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The idea was that the jews will have their own state .
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during World War 1 british high commissioner henry McMahon promised sh arif hussein that britian would grant independence to most arab areas
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The Balfour declaration the Britsh told the palestinians they will get them thier state if they help in world war 1 .
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The Britsh occupied the region of palistan at the end of world war 1.
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The day after the stae of isreael was decleared five arab armies from jor dan , egypt , lebanon , syria , and i raq immediatoly invaded israel but were crushed .
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israel , france , and britain went to war against egypt because egypt nationnalized the suez canal and close it tio israel and western europe .
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in 1964, the palestine liberation organization (PLO) was formed with the aim of destroying israel and creating a palestain state in its place .
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in the days before the war, egypt, jordan , syria , and iraq moved their armies to isael's borders .
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egypt syria attacked isrel on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the jewish year.After initial arab military sucesses , the iraelis managed to push back.
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Menachem begin of israel and anwar al-sadat of egypt signed agreements in Camp David.
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as a result of intense diplomatic efforts by the united states , egypt became the first arab country to recognize and enterinto a peace treaty with israel.
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plo units in southern lebanon increasingly attacked communities in northern israel.
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Palestinians in the Gaza strip and West bank engaged in an uprising, or intifada, against israeli control of these territories.
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Israel and the PLO signed a declaration of Principles (DOP). This also called on Israel to gradually withdraw its military presence from the Gaza strip.
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in 1994 , jordan became the second arab country to recognize israel.trade, business relations , tourism, clutural exchanges , and scientific cooperation between the two nations have increased since the agreement was signed , although at a slower pace than hoped for initially .
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this was the first major attempt to negotiate a comprehsive fial status agreement between israel and the palestinians . although the negotiations were carried out in secret , participants president cliton and dennis ross attributed th failure of the talks to arafats refusal to comparison
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in 2002 , israel responded to the suicide bombing byconstructing a secuirty barrier to protect its citizens from terrorist groups in the west banks.
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the roadmap for peace , know as the roadmap , is a plan for peace that was propoased in 2003 by the "quartet": the united states,russia , the european union , and the united nations.
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prime minister ariel sharon led israel to unilaterally withdraw from the gaza strip and four west bank settlements as part of a larger policy of "disengagement ," the separation of israel from palestinian territories.
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palestinians elected a majority of humas members to the palestinian authority's legislature over the plo's fatah party that had previously been in power.
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ongoing ensions between hamas and the PLO's fatah party culminated in june 2007 when hamas militants attacked and assassinated fatah members throughtgaza.
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hezbollah joined the unity goverment of lebanon in 2008 gaining effective veto power over the lebanse gover ment .
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a wave of protests, noth non-violent and violent , spread throughout the countries of the arab world against oppressive dictators , poverty, and unequal distribution of wealth .
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after years of negotiations with world leaders , iran agreed in november 2013 to some preliminsry agreement designed to tempoarily suspend its nuclear program while efforts proceed to try to obtain a permanent agreement .
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the lslamic state or isil is a suni jihadist group that began taking control of large ares of syria and iraq.
