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1949 BCE
Armistice Agreement
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U.K. Withdraws
U.K. withdraws from the mandate of Palestine,
unable to arrive at a solution acceptable to both Jews and Arab.
http://www.google.com/search?q=UK+Withdraws+1947&client=safari&rls=en&tbm=isch&hl=en&sa=X&as_q=&nfpr=&spell=1&ved=0ahUKEwj9pJ3EysbOAhVX3GMKHagiDBgQvwUIEg -
UN Partition Plan
Divides the country into two states, one Arab and one Jewish.
The Jewish community accepts the plan but the Arab leadership rejects it.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UN_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine_1947.png -
Arab-Israeli War
Cause
founding of Israel
Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq attacked Israel
700,000 Palestin Arabs became refugees.
http://wars.findthedata.com/l/57/1948-Arab-Israeli-War -
Suez Crisis
Israel invades Egypt's Sinai Peninsula with the support of France and Britain. http://efisherhistory12.weebly.com/the-suez-crisis-1956.html -
Creation of the PLO
Palestine Liberation Organization founded on February 3, 1964 in Cairo by the Arab League to preserve the Palestinian entity.
https://libcom.org/library/reaching-beyond-palestinian-nationalism-reply-salim-tarmari-mohammad-jafar