The document discusses several key aspects of the modern Middle East region, including its oil reserves, status as the heart of the War on Terror due to advanced weapons, location along the vital Suez Canal trade route, and legacy of colonial influence and instability. It then outlines the creation of Israel in 1948 and the subsequent invasion by neighboring Arab states, ending with 1949 armistice agreements. The document also discusses the 1967 Six Day War between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt.

1. Arab-Israeli Conflict
World History, 10
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3. What is significant about the
modern Middle East?
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4. What is significant about the
modern Middle East?
• Oil reserves
• Islamic, Jewish, Christian religious roots
• Location on at the heart of War on Terror
– Presence of advanced weapons
• Suez Canal as a vital link between the Red and
Mediterranean Seas
• Colonial legacies, instability
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5. What is significant about the
modern Middle East?
• Oil reserves
• Islamic, Jewish, Christian religious roots
• Location on at the heart of War on Terror
– Presence of advanced weapons
• Suez Canal as a vital link between the Red and
Mediterranean Seas
• Colonial legacies, instability
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10. Creation of Israel
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11. Creation of Israel
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12. Arab-Israeli War
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13. Arab-Israeli War
May 14, 1948- Jews proclaimed the state of Israel
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14. Arab-Israeli War
May 14, 1948- Jews proclaimed the state of Israel
Immediately, Neighboring nations (Egypt, Syria,
Jordan, and Iraq) invaded Israel
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15. Arab-Israeli War
May 14, 1948- Jews proclaimed the state of Israel
Immediately, Neighboring nations (Egypt, Syria,
Jordan, and Iraq) invaded Israel
In 1949, the war between Israel and the Arab
states ended with the signing of armistice
agreements.
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16. Arab-Israeli War
May 14, 1948- Jews proclaimed the state of Israel
Immediately, Neighboring nations (Egypt, Syria,
Jordan, and Iraq) invaded Israel
In 1949, the war between Israel and the Arab
states ended with the signing of armistice
agreements.
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17. Arab-Israeli War
1949 Armistice
May 14, 1948- Jews proclaimed the state of Israel
Immediately, Neighboring nations (Egypt, Syria,
Jordan, and Iraq) invaded Israel
In 1949, the war between Israel and the Arab
states ended with the signing of armistice
agreements.
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18. Arab-Israeli War
1947 UN Partition Plan 1949 Armistice
May 14, 1948- Jews proclaimed the state of Israel
Immediately, Neighboring nations (Egypt, Syria,
Jordan, and Iraq) invaded Israel
In 1949, the war between Israel and the Arab
states ended with the signing of armistice
agreements.
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21. The
Six
Day
War
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22. “Israel used to boast a great
The
deal, and the Western
Powers, headed by the United
States and Britain, used to
ignore and even despise us
and consider us of no value.
But now that the time has
Six
come - and I have already
said in the past that we will
decide the time and place and
not allow them to decide - we
must be ready for triumph and
not for a recurrence of the
1948 comedies. We shall
Day triumph, God willing.
Preparations have already
been made. We are now
ready to confront Israel. They
have claimed many things
War
about the 1956 Suez war, but
no one believed them after the
secrets of the 1956 collusion
were uncovered - that mean
collusion in which Israel took
part. Now we are ready for the
confrontation. We are now
ready to deal with the entire
Palestine question.”
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23. “Israel used to boast a great
The
deal, and the Western
Powers, headed by the United
States and Britain, used to
ignore and even despise us
and consider us of no value.
But now that the time has
Six
come - and I have already
said in the past that we will
decide the time and place and
not allow them to decide - we
must be ready for triumph and
not for a recurrence of the
1948 comedies. We shall
Day triumph, God willing.
Preparations have already
been made. We are now
ready to confront Israel. They
have claimed many things
War
about the 1956 Suez war, but
no one believed them after the
secrets of the 1956 collusion
were uncovered - that mean
collusion in which Israel took
part. Now we are ready for the
confrontation. We are now
ready to deal with the entire
Palestine question.”
Monday, April 8, 13