israel a brief lecture on the history of the modern jewish state
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Israel
A brief lecture on the history of the modern Jewish State
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Ancient Israel• Jews
forced to leave ancient Israel– Romans
destroyed Jewish Temple
http://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/maps/art/jewish.gif
• Jews dispersed throughout the Roman Empire– Diaspora
Israel - 1948• U.N. Partition Plan
for British Palestine
• Two States– Israel
– Arab State
– International city of Jerusalem
http://www.israel.org/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0dt70
Israel - 1949• Israel after independence
• Much larger Israel
• No Arab State
• Egypt gets Gaza
• Jordan gets West Bank
• Control of Jerusalem split with Jordanhttp://www.israel.org/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0dsp0
Israel – pre 1967 War
• Jordan and Egypt no more than 22 miles from every major Israeli city
• Less than from KHS to downtown Houston
http://www.israel.org/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0dt40
Israel – Six Day War• Egypt, Syria, &
Jordan planned a sneak attack
• Israel found out• Pre-dawn
preemptive air strikes
• Wiped out the Arab air forces
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Israel - 1967• Israel after the Six Day
War• Israel occupies
– West Bank– Gaza Strip– Golan Heights– All of Jerusalem– Sinai Peninsula
• Controls Palestinian refugee camps
http://www.israel.org/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0dsp0
1973 Yom Kippur War• Egypt &
Syria launch surprise attack
• Take care of their Air Force
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Israel - 1982
• Peace between Egypt and Israel
• Camp David Peace brokered by Carter
• Return of the Sinai to Egypt
http://www.israel.org/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0dt50
Israel - 1993• Map of Israel
according to Israel
• West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Golan Heights part of Israel
• Jerusalem capital of Israel
http://www.israel.org/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0dsw0
Israel - Today• Internationally
recognized Israel• West Bank, Gaza
Strip, and Golan Heights are occupied lands
• Tel Aviv capital of Israel
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/is.html