Middle East & Conflicts

Why did the UN's plan to create a Palestinian State fail in the 1940's?

• The USA did not support it

• All Arab & Palestinian countries rejected the idea

• There weren't enough Palestinians to create a country

• The Intifada fought against it

What was the cause of the Suez Crisis?

• Israel took the Suez Canal

• Palestine took the Suez Canal

• Egypt took the Suez Canal

• Afghanistan took the Suez Canal

The name given to the 1917 letter from British Foreign Secretary to make promises to both Zionists and Palestinians

• Declaration of Human Rights

• Yom Kippur War

• Suez Declaration

• Balfour Declaration

This occured in 1956 when Egyptian leader Nasser seized control of French and British business interests in Egypt

• Intifada

• Taliban

• Suez Crisis

• Yom Kippur War

This was the result of Israel's annexation of the Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, Jerusalem, and West Bank

• Yom Kippur War

• Six Day War

• Gulf War

• World War II

Israeli Prime Minister that signed the Oslo Peace Accords

• Yizhak Rabin

• Golda Meir

• Anwar Sadat

• Hosni Mubarak

Palestinian leader that helped reach agreement in Oslo Peace Accords

• Menachem Begin

• Yasir Arafat

• Golda Meir

• Hosni Mubarak

"uprising", civil disobedience that succeeded in putting international pressure on Israel

• Intifada

• PLO

• riot

• war

group whose military conducted violent crimes against Israel, who then bombed Palestinian towns

• Egypt

• Kuwait

• Taliban

• PLO

Egyptian president that took office after after Sadat's assassination

• Yasir Arafat

• Hosni Mubarak

• Menachem Begin

• Golda Meir