Round 7: Tossup 12

A bestselling book titled “The Hundred Years’ War on” this nation was written by Rashid Khalidi. (15[1])An expulsion of this nation’s people (15[1])was brought to light by “New Historians” (-5[1])such (-5[1])as Ilan Pappe (“pah-PEH”) and Benny Morris. (15[1])This nation’s namesake governing “Authority” was established (15[1])by the (*) Oslo Accords. (-5[1])A partition of this nation’s British mandate (10[1])in (10[1])1947 (10[1]-5[1])split its capital (-5[1])into East and West portions. (-5[2])The forced deportation of this nation’s people is called the “catastrophe,” or Nakba. The First and Second Intifadas supported this nation’s independence. (10[1])For 10 points, Yasser Arafat led what Arab nation’s “Liberation Organization?” (10[1])■END■ (10[5]0[2])

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