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The United Nations wanted to divide British mandate Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state, but is rejected by Arab and Palestinian leaders. This leads to fighting Palestinian and Jewish forces.
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The British withdraw and the Palestinians flee to other nations resulting in Israel declaring its independence
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Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq invade Israel. The Invasion failed and they still refused to recognize Israel’s existance.
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Gamal Abdel Nasser took control of the Egyptian government, and he seized the Suez Canal Company which was under British and French Control at the time.So Great Britain, France, and Israel launched an attack against egypt.
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The goal of the Palestinian Liberation Organization was to establish a Palestinian nation. Yasser Arafat became leader of the organization. They began to launch terrorist attacks against Israel and they wanted to destroy Israel.
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Israel took control of Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula from Egypt and the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan, as well as the Golan Heights from Syria.
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Arab members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries or known as the OPEC imposed an embargo against the United States in retaliation of the U.S. decision to provide aid to Israel in the Yom Kippur War and this suported Israel.
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Egypt and Syria attacked Israel wanting to regain their territory and the US provided military support of Israel. The effects were that Israel was left dependent on the US for military, economic, and diplomatic support.
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A Peace treaty was signed by Egypt and Israel and the Sinai Peninsula returned to Egypt.
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On this day a group of Iranian students rushed into the US Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 Americans as hostages.They wanted to protest President Jimmy Carter’s decision to allow Iran’s former Shah to seek cancer treatment in the US.
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Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein decides to seize Kuwait and the US led the international forces in Operation Desert Storm and this freed Kuwait.
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There was a peace agreement between Israel and and the Palestinian Liberation Organization and they recognized the rights of Israel to exist.
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Jordan and Israel decide to sign the peace treaty
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By the time 1998 the Taliban controlled about two-thirds of Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden founded the al-Qaeda or the “base” to drive Westerners out of the nations with large Muslim populations. Soon after this, the US launched a war against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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The US claims Saddam Hussein had chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction, and close ties to al-Qaeda, So the US invades Iraq. This resulted in Saddam Hussein being captured, there were no weapons of mass destruction found, and a democracy was established.
