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1948 War
Israel declared independence. Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq declared war Israel gained land. Egypt gained the Gaza Strip and Jordan gained the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians and Jews became refugees. -
Six Day War
Egypt blockaded Israel. Egyptm Jordan, Syria and Irag moved troops to Israel's borders and made threatening statements. Israel launched a preemptive strike. Israel captured the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syrai and the Gaza Strip and all of the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt. More Palestinians and Jews became refugees Terrorism became more common. -
Attrition Battles
Israel stated it would it was willing to make peace, yet Egypt and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation attacked Israel. Terrorism increased outside Israel, including airplane hijackings and attacks on civilians and military personnel. -
Settlement Construction Begins
The Israel government began building Israeli communities in Sinai, Gaza and the West Bank. They were meant to be for security but turned into large population centers. The West Bank settlers started at 3000 population but has grown into over 300,000. The settlements have caused major conflict because people who lived in the area before believe that the area is their's. This is still a major part of the conflict today. -
Yom Kippur War
Egypt and Syria attacked Israel on Yom Kippur. ISrael managed to hold back the attacks. Israelis felt that Israel could have been taken easily by the invading forces. Israel retained the territories captured in 1967, but not any other land. -
Egypt and Israel Sign A Peace Agreement
Egypt entered a peace treaty with Israel, becoming the first Arab country to recognize Israel as a country. They did this because the president at the time stated that the wars was harming the Egyption economy and the well being of his people. Israel returned Sinai that it had captured and removed Jewish families from the land. This became a model for Israel's "land for peace" policy. -
The 1982 Lebanon War
The PLO increased attacked communities in northern Israel. Israel attacked PLO militants in Lebanon. The attack drew Israel in the Lebanese Civil War. Israel pulled out of Lebanon in 1985. Israel maintained a military presence there until 2000. -
The First Intifada
The Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank began an uprising against the Israel control of these areas. They attacked Israel with weapons from the PLO. There was lots of violence. People feel that Israel's counter measures was two harsh. This continued until the Oslo Accords were signed in 1993. -
The Oslo Accords
The Oslo Accords was a set of agreements in 1993 between Israel and the PLO. This established the creation of the Palestinian Authority. The PLO recognized Israel as a country and renounced violence. Both sides accuse the other of not fulling their agreements. -
Israel and Jordan Sign A Peace Agreement
The USA helped Jordan and Israel achieve peace. Jordan became the second Arab country to recognize Israel. Trade, business relations, tourism, cultural exchanges, and scientific cooperated between the two nations have increased. -
The Camp David Summit
Bill Clinton brought the Israel Prime Minister and Palestinian President to Camp David. The first major attempt to negotiate an agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians. The Palestinian President felt that the offers were not enough and peace was not achieved. -
The Second Intifada
An Israeli General visted a Jewish Temple. Many Palestinians claimed that this visit was bad and people began to riot. -
Israel Begins Construction The West Bank Barrier
Israel decided to build a new security barrier that separated Israel from terrorist groups in the West Bank The Barrier has protected people in Israel significantly. -
The Arab Peace Initiative Is Proposed
The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia proposed a peace initiative. This offered Israel peace if Israel pulled out of all territories captured in the 1967 war. The proposal was viewed as a major breakthrough, but Israel denied and began to negotiate but no deal was made. -
The Road Map For Peace Is Proposed
This was a plan for peace proposed by the US, Russia, the EU, and the UN. The plans for peace were halted after Hamas was elected. It was never finished and there has been no progress recently. -
Israel Disengages From Gaza
This was a physical separation from Palestine. They removed Israelis from Gaza. There has been an increase in terrorism since then, such as more rockets have been fired. -
Hamas Is Elected
Hamas members are elected to Palestine's government. They want to destroy Israel. Western nations imposed sanction and will not lift them until peace is made. -
The 2006 Lebanon War
Hezbollah, a radical Islamist organization committed to destroying Israel, attacks Israel. Israel fights back. Lot of lives were lost, including many civilian lives. -
The Battle Of Gaza
There had been lots of conflict between Hamas and the PLO. Hamas attacked the PLO. The Palestinian Authority president dissolved the Hamas Government.
Hamas controls Gaza and the Palestinian Authority controls the West Bank. Western sanctions to the Palestinian Authority were lifted after the Hamas government was dissolved. -
The Gaza War
Israel attacked Hamas targets to stop them. They launched many rockets and disrupted the terrorist infrastructure. There was many civilian causalities, and Gaza's buildings and economy was damaged. -
Gaza Flotilla Incident
Israel blockaded all ships to Gaza to try to cut of shipments of weapons to Gaza. Israeli's killed 9 people during resistance. Turkey was very mad but Israel felt that their actions were justified. -
The Arab Spring
There were protests against the governments of many Arab countries. After this was over, there were many changes in government and many leaders resigned.
