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This is when the Arab-Israel Conflict began around,
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The United Nations approved to divide Palestine in two states; Jewish and Palestinian.
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Nasser took control of the Suez Canal from its British and French owners
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Israel attakced the egyptian forces, and immediately defeated them.
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Nasser closed the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping. Israel planned a surprise attack on Egypt. Then Syria, Jordan, and Iraq joined Egypt in fighting Israel.
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After the 1967 war the two countries continued fighting. Egypt and Syria launched a massive assault on Israeli forces in the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights
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In 1978, Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat joined Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and U.S. President Jimmy Carter in signing the Camp David Accords
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In 1979 Egypt became the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel.
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Israel invaded Lebanon and drove the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) out of the southern part of the country
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Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip began an uprising against Israel's military rule of those territories
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the PLO recognized Israel's right to exist. It also declared its readiness to negotiate with Israel for peace in return for the creation of an independent Palestinian state. In addition, it declared it would no longer use violence against Israel. But some PLO members continued to attack Israeli targets.
