GCSE - Arab-Israeli Conflict
Key events in the Arab-Israeli conflict: Watch the videos here
Another great resource from the BBC that will aid revision on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Watch them here.
Why did the PLO and Israel sign a Peace Accord in 1995?
Many thanks to my GCSE set for coming up with this structure for a possible GCSE question:
Here they come up with five reasons for the Peace Accord:
Key term revision glossary on the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Here is a new resource that will help with student revision of the Arab-Israeli conflict for GCSE History
read more...»Interactive quizzes on the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Here are links to a series of new interactive quizzes for GCSE History courses that cover the Arab-Israeli conflict.
read more...»Why was Israel able to defeat its enemies in the wars of 1948-49, 1956, and 1967?
Why was Israel able to defeat its enemies in the wars of 1948-49, 1956, and 1967?
This is an example of a decent GCSE answer for the Arab-Israeli paper.
There are many reasons why Israel was able to defeat its Arab enemies in the three wars between 1948 and 1967. Some of these factors were a result of the Israelis themselves, but equally, there were reasons that were caused by Arab weaknesses or actions. Likewise, there were some reasons that applied to each of the three wars, and some that were specific to one or two of them. In order to fully answer the question, it is necessary to look at all of these reasons.
read more...»GCSE History: Can you name the key figures in the Arab-Israeli conflict?
Have a go at putting names to faces:
http://www.tutor2u.net/history/games/arabisrael-nameme.html
8th February 1983: Ariel Sharon quits after Sabra and Shatila massacres
The June 6th 1982 invasion of Lebanon (codenamed Operation Peace of the Galilee) by Israeli forces was ordered in direct reponse to the attempted assassination of the Israeli ambassador to the UK, Shlomo Argov by the Abu Nidal Organisation (Palestinian ‘terrorist’, a founder of Fatah who had split from Yasser Arafat and the PLO). Lebanon had, after the 1948-49 conflict become the home to around 100,000 Palestinian refugees who had fled from their homes in present day Israel. By the early 1980s this number had grown to about 300,000, with the PLO establishing their own area of control in southern Lebanon. It was this influence that the Israelis sought to end - with the actions of the Abu Nidal Organisation being used as a convenient excuse.
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