1. Background
1.1. Demand for Jewish country
1.1.1. After growing atrocities/discrimination against them across the world
1.1.1.1. Migration to different parts
1.1.2. Start of Zionism
1.1.2.1. By Theodor Herzl
1.1.2.2. Stated that Jews should have their Separate country
1.1.2.3. 1896
1.1.2.4. Affect
1.1.2.4.1. Migration of large scale Jews in Palestine area
2. How British tricked them all?
2.1. 1915
2.1.1. British,French and Arab revolutionaries were fighting against the world war-1
2.1.1.1. British made similar agreements with conflicting parties
2.1.1.1.1. Manmohan-Hussein Correspondence
2.1.1.1.2. Balfour Declaration
2.1.1.1.3. Secret Deal with French
3. Hiter’s coming to power in Germany and the affects
3.1. Hitler persecuted Jews
3.1.1. Affect
3.1.1.1. Migration of Jews from Hitler controlled Europe to various countries
3.1.1.1.1. Many of them migrated to Palestine
4. British Leaves Palestine
4.1. 8July,1948
4.2. Leaving the responsibility of dividing the country to United Nations
4.2.1. UN Partition plan,1947
4.2.1.1. Grants 55% of historic Palestine to a Jewish State
4.2.1.2. Grants 45% of historic Palestine to Arab State
4.2.1.3. Jerusalem to be under international control
4.2.1.4. Israel accepts the plan
4.2.1.4.1. Birth of Israel in 1948
4.2.1.5. rejected by bordering Arab states
4.2.1.5.1. They see the plan a British way of continuing their colonialism in the area
4.2.1.5.2. Wage a war with Israel to take control of the territories in their control
5. 2nd Arab Israeli War
5.1. 1967
5.1.1. Israel wins
5.1.1.1. Israel captures Gaza,West Bank,East Jerusalem
5.1.1.2. Captures Sinai Peninsula from Egypt
5.1.1.3. Captures Golan heights from Syria
5.1.1.4. Captures Jerusalem
6. Birth of Palestine Liberation Organization(PLO)
6.1. 1964
6.2. Want independent country
6.3. believes Israel shouldn’t exist as a country
6.3.1. hence declared a terrorist orgranzation by USA,Israel
7. recognition of PLO
7.1. By
7.1.1. Arab league
7.1.2. UN General Assembly
7.2. As the representative of the Palestinians
7.3. 1974
8. Peace talks between Egypt and Israel
8.1. 1979
8.2. Egypt becomes the first Arab country to recognise Israel as a country
8.3. Israel gives back the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt
8.4. Affect
8.4.1. Nobel Prize in 1978 to
8.4.1.1. Israeli PM
8.4.1.1.1. Menachem Begin
8.4.1.2. Egyptian President
8.4.1.2.1. Anwar Sadat
9. Settlements in West Bank
9.1. Israeli government encourages settlements by giving subsidies
9.1.1. Many migrate due to political and religious reasons
9.1.2. Around 6 lacs + people migrate
9.2. belief that West Bank belongs to Israel
9.3. Considered Illegal by International Community
9.3.1. As it goes against UN partition Plan 1947
9.4. Palestinians believe its a colonialism undertaken by Israelis
10. The Positive Change
10.1. New PM of Israel
10.1.1. Yitzhak Rabin
10.1.1.1. Believes PLO is not a terrorist organisation
10.1.1.2. Officially recognised PLO
10.1.1.2.1. PLO in turn officially recognises Israel
10.2. Oslo Accords 1993
10.2.1. Israel recognised PLO
10.2.2. Agreed to gradually implement self rule for Palestinians in
10.2.2.1. West Bank
10.2.2.2. Gaza Strip
10.2.3. Affect
10.2.3.1. Palestinians autonomous regions of the West Bank and Gaza Strip established—ruled by Palestinian National Authority
10.2.3.1.1. 1994
10.2.3.1.2. First time Palestinians govt established
10.2.3.1.3. West Bank divided into 3 areas
10.2.4. Affect
10.2.4.1. Nobel Prize in 1994
10.2.4.1.1. Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin
10.2.4.1.2. Palestinian authority President -Yasser Arafat
11. Growth of Hamas
11.1. Hamas formed in 1987
11.1.1. By Islamic right wing nationalists
11.1.2. Believes PLO is compromising its historic position with Israel
11.1.3. Aim to destroy Israel
11.2. Hamas
11.2.1. boycotts election of Palestine in 1996
11.2.2. Suicide bombings in Israel
11.3. Hamas wins election in 2006
11.3.1. Defeating Fatah(PLO Party)
11.4. Fatah-Hamas conflict in 2007
11.4.1. Also called Battle of Gaza
11.4.1.1. Division of Palestine into two
11.4.1.1.1. Gaza Controlled by
11.4.1.1.2. West Bank by
12. Position today
12.1. Israel occupation on West Bank through settlements etc
12.2. Israel Claims entire Jerusalem as its capital
12.2.1. US recognises this claim
12.3. Palestinians claim East Jerusalem
12.3.1. As the capital of future Palestinian state
12.4. Gaza
12.4.1. Controlled by
12.4.1.1. Hamas
12.4.2. Borders are tightly controlled by Egypt and Israel
12.4.2.1. To prevent weapons getting into hands of hamas
12.5. Suffering of Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank
12.5.1. Coz of Israeli restrictions and actions
12.5.1.1. Israel claims it is protecting itself from Palestinian violence
13. Why the conflict now
13.1. Building of tensions since the start of Ramzan
13.1.1. Why
13.1.1.1. Israeli police set up barricades at the Damascus Gate outside the occupied Old City
13.1.1.1.1. preventing Palestinians from gathering there
13.2. Escalation of the conflict
13.2.1. eviction of dozens of Palestinian families in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah
13.3. Jerusalem Day march
13.3.1. The Israeli authorities had given permission
13.3.2. taken out by far-right Zionists through the Arab Quarter of the Old City
13.3.3. Ahead of the march on May 10
13.3.3.1. Israeli armed forces stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque with rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas
13.3.3.1.1. to evict Palestinians, who Israel said had camped with stones and Molotov cocktails
13.4. What is Sheikh Jarrah dispute?
13.4.1. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forced out of their homes when the State of Israel was created in historical Palestine in 1948
13.4.1.1. Twenty-eight of those Palestinian families moved to Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem to settle there.
13.4.1.1.1. In 1956, when East Jerusalem was ruled by Jordan and hence facilitated the construction of houses for these families in Sheikh Jarrah
13.5. Why Jerusalem ?
13.5.1. centre of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
13.5.1.1. According to the original 1947 UN partition plan
13.5.1.1.1. Jerusalem was proposed to be an international city