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isreli-palestine conflict
theodore herzl the founder of zionism, he advanced the creation of a jewish state in palestine -
the balfour declaration
british foreing minister promised support to the creation jewish state. -
UN partitian plan
britian had ruled palestine since 1920, handed over responsibility for solving the zionist-arab problem to the un in 1947. un recommended splitting the territory into seperate, jewish and palestine. 29 november 1947, 33 countries of the general assembly voted for partition, 13 voted against and 10 abstained. this led to the creation of israel. -
establishment of israel./ attack on israel
the day after the state of israel was declared may15, 1948 5 arab armies from jorda, egypt, lebanon, syria, and iraq. for nearly 2,000 years, was proclaimed on may 14, 1948 in Tel Aviv. the declaration come into effect the following day as the last british troops withdrew. -
the suez campaign 1956
israel, france, and britian went to war against egypt because egypt nationalized the suez canal and closed it to israel and western europe.concern about egypt growing military purchase from the russian. -
formation of the PLO
the palestines created a genuinely independent organization when Yasser Arafal took over the chairmanship of the palestine liberation organization -
the 6 day war.
on june5, 1967. egypt blocked israel shipping lanes in the red sea, expelled UN peace keeping troops from the border of the sinai and built up its own troops.. israel capture the sinai and Gaza strip from egypt, the golan height from syria and the west bank from jordan including east jerusalem. -
the munich olympics/black semptember
member of the israeli olympic team were kidnapped and killed. -
The yom kippur war, 1973
Yom kippur holiest day to jews, egypt, syria, irag, and jordan attacked israeli. -
The camp david accords
camp david accords gave sanai bacl to egypt 1981 sadat assassinated by terronist osle peace process 1992 -
1982 Lebanon war
PLO units in southern lebanon attacked communities in northern israel. Israeli troops advanced to beirut when they launched their attack on PLO militants in lebanon. the Israeli troops succeeded in driving the PLO leadership to lebanon. -
Oslo Accords
it led to the creation of the palestinian authority, which had responsibilty for administering the territoryunder its control.The oslo accords left israel the right to defend itself and its citizens, including those territories. the oslo accords were intended to be an interim agreement that would lead to a permanent settlement whith israel giving up land in return por peace and security. -
first intifada 1987/1993
palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank engaged in an uprising, or intifada, against israeli control of these territories. palestine attacked israeli with improvised weapons and firearms supplied by the PLO. This conflict continued until the oslo accords were signed in 1993. -
israel- jordan peace treaty
the U.S led a diffucult but successful diplomatoc process to help Jordan and israel achieve peace -
Sadat assinated 1981
during the annual victory parade held in cairo to celebrate operation badr 1973, during which the egyptian army had crossed the suez canal and taken back small part of the sinai peninsula from israel at the beginning of the yom kippur war.the assassination was undertaken by members of the egypt islamic jihad
