CRIM 413 Study Guide - Final Guide: Yom Kippur War, 2004 Madrid Train Bombings, United Nations Partition Plan For Palestine

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Since 1947 palestine has shrunk and been taken over by israel: zionist movement, establish jewish state in palestine, the biblical homeland of the jews, european jews immigrated there after world war 1, supported by the league of. Palestinians: ceasefire ends fighting but no arab state recognizes israel"s right to exist, war leads to 750. 000 palestinian refugees, suez war - 1956, egypt nationalizes the suez canal, us and un oppose the attack. Israel, britain, france attack egypt and capture suez canal and sinai peninsula: six day war 1967. Palestine: goal: destruction of israel and the establishment of a palestinian state (in all of. Palestine: arafat was a controversial figure israel and us called him a terrorist but to many others he was a freedom fighter". Later jordan in 1994: thus, egyptian president anwar sadat is assassinated by islamist extremists. Israel returns the sinai peninsula to egypt: first intifada and oslo accords, first intifada (1987-1991) palestinian uprising against israeli occupation of west.