Unit 3: theme 2 Flashcards
(73 cards)
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When did Syria and Egypt sign a defence agreement?
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November 1966
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When was the new radical Syrian government?
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February 1966
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What was the main aim of the PLO?
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Gain land back lost in the 48 war
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When was the PLO established?
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1964
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Why was Nasser conflicted in the build up to the 67 war?
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- Wanted to be seen as the leader of the Arab world and fight for the Palestinians land
- He knew they couldn’t win and it would be an embarrassment
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What happened a week after the Syrian Egypt defence agreement was signed?
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- Mine exploded on the Israel-Jordan frontier, killing 3 Israeli soldiers. Israelis retaliated with a massive attack on the Jordanian village of Samu
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What happened of the 7th April 1967?
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An Israeli tractor was ploughing land in a demilitarised zone. Syrians opened fire and Israel fired back. Air forces went up and 6 Syrian planes were shot down.
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On the 12th May what did an Israeli general say?
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Threatened to occupy the Syrian capital and overthrow the government
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What did Soviets warn Egypt?
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- Israeli troops had moved to the Syrian border
- Wasn’t true, seen as Soviets trying to expand their influence while America was bogged down in Vietnam war
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What were Nasser’s ‘next moves’ (15th May)?
How was this interpreted by the Israelis?
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- Moved 100,000 troops into the Sinai Peninsula
- Asked the UN to move troops out of Egypt
- Closed the Straits of Tiran, linked to Gulf of Aqaba which was connected to Israeli shipping
- Seen as an act of war
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Syrian defence minister 24th May?
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- Challenged the Israelis
- We shall never call for, nor accept peace
Meanwhile a war fever was being whipped up in the press
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What was the Israeli response of Nasser’s ‘next moves’?
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- New an Arab invasion wasn’t imminent
- Now keen to go to war, knew they would win
- However, insisted on getting the US’s support
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When was the Jordan Egypt defence agreement?
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- 30th May 1967
14
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When did the Israeli air force took off?
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- Monday 5th June
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Reasons for Israeli victory?
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- Arabs had lost 15,000 men, Israelis lost fewer than a thousand
- Arabs had larger armies but their air forces were destroyed
- Arabs had modern Soviet weapons but Israeli had french fighter planes and US technology
- Israelis were high skilled and well trained
- Israelis believed they were fighting for their nations survival
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Results of the 6 day war?
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- Israelis were the undisputed regions superpower
- Had conquered West Bank, Gaza, Sinai and Golan Heights
- Israel borders were more secure
- Had East Jerusalem and annexed it
17
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What was the UN Resolution 242?
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- November 1967
- UN called for:
- Withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict
- Respect for the right of every state in the area to live in peace with recognised boundaries
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How was Syria responsible for the outbreak of the 6 day war?
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- Encouraging PLO raids into Israel
- Pressuring Egypt to be more aggressive
- Encouraged Fatah guerrilla attacks on Israel which led to the attack on Samu
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What did Nasser do in 1969?
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With support of the Soviets, he embarked on an artillery bombardment of Israeli positions on the Eastern bank of the Suez Canal
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Why did Nasser bombard the Israelis side of the Suez Canal?
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- Wanted Israel to leave the Sinai
- Sought to inflict heavy casualties and to exhaust them
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What was Israel’s response to Nasser’s attack on the Suez?
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- Air attacks that destroyed Egypt’s air defence missile system
- Built line fortifications on their side of the Suez
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Who succeeded Nasser in 1970?
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Sadat
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What were Sadat’a aims?
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- Fighting over the Suez was draining Egypt’s money and he needed a million men ready at all times, expensive.
- Promised the people that 1971 would not end without the conflict with Israel being settled
- Prepared to recognise Israel
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What did Sadat do to try and convince US to influence Israel? Why did this not work?
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- Sacked all his anti-Americans from his government
- Too busy with Vietnam war and there were 6 million Jews who could exert extreme pressure on the US government
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What did Sadat try in 1972 to influence the Americans?
- Expelled 15,000 Soviet advisers who had been training Egyptian troops
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What were Sadat and Assad planning?
- Egypt would cross over into the Canal and take the East bank
- Syrians would recapture the Golan Heights
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When did Egypt and Syria attack?
- 6th October 1973
- Yom Kippur, holiest day of the Jewish year
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How many Egyptians crossed into Israel in the first 24 hours?
- 90,000 Egyptian men and 850 tanks
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500 Syrian tanks overwhelmed forces in the Golan Heights
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How long did it take Israel to become fully mobalised?
3 days
- By 12th October they had pushed the Syrians back
- 15th October they had pushed through the Egyptians crossed the canal and stopped the 3rd army
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How was the Israeli recovery possible?
- Massive airlift of thousands of tons of the most advanced weaponry from the USA
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When did the USA and the Soviet Union call for an immediate ceasefire?
- When the Israeli's were just 80km from Cairo
- Was due to come into effect on the 22nd October
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Why was it so close to a direct clash between USA and Soviet Union?
- Soviets threatened to respond immediately to counter the Israeli threat
- US alarmed by the threat of Soviet troops
- Were put on nuclear alert
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When did the fighting end? (73)
24th October
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What were the results of the war?
- Military victory for the Israelis
- Israelis had suffered major losses, Arabs had destroyed the myth of Israeli invincibility
- Much more respect for Arabs, united and overcome the humiliation of the 6 day war
- Sadat had broken the stalemate
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What was the deal between oil countries and Britain/ USA?
- Lacked the expertise and technology to extract oil
- Granted concessions to British and US companies to do so in return for a fee
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What was happening by the 1950s? (oil)
- Oil producing states were becoming dissatisfied with the arrangements
- Demanded more share of the profits
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What were the seven sisters?
- Seven oil companies
- One British, one Anglo- dutch and 5 American
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What did the seven sisters decide in 1959?
- they reduced the price of oil because there was a glut on the market
- This knocked 132 million off the income off the 4 main arab producers
- Had not consulted the Arab countries before hand
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In September 1960 what did Saudi Arabia persuade Iran, Iraq and Venezuela?
To form the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
- Designed to force oil companies to consult them before making price changes
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Why was oil an increasingly figured in the Arab-Israeli conflict?
- 6 day war, closed the SC until 1975, had to take a longer route. Europe experienced oil shortages
- Saudi Arabia, biggest oil state became the main financier of the PLO and became one of the most outspoken Israel critic
- April 1973, Saudi oil minister warned the US if they didn't do more to help Palestinians they would refuse to increase oil production
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Why and when did Saudi Arabia and other states impose a complete embargo on the sale of oil to the USA?
What did they call for?
- 18th October Nixed approved a 2.2 billion arms package for Israel
- End to Israeli occupation in Arab lands
- They reduced their oil output by 25%, world market price quadrupled
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When and why did the oil producers lift their embargo?
- March 1974
- Americans persuaded the Israelis to withdraw their military forces from the Suez Canal
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What impact did the oil embargo have?
- Impressed international community with their unity
- Forced a superpower to take them seriously
- Complete independence from the Western oil companies
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What was the shuttle diplomacy?
- - 2 years following the 1973 war Henry Kissinger shuttled between the Israeli, Egyptian and Syrian capitals
- In order to secure treaties of disengagement
- Israel would withdraw from the Suex Canal and parts of the Golan heightsI
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Impact of shuttle diplomacy?
- Enabled Egypt to clear the canal and reopen it in 1975
- Egypt could rebuild the cities along the canal
- Saudi Arabia started to sell oil to the US again
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Who came to power in Israel in June 1977?
- Begin, leader of Irgun
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What did Sadat announce in November 1977?
- He was willing to go to Israel and negotiate a peace treaty
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When was Camp David?
- September 1978
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Why did they reach a stalemate in 1978?
- Begin demanded a guarantee of continued control of the West Bank
- Sadat demanded recognition of the Palestinians right to self determination
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What was the 'Framework for Peace in the Middle East'?
- election of self - governing Palestine
- Inhabitants of the West Bank and Gaza to replace the Israeli military
- recognised the legitamite rights of the Palestine people
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What was ' a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt?
- Israeli forces to be removed from the Sinai
- Egypt to regain all of the Sinai within three years
- Israeli shipping to have free passage between through the Suez
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What was the treaty of Washington 1979?
- Confirmed what they had agreed at Camp David
- Recognised each other's right to live in peace
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US reaction to the TOW?
- Carter was seen as a hero
- However, there was no legitimate rights of the palestinian
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What was the Israeli gains of the TOW?
- Felt more secure
- No arab state would go to war without Egypt
- USA agreed to meet Israel's oil needs for 15 years
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Egyptian reaction to the TOW?
- Was promised 1.5 billion from the US
- Small minority called, Islamists who resented Sadat for making peace with the Zionists
- Ended up assassinating Sadat in 1981
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How many Arabs (Palestinians) had fled before and during the 48 war?
- 700,000
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When was Fatah established, what was it?
- 1959
- Palestinian fighters
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By 1967 how many Palestinians were in Jordan?
1 million, half the population
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Who becomes the new leader of the PLO in 1969?
- Arafat
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What did King Hussain order in September 1970?
- Palestinians must obey him and his army
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What was the last straw for King Hussain?
- Aircraft's were hijacked by the PFLP and three of the planes were taken to base in Jordan, they released them then blew up the planes
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What did King Huessein do after the hijack/
- Ordered his army to to take control of the PLO bases
- Palestinians resisted and over 3000 were killed
Palestinian military bases were destroyed and most fled to Syria and Lebanon
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What happened on the 5th September 1972? What was the result of this/
- Attacked the Israeli athletes at the Olympic games in Munich
- 9 athletes killed
- Public opinion branded the PLO as terrorists
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What was the problem in Lebanon/
- PLO moved their after they were expelled from Jordan, dominated the south
- Bombed Israel and Israel retaliated killing Palestinians and Lebanese
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What was the result of the Lebanese government ordering it's army to regain control of the south?
- Palestinians resisted and were helped by the Muslims in Lebanon
- Most of the Lebanese army was Christian so there was a civil war between the Christians and the Muslims
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What did the PLO do in 1978?
- Attacked a bus near Tel Aviv and killed 37 passangers
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How did the Israeli's respond to the bus incident?
- Invaded Lebanon
- Seized the south
- PLO fled
- UN troops were sent to keep peace on the Israeli-Lebanon border
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What was the Israeli invasion of 1982?
- wanted to invade but needed a pretext
- June, Palestinians attempted to kill the ambassador in London
- Rolled over the border into Lebanon with 170,000 troops and 600 fighter planes
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What did the US do when they intervened/
- persuaded the Israelis to stop bombing Lebanon if the PLO leave Lebanon
- Arafat moved the headquarters to Tunisia
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War in Lebanon 2006?
- Israel faced Hezbollah attacks in the south
- Withdrew in 2000
- July 2006, Hezbollah fighters crossed into Israel killed 3 and captured 2
- Demanded the release of hundreds of their fighters
- Israel refused and attacked back
- August 2006 there was a ceasefire
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What was the cause of the first Intifada?
- 8th December 1987
- Israeli army vehicle in Gaza crashed into a lorry killing 4 Palestinians
- Funerals turned into demonstrations where an Israeli officer shot a youth
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How did Israel respond to the Intifada?
- 'iron fist' policy including, tear gas, water cannons, rubber bullets and even live ammunition
- External pressure made them agree to stop using bullets
- Mass arrests and detention camps set up
