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The United Nations announced a plan to divide Palestine into an Arab and Jewish state, Jews agreed, but Arabs vowed to do anything needed to prevent the U.N. plan from being carried out.
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on May 14, 1948. That night, a combined Arab force of Egyptians, Iraqis, Jordanians, Syrians, Lebanese, Saudi, and Yemeni troops attacked. The Arab-Israeli War or Israeli War for Independence lasted for 8 months, during which time the Jews not only defended their land, but expanded the territory to include most of the lands the Palestinians had been offered and rejected.
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The Israeli Declaration of Independence, formally the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, was proclaimed on 14 May 1948 by David Ben-Gurion, the Executive Head of the World Zionist
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Although Israel became a member of the United Nations, many Arab countries refused to recognize its existence. Skirmishes resulted, including the Suez War of 1956 between Israel and Egypt.
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In 1964, the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)
was formed. The PLO was made up of several Palestinian political groups in different countries. Their goal was to take Palestine back from the Israelis. -
The Six Day War of 1967 was a sweeping victory for the Israelis. They overran the enemies, gaining control of the Sinai Peninsula and the City of Jerusalem, which is sacred to both Muslims and Jews.
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was fought from October 6 to October 26, 1973, by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt October 26, 1973, by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria October 26, 1973, by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel.
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The Oslo Accords are a set of agreements between the Government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): the Oslo I Accord, signed in Washington, D.C., in 1993; and the Oslo II Accord, signed in Taba, Egypt, in 1995.
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he 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War and known in Lebanon as the July War and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War, was a 34-day military conflict in Lebanon, Northern Israel and the Golan Heights.
