Deck 9: Terrorism In Israel and Palestine

Question 1

The West Bank of the Jordan River was seized by Israel prior to World War II.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Hezbollah is believed to be responsible for the 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The was a war between Israel and its Arab neighbors fought in June 1967.

A)Yom Kippur War
B)Four Days' War
C)Zionist War
D)Six-Day War

Answer 3

D

Question 4

When Israel first faced suicide bombings,the government implemented a controversial policy called bulldozing,whose purpose was to destroy the family homes of suicide bombers.

Question 5

The expertise of Mossad,the Israeli intelligence service,is not highly respected in international intelligence circles.

Question 6

Hamas runs charities,schools,hospitals,and other social service organizations in Gaza where unemployment is sometimes as high as eighty-five percent.

Question 7

was the name assumed by Mohammed al-Husseini.Born in Cairo,he was a founding member of Fatah and the PLO.

A)Kahil Wazir
B)Yasser Arafat
C)Sabri al-Banna
D)Hafez Assad

Question 8

The domestic intelligence service Shin Beth does not operate within Israeli borders.

Question 9

Hezbollah International maintains an extensive international finance ring partially based on smuggling,drugs,and other criminal activity.

Question 10

Suicide bombing became the most important tactic of all the Palestinian terrorist groups at the beginning of the al Aqsa Intifada.

Question 11

In 1959,Arafat formed ,a guerrilla organization to wage a campaign against the Israelis.

A)Fatah
B)Hamas
C)Abu Nidal
D)PLF

Question 12

From 1967 to 1982,the PLO was characterized by internal splintering.

Question 13

Who formed Fatah in 1959?

A)Fathi Shekaki
B)Sheik Ahmed Yassin
C)Yasser Arafat
D)Ayman al-Zawahiri

Question 14

Black September was a splinter group formed from which terrorist organization?

A)The PLO
B)Hamas
C)Hezbollah
D)The PIJ

Question 15

Unlike Israel's excellent tactical record,its counterterrorist policies have stirred international controversy.

Question 16

The story of Hamas is tied to Yasser Arafat.

Question 17

In 1959,Arafat formed Fatah,a guerrilla organization,to wage a campaign against Lebanon.

Question 18

The Revolutionary Guards were the militarized quasi-police force of the revolutionary government during the Iranian Revolution.

Question 19

Hezbollah International has cells in the United States.

Question 20

Israel tends to associate the origin of modern terrorism with the rise of the IRA.

Question 21

is the idea that Arabs could create a European-style nation based on a common language and culture.

A)Arab nationalism
B)Arab community
C)Arab-Europe bridge
D)Arab spring

Question 22

The groups Abu Abbas,Abdal Fatah Ghanem,and Talat Yaqub all call themselves the:

A)Fatah
B)PIJ
C)PLF
D)Hamas

Question 23

developed under the leadership of three central figures: Sheik Mohammed Hassan Fadlallah,Abbas Musawi,and Hassan Nasrallah.

A)Hezbollah
B)The IDF
C)The PLO
D)Hamas

Question 24

refers to the rebel organization created by Abu Nidal in 1976.The name was later changed to the Fatah Revolutionary Council.

A)PIJ
B)Black June
C)Hamas
D)PLF

Question 25

The future of Hezbollah changed with the civil war.

A)Syrian
B)Israeli
C)Jordanian
D)Egyptian

Question 26

Hezbollah is centered within what nation?

A)Lebanon
B)Iran
C)Israel
D)Syria

Question 27

originally started the Palestinian Wing of the Muslim Brotherhood,but merged it into Hamas during the first Intifada.

A)Musa Abu Marzuq
B)Abdel Aziz Rantisi
C)Mahmud Abbas
D)AhmedYassin

Question 28

Arab nationalism grew through the early part of the 20th century and flourished until the .

A)Yom Kippur War
B)Six-Day War
C)al Aqsa Intifada
D)Lebanese Civil War

Question 29

The shadowy organization known as Islamic Jihad is connected to which terrorist organization?

A)Al Qaeda
B)Hezbollah
C)PLO
D)Hamas

Question 30

All three factions of the PLF seek to destroy what nation?

A)Jordan
B)Syria
C)Israel
D)Lebanon

Question 31

was responsible for the murder of Jordanian ambassadors in Spain,Italy,and India in the 1980s.

A)PLO
B)Hamas
C)Black June
D)Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)

Question 32

The al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades are based in refugee camps.

A)Iranian
B)Iraqi
C)Syrian
D)West Bank

Question 33

The al Aqsa Intifada was sparked by Ariel Sharon's visit to with a group of armed escorts in September 2000.

A)the Temple Mount
B)the Temple Medina
C)the Temple Mecca
D)the Temple Bethlehem

Question 34

The al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades were organized along military lines and became one of the first secular groups in the Middle East to use ___________.

A)nuclear weapons
B)suicide bombers
C)cyberterrorism
D)dirty bombs

Question 35

struck U.S.Marines and the French army in October 1983,forcing a withdrawal of a multinational peacekeeping force.

A)Hezbollah
B)Mossad
C)Hamas
D)The PLO

Question 36

The first spontaneous uprising against Israel,which lasted from 1987 to 1993,is referred to as the ________________.

A)Six-Day War
B)Operation Peace for Galilee
C)Intifada
D)Yom Kippur War

Question 37

Most of Hezbollah's activities deal with the politics of and the vast social service network it maintains in the south.

A)Lebanon
B)Iraq
C)Syria
D)Iran

Question 38

The Party of God is also known as .

A)Hezbollah
B)The IDF
C)The PLO
D)Hamas

Question 39

In 2003 the U.S.Department of Justice took actions against in Florida,arguing that the group had an organized network of financial supporters around the world,including the United States.

A)The PIJ
B)Hamas
C)Hezbollah
D)al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades

Question 40

Many analysts believe that the majority of funding for Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)activities comes from .

A)Syria
B)Iraq
C)Iran
D)Afghanistan

Question 41

The Palestinian Muslim Brothers became the nucleus of ________________ .

A)PLO
B)Arab nationalism
C)Hamas
D)Arab socialism

Question 42

The president of the Palestinian Authority since 2005,,was a founding member of Fatah and an executive of the PLO.

A)Hafez Assad
B)Yasser Arafat
C)Sabri al-Banna
D)Mahmud Abbas

Question 43

Born in Cairo,was a founding member of Fatah and the PLO.

Question 44

Which of the following organizations is not one of the current major operational groups surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

A)Hezbollah
B)Hamas
C)the al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
D)the PLO

Question 45

In 1972,________________________________ struck the Olympic Village inMunich and took most of the Israeli Olympic team hostage,killing those who tried to escape.

Question 46

was formed to put Fatah at the center of the new Intifada.

A)The al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade
B)The al Aqsa Intifada
C)Force 17
D)The PIJ

Question 47

The massive wall that runs through Palestinian areas in an effort to thwart Palestinian attacks was sanctioned by which Israeli leader?

A)Shimon Peres
B)Yitzhak Rabin
C)Ariel Sharon
D)Benjamin Netanyahu

Question 48

became the most important tactic of all the Palestinian terrorist groups at the beginning of the al Aqsa Intifada.

A)Kidnapping
B)Suicide bombing
C)Hijacking
D)Arson

Question 49

The Hamas Charter of 1988 declared that was a God-given land.

A)Israel
B)Palestine
C)Jordan
D)Egypt

Question 50

The American-educated is considered the "outside" leader of Hamas.

A)Musa Abu Marzuq
B)Abdel Aziz Rantisi
C)Mahmud Abbas
D)AhmedYassin

Question 51

The transformation of Hamas began after the and growing disillusionment with Fatah.

A)Six-Day War
B)Palestinian Peace Talks
C)Yom Kippur War
D)Oslo Accords

Question 52

The 1978 Camp David Peace Accord brokered peace between and Israel.

Question 53

Palestinian diaspora refers to the displacement in 1948 of Palestinians living in .

Question 54

The politically oriented Force 17 and the Tanzim Brigade were the two main forces of .

A)Hamas
B)Fatah
C)Hezbollah
D)PIJ

Question 55

______________ won control of the Palestinian government in 2006.

A)Hezbollah
B)Hamas
C)The PLO
D)The PIJ

Question 56

Shin Beth is the domestic intelligence service of which nation?

A)Iran
B)Israel
C)Iraq
D)Ireland

Question 57

According to the text,is one of the most effective secret police forces in the world.

A)Kahane
B)Mossad
C)Shin Beth
D)Kach

Question 58

,the Israeli intelligence agency,was formed in 1951.

A)Fatah
B)Intifada
C)Hamas
D)Mossad

Question 59

almost always supports Israel,frequently using its veto power in the U.N.Security Council to keep the United Nations from condemning Israeli actions.

A)Iran
B)Great Britain
C)The United States
D)France

Question 60

The conventional narrative is that Palestinians began using terrorist attacks against Israel when it became evident that the Arab conventional forces could not defeat the .

Question 61

Describe the operations of the Abu Nidal Organization in the 1980s.

Question 62

began as the military wing of the former PLO and was Yasser Arafat's strongest military muscle.

Question 63

were the militarized quasi-police force of the revolutionary government during the Iranian Revolution.

Question 64

Baalbek,a Lebanese city in the Bekaa Valley,is the original headquarters of ______________________.

Question 65

When Israel first faced suicide bombings,the government implemented a controversial policy called
,the purpose of which was to destroy the family homes of suicide bombers.

Question 66

Known for its expertise,is the Israeli intelligence agency formed in 1951 and responsible for gathering foreign intelligence.

Question 67

Disheartened by the split in Palestinian leadership in 2006,Saudi Arabia brokered a power- sharing arrangement between Hamas and ________________.

Question 68

Why is the term terrorism fraught with emotion when applied to Israel and Palestine?

Question 69

In January 2006,stunned the world by winning the majority of seats in the Palestinian Parliament.

Question 70

farm region is a small farming region in southwest Lebanon that was annexed by Israel in 1981.

Question 71

The 2006 Palestian Parliamentary election was won by _________________.

Question 72

The most controversial aspect of Israel's counterterrorist policy is .

Question 73

Who was Black September? Discuss the Munich attack.

Question 74

The rebel organization created by Abu Nidal in 1976 is known as .

Question 75

Israel added the West Bank and to its territory after the Six-Day War.

Question 76

The general secretary and founder of the ,Fathi Shekaki,was a Palestinian physician who was killed in a targeted assassination.

Question 77

As Hamas challenged the PLO for power,disavowed terrorism in 1988 and called for peace.

Question 78

Explain the link that the PIJ has to the United States.

Question 79

Describe the four phases of the structural change of Hezbollah.What was the outcome of the last phase?

Question 80

refers to the code name for the 2008 Israeli assault on Gaza.