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The British Government issued the Balfour Declaration. It stated that the British promised a homeland for the Jews in Palestine.
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In the town of San Remo, Italy, the British and the French divide up the Middle East into mandates. The British aquired Palestine, Transjordan, and Iraq while the French aquired Syria.
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The UN recommended that Palestine be partitioned, or divided into a Jewish and Arab state. Zionists accepted the plan while the Arabs objected to giving up land.
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Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal, promptin Britain, France, and Irael to declare war. Israeli forces take the Suez Canal, but soon withdraw under the pressure of the United States.
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Palestinian leaders formed the Palestine Liberation Organization to set up a Palestinian state. Actions from PLO and other radical Arab groups helped spread the Arab-Israeli conflict beyond the Middle East.
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The 3rd Arab-Israeli war that occured. Israel made major territorial gains and took the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip, and the Golan Heights and the West Bank from Syria and Jordan.
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A Palestinian gunmen killed 11 Israeli athletes at the Muncih Olympics. The Picture included shows the Munich Olympic victims.
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Egypt and Syria surprise attack Israel on Yom Kippur which is the holiest day on the Jewish Calendar. The Arab armies are defeated after the initial gains.
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Egypt's president, Anwar sadat, initiated peace talks with Israel. Two years later, with the help of the United States, Egypt and Israel signed a peace treaty which led Israel to withdraw its forces from the Sinai Peninsula.
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Israel faced the Palestinians that occupied lands and began a mass uprising kown as the "Intifada," or "The Shaking."
