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Zionism
The idea was that the jews will have their own state . -
McMahon-Hussein correspondence
during World War 1 british high commissioner henry McMahon promised sh arif hussein that britian would grant independence to most arab areas -
The estabilshment in Palestine for Jews
The Balfour declaration the Britsh told the palestinians they will get them thier state if they help in world war 1 . -
End of World War 1
The Britsh occupied the region of palistan at the end of world war 1. -
The state of Israel
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 . -
israel , france , and britain went to war
israel , france , and britain went to war against egypt because egypt nationnalized the suez canal and close it tio israel and western europe . -
establishment of the plo
in 1964, the palestine liberation organization (PLO) was formed with the aim of destroying israel and creating a palestain state in its place . -
SIx-DayWar / 1967 arab - israeli
in the days before the war, egypt, jordan , syria , and iraq moved their armies to isael's borders . -
october war yom kippur war 1973 abar-israeli war
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. -
Camp David Accords
Menachem begin of israel and anwar al-sadat of egypt signed agreements in Camp David. -
egypt - israel peace treaty
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. -
lebanon war / first lebanon war
plo units in southern lebanon increasingly attacked communities in northern israel. -
First Intifada
Palestinians in the Gaza strip and West bank engaged in an uprising, or intifada, against israeli control of these territories. -
Oslo Accords
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. -
israel-jordan peace treaty
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 . -
camp david summit
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 -
isral begins constructing west bank security barrier
in 2002 , israel responded to the suicide bombing byconstructing a secuirty barrier to protect its citizens from terrorist groups in the west banks. -
roadmap for peace is proposed
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. -
israel disengages from gaza
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. -
hamas is elected
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. -
battle of gaza
ongoing ensions between hamas and the PLO's fatah party culminated in june 2007 when hamas militants attacked and assassinated fatah members throughtgaza. -
hezbollah governance in lebanon
hezbollah joined the unity goverment of lebanon in 2008 gaining effective veto power over the lebanse gover ment . -
the arab spring
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 . -
iran nuclear deal
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 . -
rise of isil also known as the lslamic state
the lslamic state or isil is a suni jihadist group that began taking control of large ares of syria and iraq.
