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Balfour Declaration
November 2nd, 1917, was a letter from the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Baron Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland. If Britain won WW1, they would give the jews Palestine, and the Zionist will support. -
Holocaust
The Holocaust was the mass murder of six million Jews and millions of other people leading up to, and during, World War II. The killings took place in Europe between 1933 and 1945. They were organised by the German Nazi party which was led by Adolf Hitler. The largest group of victims were Jewish people. Because the Jews were treated so poorly, this made them want to move back to their holy land of Palestine because they believed it was promised to them. -
US Relations With Israel
the US and Israel have a strong alliance with one another based at the fact that they share the same values. When Israel was fighting against the Palestinians, the US would always help aid them in hopes to spread their democratic tradition. The US presidents continue to have a friendship with Israel and support each other. -
Six Day War
Israel fought Egypt, Jordan, and Syria for capturing large parts of Arab territory. Israel launched a surprise attack which started the war. -
Yom Kippur War
war in Yom Kippur that began when Israel was attacked by Egypt, Syria, and Iraq -
Arab Oil Embargo
members of the OAPEC proclaimed an oil embargo (ban on trade against the US) by the end the price had risen from $3 for a barrel to $12. This was so the US couldn’t help Israel in the Yom Kippur War -
Alaskan Pipeline
the US was concerned about its oil supply with the war in the Middle East and a threatening oil embargo. They were worried where they would get oil if they were not in good terms with the Middle East, so they created the pipeline as an alternative resource. -
Jimmy Carter becomes President
In foreign affairs, Carter pursued the Camp David Accords, and the second round of SALT II. The end of his presidential tenure was marked by the 1979–1981 Iran hostage crisis, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. (1977-1981) -
Camp David Accords
The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on 17 September 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David. The two framework agreements were signed at the White House, and were witnessed by United States President Jimmy Carter. The second of these frameworks (A Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel) led directly to the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
Referred to in Iran as literally "Conquest of the American Spy Den,”, was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. By the 1970s, many Iranians were fed up with the Shah’s government. In protest, they turned to the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a radical cleric whose revolutionary Islamist movement seemed to promise a break from the past and a turn toward greater autonomy for the Iranian people. -
Soviets Invade Afghanistan
n December 1979, in the midst of the Cold War, the Soviet 40th Army invaded Afghanistan in order to prop up the communist government of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan against a growing insurgency. -
Ronald Raegan Becomes President
In his first term he spoke out in favor of labor unions escalated the War on drugs, and ordered an invasion of Grenada to reverse a Communist coup. He was re-elected in 1984. His second term was primarily marked by foreign matters, such as the ending of the Cold War, the 1986 bombing of Libya, and the revelation of the Iran–Contra affair. Publicly describing the Soviet Union as an “evil empire” he supported anti-communist movements worldwide and spent his first term forgoing the strategy of déte -
George H. W. Bush Becomes President
Bush condemned when Iraq invaded its oil-rich neighbor Kuwait. He began rallying opposition to Iraq in the US and among European, Asian, and Middle Eastern allies. -
George W. Bush becomes President
Foreign policy drove the Bush presidency: military operations were conducted in Panama and the Persian Gulf; the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, and the Soviet Union dissolved two years later. -
Desert Storm
code name for the military operations at the start of the Gulf war. This happened because the president of Iraq (Hussein) accused Kuwait of stealing oil. -
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Desert Storm
code name for the military operations at the start of the Gulf war. This happened because the president of Iraq (Hussein) accused Kuwait of stealing oil. -
Palestine Becomes British Mandate
After World War I, Britain got control of Palestine and separated it into parts for Jewish and Arab settlements. This caused more jews to migrate in, and that made the Palestinian Arabs mad because their land was being taken away, increasing tensions in the middle east between two nations. -
Bill Clinton Becomes President
Clinton was involved in the Middle Easts’ process to negotiate peace agreements between Israel and the Palestinians throughout his presidency. -
World Trade Center 1993:
a truck bomb was detonated below the North tower in NYC. It was intended to knock down both towers, but only 6 were killed. The attack was planned by a group of terrorists including Ramzi Yousef, Mahmud Abouhalima, Mohammad Salameh, Nidal A. Ayyad, Abdul Rahman Yasin and Ahmed Ajaj, who were from the Middle East. -
Centrazbat 1997
The United States has been developing military ties and conducting military exercises with the states of Central Asia since 1996. This cooperation may pave the way for U.S. access to bases in Central Asia, and may even lead to direct support and involvement from some Central Asian militaries. -
Embassy Bombing In Tanzania
series of attacks on the US embassies by truck bomb explosions. The attacks were linked to Egyptian and Islamic Jihad, and al-Qaeda. -
Embassy Bombing in Keyna
August 7, 1998, Almost simultaneously, bombs explode at U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing 224 people.Terrorist group al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the bombings. -
ISIS
-Founded in 1999, Islamic state in Iraq and al-sham: radical sunni muslim organization whose aim is to restore the islamic state. -
U.S.S. Cole
a suicide attack against the US Navy’s missile destroyer while it was getting refueled in Yemen (in the Middle East) -
Iraq 2001- Present
in 2003 the US invaded Iraq which led to the Iraq War when Saddam Hussein was in control. The US left the war in 2011, but armed conflict continued. -
World Trade Center 2001
On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. This created many harsh stereotypes in America about people of Middle Eastern descent. -
Barack Obama Becomes President
Obama delivered a speech at in Egypt calling for a new beginning in relations between the Islamic world and the US, promoting peace in the Middle East.
