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1948 War
Israel declared independence. Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq attacked Israel. As a result, Israel got more land, Egypt got the Gaza Strip, and Jordan got the West Bank and East Jursalem. Many Palestinians and Jews became refugees. -
Settlement Construction Begins
Israeli communists started settling on land captured in the 1967 War. More and more communities settled over time; there are now
about 300,000 West Bank settlers. Some critisize the settlements and say they ae built on land that’s supposed to be for the Palestinian state and that they make travel in the West Banks more difficult. Israel and Palestine must make a peace agreement. -
1967 War (Six Day War)
Egypt blockaded Israel. Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq moved troops to Israel's borders and made threats . Israel launched a discouraging strike. As a result, Israel captured the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan, the Golan Heights from Syria, and the Gaza Strip and all of Sinai Peninsula from Egypt. More Palestinians and Jews became fugitives. Terrorism became more common. -
Attrition Battles
Israel got new land from Egypt in the 1967 Wars- they were willing to give up other territory for peache and the right to exist, but Arab nations got together and said they weren't willing to make peace with Israel. Egypt then began small scale attacks on Israel, and the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) attacked Israeli personnel and civilization. They also carried out to hijackings and airplane attacks outside of Israel until 1971 when Jordan evicted PLO. -
October War/Yom Kippur War
Egypt and Syria attacked Israel, although Israelis were able to push back the attack. The USA convinced Israel to withdraw the territories it had entered. After the war, the Israelis ended up keeping their captured territories from 1967 but they weren’t able to keep any additional land. -
Egypt and Israel Sign a Peace Agreement
Egypt and Israel sign a peace agreement. Jordan later accepts Israel; which makes it the second Arab country to recognize Israel. -
The 1982 Lebanon War
PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) units in southern Lebanon attacked communities more and more in northern Israel. Military presence was maintained to prevent widespread terrorism renewed attacks from southern Lebanon, but then just led to another Lebanon War. -
The First Intifada
The Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank engage in an uprising against Israel. This conflict continued until the Oslo Accords were signed. -
The Oslo Accords
The Oslo Accords led to the creation of Palestinian Authority.They were intended to lead to permanent settlement with Israel giving land for peace and security. -
Israel and Jordan Sign Peace Treaty
The U.S. led a diplomatic process to help Jordan and Israel achieve peace. Trade, tourism, business relations. cultural exchanges, and scientific cooperation between the two states have increased since the agreement was signed. -
Camp David Summit
Bill Clinton brought Israel Prime minister and Palestine president to Camp David to negotiate. The goal of the summit was two sides living in peace, which was not achieved and there was further conflict. -
The Second Intifada
Israeli General Ariel Sharon Visited the Jewish temple Mount (which had major importance to Muslims as well). Palestinians said the visit was a lack of progress and started to not - began Second Intifada. Israel was terrorized by numerous suicide bombers, killing hundreds of civilians. their military went to major population centers and prolonged conditions. Some say it never ended; there was no official date. -
Israel Begins Construction on the West Bank Barrier
Israel starts building a wall to separate citizens from terrorists groups in the West Bank. The wall was criticized for separating Palestinians from their land, so they had to go through many security checkpoints to get there. -
Arab Peace Initiative is Proposed
Prince Abdullah is crowned prince of Saudi Arabia, and is now king. he proposed a peace action in return for Israel giving back the territories they got from the 1967 war, recognition of an independent Palestine, and Jerusalem as its capital. It was seen as a major breakthrough since it was proposed. -
The Roadmap For Peace is Proposed
roadmap for peace is proposed by the “Quartet” (the USA, Russia, The European Nation, and the United Nations). divided into three phases but never passed the first. the process stopped completely when Hamas was elected in Palestine in 2006 but Muhmoud Abbas later destroyed the Hamas government principles for the roadmap. -
Israel Disengages from Gaza
Prime minister Ariel Sharon moved ahead with policy of separating Israel and Palestine. also wanted israel to be moved from the Gaza strip. Israelis living in the Gaza Strip didn’t want to leave but they left anyway so the Palestinians could govern themselves. -
Hamas is Elected
Palestinians elected Hamas members into authority. many Palestinians saw the previous government as corrupt. Hamas called for the destruction of Israel and the killing of jews. the western nations imposed sanctions, suspended aid to Palestine authority, but said it would be lifted when Palestine accepted Israel. -
The 2006 Lebanon War
Hezbollah (an Islamic organazation) was determined to destroy Israel, and crossed the border on July 11th. They killed, tormented and kidnapped some Israelis, and the Israelis fought back as well. Property damage and loss of many civilian lives and occured from this incident. -
The Battle of Gaza
Hamas military attacked taran members through Gaza. Western sanction to the P.A. were lifted after the Hamas government was dissolved. -
The Gaza War
Israel attacked hamas targets in Gaza in attempt to stop bombing. hundreds of militants were killed, many citizens and buildings also were destroyed. -
Gaza Flotilla Incident
Israel and Egypt began to blockade ships to Gaza. Turkey demanded an apology from Israel. -
The Arab Spring
Protest spread from Tonisia across the Arab world. The long term impact of the ongoing changes in Arab nations on the Arab-Israeli conflict and peace is not yet visible.
