Allied 1907-33 Arab 1933-45 Israeli 1946-56 Disengagement 1956-60 Dual 1961-97

Mandates 1920

Israel 1967

• Crescent of Crisis
• Iran
• Iraq
• Palestine & Israel

• Oil and the Mideast
• Palestine in WWII

• U.S. Recognition of Israel from Truman Library

• Iran crisis 1953
• Suez crisis 1956

• Lyndon Johnson 1964-69
• Six-Day War 1967
• Nixon 1969-74
• Ford-Carter 1974-80
• Reagan 1980-84
• Reagan 1985-89
• Bush 1989-1993
• Clinton 1993-1997

Maps:

United Nations map 1994

• Mideast 1914 and 1939 from Le Monde Diplomatique
• Mideast 1918
• Mideast 1920
• Mideast 1920-39
• Turkey1920 after Sevres treaty and Mandates from Versailles Treaty
• Middle East oil routes and bg from ILN 1941/11/22
• Mideast viewed from Germany, and bg from ILN 1942/05/09
• Mideast and Iran supply routes and bg from Newsweek 1942/07/13
• Israel compared to NY and v from Newsweek 1948
• Blueprint for a Nation and v from Newsweek 1948
• Iran Land of Turmoil from Time 1952/03/24
• Israel 1967 and v from Time 1967
• "Arab World" from Time 1967
• "Allon Plan" and v from Time 1969/2/7
• "SAMs at Suez" and v from Time 1970/7/20
• Mideast rulers "How They Line Up" from Time 1970/10/12
• Yom Kippur "Back to Battle" and v from Time 1973/10/15
• "Suez Squeeze" and v from Time 1973/11/5
• "New Occupied Areas" and v from Time 1973/11/12
• Sinai "Separation of Forces" and v from Time 1974/1/28
• "Golan Front" and v from Time 1974/6/10
• "Kissinger Line" and v from Time 1974/6/10
Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988 from U.S. Military Academy, West Point
• Israel and Occupied Territories and v from AP 1992
• Mideast and bg from CIA World Factbook 2001
• Relief map and bg from NGDC shaded relief map sections 2002

Links:

Palestinians, backdropped by the Jewish settlement of Alon Svut, one of the settlements of the Gush Etzion block of settlements, walk outside it, in the main road of the southern West Bank Sunday, May 11, 2003. Just as U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell was wrapping up his talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, the Jewish settlements in Palestinian areas remain an major issue in the so called ' roadmap to peace' that envisions a Palestinian state within three years. (AP Photo 5/11/03)

• 50 years of policy in the Middle East from Christian Science Monitor
• Assault on the Canal 1956 photos from Britain's Small Wars
• Ben Gurion from Time People of the Century
• Ben Gurion profile with photos
• Israel at Fifty links and Timeline and David Ben Gurion from State of Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs site
• Israel at 50 and Ben Gurion profile from BBC
• Israel and the Palestinians In Depth from BBC
• Israel Country Study from LC
• Nasser comes to power - Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
• Nasser photo album and biography
• Remains of the Day and the Suez Canal Crisis
• Suez Canal History from touregypt
• Suez Crisis timeline from Nova
• Suez crisis timeline from africanhistory
• United States and Middle East: Why Do "They" Hate Us? list by Stephen R. Shalom
• U.S. Recognition of Israel exhibit and timeline from Truman Library
• White House

Articles:

• "Israel's Barriers a Major Friction Point ," AP, December 7, 2003
• "Tough New Tactics by U.S. Tighten Grip on Iraq Towns," NYT, December 7, 2003
• "An Afghan Village Mourns 9 Children Killed by U.S.," NYT, December 7, 2003