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Arab-Israeli Conflict
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The Suez Crisis
Israeli leadership grows increasingly weary of cross-border attacks from the Egyptian-controlled Gaza Strip as well as Egypt's attempts to block Israeli shipping in the Suez Canal and Gulf of Aqaba. -
Palestinian Unrest
Palentinian nationalism was strong, and 1964 the Palestine Liberation Organzation formed with a pledge to destroy Israel and replace it with a Palestinian state.PLO launched a campaign of guerrilla attacks against Israel, first from Jordan snd later from Lebanon. -
Six-Day War
nations that had mobilized for war — while moving troops into the Sinai Peninsula and the canal region. Jordan launches an offensive in Jerusalem on June 5. Israeli defenses retaliate and capture all of East Jerusalem and the West Bank within three days. -
Yom Kippur War
on Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. Israel fights back and gains back most of the ground lost in the initial attack. Fighting continues for 18 days, when the war ends again under U.N. auspices. Later agreements give Egypt control of some land along the Suez Canal and Syria some control around the Golan Heights. -
Camp David Accord
Egyptian and Israeli leaders meet at Camp David with President Carter.Egypt would regain full control of the Sinai Peninsula. The treaty is signed on March 26, 1979, lending hope to a future of peace in the region.
