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The General Assembly of the United Nations recommended the partition of British-mandate
Palestine into two separate states, one for Jews and one for Arabs. Fighting breaks out soon
thereafter, as all the surrounding Arab states rejected the partition plan. -
In May, Zionist leaders proclaimed the state of Israel. Fighting breaks out between the newly
declared state of Israel and its Arab neighbors as British troops are leaving the country. -
Ongoing skirmishes between Israel and its Arab neighbors. Keeping the war go on from 1948 to 1967
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Frustrated with and feeling threatened by the Palestine Liberation Organization’s involvement in
Jordanian politics, King Hussein declares war on the PLO and imposes martial law. Three
thousand people lost their lives in the fighting that ensued between the Jordanian and the PLO
forces. In a peace agreement brokered by the Arab League and by Gamel Abdel Nasser, leader of
Egypt, the PLO agreed to move its headquarters from Jordan to Lebanon. -
Secret talks between Israeli and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) negotiators begin in
Oslo, Norway. On September 13, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin sign a Declaration of Principles in Washington on the basis of the negotiations
between Israeli and Palestinian teams in Oslo, Norway.
