Israel

Conflict in Israel

By Juan Ochoa

  • 1917

    1917
    Britain seizes Palestine from Ottomans. Gives support to national, home for the Jewish people" in Palestine through the Balfour Declaration, along with an insistence that "nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities

  • 1920

    1920
    San Remo Allied Powers conference grants Palestine to Britain as a mandate, to prepare it for self-rule. European Jewish migration, which increased in the 19th century, continues.

  • 1940's

    1940's
    Nazi Holocaust of the Jews in Europe prompts efforts at mass migration to Palestine. Jewish armed groups in pursuit of independent Jewish state fight British authorities.

  • 1947

    1947
    United Nations recommends partition of Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, with international control over Jerusalem and its environs.

  • 1948

    1948
    Israel declares independence as British mandate ends. Admitted to United Nations.

  • 1848-1949

    1848-1949
    First Arab-Israeli war. Armistice agreements leave Israel with more territory than envisaged under the Partition Plan, including western Jerusalem. Jordan annexes West Bank and eastern Jerusalem, Egypt occupies Gaza.