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Balfour Declaration
The British promised the Jews that if they would support them in the first W.W. that they would get Palestine. The British though, also promised Palestine to the Arabs. -
UN Partition Plan
The UN decided that it would be best to split Palestine into two for the Arabs and Jews. The Arabs attacked Israel once the British troops left. -
War of Suez Canal
Israel, Britian, and France attacked Egypt after they nationalized the Suez Canal. Israeli troops occupied but later withdrew from Sinai Peninsula. -
PLO is created
The goal was to set up a Palestinian state and force the destruction of Israeli's. They launched guerilla attacks on Israeli's from bases in Jordan. The conflict between the two would spread. The PLO would attack the U.S along with other nations that supported Israel. -
Six Day War
Israel made major territarial gains. In addition to many great captures they seized East Jerusalem from the Arabs -
The Munich Olympics
It was an international multi-sport event held in Munich. It was in west Germany. The killing of eleven Israeli athletes by Palestine gunmen in an event know as the Muinch Massacre took place. -
Egypt gets Sinai Peninsula back from Israel
Syria and Egypt attack Israel to regain land lost from six day war. Israel pushed back the invaders and the UN soon negotiated a cease-fire. -
Camp David Accords
Egyptian president, Anwar El Sadat agreed to peace talks with Israel. Two years later with the help of the U.S. the two countries signed a peace treaty. -
1st Intifada
Palestinians in Israel rebelled against the Israeli military rule. They attacked everything including civilians and businesses. The response to the Intifada was many arrests and deportation of the Palestinians. Many houses and buildings of suspected leaders of the Intifada were destroyed. -
Oslo Accords
It started in 1993 when Abu Alaa and Hirschfeld Pandik met many times to create peace. Eventually in August 1993 the PLO agreed to stop attacks and the Israeli's agreed to withdraw
