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Zionism
The idea the jewish should have their own state -
First Zionist Congress
Organized by Theodor Herzel, The founder of modern political Zionism, the congress officially announced Zionism's goal of establishing a legally assured home for the jewish people in the land of israel and created an umbrella organization to promote this goal -
McMahon-Hussein Correspondance
Sharif Hussein eas the ruler of the ruler of the muslim holy city of mecca. Duirng world war 1,british high commissioner Henry McMahon promised him that britain would grant independence to most arab areas in the ottoman empire.After the war, arab and british representatives disagreed over the borders that were promised -
Balfour Declaration
The british balfour declaration promised to create a jewish homeland in the region compromising the ancient land of israel -
British mandate for palestine
The league of nations divided ottoman lands between the british and the french after world war1.britain was given to palestine mandate on land comprising modern day israel,the west bank,gaza strip and jourdan -
The hollocaust and world war 2
Nazi Germany attscked and conquered most of europe .Before and during the war, the war, the nazis persecuted jews, eventually carrying out genocide known asthe holocaust.This resulted in the murderer of 6 million jews.altough the jewish population of the palestine mandate gave military support britian during the war, the british refused to allow the jews to flee nazi persecution and enter palestine mandate. -
UN Parion Plan
in 1947,admist growing tensions between Arabs,jews, and the british,britain announced its plan to pull out of the region and turned the question of sovereignty over to the united nations.On November 29,1947 the UN Gneral assembly voted to partian the palestine mandate into an arab state and jewish state and a jewish state and to internationalize the city of jerusalem.Altough it was less than they hoped for,the jews accepted the partion.the arabs in the palestine mandate.and increased attacks -
1948 War
In accordance with the UN Partion Plan,David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the independence of the new state of israel on may 14, 1948 and became israel's first Prime Minister. The following day, Arab armies from egypt,Jordan,Lebanon,Syria and iraq attacked the new state.As a result of the war ,israel obtained 20% more land than the UN partion alloted.Arab countries would not enter into a peace agreement with israel.armistance boundries were established and remained until 1967 -
Establishment of the PLO
in 19643,the palestine liberation organization (PLO) was formed with the aim of destroying israel and creating a palestian atate in its place -
Six Day War / 1967 arab-israeli
In the Days before the war,Egypt,Jordan,Syria and Iraq moved their armies to israel's borders.Egypt closed the international water way,the Straits of Tiran,To all israeli shipping, an act of war in tinternational law.After weeks of fruitless diplomacy, israel launched a preemptive strike against the arab armies mobilized on its borders, and a six day war ensured between israel and eggypt,syria,jordan and iraq.As a result of the war captured land out of all the states -
Khartoum Resolution/attrition battles/The war of attrition
