Egypt+&+Isreal+20th+Century

rachel carich- Rachel Rose =__ Egypt and Israel 20th Century __=

__**Origin/Reasons Of Religious Conflict**__ - Beginnings of conflict can be traced to large-scale Jewish settlement in Palestine, after establishment of Zionist movement - Arab Nationalism (Desire is for the people of the Arab world to bind together into one nation that has the same linguistic, cultural, religious, and historical heritage) - Started as a political and nationalist conflict over competing territorial ambitions following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire

__**British Cold Feet**__ -White Paper of 1930 favoured Palestinians- opposed Balfour declaration -Hitler takes control of Germany in 1933 -50,000 immigrated in thirties -Jewish population at 400,000 -1935- David Ben Gurion - The disaster (anti-semitism) is not limited to Germany alone. Hitler's regime places the entire Jewish people in danger. Hitler's regime cannot survive without a war of revenge against France, Poland and Czechoslovakia.

__**Struggle of Division**__ -Hitler's Holocaust- as Nazi Germany instituted anti-semitic laws: immigration was restricted and the jews were trapped. -Hitler blamed the Jews for his war -Some freedom fighter in Europe helped 10,000 or so escape to Palestine(including Menachem Behin who was in the Irgun and later Prime Minister in the 1970's) -six million people perish in the Holocaust

__**Timeline**__ 1917-1922 -British Protectorate takes over -1917- Balfour Declaration -Only 66,000 Jews in Palestine -Arabs living there considered themselves Syrians -1922 - a Palestinian state created with 77% of the mandate- Jordan

1919- Chain Weizmann, a Russian Jew said "We must have Palestine if we are not going to be exterminated" -British army did not like keeping peace between 512,000 Arabs and 61,000 Christans and 66,000 Jews 1920- Arabs sacked Jewish quarter of Jerusalem- stirred by Haj Amin Husseini

Immigration in the 20's -America closed the doors in 1924 -Hebrew University founded in 1925 -Thousands including intellectuals immigrated to Palestine -Tensions erupt into violence at the Wailing Wall in 1928. 133 Jews and Arabs killed. -Two Jewish defence organizations started in 1930- Haganag and irgun (violence)

1947-196 -Population doubles by 1951 -Egypt and Jordan attack in 1956. Both fail. -in 60's terrorist organizations form like Palestine Liberation army (Arafat) -1967- Egypt masses forces along Sinai, Syria masses forces on Golan heights -Israeli air force launches pre-emptive strike and destroys Egyptian air force on ground

Today Israel has five million Jews and one million Arabs within her territory. Those Arabs who live peacefully are gaining a higher standard of living.