HISTORY 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: East Jerusalem, Future Wars, Judaean Desert
28 Mar 2016
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After the 1967 war, israel grew in size and gained 1"000"000. Israel"s labor party thought that the control of the territory would be short-lived incorrect assumption. Sinai, which had no historic or cultural importance to israel, served as bufer to the israeli-egyptian border. Israel decided that if the egyptians agreed to demilitarize the. Sinai, there would be no reason for them to stay there. Gaza was the opposite of the sinai peninsula: a small territory with a large population of refugees hostile to israel. West bank had a large population (650"000) were refugees. Jewish history was centered in the west bank forming emotional and cultural ties between israel and the west bank that were not present in gaza or sinai. West bank was important because it served as a natural barricade for tel aviv (large mountains). West bank surrounded jerusalem on 3 sides making the west. Bank important for israel to hold on to.
