Conflicts in The Middle East

This Egyptian president signed the camp david accords and recognized Israel as a legitimate state, engaging many Arabs.

Answar Sadat

This is the name given to a 1917 letter from a British foreign secretary who seemed to make promises to both Zionists and Palestinians.

Balfour Declaration

This Egyptian president took office after the assassination of Anwar Sadat by Muslim Extremists in 1981; he kept peace with Israel

Hosni Mubarak

in 1978 this Israeli prime minister signed camp david accords and agreed to return the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt

Menachem Begin

in the 1970s and 80's this groups militarey wing conducted a violent campaign against Israel which in turn bombed Palestine towns thought to be the groups strongholds

PLO

This resulted in Israel's 1967 annexation of the Sinai Peninsula, the Golan Heighsm Jerusalen and the west bank.

Six Day War

This occurred in 1956 when Egyptian president Gamal Nasser seized control of certain French and British business interests in Egypt.

Suez Crisis

This Palestinian leader was one of the three men awarded the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize for working out the Olso Peace agreement

Yasir Arafat

The Israeli prime minister signed the olso peace agreement, won the nobel peace prize and was assassinated in 1995 by Jewish Extremist

Yitzgak Rabin

In the 1973 Arab Israeli wae, this Israeli prime minister ( a former Wisconsin resident) launched a counterattack to regain lost territory.

Yom Kippur War

In the late 1980's Palestinnians began this "uprising" a campaign of civil disobedience that succeeded in putting international pressure on Israel

intifada