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Arab-Israeli Wars
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...Arab-Israeli Wars, conflicts in 1948–49, 1956...status became a volatile factor in Arab-Israeli relations. The 1956 WarFrom 1949...significant progress had been made in Arab-Israeli relations. The end of active, conventional......
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Sharon, Ariel
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......attention for his superb military leadership in the 1948 and 1956 Arab-Israeli Wars and was made a major general months before the 1967...election in which Sharon, pledging to try to reach a workable Arab-Israeli peace while promoting domestic calm, unity, and security......
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Pan-Arabism
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......Arab unity and socialism.The defeat of the Arabs in the Arab-Israeli War of 1967 and the death (1970) of Nasser set back the...came to nought. However, during and following the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, the Arab states showed new cohesion in their use of......
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Gaza Strip
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......tensions in the Middle East, increasing greatly due to the Arab-Israeli Wars.The Gaza Strip has small construction and handicrafts...the Gaza Strip was under Egyptian administration; the 1948 Arab-Israeli war led to an influx of Palestinian Arab refugees that tripled......
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Nasser, Gamal Abdal
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......corruption and foreign domination of Egypt. A major in the first Arab-Israeli war (1948), he was wounded in action. In July, 1952...abortive invasion by Great Britain, France, and Israel (see Arab-Israeli Wars).When Egypt and Syria merged (1958–61) to form......
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Habash, George
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......against Israel. Disenchanted with pan-Arabism after the 1968 Arab-Israeli War, Habash founded (1967) the Marxist Popular Front for...the Palestinian "rejectionist" wing, Habash denounced Arab-Israeli peace negotiations and opposed the 1993 Oslo accords. He......
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West Bank
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......stagnated by a lack of resources and often set back by the Arab-Israeli violence arising out of the occupation and in response to...Jordan signed armistice agreements in 1949. After the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, the area remained under Israeli occupation. Conflicts......
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Aden
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......economy, which depends heavily on canal traffic, suffered from the closing of the canal during and after the 1956 and 1967 Arab-Israeli wars. HistoryAden's strategic location and its importance as a commercial center long made it a coveted conquest. Muslim......
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Bashir, Omar Hassan Ahmed al-
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......and became a career army officer, ultimately rising to the rank of general. He served with Egyptian forces during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, was military attaché to the United Arab Emirates (1975–79), headed a airborne brigade (1981–87), and served......
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Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud
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......reaching economic, administrative, and educational reforms. He joined with other Arab nations against Israel in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. In 1975, Faisal was shot and killed by one of his nephews; he was succeeded by his brother, Crown Prince Khalid. See......