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Tension between Jews and Arabs intensify
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Period: to
Arab Israeli Conflict in the 20th Century
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U.N. divides land between Jews and Arabs
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Jews claim the State of Israel
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Colonel Abdel seized teh Suiez Canal company
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Egypt formally united with Syria in the UAR
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Syria withdraws from the union with Egypt
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Israel launches air strikes against Egypt
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President Carter meets with President Sadat
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Saddam Hussein launches war against Iraq
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Osama Bin Laden founds al-Qaeda