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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. Britain was given the Palestine Mandate on land comprising modern-day israel, the West bank, Gaza strip and jordan -
The Holocaust and world war 2
Nazi Germany attacked and conquered most of Europe. Before and during the war, the Nazis persecuted jews, eventually carrying out a genociide known as the holocaust. -
UN Partition Plan
In 1947, amidst growing tensions between Arabs, Jews, and the British, Britian announced its plan to pull out of the region and turned the question of sovereignty over to the United stations -
1948 war
In accordance with the Un Partition Plan, David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the independence of the new State of Israel on May 14, 1948 and became Israel first Prime Minister. -
Settlement Construction Begins
The Israel government approved the building of settlements in the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza strip, and west bank. The settlement refers to israeli communities built on land that was captured in the 1967 war. -
The six-day war
The war lasted only six days. Israel captured the sinai and the gaza strip from egypt, te galon heights from jordan including east jerusalem -
The munich Olympics
Members of the Israeli: Olympics 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 kipper, the holiest day of the of the jewish year, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and jordan attacked Israel -
Camp David Accords
Menachem Begin of isreal and Anwar al-Sadat of Egypt signed agreements in Camp David. The American-sponsored talks paved the way to the peace treaty signed in 1979. -
The Camp David Accords, 1979
In 1979 after intensive negotiatians conducted by the U.S Israel and egypt signed the camp david accords. A peace treaty was conclude and israel returned the sinai dessert to the Egyptians. President sadat of Egypt became first Arab leader to visit the Jewish state and in a sign -
Palestinian Intifada
A mass uprising- or infida against the Israel occupation began Gaza and quickly spread to the West bank -
Sadat Assassinated
Sadat assassinated was killed in 1991 by Islamist elements in the Egyptain army, who opposed peace withisrael, during national celebration -
Osle Peace Process
The election of the left-wing labour governent in June 1992, Led by Yitzhak Radin, triggered a period of frenetic Israeli-Arab peacemaking to the mid-1990s