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Balfour Declaration
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The Jewish Community Under the Mandate
British estimated that a total of 40,000 Jews had entered Palestine without legal certificates during the period from 1920 to 1939. -
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The holocaust
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UN General Assembly voted in favor of a resolution
The partition map proposed by UNSCOP allotted the Jewish state only a small part of Western Palestine. -
Establishment of Israel
In the late 1800s a small, fanatic movement called “political Zionism” began in Europe. Its goal was to create a Jewish state somewhere in the world. -
PLO
The Palestine Liberation Organization is undoubtedly one of the best known terrorist organizations in the world. Accordingly, the organization is led by perhaps the best known individual in the modern history of international terrorism -
6 Day War
The Six Day War broke out on June 5, 1967, following three weeks of tension which began on May 15, 1967 when it became known that Egypt had concentrated large-scale forces in the Sinai peninsula. Egypt's force buildup in the Sinai was accompanied by other serious steps. -
Yom Kippur War
Throughout 1972, and for much of 1973, Sadat threatened war unless the United States forced Israel to accept his interpretation of Resolution 242-total Israeli withdrawal from territories taken in 1967. -
Camp David Accords
On 17 September 1978, Israel and Egypt signed two agreements, the first between Israel and any of its Arab neighbours. -
1st Intifada
The First Intifada was a grassroots uprising against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. -
Oslo Peace Accords
The Oslo I Accord or Oslo I, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements[1] or Declaration of Principles (DOP), was an attempt in 1993 to resolve the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict. It was the first face-to-face agreement between the government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). -
Madrid Summit
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2nd Intifada
On the morning of September 28, 2000, a six-member Likud Knesset delegation led by the then-leader of the Israeli opposition, Ariel Sharon, paid a visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
