HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Yasser Arafat, Shuttle Diplomacy, Six-Day War
15 Dec 2020
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Zionist slogan: bible contains parts in which it talks about the holy land that is meant for the jews, truman, aiming for support of jewish swing voters. The issue: mainly arabic palestinians, supported by neighbor states, lived in the country for a long time, as well, 4 direct arabic neighbors: egypt, jordan, syria, lebanon. Iraq, saudi arabia and turkey not being far away, either: conflicts israel neighbors. 1948 declaration of independence, immediate recognition by truman / usa. 1948-49 w1 arab-israeli war: one day later. Israel is severely better organized and receives help by the usa & ussr. During the war 400"000 palestinians fled, and where not allowed to return / settled in refugee camps. 1956, egypt closed the straits of tiran to. 1956 w2 israeli invasion in the sinai. Peninsula with british/french support, capturing gaza strip as well (suez crisis).
