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Theodore Herzl and The Zionist Movement
Jews were killed in organized massacres. Jews migrated to Palestine; Introduction to Balfour Declaration. -
Balfour Declaration
Jews from Eastern Europe migrated to Palestine and set up communities and called on British and other European powers to support them. -
British Recieve Palestine as a Mandate
During World War I, the Ottoman Empire sided with Germant against Russia, Britain, and France. Defeat brought disaster to the Empire. At the Versailles peace conference, the allies stripped the Ottoman Empire of its Arab provinces. -
United Nations Partition Plan
The UN recommended that Palestine be partitioned into a Jewish State and an Arab State. Recreation of Israel, Israel won recognition fro major world powers. -
Israel Indepence and the First Arab-Israeli War
Arab Nations refused to recognize Israel. Israel defeated the badly divided Arab forces. -
War of the Suez Canal
Israel, Britain and France attacked Egypt after Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal. Israeli troops occupied but later withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula. -
PLO is created
Palestinians were determined to win self-rule in their homelands. Actions help spread the Arab-Israeli conflict. -
Six Day War
Arab and Israel launched war to gain land. Israeli forces took the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip from Egypt -
Yom Kippur War
Syruia and Egypt attacked Israel in a partially successful attempt to regain the lands they lost in the Six Day War. Israel pushed back invaders and the UN soon negotiated a cease-fire. -
First Intifada
Palestinians in the occupied lands began a mass uprising and attacked Israel. Israel came under increasing world criticism for violating the rights of Palestinians.
