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Arthur J. Balfur sent the Balfur declaration in the form of a letter to the British Zionist Leader.
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Jewish Immigration was greatly restricted into Palestine by the British Government.
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The U.N. passed a plan to divide Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states. However, Britain and the U.N. failed to implement the plan, and it was rejected by the Arabs. This led to the first Arab-Israel war.
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The war lasted 13 months and was the cause of 700,000 Arabs fleeing the area.
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Declaration of Independence of the state of Israel was publicly read in Tel Aviv.
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Between the periods of 1917 to 1949, Israel occupied 78% of the land of Palestine and evicted or caused to flee 750,000 Palestinian refugees to the Gaza Strip.
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Egypt refused to allow Israeli ships through the Suez Canal, which caused many incidents along the Egypt border. This eventually caused the second Arab-Israel war to erupt.
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The Palestine Liberation Organization is founded in Cairo. It's first leader was Ahmad Shuqeiri, though the Egyptian Government had ultimate control over it.
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Yasser Arafat, the chairman of the PLO addresses the U.N. General Assembly. The PLO is recognized as the sole representation of the Palestinians.
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Thousands of Russian Jews immigrated to Israel.
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President Mohammed Anwar el Sadat of Egypt was assassinated by several Israeli gunmen.
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Many Palestinians attacked Israeli soldiers with rocks, which eventually turned into Molotov cocktails and hand grenades. This eventually would kill hundreds of Israeli soldier.
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OSLO I was signed in order to establish Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and other areas of Israel.
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Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin was shot three times by a Right-wing extremist that believed that his quest for peace was a betrayal of Jewish ideals.
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A political agreement between Israel and the Palestine Authority was signed at Wye River, MD.
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An attempt at a 'final status settlement' that failed to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Many Israeli forces attacked Palestinian towns and cities throughout the West Bank.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared a formal end to the fighting.
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Israel bombed many Palestinian buildings and attacked many Palestinian troops.
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Fighting broke out between Fatah al-Islam (Islamic militant organization) and the Lebanese Armed Forces. The LAF declared Victory on September 7th.
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Hamas seizes all fuel, food, and medical supplies going into Gaza.
