DATES TO LEARN 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryConflict in the Middle EastGCSEEdexcel Created by: AnsaariCreated on: 28-12-22 21:30 EARLY 1974 world was in an economic crisis which forced them to re-think about how to handle the middle east crisis 1 of 39 JAN 1974 - Egypt and Israel pulled out of the Canal - UN DMZ created - peace over violence decided - plans to re-open Canal 2 of 39 MARCH 1974 OPEC began selling oil to the USA again 3 of 39 5 JUNE 1975 Suez Canal finally re-opened 4 of 39 NOVEMEBER 1977 Sadat would do anything for peace so visited Knesset in Israel 5 of 39 DECEMBER 1977 Begin accepted invite and visited Egypt 6 of 39 1978 - "Camp David Accords" signed - Begin and Sadat won Nobel Peace Prize 7 of 39 MARCH 1979 "Treaty of Washington" signed in Washington by Begin and Sadat 8 of 39 OCTOBER 1974 Arab League recognised Arafat and PLO as representatives of Palestine 9 of 39 NOVEMBER 1974 - UN invited Arafat to speak about Palestine - USA and Israel rejected the invite 10 of 39 1975 civil war between Lebanese Christians [funded by Israelis] and PLO 11 of 39 LATE 1976 - PLO still had control over majority of South Lebanon - North Lebanon taken by Syrian troops 12 of 39 11 MARCH 1978 Coastal Road Massacre 13 of 39 15 MARCH 1978 "Operation Litani" launched as retaliation 14 of 39 MID 1981 ceasefire called 15 of 39 2 JUNE 1982 Palestinians attempted to assassinate Israeli ambassador in London 16 of 39 6 JUNE 1982 "OPERATION PEACE FOR GALILEE" was launched as retaliation 17 of 39 AUGUST 1982 PLO fighters shipped to Tunisia with the help of USA, France and Italy 18 of 39 TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT ^, 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacres 19 of 39 1984 35,000 Palestinians settlers in Israel occupied areas 20 of 39 1988 64,000 Palestinians in Israel occupied areas 21 of 39 DECEMBER 1987 Israeli marker trade stabbed to death 22 of 39 ONE DAY LATER^ IDF truck collided with two trucks that carried Palestinians 23 of 39 THREE DAYS LATER ^ protests and rioting began on the streets, called INITFADA 24 of 39 JAN-MAY 1988 IDF reports were 18000 higher than a normal YEAR 25 of 39 JULY 1988 King Hussein renounced Jordan's claim to West Bank 26 of 39 NOVEMBER 1988 Arafat proposed a two-state plan which Israel rejected 27 of 39 DECEMBER 1988 Arafat renounced violence which showed his genuine want of peace with Israel 28 of 39 SUMMER 1990 Iraq invaded a small state of Kuwait 29 of 39 JANUARY 1991 "OPERATION DESSERT STORM" launched, -led by USA and backed by 34 counties 30 of 39 DECEMBER 1991 USSR dissolved so PLO became bankrupt 31 of 39 APRIL 1992 Arafat survived a plane crash in Libya 32 of 39 JUNE 1992 new Israeli P.M., Rabin, was willing to negotiate with Arafat because of the intifada 33 of 39 APRIL 1993 first Hamas suicide bombing 34 of 39 1993 "Oslo Accords" signed 35 of 39 OCTOBER 1994 Jordan and Israel signed a peace treaty 36 of 39 1995 "Oslo II signed" 37 of 39 two months later ^ YIGAL AMIR assassinated Rabin 38 of 39 1996 Arafat became president of PNA 39 of 39
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