HIST 1F95 Lecture 4: HIST 1F95 Week 4
9 Feb 2017
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They are pan arabs: the less populated countries around the persian gulf is where the oil is, suez canal is a strategic canal that connects the mediterranean to the indian ocean. European countries and gave them their independence after ww2. Regional political development: rise of nasser and secular, modernizing parties (1950s, 1956: israel attacked sinai all the way to the suez canal, then the british and french came into the. The plo is created to take a bigger role in political war. The plo nds home inside of beirut: israel chases the plo and it eventually moves to northern africa. 1990s: the promise and despair of the oslo peace process: with the support of bill clinton he brings arafat (plo leader) and yitzhak rabin (israeli. Leader) to sign the oslo accords: plo stops attacks on israel and recognizes them as a state.
