HISTORY 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Gamal Abdel Nasser, Jordan River, Sinai Peninsula
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Eilat (at northern tip of gulf of aqaba) Outline: israel and the arab states, 1949 to 1967. The term palestinian basically disappeared from popular usage between 1949 and. The collapse of palestinian society in 1949 removed palestinians from mideast politics o. For almost 20 years, the arab states which claimed to speak on behalf of the. There was a brief flicker of hope in the early 1950"s that israel and the arab states might make peace. Israeli fears and arab feelings of humiliation and injustice bled belligerence on both. In 1956, this dynamic produced another full scale war o o. The israeli and arab states were similar in their behaviors o o o. Basic long term strategic goal was to preserve the status quo of 1949. Most arab states sought to subvert the status quo. Arab states considered israel fundamentally illegitimate o o o.
