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WWI to 1967

WWI to 1967. Background WWI-1948 1948-1967 Notes. Zionism. Emancipation in Western Europe Dreyfus Affair Theodor Herzl The Jewish State Political Zionism. Demographic Changes. The First Aliyah (1882 - 1903) Mostly Eastern European; 25,000 immigrants The Second Aliyah (1904 - 1914)

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WWI to 1967

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  1. WWI to 1967 • Background • WWI-1948 • 1948-1967 • Notes

  2. Zionism • Emancipation in Western Europe • Dreyfus Affair • Theodor Herzl • The Jewish State • Political Zionism

  3. Demographic Changes • The First Aliyah (1882 - 1903) • Mostly Eastern European; 25,000 immigrants • The Second Aliyah (1904 - 1914) • Tel Aviv founded 1909 • Many leaders of the future state of Israel arrive • 40,000 immigrants

  4. World War I • British take control of Palestine • Jewish Funding of WWI • Balfour Declaration (1917) • “His majesty’s government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a National Homeland for the Jewish people”

  5. Mandate Period • Britain runs Palestine • 1922 white paper (declares that Zionist had a right to be there, but did not mean the imposition of the inhabitants already there) • Struggles over immigration and land • The Third Aliyah (1919 - 1923) • The Fourth Aliyah (1924 - 1928) • Wailing Wall Disturbances 1929 • Britain issues the white paper of 1930 • Limits immigration, both communities upset

  6. World War II • The Fifth Aliyah (1929 - 1939) • Includes many immigrants from western Europe • 250,000 immigrants, many go to Jerusalem • Haganah trains with Britain to fight Germany • Holocaust • Generates sympathy for Zionist

  7. Interwar period to 1948 • Britain too weak to stay in Palestine • UN partition proposal • Israel declares an independent state • 1948 War • Resulted in refugee problem • Israel gains territory • Jerusalem divided into two sections

  8. Between 1948 and 1967 • Major influx of Jewish immigrants from Arab countries • Majority of Jewish population comes from Arab countries • 1956 Suez War • Made relations with Arab neighbors worse • Anxiety of war • Pan-Arabism • Cold War

  9. June War and its Aftermath • Israel doubled its territory • West Bank, Gaza, Sinai, Golan Heights • Now occupied a large Palestinian population

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