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Jewish Claims Palestine
Britain in 1923 recieved the League of Nations mandate over Palestine. -
Jews migrated
By 1938 over 500,000 Jews had migrated to Palestine. -
Britain Limits
In 1939, just before the outbreak of World War 2, Britain severly limited Jewish immagration to Palestine. -
Arab league
The Arab seeks to unify Arab policy on world issues -
Palestine and The UN
In 1947 Britain turned the Palestine problem over to the UN general assembly. -
Independence
In 1948 Israel proclaimed its indepedence. -
Israeli War for Indepedence
The Arab nations defied the UN decision for a Jewish state and attacked Israel. -
continued Arab Hostility
The Arab League enforced an economic boycott against Israel and against Western companies doing business with Israel. -
Sinai Campaign
Israel invaded Eygpt to wipeout guerrilla bases and end the Aqaba Blockade. -
OPEC
OPEC group s six non-arab and seven Arab states but is dominated by Arabnations like Saudi Arabia. -
Eygpt under Sadat
In 1970 Nasser died and his position was assumed by Anwar al-Sadat. This Eygptian president directed his nations foriegn policy away from dependence on the Soviet Union. -
Eygpt under Sadat
In 1972 Sadat ordered the 20,000 Soviet military personnel to leave Egypt. -
arab oil embargo
With the 1973 Arab-Israeli war the Arab states acted to further their economic goal and to use as a political weapon. -
Arab support for the PLO.
in 1974, the arb nations, meeting at Rabat, Morocco unamiously declared the PLO to be the sole legitimate representative of the palestine people. -
llebanon Civil War
Lebanon's deeply fragmented society fell into turmoil when cilvil war broke out in 1975 -
Syrian Intervention
Syria sent 15,00 troops into lebanon in 1976 under an Arab league mandate to enforce a cease-fire. In 1981 and caused massive destruction in the years that followed. -
The sadat visit to ISrael
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The Israeli Eygptian Peace Treaty
The treaty reaffirmed the Camp David agreement on the Sinai -
The Syrian Soviet Treaty
President Hafez al Assad of syria signed a 20 year treatyof friendship -
Assassination of Eygptian President Sadat
Anwar al-Sadat was assassinated by four eygptians. -
Splits in the PLO
In 1982 Israel invaded Lebenon and forced most PLO guerillas to leave. -
Suicide bombings
Suicide bombers drove trucks into United States and French military compounds in 1983,, blowing up the trucks and killing 241 Marines and 58 French soldiers. -
Splts in thePLO
Syria helped drive out the rest in 1983. -
Suicide Bombings
In 1984 President regan withdrew United States forces. -
Israeli Withdrawal
Israel withdrew most of its forces in 1985, keeping a small "security zone" in southern Lebabnon. -
Palestine as an independant state
In November 1988, Afarat and the Palestine National council met inAlgiers to proclaim the formation of an independent "state of Palestine". -
New constitution
The term of president Amin Gemayel expired in 1988 without agreement on a successor. -
New constitution
In 1989 they approved a new constitution designed to increase the power of Lebanon's Muslim mojority and end the civil war. -
Shaky Peace
Syrian troops assaulted the president palace in 1990 to remove a Christian general Michel Aoun -
Break throughs toward peace
Two sides opened formal diplomatic talks