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Israel Declares Independence
The Israeli Declaration of Independennce was proclaimed by David Ben-Gurion, the chairman of the Jewish Agency for Palestine. It says that the establishment of a Jewish state would come into effect on termination of British Mandate at midnight that day. -
Outbreak of War of Independence
Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, invaded the territory of the British Mandate and immediately attacked Jewish settlements. -
Operation Ali Baba
Operation Ali Baba was a mass emigration of Jews from Iraq.100,000 Palestinians were to resettle in Iraq and 100,000 Iraqi Jews were to resettle in Israel. -
Operation Margic Carpet Completed
This was the post-World War II effort. over eight million American Military personnel began repatriating soldiers from Europe. Began in October 1945 and ended September 1950 -
Creation of Fatah
Yasser Arafat is the leader of Fatah, it is the largest of the constituent PLO groups. -
Fatah Attack on Israeli Water System
It was on of the most major attacks, Fatah members infiltrated into Israel and attempted to sabotage the National Water Carrier. -
Six Day War
Fough between Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. The relationships between them never fully normalized and it lead up to extremly high tension. -
Adoption of UN security Concil Resolution 242
This was adopted in thre aftermath of the Six-Day War. The resolution was sponsored by Lord Caradon. -
Establishment of Jewish settlement in Hebron
This followed the Six-Day War, over annexation and the political realism in wanting to maintain the majority Jewish demographic of Israel. The Israeli leadershi thought up ways to deal with the newly occupied territories. -
Arab Oil Embargo
Israel raised the posted price of oil by 70%. The next day the oil ministers agreed to the embargo to cut in production by five percent.
