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Palestine becomes a Jew and Arab state.
The United Nations voted to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab states. Six Arab states attack. Israel defeats Arab armies and enlarges it territory. Control of Jerusalem was divided between Jordan and Israel. -
Six Day War
Israel launches a surprise attack. Israel decimates the Arab forces. Israelis captured East Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan, Gaza and Sinai from Egypt and the Golan Heights from Syria. -
Yom Kippur War
Egypt and Syria launch a surprise attack on Israeli forces Sinai and Golan Heights. Israel repels both armies and a cease-fire is declared. Israel later withdraws from parts of Sinai and the Golan Heights -
Peace finally arrives
Egypt becomes the first Arab nation to recognize Israel, and Israel withdraws from the rest of Sinai. -
Palestinians Attack
Palestinians begin an uprising, with stone-throwing youths attacking Israeli soldiers. -
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The Violence of the Uprising
first suicide attack on civilians in Israel occurs in 1989. The violence of this uprising - known as the Intifada - lasts through 1990.