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first zionist congress
the zionism's goal was to establish a legally assured home for the jewish people in the land of israel and created an umbrella oragnization to promote goal. -
McMahon-hussein correspondence
British high commissioner henry McMahon promised him that britian would grant independence to most arab areas in the ottoman empire. -
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
the league of nations divided ottoman lands between the british and the french after world war 1. -
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the holocaust and world war 2
nazi germani attacked and conquered most of europe. before and during the war, the nazis persecuted jews, eventually carrying out a genocide known as the holocaust. -
Un partition plan
was a proposal developed by the united nations, which recommended a partition with economic union of mandatory palestine to follow the termination of the british mandate. -
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1948 war
in accordance with partition plan, david ben- gurion proclaimed the independence of the new state of israel on may 14, 1948 and became israel's first prime minister. -
Establishment of the PLO
was formed with the aim of destroying israel and creating a palestinian state in its place. -
settlement construction begins
the settelments refers to israel communities built on land that was captured in the 1967 war. -
Six-Day War/ 1967 arab-israel
in the days before the war, egypt, jordan, syria and iraq moved their armies to israels borders. -
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Kharton resolution/ attrition battles/ The war of attrition
involved fighting between israels and egypt, jordan, Plo and their allies from 1967-1970 -
Yom kippur war/ october war
after initial arab military successes, the israelis managed to push back the attack. -
Camp David Accords
the two framework agreements were signed at the white house, and were witnessed by united states president jimmy carter. -
Egypt-Israels peace treaty
As a result of intense dioplomatic efforts by the united states, egypt became the first arab country to recognize and enter into a peace treaty with israel. -
1982 lebanon war/ first lebanon war
plo units in southern Lebanon increasing attacked communities in nothern israel. -
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First intifada
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the west bank engaged in an uprising, or intifada, against israeli control of these territories. -
Oslo Accords
Are a set of agreements between the goverment of israel and the palestine liberation organization. -
Israel-Jordan peace treaty
As with the 1979 peace treaty between egypt and israel, the united states led a difficult but successful diplomatic process to help jordan and israel achieve peace. -
Camp David summit
American president bill clinton brough israel prime minister ehud barak and palestinian president yasser arafat to camp david in july 2000. -
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Second intifada
In september 2000, israeli opposition leader ariel sharon visited the jewish temple mount, a site revered by jews that also holy to muslims. -
israel bgins contructing west bank security barrier
In 2002, israel responded to the suicide bombing by contructing a security barrier to protect its citizens from terrorist groups in the west bank. -
Arab peace initiative is proposed
In march 2002, during the beirut summit of the arab league, crown prince abdullah of saudi arabia ( the current king) proposed a peace initiative that was endorsed by all members of the arab league.