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Aliyot
Dear Lord Rothschild, November 2nd, 1917
I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty's
Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist
aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet.
"His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in
Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best
endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly
understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and
religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the
rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country."
I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the
knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
Yours sincerely,
Arthur James Balfour
Balfour Declaration 1917
1930s Palestine•Arab riots
•Partition plans rejected by Arabs
•Millions of European Jews denied sanctuary
"We shall fight the War as if there was no
White Paper, and the White Paper, as if
there was no War."
David Ben Gurion, September 1939
The Shoah (Holocaust)
United Nations
Partition Plan1947
Arab-Israeli War
1948
British Withdrawal
• Maintain blockade until end
• Give bases and materiel to Arabs
Israel declares independence
Arabs invade
• Lebanon
• Syria
• Jordan
• Iraq
• Egypt
• Saudi Arabia
War ends in armistice
• Six Day War (1967)
Pre-emptive Israeli strike
Israelis control
• West Bank
• Gaza
• Golan
Israeli Peace offer
Khartoum Conference
• No negotiation
• No recognition
• No Peace
A Historical Atlas of the Jewish People, Barnavi
Yom Kippur War
October 1973
• Surprise Attack• Egypt and Syria
• Holiest Jewish Day
• Heavy casualties
• Israeli Response• Crosses Suez Canal
• Suburbs of Damascus
• Peace With Egypt • Sadat visits Israel 1977• Camp David Accords• Phased Israeli withdrawal from Sinai • Sets the stage for later talks with Palestinians • Sadat assassinated by Muslim Brotherhood
The Issues Popular
• Borders• Checkpoints• Fence• Peace Talks
Necessary• How to defend attempts to
de-legitimize the Jewish narrative?
• Can Arabs accept any minority’s right to self-determination?
• How should democracies deal with an Islamist agenda?
• Is there really anyone for Israel to talk to?