History of Southwest Asia (Part I) DT #2 Re-Performance Lesson

To settle lands in Palestine that

had been abandoned

To provide a home for Jews who had survived the Holocaust

To provide labor for the oil

fields of Palestine

To establish a border between the Nile and Jordan Rivers

Anti-Semitism

San Remo Agreement

Refugee

Diaspora

The Arabs were unaffected by the new state.

The Arabs supported it fully.

The Arabs rejected it and thought that it was unfair to them.

The Arabs were unhappy but agreed to work it out.

Refugee

Ottoman

Zionist

Palestinian

Refugees

Secular

Zionist

Anti-Semitism

Both ethnic groups have resided in the area since 70 CE

Both ethnic groups believe that the land was given to them in a covenant between God and Abraham

Both ethnic groups recognize Jerusalem as a holy city

Both ethnic groups were expelled from the region by the Romans