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Arab-Israeli conflict began when Israel was established. Middle Easterns refused to accept this and constantly attacked Israel.
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Israel launched airstrikes on Egypt, Syria, and Jordan destroying most of their airplanes and defeated the Arabs. Israel took control of the Golan Heights, Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank and Jerusalem.
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Egypt and Syria were determined to win back their territory and launched a surprise attack against Israel on the Jewish holy day.
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The Egyptian president, Anwar Sadat, and Israeli Prime Minister, Menachem Begin reached a peace agreement at Camp David, U.S. Egypt recognized Israel as a nation and Israel returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt. This treaty ended a 30 year conflict.
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Palestinian youths battled Israeli troops in widespread street violence. Israel's military and police fought back and this went on into the early 1990's.
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Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) leader, Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin negotiated an agreement to end violence. The agreement was for the Palestinian to gradually gain control over West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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An Israeli religious fanatic assassinated Rabin. Israeli and Palestinian Extremists fought hard to undermine the peace agreement process.
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This time around the Palestinian youths were joined by security forces with guns and suicide bombers to attack civilians in Israel.
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Yasser Arafat died and Mahmoud Abbas became the new leader of the PLO and Israel withdrew from Gaza and parts of the West Bank.
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Hamas won control of the Palestinian Parliament. Many countries considered Hamas a terrorist organization. Israeli launched massive airstrikes and ground offensives in Gaza and Southern Lebanon to root out extremist and secure its borders.
