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After WWII, the United Nations offered Jews a plan to split Israel with Palestine evenly, after having suffered through the Holocaust. Palestinians didn’t like this, as they had been in this area for quite a long time. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine] -
Israel officially becomes a state. Palestinian exodus also known as “Nakba”. [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence_(Israel)] -
This party is a Palestinian nationalist social democratic political party. It is also the second-largest party in the Palestinian legislative council. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah] -
This organization was formed with the intentions to liberate Palestine through armed struggle. It is the official government of Palestine. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Liberation_Organization] -
The 6-Day War was a result of heated tensions. On June 10, 1973, the Israelis won this conflict, with the United States backing them up. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War] -
The Yom Kippur War was also quite short, lasting a few weeks. It involved Israel, Palestine, Egypt, and Syria. On October 24, 1973, it was over. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War] -
Hamas is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist, militant, and nationalist organization. The objectives of Hamas is to liberate Palestine from Israeli occupation. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas] -
The Oslo Accords are a pair of agreements between the government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. These accords were originally made to negate violence during the Israel-Palestine crisis. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_I_Accord] -
The Gaza War was a 3-week long armed conflict between Israel and Gaza. It ended in early 2009, on January 18. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_War_(2008–2009)] -
Donald Trump decided to move the US Embassy into Jerusalem, because he recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, instead of Tel Aviv. While some people thought of it as a move for peace, others disagreed, and felt that it was a power move. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_recognition_of_Jerusalem_as_capital_of_Israel] [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44120428]