#6.

UN Security Counsil Resolution 242 (November 1967)

#7. Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) founded in 1964
major player after the sixth day war
founded and run by Yasser Arafat
o died of old age (conspiracy theory that he was poisoned by Israelis)
Palestinians realize that no one will or can help them
well known in 1970s
o hijacking (planes)
to gather international attention and minimizes causalities to gain sympathy from
Europeans
o no suicide bombers or 9/11 terrorist attacks
#8. 1973 "Yom Kippur War" or the "October War"
important Jewish holiday
Palestinians attack on the holiest Jewish holiday, Israelis are caught off guard
Egyptians attack because they want the Sinai Peninsula back (president is Sadat; came after Nasser)
o pro Western and wanted to be an ally of the United States (allowed capitalism)
o United States wasn't very interested and ignore the advances that Sadat was making because
they already have Israeli as an ally (the strongest in the region)
o tour stopped after 1967 war
o they wanted to the United States to notice them by showing them that the US has to take
Egypt seriously
o US agrees to take Egypt as an ally
#9. 1978 Camp David 1 (lead to peace treaty between Israel and Egypt in 1979)
Sadat goes on an official state visit to Israel, televised (1977)
president Jimmy Carter, prime minister Begin, Egypt president Sadat
peace deal between Israel and Egypt
in 1979 there is a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt
Egypt
o gets US friendships, money (second largest recipient of US aid in the world)
o obtains the Sinai (incredible beaches) <-- tourist attraction
o other Arab states ban Sadat and Egypt from the Arab League (known as traitors)
oil countries refuse to provide Egypt with oil
o loses support from their people, that's why Muslim Brotherhood gains a lot of strength
assassinate Sadat, then Mubarak comes to power
o power line (Muhammad Ali's line - King Faruq, Nasser, Sadat, Mubarak, 2011 Revolution,
Morsy - less than a year, Sisi - military general)
#10. 1987-1991 First Intifada
Palestinians give up on the PLO they want to take matters into their own hands
intifada means uprising
these people live in the concentration camps, and in the worst conditions possible
rock throwing uprising
o children throw stones at Israelis tanks
o this represents the unevenness of these fights between stones and tanks
o 11,000 Palestinians and 164 Israelis died
o this was televised all over the world, this gained the support of Europeans because of the
disparity
#11. 1993 Oslo Accords: Declaration of Principles
the intifada forced world leaders, Palestinian and Israeli leaders to come together and form a
tentative peace

mutual recognition between PLO and Israel (acknowledged that Israel is a legit, official state, and
Israel recognized PLO has the legitimate representation for Palestinians and not a terrorist group)
o they are accepting reduced version UN Resolution of 181
stalemate, nothing happens for the next 7 years
#12. July 2000 Camp David II
meet 7 years later to hammer out the details
complete, utter failure and disaster
Israelis say that (1) there will be no return for the refugees (2) most of the settlements will not be
removed from the West Bank (3) Jerusalem will be Israelis
two months after this meeting, second intifada breaks out

#13. September 2000-2005 Second Intifada

suicide bombing is popular especially in buses, malls (Palestinians now blow up Israel towns and
civilian centers and cause as much damage as possible)
the point is not to get international attention, it is to get Israeli attention
1000 Israelis are killed and 4000 Palestinians
#14. 2002 Construction of the "Separation Barrier" begins (the wall)
middle of the second intifada
idea is to physically stop Palestinian suicide bombers
Palestinians are now "walled in"
"green line" is the border from the June 1967 War (the sixth day war)
problem
o it doesn't even follow the "green line"
o the wall itself is a problem
o the wall goes around because they want to protect the Israeli settlements
#15. 2005 Israel "withdraws" from the Gaza Strip
they dismantle the settlements on the Gaza Strip, but Israel until this day, retains the access point of
the entire Gaza Strip
controls water supply, and electrical supply for the Gaza Strip
Israel controls all access (food and medicine supplies)
#16. 2006 Hamas wins elections in the Palestinian National Authority and later takes over Government in
Gaza Strip
Israel claims Gaza Strip as hostile territory
Hamas is considered terrorists organization by Israel and US
#17. 2008-2009, 2012, 2014 Israel's attacks the Gaza Strip, having declared it "hostile territory"
Hamas did not know the kidnapping occurred, because of these 3 kidnapping, Israel attacked the
Gaza Strip and killed 2000 Palestinian (this was all an excuse to go attack Palestinians)
#18. Where are we now? What are the chances for peace?
serious possibility of third intifada
biggest problem: the settlements of Israelis in Palestinian land
o who goes and lives there
(1) poor Israelis - low taxes, financial incentives, new immigrants from Russia
(2) religious Israelis - people with religious conviction
what can be done?
o something if the US put pressure on Israel
special relationship
o a foot in the Middle East (oil)