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On Nov. 29th, 1947, the United Nations decided to partition palestine into an arab state and a jewish state. Escalating violence leads to the first Arab-Israel war. An armistice was reached in january 1949.
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Israeli leadership grows increasingly weary of cross-border attacks from the Egyptian-controlled Gaza Strip as well as Egypt's attempts to block Israeli shipping in the Suez Canal and Gulf of Aqaba.
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The U.N. force is able to prevent major Arab invasions of Israel until the summer of 1967, when Egyptian forces gather in Sinai and Nasser orders the international troops to leave.
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The treaty with Egypt leads to a "cold" peace, but Israel must now focus on the Palestinian refugees living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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In 1998, President Clinton hosts Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in talks at Way Mills, Md. The summit ends with a land-for-security deal on Oct. 23, 1998.
