The Middle East

• At the time of his election, Sharon, a ________ _________, was the leader of the _________ Party.

• He joined ___________, an underground Jewish militia, at the age of ___.

• In 1953 he created _________ _____, a brigade that became known for carrying out operations across enemy lines, suppressing terrorism in the _______ ________ (which Israel captured in the Six-Day War of 1967), and leading the defeat of the Egyptian army in the Arab-Israeli War of 1973.

• In later governments, Sharon served as minister of ________ and industry and minister of _________...

• In _____ Likud leader _____________ _______________ was elected prime minister, and Sharon became minister of ______________, a post created specifically for him. In this role, Sharon continued to support settlement in the ______________ ____________.

• In 1998 Netanyahu appointed Sharon _____________ ________________.

• In September 2000 Sharon visited the Temple Mount, the holiest Islamic site in Jerusalem. His visit touched off violent clashes between Israelis and __________________.

• Soon, armed Palestinian police and rock-throwing youths clashed with Israeli soldiers and police throughout the West Bank and _____________ _____________. The renewed violence and the failure to achieve any agreements with the Palestinians hurt Barak's popularity in Israel.

• Barak __________________ on December 10, 2000, and called for a new election for _____________ _____________ in February 2001.

• Sharon ran against Barak and was elected with more than _________ ___________ of the vote.

• On Oct. 6, 1981, his predecessor, ______________ _______ ___________, was assassinated by Muslim fundamentalists as he reviewed a military parade in _____________. Vice President Mubarak, shot in the ____________ during the attack, inherited a country that was buckling under severe ____________ and ________________ strain.

• Mubarak lacked Sadat's ______________ and ______________. But as vice president he had played an active role in ____________________, and he was a skilled _________________. Almost immediately, he resumed diplomatic relations with other Arab nations and vowed to follow ______________'s lead in keeping peace with _______________. Likewise, he has worked hard to maintain Egypt's ties with both the _________________ ______________ and ________________.

• Hussein, Saddam (1937- ), authoritarian president of _________ since __________.

• Hussein studied law in _____________ while continuing party-affiliated activities. He returned to Baghdad in ___________, married, and rose to the post of assistant secretary general of the ____________ Party.

• Hussein took a leading role in addressing the country's major______________ problems.

• He also played a part in the nationalization of the ____________ _______________, Iraq's major source of wealth.

• Despite having led Iraq into two ____________ and, in so doing, squandering the country's ____________ ________________, Hussein succeeded in facing down all internal challenges to his rule.

• Hussein's small clique of friends and family was divided after the war,and in the following years Hussein _________________, _____________, and _____________ many among them who were thought to threaten his rule.

• In late 1998 the United States passed a resolution to provide ________________ _____________________ to Iraqi dissident groups seeking to ___________________ Hussein.

• Yasir Arafat, born in Jerusalem in ___________, is the President of Palestinian National Authority (PNA) , which controls the Palestinian territories in __________ and on the _____________ ____________ since January _____________, and Chairman of the Palestine Lebaration Organization ________________ since 1968.

• Named chairman of the PLO in _______________ to be the 3rd chairman after Ahmed Ash-Shuqiri and Yahya Hamoda. He is still the ________________ of the committee until the present time.

• 1956: Participated in the ____________ campaign, in the Egyptian ___________.

• 1957: Started ______ ___________. Al Fateh conducted several attacks into _______________.

• 1967: Al Fateh was linked to ______________.

• 1968: Elected chairman of______________. Worked on bringing PLO from Panarabism to _______________________ ________________________.

• 1974: Held a historical ________________ in front of the General Assembly in UN.

• 1982: PLO had to move from ___________________. after Israel invaded the country. Moved the headquarters to Tunisia.

• 1995: Arafat won the ________________ ________________.

• 1996: Jan. 20 Elected president of the Palestinian Authority in public elections, he got _________________ of the votes.

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