... received its independence, and in May of 1949 Israel became the 59th member of the United Nations. Despite several cease fires, the nations of Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria continued to attack the new state of Israel. This fighting eventually resulted in the mass exodus of over ... the Palestinian people, the PLO vowed to reclaim their land and destroy the state of Israel. Tensions again began to flare with Egypt and Jordan again allying under a joint military command. On June 5, 1967 Israeli Army Chief of Staff Yitzhak Rabin launched a strike on Arab forces. ... occupied d...

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• Grade Level: High School

... area known as Palestine with Faysal's (Iraq) Arab army. The British set up a provisional military government in Jerusalem that soon became a struggle between Jewish settlers and the Arab inhabitants. In April 1920, the Palestinian Arabs revolted, killing Jews and damaging property, opening the Arab nationalist revolution in Palestine. The League of Nations awarded the Palestine mandate in 1922, charging Britain with ... with Palestine's "absorptive capacity". Another action that seemed to violate the mandate was the creation of the Emirate of Transjordan, removing two-thirds of Palestin...

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... Arab leader's personal motivations would ultimately lead to internal division which in turn would cause the Arab League's future loss. Brown's fourth pattern can be seen as early on as April 9, 1948. The militant Jewish group, Irgun, attacked Deir Yassin, an Arab village. Whether Irgun opened fire against residents of Deir Yassin, or if Irgun attacked only dissidents is unknown, but ... . The refugee problem also falls into Brown's next pattern. This next pattern is the use of reactive politics to push the other parties into a position which can be exploited. In April, 1948, Arab leaders...

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... Arab leader's personal motivations would ultimately lead to internal division which in turn would cause the Arab League's future loss. Brown's fourth pattern can be seen as early on as April 9, 1948. The militant Jewish group, Irgun, attacked Deir Yassin, an Arab village. Whether Irgun opened fire against residents of Deir Yassin, or if Irgun attacked only dissidents is unknown, but ... . The refugee problem also falls into Brown's next pattern. This next pattern is the use of reactive politics to push the other parties into a position which can be exploited. In April, 1948, Arab leaders...

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• Approx Pages: 8