Important history dates

Movement

Jan 23, 1922

Establish jewish state in palestine

U.N Partition British

Jan 23, 1947

britsh controllled palestine into arab & jewish states

Attacks, wars and peace agreements

Period: Jan 24, 1947 to Jan 23, 2000

First Arab

Apr 25, 1948

Israel declared itself an independent state whcih led to there first war

Suez war

May 1, 1956

Egypt nationalized Suez canal
~Israel, Britain & France attacked Egypt captured canal & Sinai Peninsula
U.S opposed attack

Territory receieved

Mar 17, 1967

Golan heights (syria)
West bank & east Jerusalem ( Jordan)
Sinai Peninsula & Gaza strip ( egypt)

Six day war

Jun 29, 1967

Isreal attacked egypt
Jordan & syria attacked Israel
Victory for israel
Israel territory tripled

PLO terrorism Munich olympics

Jan 23, 1972

11 coaches and athelete killed

Yom kippur war

Feb 14, 1973

Egypt & syria attacked israel
israel repelled

Camp david accords

Oct 3, 1979

Peace treaty signed by israel & egypt
egypt became first arab state to reconize israel
Israel returned Sinai Peninsula to egypt

Anwar Sadat assassination

Dec 31, 1981

Israel invasion Lebanon

Oct 29, 1982

israel invaded to destroy PLO bases
agreed arafat and plo fighters to go to tunisia
army occupied south lebanon for almost 20 years till 2000