Arab Israeli Conflict
Fighting intensifies during the last few days of British rule. The tel aviv-jerusalem roadwas repeatedly being tried to be cut off by the Arabian forces to prevent Jews ofJerusalem getting to the coast. 14th may 1948 ' Ben Gurion announced Israelis existenceand the neighbouring Arab governments responded with war. 30000 Arab soldiers theninvaded Palestine and although they outnumbered the Jews, lack of organisation betweenthe Arabs and distrust with the leaders caused them to fail. King Abdullah of Jordan hadoverall control. He wanted to control Jerusalem and the west bank. His forces fought forthe areas but lost as the Israelis resisted fiercely with the support of the US and sovietOn 11th June, UN arranged a month long truce. 7 July truce ended. On the 17th of July,another truce was announced, but this truce ended when Israeli troops attacked EgyptianForces. Israel took the coastal strip between tel aviv and Gaza and drove Arab forces outof northern Palestine. By early 1949, Israel controlled all of Palestine, except for theGaza strip and the west bank Arab armies were forced to admit defeat. On the 24th ofFebruary 1949, an armistice agreement was signed between
UK and Francewould pretend to be interested in separating the 2 sides andwould send troops to the canal. o For months he blocked the Oslo II plan for the Israeli forces to pull out of most ofHebron. o In April 1996, Israeli troops invaded Southern Lebanon and & a million peoplebecame temporary refugees. - This action was a turning point in history as Peres was less popular andlost the 1996 election but if Rabin were still alive he would have keptLabour in government. France also stopped selling arms to Israel. S After the Likud came into power in1977, there was a change inpolicy whereby Israelis were also encouraged to settle in areas notrelated to security concerns. Some turned to a new group known as the Hamasthat was founded in 1988. - After the war a government commission was set up toconsider why the army had been so badly prepared, headedby Shimon Agranat. - Negotiations became deadlocked however a significant stephad been taken towards peace as both he Arabs and Israelaccepted the resolution in principle. Onthe 5th of November, UK and France seized the mouth ofthe Suez Canal at Port Said and began advancing. - Israel formally withdrew from Lebanon in 1985. - As the PLO"s diplomatic initiative had fallen short of Israeli demands fornegotiations, so too did Israel"s peace initiative fall short of Palestiniandemands. This contributed to a feeling in Israel that the peace agreements weren"tworking. Israel-s Relations with the Superpowers- The USA had been a long supporter of Israel due to thestrength of her domestic Jewish Lobby, resulting in Israel"sdependence on US economic and military aid. Following a number of changes the proposal renamed the Arableague at the 12th Arab summit conference in Fez, Morocco ratified theFez Plan on the 9th September 1982.
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