Arab Crisis - Collapse of the Soviet Union

Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)

• Organization created in 1964 to represent Palestinians
• Wanted an independent Palestinian state

Six-Day War

• 1967 war between Israel and Arab countries
• Israel gained territories like the West Bank and Gaza

Resolution 242

• UN resolution passed after the Six-Day War
• Called for Israeli withdrawal and peace negotiations

Yom Kippur War

• 1973 attack on Israel by Egypt and Syria
• Led to future peace talks

Camp David Accords

• 1978 peace agreement between Egypt and Israel
• Helped improve relations between the countries

Balfour Declaration

• British statement supporting a Jewish homeland in Palestine
• Increased tension between Jews and Arabs

Prague Spring (1968)

• Reform movement for more freedom in Czechoslovakia
• Ended by Soviet military intervention

Reagan

• U.S. president from 1981–1989
• Strongly opposed communism during the Cold War

Glasnost

• Policy meaning “openness” in the Soviet Union
• Allowed more freedom of speech

Perestroika

• Economic reform policy in the Soviet Union
• Tried to improve the Soviet economy

Gorbachev

• Economic reform policy in the Soviet Union
• Tried to improve the Soviet economy