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Israel Declares Independence
As a result of the worlds sympathy towards the Zionist movement post-WWII, specifically the Holocaust, the UN decides to divide Palestine into two. This leads to the birth of the Democratic State of Israel, which occupied one of those half's of Palestine. -
Arab nations from Egypt invade Israel
Refusing to accept the new-found existence of Israel, the Arab states trigger the first event of the Arab-Israeli conflict by sending armies from Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Transjordan, and Iraq into Israel. However, the Arab armies were defeated by Israel and a cease-fire was agreed upon between them. -
Coup D'etat and new government in Egypt
Believing corruption in the palace, army, and parliament in Egypt contributed greatly to their defeat at the hands of Israel, in addition to other issues citizens had with the government, colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser stages a military coup and forces King Farouk out of the palace instead establishing a single party government. -
Suez Crisis
Gamal Nasser, enraged the West would not loan him money to build a dam on the Nile River as a result of him signing an arms deal with Czechoslovakia, takes over the Suez Canal. In 1956, the British, French, and Israelis invade the Sinai Peninsula, the area containing the Suez Canal and the Egyptian military forces were defeated. The US pressured the three nations into withdrawing from the Peninsula, which they did, leaving the canal is Egyptian control. -
Peace Treaty Between Israel and Egypt
Jimmy Carter, president of the US at the time, invites Egyptian and Israeli leaders Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin, respectively, to hold peace talks at Camp David in Maryland. After two weeks of hostility and negotiations, Begin and Sadat finally sign a peace agreement.
