HISTORY 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Likud, East Jerusalem, Peace Now
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Changes in palestinian society (1948 1967: made up 20% of population. Situation was good according to some: could participate and vote in elections, could criticize the government in speech and print, received education, could practice religion freely, quality of life was better mosques, health clinics, youth clubs. Life expectancy was the highest in the arab world (better healthcare: arab women achieve legal equality. Situation was bad according to some: arabs were marginalized. Cele(cid:271)(cid:396)ated its i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)e a(cid:396)ou(cid:374)d the (cid:858)wa(cid:396) of i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:859) (cid:449)hile the a(cid:396)a(cid:271)s (cid:272)alled that (cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455) sa(cid:373)e (cid:449)a(cid:396) the (cid:858)catast(cid:396)ophe(cid:859) Law of return only applied to jews (palestinians that fled in 1948 were not allowed to return to their homes: martial law marginalization, land confiscation, government provided less funding for israeli arab education than for jewish education. Fueled by: israel and arab state rivalries, rivalry between different arab states, us and the soviet. Soviets lie to egypt and syria tell them that israel is invading syria.
