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MLS 610B-81
Spring 2003
WEEK 14: Monday, April 28.
The Arab-Israeli Conflict (cont’d).
The Law of Return (1950):
The Suez Canal Crisis (1956):
Six-day War (1967):
In 1958 Israel and Jordan both undertook projects to divert water from the
Jordan River or its tributaries. In 1965 Syria likewise began construction
on a project to divert water from a tributary of the Jordan River, which
would greatly reduce the amount of water available to Israel.
Six-day War (cont’d):
At the end of the war, Israel occupied the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza strip, Golan
Heights, West Bank, and East Jerusalem. The war also worsened the Palestinian
refugee problem, as over 100,000 refugees fled into Jordan. In November
1967, the UN passed Resolution 242, which called for Israel to withdraw from
the territories it seized during the war, while calling on the Arab states
to recognize Israel’s right to exist. However, initially neither side
accepted the Resolution, and sporadic fighting between Israeli and Egyptian/Syrian
/Jordanian/al-Fatah forces continued in the years after the 1967 Six-day
War.
Yom Kippur War (1973):