Use this guide to choose topics for your Reading Responses and possibly also for your Term Essay. Use the History of the Middle East Database for basic facts and outlines of events and movements. Some of the more specific topics below are linked to items on the database. The World Factbook (CIA) can be extremely useful. See also Roots of the Arab-Israeli Conflict and Kepel and study guide for Chapter 14. See also History of the Middle East by Region or State and History According to Chronology. See also BBC: Israel and the Palestinians in Depth and The Foundation for Middle East Peace.
Ch. 1, Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
| 1948- 1973 Period |
| United Nations Partition Plan (1947) |
| 1948 War |
| Altalena Incident (June, 1948) |
Ch. 3, The 1956 Suez-Sinai Campaign
| 1948- 1973 Period | 1954, Lavon Affair |
| 1952 Egyptian Revolution | 1956 War |
| 1953, Sharon's "Unit 101" |
| 1948- 1973 Period | 1967 War |
| 1964, Creation of the PLO | U.N. Resolution 242 (1967) |
| 1948- 1973 Period | U.N. Resolution 338 (1973) |
| War of Attrition (1969-70) | Likud Party founded (1973) |
| "Black September" (1970) | |
| 1973 War |
Ch. 6, The Egyptian-Israeli Peace Process
| 1974 to 1989 Period | Camp David Accords (1979) |
| Sinai I (1974) and Sinai II (1975) Agreements | Sadat Assassination (1981) |
| Likud Victory (1977) |
| 1974 to 1989 Period | Israeli Intervention (1978) |
| Lebanese Civil War (1975-1989) | Operation Peace for Galilee (1982) |
| 1974 to 1989 Period | HAMAS |
| Israeli (partial) Withdrawal from Lebanon (1985) | Proclamation Palestinian State (1988) |
| Amman Agreement (1985) | The Second Intifada (2000) |
| The First Intifada (1987) |
Ch. 9, The Middle East Peace Process
| The Gulf Wars Period (1990-1992) | Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty (1994) |
| Madrid Conference (1991) | "Grapes of Wrath" (1996) |
| The Oslo Period (1993-1994) | Hizbullah |
| Oslo Peace Accord (1993) | U.S. Reversal on Settlements (April, 2004) |
| Weaknesses of Oslo |
See also Peace Initiatives in the Arab-Israeli Conflict and BBC: Israel and the Palestinians in Depth
Ch. 10, Towards Conflict Resolution
Go to Peace Initiatives in the Arab-Israeli Conflict.