Conflicts in the Middle East

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  • Partitioning started in the Middle East

    Partitioning started in the Middle East
    Partitioning starts in the middle by the Europeans.

  • Anti-Jew riots start

    Anti-Jew riots start
    Anti-Jewish riots erupt in Palestine, leaving nearly 150 Jews and Arabs dead.

  • Israel made

    Israel made
    Zionist leader David Ben-Gurion declares the independence of the state of Israel in that part of partitioned Palestine given to the Jews.

  • Egypt nationalizes Suez Canal

    Egypt nationalizes Suez Canal
    1956 – Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal, blocking Israeli shipping. Sinai War breaks out, resulting in Israel controlling the entire Peninsula.

  • Israel attacks Egypt

    Israel attacks Egypt
    June 5-10, 1967
    Israel attacks Egypt; defeats Arab armies in Six Day War; occupies West Bank, Gaza, East Jerusalem, Golan Heights and Sinai Peninsula.

  • The Yom Kippur War Starts

    The Yom Kippur War Starts
    Oct. 6-26, 1973
    The Yom Kippur War starts

  • UN passes resolution

    UN passes resolution
    1973, October 22: UN Security Council passes resolution 338, which calls for a ceasefire in the on-going war between Israeli and the Arab coalition.

  • Peace deal between Egypt and Israel

    Peace deal between Egypt and Israel
    1979, March 26: Peace deal between Egypt and Israel. Egypt becomes the first Arab country to recognize Israel.

  • Iraq invades kuwait

    Iraq invades kuwait
    Aug. 2, 1990
    Iraq invades Kuwait soon starting Persian Gulf War

  • First gulf war starts

    First gulf war starts
    Jan. 16-Feb. 28, 1991
    United States leads broad coalition to drive Iraq from Kuwait in Persian Gulf War.

  • Israel and the Palestinians extend mutual recognition

    Israel and the Palestinians extend mutual recognition
    1993 – Israel and the Palestinians extend mutual recognition and sign the first phase of the Oslo Agreements – setting out the framework for a comprehensive peace agreement to be phased in over a five-year period.

  • 98% of the Palestinian populace is now governed by the Palestinian Authority.

    98% of the Palestinian populace is now governed by the Palestinian Authority.
    1997 – Following implementation of Israeli withdrawal plans, 98% of the Palestinian populace is now governed by the Palestinian Authority.

  • Second Gulf War

    Second Gulf War
    The Iraq War was a protracted armed conflict that began in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein.

  • leader of Hamas killed

    leader of Hamas killed
    2004, March 22: Sheikh Yassin, co-founder and leader of Hamas, is assassinated by an Israeli helicopter gunship.

  • Violence erupts between

    Violence erupts between
    Violence erupts between Fatah and Hamas factions in the Gaza Strip. Abbas attempts to prevent civil war.