Slide 1

FORMATION OF ISRAEL

Slide 2

Why was the state of Israel formed? Why was geography important in the development of Israel? Key Terms: Palestine, West Bank, Gaza Strip

Slide 3

Slide 4

Jewish Nationalism In the late 19 th Century, persecution of Jews, particularly in Europe, led to the creation of the Zionist movement Zionist movement a nationalist and political movement of Jews and Jewish culture that supports the reestablishment of a Jewish homeland

Slide 5

World War I Balfour Declaration Favored the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people The declaration increased Arab-Jewish tensions Anti-Semitism: prejudice against, hatred of, or discrimination against Jews as a national, ethnic, religious, or racial group

Slide 6

Jewish Immigration Increased Jewish immigration to Palestine continuously worsened relations in the Middle East Immigration laws in both the United States and Great Britain kept Jewish people from coming to their country

Slide 7

The White Paper of 1939 Millions of Jews trying to leave Europe Almost every country in the world closed to Jewish migration White Paper of 1939 recommended that an independent Palestine be established within 10 years Governed jointly by Arabs and Jews After 1944, Jewish immigration into Palestine would require Arab approval

Slide 8

World War II Jewish Agency worked to establish a Jewish army to fight alongside the British Rejected by the British military and government Churchill supported the plan Jewish army was established in 1944 to fight with the British military Also fought with the Soviet Union and United States

Slide 9

Holocaust The Nazis led systematic efforts to kill every person of Jewish extraction in Europe known as the Holocaust Death of approximately 6.5 million Jews of those killed were children

Slide 10

Slide 11

The United Nations Partition Plan of 1947 During the conflict and pressure for the creation of an Israeli state, the United Nations devised a plan known as the Partition Plan of 1947. The Partition Plan of 1947 was to set up lands for both Arab and Jewish populations

Slide 12

Slide 13

State of Israel Civil War between Arab and Jewish community Palestine On May 14, 1948, the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Israel was created Known as the State of Israel Both Truman and Stalin recognized the new state

Slide 14

West Bank and the Gaza Strip West Bank landlocked territory that shares boundaries to the west, north, and south with the State of Israel and to the east with Jordan Composed of Palestinian Arabs and Jewish Israelis Currently, about 80% are Arabs Created after the civil war in 1948

Slide 15

Slide 16

The Gaza Strip The Gaza Strip Area on the western border of Israel Mainly consists of Arab Palestinians As consisted of violence since the creation of Israel Why? Controlled by Palestinians, Egyptians, Israelis throughout its existence