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The United Nations partition plan was a plan for Palestine to partition. It was adopted with a 33-13 vote. The Arabs did not like this idea, so they launched a war against the jewish state.
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Israel was founded on May 14, 1948. David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the creation of the state. He also became Israel's first prime minister.
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The Arabs launched an air attack on the Israelis, who resisted it. After this there was an invasion from armies in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Egypt. The Israeli forces won this battle.
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Before this war took place, Palestinian guerrilla groups based in Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria attacked Israel and were becoming bigger. This brief war went to the Israelis and they captured the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Old City of Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights.
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This was a agreement between Israel and Egypt. This lead to peace between these two countries. This known as The Camp David Accords because it took place at the U.S. presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland.
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Israel invaded Lebanon and culminated in a long siege of the western part of Beirut. This siege ended by an agreement that the PLO would leave Beirut.
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On December 6, 1987 an Israeli was stabbed to death in Gaza. One day later, four residents of the Jabalya refugee camp in Gaza were killed in a traffic accident. People say this was Israelis getting revenge. Mass rioting broke out in Jabalya. This lead to big riots and wars until 1993
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Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabinand and the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) negotiator Mahmoud Abbas signed a Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements. The PLO renounced terrorism, and Israel accepted the PLO as the representative of the Palestinians,
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Israel Launches Operation Defensive Shield on March 29, 2002. The Israelis occupies the most of the West Bank.
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A peace talk in Washington D.C. was held on July 29, 2013 over boarders and security. Not a lot of progress is made with these peace talks
