middle east 7 Flashcards
(18 cards)
what was the situation between israel and egypt at the end of the 70s
peace was seeming to be likely but peace between the PLO and israel was not
how did palestinians get recognition?
1974 - arafat was invited by the UN to speak and he declared he wanted peace and justice for palestinians
why was arafats speech significant
UN had a single Palestinian leader to negotiate with
bought recognition for palestinian situation on the world stage
israel were furious as the saw the PLO as terrorists
what did PLO do after being expelled from jordan
most went to lebanon and launched many raids on israel
what did the PLO do in lebanon
gave 300,000 palestinians refuge and aid and hope
what did the lebanese think of the PLO
PLO posed a threat to the lebonese government
lebanon was often under attack from israel
what happened in lebonon to remove the `PLO
lebanese christians set up paramilitary forces and the muslims did also which lead to civil war
what happened in the civil war
israel and syria both supported the christians
PLO became stronger due to soviet equipment
what was the coastal road massacre
1978 - PLO hijacked a bus north of tel aviv planning to exchange israeli hostages for palestinian prisoners
the bus was stopped by israeli police leading to 38 israeli deaths
israel then invaded lebanon
why was there tension over israelis occupies territories in 1987
israeli need their territory for security
jews continued to build settlements in israel and occupied territory
what happened in the intifada
1987 - an idf vehicle crashed into 2 vans in gaza killing some palestinians
this led to riots in gaza and the west bank
how did israel respond to the intifada
repression
more troops were placed in occupied territories which led to many arrests and violence
what was the united national leadership of the uprising
set up to carry out more organised palestinian actions such as boycotting israeli goods
what were consequences of the intifada
over 2000 palestinians dead
life in occupied territories became even harder
economic decline
palestinian increase in power
how did the intifada change the media
many countries especially the usa began to change their attitudes due to the horrific action of the israelis
why did usa say to arafat
arafat renounced terrorism and usa put pressure on him to acknowledge israel by promising usa would negotiate with the PLO
what did arafat say in 1988
PLO would accept israels right to exist and there should be two different states
what was the significance of arafats renunciation speech
usa agreed to negotiate with the PLO
seemed to make little difference as terrorism from palestine continued
arafats popularity increased
by 1989 over 80 countries said they recongised israel
