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IsraelPalestine For Critical Thinkers: #13 Accord and Discord
In this episode of Israel-Palestine For Critical Thinkers, Richard Bass discusses the events leading up to the First Intifada, as well as the accords and peace treaties negotiated by Arab and Israeli leaders in the early 1990s.
PLO: The Palestine Liberation Organization is an organization founded in 1964 with the purpose of the “liberation of Palestine” through armed struggle, with much of its violence aimed at Israeli civilians.
1982 PLO War:- The 1982 Lebanon War, or Operation Peace for Galilee began on 6 June 1982, when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) invaded southern Lebanon, after repeated attacks and counter-attacks between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) operating in southern Lebanon and the IDF that had caused civilian casualties on both sides of the border.
Map of the military situation in Lebanon in 1983
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Purple: Controlled by the Lebanese Front and allied militias
Green: Controlled by the Syrian Army
Yellow: Controlled by the Israeli Defense Forces
Blue: Administered by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFL)
Hezbollah:- literally “Party of Allah” or “Party of God” is a Shia Islamist political party and militant group based in Lebanon.
Intifada:- An intifada is a rebellion or uprising, or a resistance movement.
Peace Now:- is a non-governmental organization, liberal advocacy and activist group in Israel with the aim of promoting a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Hamas:- Hamas is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist militant organization. It has been the de facto governing authority of the Gaza Strip since its takeover of that area in 2007. During this period it fought several wars with Israel. Israel, the United States and the European Union classify, either in whole or in part, Hamas as a terrorist organization.
This is a logo of Hamas Fair Use
Fatah:- Fatah is a Palestinian nationalist social democratic political party and the largest faction of the confederated multi-party Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Official Fatah Flag. Photo: MrPenguin20
Oslo Accord:- The Oslo Accords are a pair of agreements between the Government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): the Oslo I Accord, signed in Washington, D.C., in 1993; and the Oslo II Accord, signed in Taba, Egypt, in 1995. The Oslo Accords marked the start of the Oslo process, a peace process aimed at achieving a peace treaty based on United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338
Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty:- The Treaty of Peace Between the State of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan was signed in 1994. The signing ceremony took place at the southern border crossing of Arabah on 26 October 1994. Jordan was the second Arab country, after Egypt, to sign a peace accord with Israel.
Government Press Office (Israel)
Yitzhak Rabin:- Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77, and 1992 until his assassination in 1995.
Jewish Timeline – A Brief History of the Jewish People on One Page
Approved and recommended by the Israeli Ministry of Education.
6,000 Years of Jewish history & legacy at a glance on a one-page infographic.
The poster-chart combines different fields on a single timeline such as demography, literature, Jewish and World events, traditions, historical figures and more. Every entry on the timeline is a hot-spot that pops a balloon with an image, further reading and useful links (Wikipedia & more). In addition, you may freely download and print a high resolution version of the Odyeda Jewish Timeline in PDF format in white or parchment backgrounds.
