HIST 294 Chapter 9: Week 8: The First Intifada: Caplan 9, Lesch 9
24 Aug 2016
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Soviet/ russian jews to israel cont: still in place, applies to russia/ other former soviet republics, since it passed 1mil+ jews have immigrated to israel, immigration to israel picked up steam 89-90 > year gorbachev totally modi ed. Attempt to improve relations with the west. Especially to attract w investment & be taken seriously as a partner: su immigration since mid 70"s seen as another aliyah by israelis, to pal"s, increase of soviet jews another disaster, especially because in occupied territories. Madrid peace conference letter of invitation (october 18, 1991: us and su ready to assist israel and pal to achieve peace through direct negotiations > israel and arab states, israel and the pal"s. Objective being real peace: peace conference co sponsored by us and su, followed immediately by negotiations > in madrid, oct 31, 1991, multilateral negotiations will be two weeks after the conference. Focus on region wide issues of water, refugee issues,
