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ZIONISM
Theodore Herzl tried to find a political solution for the problem in his book, 'The Jewish State in 1896 -
THE BALFOUR DECLARATION
World War I Palestine was ruled by the Turkish Ottoman empire. -
UN Partition Plan
since 1920, handed over responsibility for solving the Zionist-Arab problem to the UN in 1947. -
Establishment of Israel
The State of Israel was proclaimed on May 14, 1948 in Tel Aviv. -
The Suez Campaign 1956
In 1956 Israel, France and Britain went to war against Egypt -
Formation of the PLO
On May 28, 1964 the Palestinians created a genuinely independent organization -
The Munich Olympics
Members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually killed by the Palestinian group Black September on September 5, 1972 -
The Yom Kippur War,1973
On October 6, 1973, Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Jordan attacked Israel. -
Terrorism
groups launched a series of attacks on Israeli and other targets -
Arafat at the United Nations
1974 mooting a peaceful solution -
The Camp David Accords, 1979
In 1979, after intensive negotiations conducted by the U.S., Israel and Egypt signed the Camp David accords -
Sadat Assassinated
Sadat was assassinated in 1981 by Islamist elements in the Egyptian army, -
Palestinian Intifada
A mass uprising - or intifada against the Israeli occupation began in Gaza and quickly spread to the West Bank. -
The Oslo Peace Process
The election of the left-wing Labour government in June 1992, led by Yitzhak Rabin, triggered a period of frenetic Israeli-Arab peacemaking in the mid-1990s. -
Arafat Returns!
Many critics of the peace process were silenced on 1 July as jubilant crowds lined the streets of Gaza to cheer Yasser Arafat on his triumphal return to Palestinian territory. -
Jordan-Israeli Peace
The agreement, which was signed at the White House in the presence of U.S. President Bill Clinton, laid the groundwork for a full peace treaty