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Arab Israeli Conflict 1948-1974
1st Arab-Israeli War, the Palestinian Diaspora, the Suez Crisis, the 6 Day War, the PLO, the Munich Olympic Games, the Yom Kippur War, and OPEC
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12th Grade
12/08/2011

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Deir Yassin
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the Irgun, LEHI, and possibly the Haganah killed 100-250 Arab people in this Palestinian village
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David Ben Guiron
Definition
the first Prime Minister of Israel
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Chaim Weizmann
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the first Israeli president
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Theodore Herzl
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the founder of the modern Zionist movement
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Count Folke Bernadotte
Definition
a UN representative who was sent into the Middle East to seek an armistice during the Arab-Israeli War and was assassinated by the LEHI
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LEHI
Definition
a radical group also known as the Stern Gang
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The Law of Return
Definition
any Jew in the world could immediately gain Israeli citizenship
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West Jerusalem
Definition
this place was named the capital of Israel after the 1st Arab-Israeli War
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The Palestinian Diaspora
Definition
the leaving of hundreds of thousands of Arabs from Palestine that has led to controversy over why they left
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the Knesset
Definition
the Israeli parliament
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Mapai
Definition
Ben Guiron's "labor party"
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American Export Bank
Definition
this group helped Israeli with its financial problems after the 1st Arab-Israeli War, Germany's reparation payments also helped with this
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King Abdullah
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the Jordanian king who made a non-aggression pact with Israel in 1950 and then assassinated
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King Farouk
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international playboy king of Egypt who is forced out
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Mohammad Naguib
Definition
takes over when Farouk is forced out of Egypt in 1945 but is quickly pushed aside
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Gamal Abdul Nasser
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the young, educated leader of Egypt who reformed Egypt and was recognized as a hero
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Fedayeen
Definition
an extremist militia group operating out of Jordan who leads a bunch of raids in Israel
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North African Algerian Revolution
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Algeria is seeking independence from France and Nasser tries to fund the revolution leading the rest of the world to think he is leaning towards communism
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Baghdad Pact
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a defense alliance between Britain, Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan that Nasser felt was intentionally a plan to isolate Egypt
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Operation Musketeer
Definition
this was a plan for Israel to go in and take back the Suez Canal by going through the Sinai Peninsula and seizing control of the East Border. Britain and France planned to then issue an ultimatum for both Egypt and Israel to leave or they would intervene. Egypt would reject this, allowing them to retaliate, take the canal, kill Nasser, and destroy the Czech weapons
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Operation Musketeer
Definition
this was a plan for Israel to go in and take back the Suez Canal by going through the Sinai Peninsula and seizing control of the East Border. Britain and France planned to then issue an ultimatum for both Egypt and Israel to leave or they would intervene. Egypt would reject this, allowing them to retaliate, take the canal, kill Nasser, and destroy the Czech weapons
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Dwight Eisenhower
Definition
US President during the Suez Crisis
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UNEF
Definition
the Blue Hats who occupied the Sinai to keep peace and act as a buffer zone
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Pan Arabism
Definition
the plan for all the Arab countries to have the same goals, to recreate a Palestinian country
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Eisenhower Doctrine
Definition
US would support any Middle Eastern country trying to resist communism
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al-Fatah
Definition
meaning conquest, this older guerilla group was founded in the 1950s
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Yasser Arafat
Definition
the leader of the al-fatah and later the PLO, Arafat has been considered both a terrorist and a hero
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the PLO
Definition
formed in 1964, this umbrella organization tried to unify all the other militias and is still operating today
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brinksmanship
Definition
take things to the brink to get someone to stop it
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the Six Day War
Definition
war between Egypt and Israel due to a false Soviet intelligence report leading to Israel launching a massive preemptive strike on Egypt; Israel gains large amounts of territory from this
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Menachem Begin
Definition
the old leader of the Irgun who Levi Eshkol brings into his cabinet in the days leading up the Six Day War
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Moshe Dayan
Definition
Israeli war hero and later defense minister
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Levi Eshkol
Definition
Israeli Prime Minister during the Six Day War
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Sinai, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, and East Jerusalem
Definition
the 5 territories acquired by Israel at the close of the Six Day War
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Anthony Eden
Definition
British Prime Minister during the Suez Crisis
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Guy Molet
Definition
French Prime Minister during the Suez Crisis
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War of Attrition
Definition
a bloody stalemate during 1968-1970 where the Israelis fortified their side of the Suez Canal; Egypt is shelled and raided; Cairo is attacked; Nasser allows Soviets to have bases in Egypt
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Richard Nixon
Definition
ended the War of Attrition and later was not much help in the Yom Kippur War because of the WaterGate Scandal
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Karameh
Definition
refugee area is Jordan where al-Fatah is housed. Attacked by Israelis so Arabs fire back and Israelis back away
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Black September
Definition
in 1970 when 5 planes were hijacked by the PLO. King Hussein was so embarrassed, he kicked the PLO out
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Munich Olympic Games
Definition
attack by Black September terrorists at the Munich games that led to the death of two athletes in the Olympic village and the rest kidnapped are killed at the airport as well as a police officer due to a grenade being thrown
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Anwar Sadat
Definition
he takes over Egypt after Nasser; his goal was to restore Egypt back to economic health and get the Sinai and Gaza Strip back
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Hafez Assad
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leader of Syria who's goal was to get the Golan Heights back
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Henry Kissinger
Definition
US Secretary of State during the Yom Kippur War who helps bring an end to the war known for "shuttle diplomacy"
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OPEC
Definition
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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