Consequences of the 1967 Six Day War

350 000

A further ____ ________ Palestinian refugees fled the 1967 war, mostly to Jordan.

Security Council

Because the US is a key nation on the UN ________ _______, Israel has been able to ignore UN resolutions that call for it to return the territory taken in 1967.

170

Between 1994 and 2000, suicide bombings in Israel led to the deaths of ______ people.

Fatah

Disillusionment with Arab governments led many Palestinians to put their faith in organisations such as _______, to give them a nation.

economy

Due in part to Israeli only roads, the Palestinian ___________ experienced declining production and dependence on Israeli imports. Many Palestinians had to take low-skilled jobs.

139 settlements

For security reasons Israel settled the Six day war occupied territories of the West Bank, the Golan Heights and the Gaza strip by founding Jewish settlements and offering settlers financial incentives . By 1987 there were _____ ___________.

Resolution 242

In 1967, the UN has declared in this resolution that Israel should return the land conquered in the six day war and that all the countries involved should renounce war. Israel has ignored this along with 300 other similar resolutions

Roads

Israeli only ________ linked Jewish settlements, preventing Palestinians from accessing agricultural land.

Extremists

Jewish ___________ who disagreed with recognising the right of Palestinians to some self-government in the Oslo Accords went so far as to kill 29 Muslim praying in 1994 and assassinate the Israeli P.M who brokered the deal.

benefits

Many Palestinians paid taxes but received few ________ from the Israeli state in the form of health, education and roads.

One million

Over ___ __________ Palestinians came under the power of Israel after 1967 and faced restricted rights such as travel and work permits, heavy police surveillance and the possibility of imprisonment without trial: this included women and children.

1972 Munich Olympics

PLO bombings, hijackings and hostage taking such as the_____ _________ Olympics led to harsh reprisals by the Israeli military on refugee camps who were blamed as the recruiting ground for PLO groups.

demolished

Palestinians who were suspected of being security risks had homes _____________. 9000 such homes were demolished from 1967 to 2000.

Martyrdom

Suicide bombings in Israel was a type of religious inspired ___________ and seen by radical Muslims as a solution to the Oslo compromise, and the need to keep the plight of Palestinians on the international media agenda.

annexation

The Israeli minister of Economics described settlement building by Israel as a 'creeping process of _____________' (taking control of land)

Single

The PLO's founding statement called for 'An end to the state of Israel, a return of Palestinians to their homeland and the establishment of a _______ democratic state throughout Palestine.'

PLO

The Palestinian Liberation Organisation or ______was a Palestinian nationalistic group formed in 1964 and included Fatah. It was led by Yasser Arafat from 1969. It employed terrorist tactics until 1993.

Temple Mount

The ______ ________ is a part of eastern Jerusalem that is viewed both as the place where the Ancient Jewish Temple was located and where Muhammad ascended to heaven.

Muslims

The conquest and control of Jerusalem by Israel in 1967 led to jubilation for religious Jews but bitter resentment for radical _________.

Intifada

The first ___________ or uprising by Palestinians began when four Palestinian were killed at a Gaza Strip military checkpoint. It resulted in violent protests and clashes with Israeli security forces from 1987-1993.

five years

The second Intifada was sparked by a statement by an Israeli politician that the Temple Mount in Eastern Jerusalem would always remain in Jewish hands. It sparked a wave of violence that spanned _______ _________ from 2000-2005.

Doubled

The territory that Israel gained in the 1967 war _______ the size of Israel.

religious

The victory in 1967 spurred on __________Jews who saw it as the hand of God and encouraged the building of Settlements on what they regarded as God's promised land.

Oslo Accords

These historic peace talks in Norway resulted in the PLO agreeing to recognise the right of Israel to exist in return for some Palestinian self-government in six day war conquered territory.

Hamas

This radical Muslim organisation, along with Islamic Jihad viewed Oslo as Fatah selling out on Palestinians and compromising with Zionism.

60%

Through settlement building, Israel has appropriated _____ of the Palestinian land that they gained in 1967 for the use of Israelis.