... , headed by Yasser Arafat (discussed below), which began military operations against Israel on Jan. 1, 1965, with an attack on the Israeli national water carrier project to transfer water from the Jordan River to the south of Israel. Although little more than pinpricks to the Israelis, these attacks were effective armed propaganda in the Palestinians' political offensive to force the Arab regimes ... al-Nasser, to practice what they preached regarding Palestine. The first target chosen by Fatah was especially symbolic, since none of the Arab summit meetings called to deal with Israel's Jo...

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... half of the city was under Jordanian control until the 1967 war, when it resulted in the city becoming a whole after Israel drove Jordan out of the West Bank (CNN). The Palestinians have always related to Jerusalem as the capital of their future state (CNN). They want ... absorbed as citizens in countries across the Mideast, but even 50 years later 1.1 million Palestinians still live in refugee camps in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and the Palestinian territories and 2.5 million Palestinians are registered as refugees (CNN). Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat insists on the right of...

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... of the establishment of the State of Israel. "The Palestinian refugee crisis developed into a major humanitarian disaster as an estimated 805,067 inhabitants streamed into camps in the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria."("A Special Report" Friends of Al-Aqsa). Even though it is the biggest refugee disaster, it is still unsolved. The United Nations did have a resolution in 1948 stating ... was new optimism for the Palestinians. He had a new plan to help the refugees. "It involved the exploitation of the waters of the Jordan river. Eisenhower was himself convinced that "the acceptance...

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... in exile. On May 15, 1948, the British evacuated Palestine, and Zionist leaders proclaimed the state of Israel. Neighboring Arab states (Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq) then invaded Israel claiming that they sought to "save" Palestine from the Zionists. In fact, the Arab rulers had territorial designs on ... as Palestine was now divided into three parts, each under separate political control. The State of Israel encompassed over 77 percent of the territory. Jordan occupied East Jerusalem and the hill country of central Palestine (the West Bank). Egypt took control of the coastal plain aro...

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... territory). Britain governs over the Jews and Arabs living in that territory for thirty years (1918-1948). In 1921 Britain gave the area of British-mandate Palestine east of the Jordan River to Emir Abdullah who then ruled as king over the Hashemite Kingdom of TransJordan. At the border of Jaffa-Tel Aviv, the first ever major intercommunal violence (which is ... ...

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... Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) provides a wide variety of assistance to the Palestinians. It provides education, health, and relief services to 3.9 million registered Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank and Gaza Strip. • The UNRWA educational services currently include both general and higher education as well as vocational, technical and teacher education. The ... ...

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... plan, and the Arabs rejected it. As the British began to withdraw early in 1948, Arabs and Jews prepared for war. Soon Israel was proclaimed at Tel Aviv. Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq invaded Israel, as most Palestinian Arabs were driven from Jewish territory. By the time armistice agreements were reached, Israel had increased its holdings by about one-half ... ...

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