M E STU 10 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Benjamin Netanyahu, Religious Zionism, Second Intifada

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Middle Eastern Studies
• Course: M E STU 10
• Professor: Mahmood Monshipouri

Document Summary

Led the fight against egyptian forces in the 1973 war as a general. During his campaign for prime minister, he visited the temple mount/haram al-sharif (a very holy place for jews and muslims) on sep. 28, 2000 and declared that the complex would remain under perpetual israeli control. Agreed to the 1995 peace deals, which supported israeli-palestinian peace by having. Israeli troops withdraw from the west bank and gaza. Assassinated by a religious zionist who opposed the oslo accords (1993 negotiations) Coined zionism as a nationalist notion- the jewish question was not religious, but political. Wrote the jewish state (1896), which talked about zionism as a theory. He didn"t specify palestine as the location of the future jewish state. Founder of the state of israel; first prime minister of israel. Announced israel"s independence by formulating and signing the israeli declaration of.