Middle East notes
1920-1937
1.) Zionist immigrate~ increased the Jewish population
2.) Palestinian unrest > (angry at) Britain
-Violence
1937 -Peel Commission
-Zionists not happy
-Arabs no happy
-No one pleased with what the British has come up with
- Palestinians resort to violence
-Zionists reluctantly accepted
1939-Winston Churchill invents the White Paper
- Limited Jewish immigration 70-90%
- "Black Paper" what Zionists called the White Paper
1945
70% Palestinian
30% Jewish
UN commission
1947
1948- British Mandate ends
David Ben Gurion- declared the state of Israel
war brakes out -- Israel dominates the war, Palestinians defeated
Creates in the nation, 2 million refugees.
Refugees have no where to go and they establish a group called P.L.O. (Palestinian Liberation Organization)
Egypt ~ Secular nation, Led by King Faruk
Gamal Nasser gets rid of Faruk
-He wants to undertake Public Works --Energy
-Aswan Dam largest turbine dam in the Nile
America gives money to Nasser to help with Aswan Dam
They gets Soviets to give money too
-Now America pulls out
Not enough Soviet money
-They ask China
Thinks of a way to make money on their own
-Suez Canal , the problem is it belongs to Britain & France -1956
-He tries to Nationalize it ~Suez Crisis
Hungarian Uprising
Enre Nagy
October 1956
British, french, Israelis attacked Egypt
Soviets get involved in the US getting blamed
Canada helps ~Peacekeepers
The result is that the Gaza Strip gets occupied by Isreal
6 day war - Terrorism
-Hijackings --All increases
-Suicide bombers
1972 Munich Olympics
1967
They have rebuilt themselves
Egypt
Jordan --All hate Israel
Syria
Both USA and USSR work together a bit ~ make peaceful coexistence
Israel launched Air strikes on Egypt - Because they were big competition to them - lasted 6 hours
1973 "Year of Decisions" Sadat
1970- Nasser Dies, and Anwar Sadat comes to power
Syria gets involved with Sadat
Yom Kippur
Syria attacks Golan Heights
Egypt- Sinai
USA
Israelis counter attack and push Egypt back
Galvanization of Arab world
USA gets harmed by OPEC ~Arabs hate America
-they place Emargo on the USA
-Economic Warfare
Yom Kippur war Galvanizes Arab opinion
OPEC
Use of Oil, West was increasing oil usage by 5%
Shah of Iran says cost of oil will go up 10x
Mid 1970s
Detente
Nixon & Brezhnev
Nixon goes to Moscow
Nixon & Mao - China
After the 3 of them get together
USSR + USA oil agreement
Alaska
Gulf of Mexico
1979-Shah
1.)US puppet
2.)economy
-People suffer
-Desperate
-desperate choices
-Fundamentalism
-Ayatollah Khomeini in power
-Shah ousted --USA
-US embassy
1980-1988
Iran and America relations took a massive nose dive
America calls on Sadam Hussein -Iraq to attack Iran
Iran Iraq War
1979
USSR vs Afghanistan
Communist gov. vs Militia -- Osama Bin Laden
USA$$ Al Qaeda
1980 Taliban Aghanistan
1989
1990- Iraq ows Kwait $$
-Iaq invades Kuwait
1991 Gulf war 1993 World trade centre
Sept 11, 2001
Bin Laden invades NYC
Bush Doctrine
Iraq
WMD
2003 Iraq
Al Qaeda --ISIL
1.) Zionist immigrate~ increased the Jewish population
2.) Palestinian unrest > (angry at) Britain
-Violence
1937 -Peel Commission
-Zionists not happy
-Arabs no happy
-No one pleased with what the British has come up with
- Palestinians resort to violence
-Zionists reluctantly accepted
1939-Winston Churchill invents the White Paper
- Limited Jewish immigration 70-90%
- "Black Paper" what Zionists called the White Paper
1945
70% Palestinian
30% Jewish
UN commission
1947
1948- British Mandate ends
David Ben Gurion- declared the state of Israel
war brakes out -- Israel dominates the war, Palestinians defeated
Creates in the nation, 2 million refugees.
Refugees have no where to go and they establish a group called P.L.O. (Palestinian Liberation Organization)
Egypt ~ Secular nation, Led by King Faruk
Gamal Nasser gets rid of Faruk
-He wants to undertake Public Works --Energy
-Aswan Dam largest turbine dam in the Nile
America gives money to Nasser to help with Aswan Dam
They gets Soviets to give money too
-Now America pulls out
Not enough Soviet money
-They ask China
Thinks of a way to make money on their own
-Suez Canal , the problem is it belongs to Britain & France -1956
-He tries to Nationalize it ~Suez Crisis
Hungarian Uprising
Enre Nagy
October 1956
British, french, Israelis attacked Egypt
Soviets get involved in the US getting blamed
Canada helps ~Peacekeepers
The result is that the Gaza Strip gets occupied by Isreal
6 day war - Terrorism
-Hijackings --All increases
-Suicide bombers
1972 Munich Olympics
1967
They have rebuilt themselves
Egypt
Jordan --All hate Israel
Syria
Both USA and USSR work together a bit ~ make peaceful coexistence
Israel launched Air strikes on Egypt - Because they were big competition to them - lasted 6 hours
1973 "Year of Decisions" Sadat
1970- Nasser Dies, and Anwar Sadat comes to power
Syria gets involved with Sadat
Yom Kippur
Syria attacks Golan Heights
Egypt- Sinai
USA
Israelis counter attack and push Egypt back
Galvanization of Arab world
USA gets harmed by OPEC ~Arabs hate America
-they place Emargo on the USA
-Economic Warfare
Yom Kippur war Galvanizes Arab opinion
OPEC
Use of Oil, West was increasing oil usage by 5%
Shah of Iran says cost of oil will go up 10x
Mid 1970s
Detente
Nixon & Brezhnev
Nixon goes to Moscow
Nixon & Mao - China
After the 3 of them get together
USSR + USA oil agreement
Alaska
Gulf of Mexico
1979-Shah
1.)US puppet
2.)economy
-People suffer
-Desperate
-desperate choices
-Fundamentalism
-Ayatollah Khomeini in power
-Shah ousted --USA
-US embassy
1980-1988
Iran and America relations took a massive nose dive
America calls on Sadam Hussein -Iraq to attack Iran
Iran Iraq War
1979
USSR vs Afghanistan
Communist gov. vs Militia -- Osama Bin Laden
USA$$ Al Qaeda
1980 Taliban Aghanistan
1989
1990- Iraq ows Kwait $$
-Iaq invades Kuwait
1991 Gulf war 1993 World trade centre
Sept 11, 2001
Bin Laden invades NYC
Bush Doctrine
Iraq
WMD
2003 Iraq
Al Qaeda --ISIL