O N S H O U L D D O ,
N E W Y O R K T I M E S - C A R T O O N
FEBRUARY 27, 2015