World Israel/Palestine

McMahon-Hussein Correspondence

An official document where the British promised to support the Arabs in their independence in exchange for their help in fighting WWI

Sykes-Picot agreement

A secret agreement between the French and the British which agreed on giving the Arabs and Jews what they wanted, but ultimately maintaining control of the state

Mandates

Official authorization for a country to govern another territory

Arab Nationalism

Political ideology where Arabs united in sharing a common language, culture, history, and ethnicity

Zionism

A movement that advocated for the re-establishment and protection of a Jewish state

Balfour Declaration

An official document where the British promised the Jews their homeland in exchange for their help in fighting in WWI

Israeli partition

The United Nations decided that Israel should be divided into a smaller Jewish state and a larger Arab state

Gaza

A small strip in Israel that was going to be a part of the Arab state, and became a place for displaced Palestinians and tension

Hamas

Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islamist political organisation with a military wing, the Qassam Brigades

West bank

On the western bank of Jordan and the larger of the two Palestinian territories that make up the State of Palestine

PLO

The Palestine Liberation Organization was designated a terrorist group by the US

Intifada

An arabic word for rebellion or uprising

One-state solution

A solution to resolve the tensions by creating a single state where Israelis and Palestinians live together with equal rights

two-state solution

Aimed to create two independent countries which would be Israel as a Jewish state and Palestine as an Arab state for Palestinians

Post-1948 Arab-Israeli Wars

Hundreds of thousands were displaced while tensions were still there

six day war

Arab-Israeli conflict fought between Israel and mostly Egypt, Jordan, and Syria in 1967

camp david accords

Set of peace agreement between israel and egypt brokered by the US

Sons of Abraham

Isaac and Ishmael