A timeline analysis of the role of water in the Israel-Palestine conflict By hist89h Dec 3, 1919 50 dams are created along the Jordan River Period: Dec 3, 1920 to Dec 3, 1948 British Mandate May 14, 1948 Israel is created Period: Oct 29, 1956 to Nov 7, 1956 Suez Crisis Period: Jun 5, 1967 to Jun 10, 1967 Six Day War Period: Oct 6, 1973 to Oct 25, 1973 Yom Kippur War Apr 21, 1997 Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses Jun 3, 2007 Israel begins blockade on Gaza Strip Jan 1, 2016 Gaza's groundwater aquifer will be undrinkable Jan 1, 2020 Gaza Strip is expected to be unlivable