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623 BCE
Palestine - Islam
This land was important to Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Jerusalem was the first place that Muslims prayed towards, but it was later changed by Muhammad to pray towards Mecca. -
600 BCE
The 7th Century - Israel
During this era a young Islamic leader was in control of the land of Israel until the collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI -
Zionism
Jewish movement to support their idea of making Palestine their national homeland. During the rise of the Ottoman Empire, Zionist began to form. -
Balfour Declaration
This declaration was signed when the UN agreed with the Jewish Zionist to create a national home for Jewish, which resulted in the Jews immigrating Palestine. League of Nations accepted this declaration in July of 1922 -
Great Britain involvement
Captured Jerusalem from Palestine and began the anti-Zionist riots that killed several involved. The Arabs continued to refuse the idea of the Jewish immigration into Palestine, and they continued to fight back. -
The 1930's
The Jewish were forced out of Germany due to the Holocaust, seeking protection in Palestine. This immigration led to increased violence towards the Jews and British. Arabs ended up revolting that resulted in Zionist and the British becoming more in control and forcing more Arabs out of Palestine. The more the Zionist enforced Jewish immigration, the more wars happened. -
Beginning of the perminant territory shift.
The UN started separating Palestine into the Jewish and Arab Palestinians. The Jewish started immigration to Palestine and slowly started pushing Palestinians out of the country and into refugee camps. Creating Israel as the Jewish home nation. -
Israel attacks Egypt, Syria, and Jodan
Israel was able to conquer some land from Palestine -
Battles between Israel and other Arab countries
Arab/Israeli war began ending with Israel defeating Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. -
PLO and Fatah - 1980s and 1990s
Arabs formed these organizations to raid Israel, considered terrorists. -
2000s to Present Day
After several years of battling, several innocent civilians were killed. The remaining Palestinians in Israel do not have rights and live under military occupation. Israeli's literally removed Palestinian homes. Resulting in several Arab and Israeli extremists attacking innocent civilians again. -
Map of Palestine
The map starts out showing how much land the Palestinians controlled, to how much the Israelis control today.
