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War for Israeli independence.
the united nations decides to partition Palestine into Arab state and a Jewish state. Jewish forces hold there ground and declare Israeli statehood. -
Yom kippur war
egypt and syria launched the war. it was a suprise attack against israel. israel got support from the us and both sides decided to cease fire after weeks. during the war arab members of OPEC said they werent going to give oil to the us and israel -
camp david records
Egypt recognized Israel, and Israel returned the Sinia peninsula to Egypt. the treaty lasted 30 years of hostility. -
Suez crisis
Nasser became the most important figure in the Arab world after his confrontation with Britian France and Israel. the suez crisis had its politics of the cold war. it was tooken over from egypt. -
six day war
Isral launched air strikes against Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. destroying most of there airplanes on the ground. Israel then took control over west bank Gaza strip.
