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Arab Israeli Conflict
The Arab and Israeli conflict that begun on 1948 kept on worsening. From 1948 to after The Six Day War the Arab and Israeli conflict had continued, after the war a peace treaty was formed. -
Six Day War
Israel launched air strikes against Egypt, Syria,and Jordan destroying most of there airplanes on the ground. Israeli ground troops then moved in rapidly defeated Arab forces. -
Yom Kippur War
Yom Kippur is a Israeli holy day. Egypt and Syria launched war on Israel on that day. Israel fought back with the help of the United States. -
Camp David Accords
A peace agreement by President Carter and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat And Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. The first such treaty between those two countries. -
Palestinian unrest
Palestinian nationalism was strong and in 1964 the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) formed with a pledge to destroy Israael and replace it with a Palestine State. After Yasser Arafat became leader in 1969, the PLO launched a campaign og guerrilla attacks against Israel, first from Jordan and later from Lebanon. In an effort to stop the PLO attacks, Israel invaded Lebanon in 1978 and again in 1982.