🎉 Quickie!

• USA initiates peace talks.
• Arafat makes a groundbreaking announcement.
• The Gulf War complicates things.

• 🗓️ Date: December 1988.

• 🕶️ Event: USA starts secret talks with PLO.

  🚀 Big Move by Arafat

  • 🚫 Rejects terrorism.

  • 🎤 Advocates a two-state solution (Palestine & Israel living side by side).

  • 🇮🇱 Recognises the state of Israel.

  🇺🇸 USA's Stance: Open to negotiate with PLO; urges Israel to start peace talks with Palestinians.

  🇮🇱 Israel's Response: Skeptical! Viewed PLO as a terrorist group, and Arafat’s announcement as mere propaganda. "No" to everything!

🌍 Real-world example: Imagine two school kids who've been fighting for a long time. Now, the school counselor (USA) tries to mediate but one kid (Israel) is super skeptical about the intentions of the other (PLO).

• 🗓️ Date: August 1990.

• 🚩 Event: Iraq invades Kuwait, claims it's theirs.

• 🌎 World Response: Major disapproval! Especially Arab countries.

• 🇺🇸 USA's Move: Sends troops to Middle East.

• 🇺🇳 UN's Command: Iraq must leave Kuwait.

• 🌪️ Gulf War: Multinational force led by USA drives Iraqis out of Kuwait by February 1991.

  📍 Note: Check out the Gulf War details in Chapter 8!

🌍 Real-world example: Think of the popular kid (USA) in school intervening when a bully (Iraq) tries to take away a junior's (Kuwait) lunchbox. The whole class (world) stands against the bully!