University:
University of Cambridge
Course:
0470 IGCSE | History
Academic year:

2023
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400

Pages:

1
Author:

JackA1

IGCSE History: Reasons for and examples of US support for Israel Reasons for US Support for Israel ● Sympathy – Jewish survivors of Nazi concentration camps ● US-large Jewish population forced government to support Israel ● US felt Israel was a close firm friend in troubled part of world/ knew that Russia arming Egypt/ Syria Examples of US Support for Israel War of 1948-49 ● financial aid from US allowed Israelis to irrigate/ cultive a large amount of the desert US and American Jews sent $1000 million a year to Israel ● Industries were built ● big areas of desert irrigated ● richer ● more modern ● able to spend a lot on armed forces for defence Yom Kippur War- 1973 ● US sent arms to Israel ● stepped in when Israelis crossed Suez Canal ● US hoped to stop Israel from attacking Cairo/ Damascus- worried that Russian troops wouold be brought in ● met with Russian leader and demanded ceasefire together