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Israel War of Independance
Declaration of Israel as the Jewish State -
Six-Day War (June 5- June 10)
Israel destroys the Egyptian air force on the ground, conquers and occupies Sinai and Gaza, then conquers the West Bank from Jordan, and Golan Heights from Syria -
Peace Treaty
Peace treaty signed between Egypt and Israel. -
Israel Rejects Arab Peace Plan
offered peace if Israel withdrew from land captured in the 1967 war, allowed a Palestinian State and allowed the release of Palestinian refugees. -
Fledgling Palestinian Government Faces Internal, External Challenges
Still struggling with the same problems it had faced in the beginning, crippling economic condition and the same tensions between leaders of opposing parties and states.