People and Organizations
This British soldier encouraged Arabia to declare its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Who is T.E. Lawrence?
This region is the setting of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
What is the Levant?
This war created the state of Israel and was fought over the land of Palestine. Many Palestinians became refugees.
What is the 1947 Arab-Israeli War?
AKA the "War of Independence" by Israelis
Jews have a long history of living in the Levant, before any European or Islamic authority.
What is an argument for the Israeli claim?
The movement of Jewish people in general. This first occurred due to automancipation in 1881, then later again because of Zionism.
What is Aliyah?
This was the leader of the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire. After being promised land by the British, he was pretty mad when not being given it.
Who is Sharif Hussein?
These area that are Southwest and east of Israel that are being occupied by the Israeli Army.
What are the Gaza Strip and West Bank?
War that led to the Israeli occupation of the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights, was organized by the Palestinians and supported by Egypt and the other Arabian nations.
What is the 1967 Six Day War?
What is an argument for Palestinian claim?
This is a religious movement, similar to Zionism, but less impactful that supported the idea that Jews should move to their own country.
What is automancipation?
This is a country that was, before it's 2016 election, trying to pull out from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Along with other countries in the United Nations, has been supplying Israel with resources.
What is the USA?
This is the sea to the west of the Levant.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This was a paper written by the British Government that denied the idea of breaking up the British Mandate in Palestine. Instead wanting to make a Palestinian-run country that slowed and eventually stopped Jewish Immigration.
What is the White Paper of 1939?
Jews have been persecuted for their entire history, and giving them a place to live is the least we can do.
What is an argument for Israeli claim?
This political movement encouraged Jewish people from all around the world to congregate in one place as a country. This was in response to nationalism in Europe.
What is Zionism?
This country, arguably started the whole conflict by promising the Levant to both Arab countries and the Jewish people.
What is Great Britain?
This is the large peninsula to the south of Israel that is currently owned by Egypt, but was occupied by Israeli forces from 1967-1979.
What is the Sinai Peninsula?
When the United Nations tried to create seperate states for both Palestines and Jews to live in, lots of unrest and panic set in among the surrounding countries.
What is UNSCOP?
The Israelis pushed hundred of thousands of Palestinians out of their own homes, and now they aren't letting them back into their own homeland.
What is an argument for Palestinian claim?
This is the dispersing of Jews all around the world due to persecution and prejudice. Many of these Jews were exiled by their countries.
What is Diaspora?
This group of countries around the world was banded together after World War 2, and it's main goal was to prevent future world wars at all costs.
What is the UN?
This is the holiest site in all of Judaism, and the third holiest site in Islam.
What is Jerusalem?
This was a meeting by several European countries agreeing to carve up the remains of the soon-to-be dissolved Ottoman Empire.
What is the Sykes-Picot Agreement?
The descendants of Ishmael took over most of Arabia, not the Levant.
What is an argument for Israeli claim?
These are the six administrative districts in Israel.
What are the mehozot?