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Prior to WW1 Palestinian land was under the control of the Ottaman empire, dating back to the 16th century to the end of WW1
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The movement of Zionism which is the idea of a Jewish State, was founded by Theodor Herzl.
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This was a series of letters written by the British promising that in return for suppporting them in fighting the Ottoman Empire, land that was owned by tthe Turks would be returned to the Arab Nationals.
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This was the act of the land that had been owned by the Ottoman Empire was divided between French and British control. This contridicted the McMahon-Hussein correspondence.
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This was the Britissh commitment of supporting the creation of a Jewish State in the Middle East.
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The United Nations created a partition plan which was called the Resolution 181-demarcated, a Jewish state and an Arab state.
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In May of 1948 the establishment of the state of Israel was recognised by the head of the World Zionist Movement, David Ben-Gurion.
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After counterattacks by Israel, they had won a substantial area of land, claiming it as their new national borders. Then in May 1949 Israel was recognised as a member of state by the UN.
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In June of 1967, a six day war occured between Israel and the Arab states of Egypt, Jordan and Syria. Following this short lived war, Israel captured the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula, displacing 500,000 Palestinians.
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The first intifada occurred between 1987-1991, where the Palestinians tried to fight against the control of the Israelis, but did not succeed because of the lack of Military.
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Between 1993-2001 teh Oslo Peace Process occured. TThe Oslo accords were signed which were a decleration of self-governing principles for the Plastienians and theIsraelis.
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In 1995 a Israeli gunman assasinated Israeli Prime Minister Rabin, as he believed Rabin was a trator for agreeing to the peace process.
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Between 2000-2005 the second Intifada occurred. It was caused by an infurating visit of the Israeli opposition leaderr to the Temple mount.
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In 2005 Israel withdrew all exisiting settlements from the Gaza Strip, although the Gaza Strip is still considered to be under occupation of the Israelis.
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In December of 2017, current US president Donald Trup announced that he reconginisedd Jerualem as Israel's capital which caused further contraversy and portests.
