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| Suleiman the Law Giver | Ruler of Ottoman Empire, brillaiant military strategist |
| Balfour Declaration | 1917, British promised Jews would be granted their own national homeland. |
| Palestine Congress | 1919, Arabs formed to discuss Zionism and the political future Palestine |
| Wailing Wall Crisis | screen put up by Jews at Wailing wall, Arabs got upset violence broke out all over Palestine |
| Robert Peel | Reccomended to partition Palestine into a Jewish State and Palestinian state |
| King David Hotel Explosion | 1946, Jewish terrorist group blew up headquarters of British authorities in Jeruselum |
| Al-Nakbah | "The Catastrophe" flight and loss of Palestinians and Palestine to Jews |
| UNRPR | United Relief for Palestianian Refugees, UN helped Palestinian refugees in camps along Israel border |
| Resolution 194 | "Right of Return" 1948, Israel said Palestinians refugeees could return to live in thir homes |
| Law of Return | Israeli Parliment granted immediate citzenship to any Jew who wanted to live in Israel |
| King Hussein | leader of Jordan during Black September |
| Ba'athisits | pan-Arab group took control of Syria when it fell into disorder |
| Abdul Nasser | 1st Egyptian President. Seized Suez Canal |
| PLO | Palestinian Liberation Organization |
| Yasser Arafat | leader of Fatah party and President of PLO |
| 6 Day War | 1967, Israel goes to war with Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. Israel wins! |
| Moshe Dayan | person who was symbol of the new State of Israel |
| PFLP | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, guerrilla group aligned with communists |
| Dr. George Habash | leader of PLFP |
| Black September | 1970, deadly conflict King Hessein kicked all guerrilla groups out of Jordan |
| Al-Aqsa | Mosque built to honor Mohammad's journey into paradise |
| Hamas | guerrilla group offshoot from Muslim Brotherhood, run by Yassin |
| Islamic Jihad | "Holy War" create Palestinian state by destroying Israel in holy war. |
| Yassar Arafat | leader of Fatah party and head of PLO |
| Intifada | means "shaking off" teens throw sticks and stones at Israeli soldiers |
| What is the Green Line | border between Israel and Palestine |
| Abu NIdal | Palestinian leader during Lebanon War |
| Gaza | 2004, after 38 years Israel pulls out of the Gaza Strip lets Palestine take over |
| West Bank | Palestinian land |
| Ramalla | Capital of Palestinian National Authority (PNA) |
| Fatah | first guerrilla group led into PLO run by Arafat, political branch PLO |
| Al-Aqsa Intifada | Ariel Sharon, Israeli P.Minister visited Al-Aqsa Mosque Plaestinians were insulted started Intifada |
| Abbas | Palestinian President, leader of Palestinian Authority |
| Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade | used old men, women and children as suicide bombers |
| UNLU | United National Leadership of Uprising |
| Lebanon War | PLO attempted assasination set off violence, Israel told not to fight UN steps in |
| Palestinian National Authority | government of Palestine |
| Druze | Lebanon mix of Muslim and Christian |
| Millets | religious minority communities that were permitted to follow their own laws. |
| Dome of the Rock | shrine over area where Muhammad ascended to Heaven |
| Mohammad Ali | Pasha of Egypt, modernized Egypt |
| Sherif Hussein bin Ali | Ottoman govenor guaranteed Arab help in WWI |
