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Middle East Timeline
Major events of the Middle East -
Balfour Declaration
The British Prime Minister, supports the idea of a Jewish Estate. This idea was helped when the holocaust happened -
Ottoman Empire Falls Apart
Siding with the losing armies, the Ottoman Empire lost power and fell apart. This was during World War 1 -
The White Paper
Releeased by Britian, the White Paper restricted jewish immigration into Palestine. This decree contradicted that of the Balfour Declaration -
Start of the Holocaust
Jewish people are taken to concentration by Nazi troops led by the German dictator, Adolf Hitler. This marks the beginning of World War 2 -
End of the Holocaust
With the end of WWII came the end of the holocaust, freeing millions of jews. Hitler and the Nazi's lose power. -
British Mandate
This meant the right to administer the region of Palestine. With it soon coming to the end, the UN propsed a plan which would seperate the region into a Jewish and an Arabian estate -
State of Israel
Israel is created by the UN from the British Mandate. The land of Palestine is mad into the state -
Six-Day War
The country Israel goes to war with surrounding Arab Nations. Israel gains land inlcluding West Bank, Golen Heights, and the Sinai Penisula. -
Palenstinian Liberation Organization (PLO)
In 1968, this organization insisted that Palestinians have a right to the homeland. In 1969 Yasser Arafat is elected chairman of PLO -
Black September
Three pasanger airlines are hijacked by PLO militians and flown to Jordan. In outrage, the king of Jordan ordered his army to destroy PLO. -
Munich Olympics
11 Israeli athletes are murdered by muslim extremist. This happend during the 1972 olympics in Munich -
Egypt-Israel
To everyone's astonishment, the Egyptian President flies to Israel and makes peace with Israel. Egypt becomes the first Arabian country to make peace withe the Jewish state -
Storming of the US Embassy
Iranian citiziens take control of the US embassy. The people inside are held hostage. -
Saddam Hussein
Many countries are afraid the this Iranian leader is building nuclear weapons. To ensure this doesn't Israel destroys the nuclear reactor in Osirak. -
First Intifada
Palestinian citizens took to the strrets and threw stones at Israeli forces. The Israelis retaliated by shooting at the Palestinians. -
Persian Gulf War
The country Iraq invades Kuwait. The UN nations invade Kuwait pushing Iraqi forces out of the country.
