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Founded by Hassan al-Banna
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Israel was just created. Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, and Syria attacks the new state
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Suez Canal that flows through Egypt: it allows ships to travel between Europe and eastern Asia without navigating around Africa. Egypt (Nassar) decided to nationalize the Suez Canal which pissed people off.
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1967 May - Egypt, Jordan sign defence pact. Israel says it increases danger of war with Arab states. 1967 June - Six-Day War in which Israel defeats forces of Egypt, Jordan and Syria. Israel takes control of Sinai, the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
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It proves to have a huge impact on irrigation, agriculture and industry in Egypt.
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The peace treaty between Egypt and Israel is signed. Egypt is then condemned by other Arab nations and excluded from the Arab League. This made Islamic exteremist pissed at al-Sadat, especically Jihad
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AFTER al-Sadat was assasinated by Jihad members for his peace treaty with Israel Mubarak- way more islamic than al-Sadat--> rejoining the Arab League
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Egypt, Lebanon and Syria agree on a billion-dollar project for a pipeline to carry Egyptian gas under the Mediterranean to the Lebanese port of Tripoli.
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Israeli tourists were within Egypt around the Sinai Pennisula.
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Pro-reform and opposition activists mount anti-government demonstrations.
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More than 30 members of the Muslim Brotherhood go on trial, the first time in seven years that members of the group have been tried under military jurisdiction.
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April - Egyptian authorities say they arrested 49 people the previous year on suspicion of helping Hezbollah send money and aid to Hamas in Gaza. Interior Ministry says seven people with suspected links to al-Qaeda arrested in connection with Cairo bomb attack which killed a French student in February. August - Twenty-six members of an alleged cell of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah go on trial in Cairo on charges of plotting attacks in Egypt and helping to send weapons to Hamas in Gaza.
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The Egyptian authorities announced establishing a buffer zone on border with Gaza to prevent the infiltration of terrorist elements or smuggling of weapons and goods between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.
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