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First Zionist Congress
Organized by theodor herzl, the founder of modern political zionism the congress officialy announce zionism global of establishing a legally assured home for the jewish people in the land of israel and created an unbrella organization to promote this goal. -
McMahon Hussein Correspondence
Sharif Hussein was the ruler of the muslim holly city of mecca.during world wor 1 british high commissioner henry mcmahon promised him that britain would grant independence to most arab areas -
Balfour Declaration
The british Declaration promised to create a jewish homeland in the region comprising the ancient land of israel -
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British Mandate for Palesting
The League of nations divided ottoman lands between the british and the french after worlde war 1.In 1921, Britain created transjordan as a subdivision of the mandate in the east of the jordan river.In 1922, britain barred jewish settlement in transjordan , reducing the areas available for a jewish homeland by more then 75%. -
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The Holocaust and World War 2
Nazi Germany attacked and conquenered most of europe.They killed 6 million jews. -
UN Partition Plan
The UN decided to splite the states into separate Jewish and Palestinian. -
Establishment of Israel
One daay after Israel was declared 5 Arab countries from Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq declared a war against Israel, but Israel defited them and also took a piece of lands from each and everyone of them -
The Suez Campaign
Israel, France, and Britain whent to war against Egypt just to take over the Suez Canal and closed it to Israel and Western Europe -
Formation of the PLO
When Yasser Arafat took over teh chairmanship of the Palestine he organized an armed operation against Israel. -
Terrorism
Yasser Arafat's troops and some other Palestinian groups atteacked Israel and other targets. -
The Munich Olympics
Some members of the Israeli Olympic team taken hostages by the Palestinians group Black September and they were killed. -
Arafat at the United Nations
Arafat whent to the United Nation in a peaceful solution. He condemned the Zionist project. -
The Yom Kippur War
On the holiest day if the Jewish year Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Jordan attacked Israel. After initial Arab military successes, the Israelis managed to push back the attack although severely outnumbered. The U.S. convinced Israel to withdraw from the territories it had taken. -
The Camp David Accords
The U.S. helpped Egypt gain they land back and and also make peace with the Israel. President Sadat of Egypt became the first Arab leader to visist the Jewish state -
Sadat Assassinated
Sadat was assassinated by Islamist elements in the Egyptian army, who opposed peace with Israel, during national celebrations to mark the anniversary of the October war.