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Suggested creating a Jewish state.
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British Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour committed Britain to work towards “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people,”
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UN General Assembly voted for partition, 13 voted against and 10 abstained. This led to the creation of Israel.
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five armies inavded israel
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israel captured the sini desert and eventully withdrew respone to the U.S. and got territoriy back from egypt.
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Palestinians created a genuinely independent organization when Yasser Arafat took over the chairmanship of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) .
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syria amassed large numbers of troops israel luached premative strikes agianst egypt. syria and jordan joined the fight.
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under yasser arafat's leader ship, plo factions and other miltiant groups.
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Members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually killed by the Palestinian group Black September
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Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Jordan attacked Israel
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arafat made a dramatic first appearance at the united nations with a peaceful solution.
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israel and egypt signed the camp david accords a peace treaty concluded israel retuned to egypt.
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sadat assassinated elements in egyptians army who opposed peace
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the plo wanted to make peace talks work because of the weakness of its position due to the gulf war
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more than 1000 people died in clashes that lasted until 1993
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crowds lined the streets of gaza to cheer yasser arafat on his truimphal return to palestinian territory