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Conflict in Israel

By rykuroki

  • Six-Day War

    Six-Day War
    After Egypt reclaimed the Sinai Peninsula and began to close off the Gulf of Aquaba, Israel's route to the Red Sea, Israel began to expect a large-scale Arab attack. In the Six-Day War Israel launched air strikes against Egypty, Syria, and Jordan, also taking control of Golan Heights, the Sinai Peninsula, Gaze Strip, and East Jerusalem with the help of ground troops.

  • Yom Kippur War

    Yom Kippur War
    The Yom Kippur war gets its name from the Jewish holy day that the first attack was launched on. Egypt and Syria planned to launch a surprise attack on Israel, deterined to win their territory back. Arab troops initally made good headway in the war, but with U.S help Israel regrouped and pushed back. The fighting went on for weks before both sides agreed to a cease- fire. The war ended on October 26, 1973.

  • Camp David Accords

    Camp David Accords
    In 1977 Egyptian president Anwar Sadat made a surprising declaration: Egypt wanted peace with Israel. U.S president Jimmy Carter, wanting to help facilitate the peace, invited Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to Camp David, a presidential retreat in Maryland. There, in 1978, Sadat and Begin reached an agreement known as the 'Camp David Accords'. The treaty ended over 30 years of hostility.

  • First Intifada

    First Intifada
    In 1987, Palestinian anger and frustration over Israeli occupation turned into a rebellion known as the Intifada. Palestinian youths battled Israeli troops in widespread street violence. Even with strong military and polic resistance the fighting continued until the early 1990's.

  • Second Intifada

    Second Intifada
    Despite attempts at peace a second intifada began in 2000; and this time Palestinian youths were were joined by Palestinian security forces with guns. The militant group, Hama, sent suicide bombers into Israel to attack civilians, and the Israelis countered by sending troops backed by fighter jets, helicopter gunships, and tanks into cities of the West Bank and Gaza.