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A Growing Israel
Due to Israel being established in 1948, most Middle Eastern countries have refused to recognize its right too exist. They would proceed to repeatedly attack Israel and fund military attacks, raids, and terrorist attacks. They would also go at war with Israel several times, but all these wars did was make Israeli occupied land expand to the point where many Palestinian Arabs lived under their control, -
The Start of the Conflict
One day after the creation of the independent state of Israel, armies from other Arab countries of Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Transjordan, and Iraq had invaded Israel. The war lasted until December 1948 with the Arab armies being defeated. -
The Six-Day War
Israel had launched an air strike on Jordan, Syria, and Egypt and had sent ground troops to fight and quickly defeated the Arab forces. In this Six Day War, Israel had won a lot of territory. -
Yom Kippur War
After the Six-Day War, Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel, wanting their territory back. While Israels forces weren't prepared, they had received military aid from the United States and pushed back the Arab forces -
Camp David Accords
In 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat wanted to make peace with Israel. To help this peace come true, U.S. President Jimmy Carter invited the Egyptian Prime Minister and the Israeli Prime Minister to Camp David where the agreement was made, ending the thirty year hostility between Israel and Egypt.
