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Zionism
In 1896 following the appearance of anti-semistism in Europe, Theodore Herzl, the founder of Zionism, tride to find a political solution for the creation of a Jewish state in Argentina or Palestine. -
First Zionist Congress
Organized by Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern political Zionism, the congress officialy announced Zionism's goal of establishing a legally assured home from the Jewish people in the Land of Israel and created and umbrella organization to promote this goal. -
McMahon Hussein Correspondence
Sharif Hussein was the ruler of the Muslim holy city of Mecca. During World War 1, British High Commissioner Henry McMahon promised him that Britain 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. -
British Mandate for Palestine
The League of Nations divided Ottoman lands between the British and the French after World War 1. British was given the Palestine Mandate on land comprising modern-day Israel, the west Bank, Garza 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 genocide known as the Holocaust. -
UN Partition Plan
In 1947, amidst growing tensions between Arabs, Jews, and the British, Britain announced its plan to pull out of the region and turned the question of sovereighty over to the United Nation. -
1948 War
David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the independence of the new State of Israel on May 14, 1948 and became Israel's first Prime Minester, in the foolowing day, Arab armies from egypt, Jordan, Lebonon, Syria and Iraq attacked the new state. -
Establishment of the PLO
In 1964, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was formed with the aim of destroying Israel and creating a Palestine state in its place. -
Six-Day War / 1967 Arab-Israeli
In the days befor the war, Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iraq moved their armies to Israel's borders. Egypt closed the international water way, the Straits of Tiran, to all Israeli shipping, an act of war in international law. -
Settlement construction begins
The Israeli government approved the building of settlements in the Sinai Peninsula, Garza Strip, and West Bank. The term settlements refers to Israeli communities built on land that was captured in the 1967 War -
Khartoum Resolution/ Attrition Battles/ the war of attrition
During the 1967 War, Israel gained land from Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. Egypt began small-scale attacks against Israel position along the Suez Canal which continued intil Anwar Sadat came to power in 1970.
