History 1
These series of agreements, in 1991 and 1995, between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) aimed at achieving a peace process and resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Oslo accords
Who was the first Women prime minister of Israel?
Golda Meir
What is the name of Israel’s legislature?
Knesset
"Israel was created as a colonial project by Western powers"
The Zionist movement was a national liberation movement of the Jewish people seeking self-determination in their ancestral homeland. Jewish ties to the land date back thousands of years, long before modern European colonialism.
What is Israel's currency?
Shekel
From 1923 to 1948, Who controlled the modern day territories of Israel, West Bank, Gaza, and Jordan?
Controlled by the British under The British Mandate of Palestine.
When did Israel declare independence?
May 14, 1948
What is the control break down of the three Areas in the west bank?
"The Palestinians were expelled in 1948 in a planned ethnic cleansing"
The 1948 Arab-Israeli War was initiated by Arab armies rejecting the UN Partition Plan. While some Palestinians were displaced, many fled due to the war, and in some cases, Arab leaders encouraged them to leave temporarily. In contrast, around 850,000 Jews were expelled from Arab countries around the same time.
Population of Israel?
9.7 million
What was the 1947 UN Partition Plan and the resulting aftermath?
1947 passed Partition Plan looked to divide the British Mandate of Palestine into two separate states 56% of the land to the Jewish state and about 43% to the Arab state.
Rejection by Arab leaders, leading to the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
Which country was the first to officially recognize Israel?
USA
Which Israeli political party was founded by Menachem Begin and became the dominant right-wing party?
Likud
"Israel denies Palestinians self-determination"
Israel has repeatedly offered statehood to the Palestinians, but their leadership has rejected multiple peace plans. The primary issue is not Israel’s opposition to Palestinian self-determination but Palestinian leadership’s refusal to accept a Jewish state alongside it.
What is the name of the 1991 covert Israeli military operation to airlift Ethiopian Jews to Israel?
Operation Solomon
what is the "Three No's" resolution adopted by Arab leaders after the 6 day war in 1967?
The resolution represented the official Arab positions toward Israel after war. It declared: No peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, and no negotiations with Israel. This hindered peace negotiations with Israel for future years
what was the Gaza Disengagement Plan in 2005? and was occurred after in 2007?
Withdrawal of Israeli military forces and the evacuation of 21 Israeli settlements from the Gaza Strip. This showed Israel's willingness to make for peace and a two state solution. However, Hamas took power from the PLO in 2007. ever since, they have shown hostility and rejection towards Israel.
What is the name of Israel’s national election system?
Proportional Representation
"Israeli is an apartheid state"
Apartheid was a system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination enforced by the South African government. Israel is a democratic state where all citizens, including its Arab minority (about 20% of the population), have equal rights under the law. Arab parties have representation in the Knesset (Israel's parliament).
The PLO governs parts of the West Bank, and Hamas controls Gaza. These areas are not under Israel civil Law.
In 1903, what country did the British government originally offered to the Jews in instead of Israel?
Uganda
These agreements mediated by President Jimmy Carter led to a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt in 1978.
Camp David Accords
what was the Peel Commission and its proposed plan in 1937?
British inquiry formed to investigate the causes of unrest and violence in British Mandate Palestine. It proposed the first partition plan for splitting Palestine, giving %20 to the jews and %70 to the Arab states.
Jewish leadership accepted on the terms of further negotiation, Arab leadership unanimously rejected.
Who was the first Arab minister to serve in an Israeli government?
Raleb Majadele
"Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians"
The claim of genocide is both factually incorrect and legally unfounded. There is a legal and moral distinction between military operations that result in civilian casualties and actions taken with the intent of eradicating a group. Israel’s stated objectives focus on neutralizing threats posed by Hamas, rather than the destruction of Palestinian society or culture.The laws of war under the Geneva Conventions, require parties of a conflict to distinguish between civilian and military targets to avoid civilian casualties to the greatest extent possible (Principle of Distinction). Hamas does not do this and is why the definition of genocide is conceptually stretched in this context.
What was operation good Neighbor?
an initiative by the Israel Defense Forces to provide humanitarian aid to Syrian civilians affected by the Syrian Civil War. This operation took place from 2016 to 2018 and aimed to offer medical assistance, food, and other essential supplies to those in need across the border