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Flashcards by Evie Davis, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Evie Davis
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| ISRAEL - PALESTINE | History >1940s - Nazi Holocaust of the Jews in Europe prompts efforts at mass migration to Palestine >1948 - Israel declares independence as British mandate ends |
| Events >1948-1949 - First Arab-Israeli war. Armistice agreements leave Israel with more territory than the Partition Plan >1967 June - Israel launches an attack on Egypt, and Jordan and Syria join the war. The war lasts six days and leaves Israel in control of Jerusalem | >1972 - Palestinian gunmen take the Israeli team hostage at the Olympics. >1973 October - Egypt and Syria launch co-ordinated attack against Israeli forces in the occupied Sinai and Golan Heights >1982 June - Israel invades Lebanon - expel Palestine Liberation Organisation |
| >1993 - PLO leader to sign Oslo Declaration for Palestinian self-government and end First Intifada >1994 May-July - Israel withdraws from Gaza and West Bank >2002 June - Israel begins building barrier around West Bank >2006 - Hamas wins parliament elections | 2015-16 Israel: 38 dead, 588 wounded Palestine: 235 dead, 3197 wounded, 11611 suffered smoke inhalation |
| Impacts - ECONOMIC The Israeli unemployment rate is 5.6%, Palestinian unemployment rate in the West Bank is 17.7% and 44% in Gaza. Israel has spent $12 billion dollars between 1989 and 2010 Palestinians stopped from working in Israel small numbers in Gaza and WB | Only $60 million of Gaza $540 million budget is generated inside of Gaza 80% live in poverty and 35% are unemployed |
| Impacts - SOCIAL Restrictions on women's freedom by Hamas Residents of Gaza hurt by white phosphorus used by the Israeli army burning the victims skin Damaged homes by shelling | Lack of medical facilities Blockade by the Israeli army makes it difficult to get supplies in |
| Impacts - ENVIROMENTAL Contamination of drinking water Shortage of food production Struggling to remove sewage and other waste material leading the spread of disease Damage to land due to shelling | Resolutions Two-State - Separate a Jewish and Islamic state within Palestine - live side by side Israel - Complete Israel control over Palestine Palestine - Complete Palestinian control Return of Palestinians to Jordon |
| West Bank becomes Egyptian land and thus retains its Islamic ties with the Arab Nations Equal rights in terms of politics, social rights and human rights |
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