Syllabus Topics – Year 12
Origins of tension
War and Peace
- Causes, course and consequences of the 1967 (Six Day) War
- Creation, aims, methods and effectiveness of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) 1964 – 1974
- Causes, course and consequences of the 1973 (Yom Kippur) War, including the Camp David Treaty
- Role and objectives of the superpowers in relation to events in the Middle East
The Territories and Lebanon
The Peace Process
Historical background, documents and maps
For further historical background, documents and maps from the Year 11 Preliminary course, click here.
Documents
- Partition Resolution 1947
- British Police Memo on 1948 Exodus
- Arab Sources on the 1948 Exodus
- Israel’s Declaration of Independence 14 May 1948
- The Arab League Statement of 15 May 1948
- Plan Dalet 1948 – the Haganah’s strategic plan
- The Khartoum Resolutions 1967
- UN Resolution 242
- The Palestinian National Covenant
- 10 Point Program of the Palestinian National Council 1974
- Camp David Accords 1978
- Arafat’s Letter to Rabin – 1993
- The Oslo Accords 1993
- Rabin – Washington Speech 1993
- Treaty of Peace – Israel and Jordan 1994
- Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement 1995
- Statement after Camp David II 2000
- The Hamas Covenant 1988
Maps
Events since 1996
Links
Material in this section by Ian Lacey © 2007