Israel/Palestinian conflict

By nJohnson2

  • Balfour Declaration

    In 1917 the United Kingdom issued the Balfour Declaration, which promised British support for the creation of a Jewish state.
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    Anti-Zionist Riots by Paletinians

  • Britain controls Palestine

    The United Kingdom gained control over Palestine after World War I and governed it under a League of Nations mandate beginning in 1923.
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    Jews fleeing persecution and going to Palestine

  • UN purpsoes plan create two states in the region

    Zionists accepted, Palestinians rejected
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    Israel's war of independence (against Arab states

  • Israel declares independece

    On May 14, 1948, in Tel Aviv, Zionist leaders led by David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the State of Israel.

  • Britain withdraws from region, mandat relinquished.

  • David Ben-Gurion elected Prime Minister of Israel

  • Armistice agreements

  • Chaim Weizmann elected president of Israel

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    Sporadic guerilla attacks by Palestinians on Israel

  • Israel admitted to UN

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    Israel has rapid economic expansion

  • Israel retaliates agaisnt guerillas and Jordan/Egyptian armies

  • Egypt blockades Israel

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    Sporadic guerilla attacks by Palestinians

  • Egypt nationlizes Suez Canal

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    UN peacekeeping troops arrive on October War area

  • Beginning of October War

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    Israel's troops leave October War area

  • Levi Eshkol became prime minister

  • Israel has diplomatic relations with West Germany

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    Intensified Guerillas by Palestinians from Syria

  • Israel launches Preemptive Strike (Start of Six Day War)

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    Six Day War

  • Israel declared Jerusalem an administratively united city

  • UN Security Council adopted Resolution 242

    Resolution 242, calls for Israel to withdraw from the territories it occupied during the war in return for a just and lasting peace. Despite nearly two years of mediation, the parties never fully accepted these terms.
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    Palestinians continue terrorist attacks

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    Palestinians continue terrorist attacks

  • Egypt attacks Israel

  • Israel signs accords with Egypt

  • Prime Minister Golda Meir resigns

    The findings of a commission of inquiry led to the resignation of Prime Minister Golda Meir's Labor government.

  • Israel signs accords with Syria

  • Yitzhak Rabin becomes Prime Minister of Israel

  • Israel signs accords with Egypt

  • Likud party won electoral vote: Headed by Menachem Begin