Middle East By AbVK1718 1915 McMahon-Hussein agreements 1916 Sykes-Picot agreement 1917 Balfour declaration 1920 Hagnah set up 1923 League of Nations hand mandate to Britain 1929 Arab Jew clashes 1931 Irgun set up 1935 Arab Strike Period: 1936 to 1937 Peel commission Period: 1937 to 1939 Arab revolt 1939 Britain limit Jewish immigration to Palestine 1945 End of 2nd world war Jewish insurgency becomes 1500 per month 1945 Start of Jewish insurgency 1946 Britain refuses allowance of 100,000 Jews into Palestine 1946 Bombing of Kind David's hotel 1947 Britain asks UN to find solution 1947 SS exodus turned back from Palestine 1947 UNSCOP set up 1947 Partition plan accepted Period: 1947 to 1947 UNSCOP tours Palestine Period: 1947 to 1948 Civil war 1948 Creation of Israel 1948 Israel created, Britain leave Period: 1948 to 1949 First Arab Israeli war 1949 UNRWA created 1950 Law of return Period: 1950 to 1955 Tension between Israel and Egypt increases 1954 Nasser president of Egypt 1955 Nasser announces arms deal with Czhechoslovakia Jul 26, 1956 Us remove funding, Jul 26, 1956 Nasser nationalises Suez Canal Oct 14, 1956 Sevres agreement and Suez crisis begins Oct 26, 1956 End of Suez crisis 1964 Creation of PLO 1964 Arab states meet up 1966 Samu incident / Egypt Syria defence pact 1967 Dog fight of planes 1967 UN leave Straits of Tiran ,Egypt and Jordan sign pact Period: Jun 5, 1967 to Jun 10, 1967 Six day war 1970 Black September 1970 Dawson field highjack Fatah 1972 Munich olympics massacre 1973 Yom Kippur War 1974 Arafat speech to the UN Period: 1974 to 1975 Shuttle Diplomacy 1975 Reopening of Suez Canal 1977 Sadat and Begin peace talks 1978 Camp David Accords 1978 Coastal road massacre 1979 Treaty of Washington 1982 Israel invasion of Lebanon Period: 1987 to 1993 First Intifada 1991 Gulf War 1991 End of cold war 1993 Oslo Accords , Setting up of PNA 1995 Oslo II after which Assasination of Rabin Period: 2000 to 2005 Second Intifada 2003 Roadmap for peace 2006 Hamas wins elections in Gaza Period: 2008 to 2009 Gaza war