January 1979, Iranian Revolution

November 1979, US Hostages taken in Iran

December 1979, Soviets invaded Afghanistan

Communist gov't of Afghanistan, Soviet support

Mujahideen (comes from jihad), US, Saudi, Pakistan support

1979-1989 Soviet-Afghan war, "Afghan Arabs"--volunteer jihad fighters, including Osama bin Laden

1989-1994 war among the Mujahideen factions, formation of al-Qaeda

(1991, Gulf War, end of Soviet Union)

1994-2001 Taliban control, fighting Northern Alliance

2001 US-Taliban/al-Qaeda war

Israel-Palestine

1976 - 1989 Lebanese civil war, including PLO from 1976 to 1983

1979 Camp David agreement

limited Palestinian self-rule

Labor

Likud:  Menachem Begin, 1977

Occupied territories (status)

Settlement movement

1982 Grapes of Wrath campaign--Israel attacked Lebanon, General Ariel Sharon

Sabra and Shatila massacre

1983 PLO withdrawal to Tunis

1987 Intifada--"shaking off" until 1991, Gulf War

UNLU, Hamas

PLO, Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic Jihad

1988 PLO recognition of Israel, UN 242, rejection of earlier claims on Israel, call for state in West Bank and Palestine

1988, Jordan rejects claim to West Bank, calls for independent state

Israel's responses? divided

Leaders:  PLO, Yassir Arafat; Israel, Itzhak Shamir

1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait.  PLO hailed change, rhetorically supported Saddam Hussein.  Consequences: 400,000 (?) Palestinians deported from Kuwait, lost monetary support from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait

1991 negotiations began between Israel and Palestinians, "Madrid round"