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Palestine under control of the Ottoman Empire from the 16th centuries to WW1
The exact year that the Ottoman Empire/Turks conquered Palestine was 1516 -
Emergence of Zionism
The emergence of Zionism took place in the late 19th century which took hold in Europe. The founder of modern Zionism, Theodor Herzl argued that if the Jewish population wanted to be free from European anti-Semitism and create their own destiny was to have their own Jewish state. -
The McMahon-Hussein Correspondence
The McMahon-Hussein Correspondence was a series of letter written by the British, the British promised to support the Turks from fighting the Ottoman Empire. But in return the land that was previously held by the Turks after WWI must be returned to the Arab nationals who lived in that land(including the Palestinians) -
The Sykes-Picot agreement
The Sykes-Picot agreement was an agreement that involved in dividing the lands that were previously owned by the Ottoman Empire between the French and the British to control -
United Nations Partition Plans
The United Nations Partitions Plan was a demarcated a Jewish state and an Arab State. This plan allocated 45% of land to Palestinians and 55 percent to Israel. This was significant because Israel was not happy with this plan at all, which conflicts started to take place. -
Gaza and the West Bank after the 1948 war
Following the 1948 war, Gaza came under Egyptian control and the West Bank under Jordanian control. -
Establishment of the State of Israel
In May 1948, the head of the Zionist Organization, David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel. In June 1948, Arab States of Egypt, Jordan, Iraq and Syria were invaded. The Israeli counterattack resulted in winning large amount of territories. Which were later claimed as their new national borders. Over 720000 Palestinian Arabs were displaced as a consequence. -
The Six Day War
Israel fought a war with Egypt, Jordan and Syria on June 1967. To be precise, the war lasted for 6 days and 9 hours and it was the shortest war ever recorded. Israel won the war and claimed the Gaza strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt. They even claimed East Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan and also the Golan Heights from Syria. Another 500000 Palestinians were displaced in result of their defeat. -
The Palestinian protest against Israelis
In 1987, the infada (mass uprising of Palestinians) started a protest group against the Israelis for their extrajudicial killings, detentions and demolishing houses with their own free will. The infada protesters protest by throwing things at Israelis army and their vehicles. This caused deaths, in the first 13 months of the protest, 332 Palestinians were killed and even 13 Israelis were killed as well. -
The Oslo Peace Process
In 1993, Israel and Palestine Liberation Organisation agreed to recognize each other, and signed a Declaration of Principles providing for Palestinian self-government in the West Bank and Gaza Strip for five years.This event made peace possible between these two parties. After a year, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat were awarded the noble peace price for their roles in the Oslo record. -
Yitzhak Rabin assassination
On 4th November 1995, a right-wing Israeli gunman assassinated Yitzhak Rabin at the end of a rally supporting of the Oslo records. Rabin was assassinated because he was believed to be a traitor by many Israeli since he supported the Oslo Peace Process. -
The Second Intifada
The second intifada was the second uprising against Israeli, this intifada happened when the Israeli opposition leader, Ariel Sharon visited Temple Mount (a place that's sacred to both Jews and Palestinians) with politicians and Israeli riot police. The Palestinians weren't happy about Ariel Sharon visit which caused countless protest, leaving a death toll of 3000 Palestinian and 1000 Israelis -
The Separation Barrier
Since 2002, Israel has been building a separation wall that's 700 km long and 8 meters tall (4.3 meters taller than the Berlin Wall), apparently for security purposes. This created a lot of inconvenience towards travelling and entering Westbank and Israel. People who wants to enter of leave Israel or Westbank would have to go through several security checks to be granted entry.
