Timeline of the Arab-Israeli Conflict and Peace Process

By AyyeVanee
  • First Zionist Congress

    First Zionist Congress

    Organized by Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern political Zionism, the congress officially announced Zionism’s goal of establishing a legally assured home for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel and created an umbrella organization to promote this goal.
  • McMahon-Hussein Correspondence

    McMahon-Hussein Correspondence

    British High Commissioner Henry McMahon promised Sharif Hussein that Britain would grant independence to most Arab areas in the Ottoman Empire. After the war,representatives disagreed over the borders that were promised.
  • Balfour Declaration

    Balfour Declaration

    The British Balfour Declaration promised to create a Jewish homeland
    in the region comprising the ancient Land of Israel.
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    British Mandate for Palestine