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Conflict in Israel
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Independence for Israel
The United Nations decides to partition Palestine into an Arab state and a Jewish state. -
Suez Crisis
Israeli leadership grows increasingly weary of cross-border attacks from the Egyptian-controlled Gaza Strip. -
Six Day War
The victory provides Israel with a buffer zone — the Sinai, Gaza, East Jerusalem, West Bank and Golan — between it and its Arab neighbors. -
Yom Kippur War
Arab nations warn Israel that they will not accept Israeli occupation of lands lost in 1967. -
Camp David Accords
Egyptian and Israeli leaders meet at Camp David with President Carter in 1978 to discuss a treaty in which Egypt would regain full control of the Sinai Peninsula
