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UN Plan to Partition Palestine
-The resolution recommended the creation of independent Arab and Jewish States Jerusalem
- the UN General Assembly voted on the partition plan, adopted by 33 votes to 13 with 10 abstentions
-The Jewish side accepted the UN plan for the establishment of two states
-The Arabs rejected it and launched a war of annihilation against the Jewish state -
Israel Declares independence
-The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel was approved at a festive session of the People’s Council
-The Declaration consists of seven sections
-Asserts the natural right of the Jewish people to exercise self-determination in its sovereign state
-Calls for peace and cooperation with the Arabs of Israel, neighboring countries and Jews around the world -
Arab/Israeli War
- series of military conflicts between Israeli and various Arab forces -The Arab-Israeli War of 1948 broke out when five Arab nations invaded territory in the former Palestinian mandate -The United Nations resolution sparked conflict between Jewish and Arab groups within Palestine -Israel declared its independence on May 14, 1948, the fighting intensified with other Arab forces joining the Palestinian Arabs in attacking territory in the former Palestinian mandate.
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Lebanon war
-was a series of military clashes involving Israel, Lebanon and Syria, the PLO, as well as various non-state militia within Lebanon
- Lebanon agreed to join the other armies that were being assembled around the perimeter of the British Mandate territory of Palestine for the purpose of invading Palestine
- The armistice with Lebanon was signed on 23 March 1949
-The was is still ongoing -
Suez Crisis
-The Israelis struck first, on October 26, 1956
-the British and French troops took control of the area around the Suez Canal
-Nasser’s announcement came about following months of mounting political tensions between Egypt, Britain, and France
-The canal had been owned by the Suez Canal Company, which was controlled by French and British interests -
Formation of PLO
-Its stated goal was the "liberation of Palestine" through armed struggle.
-was formed in 1964 to centralize the leadership of various Palestinian groups that previously had operated as clandestine resistance movements
-PLO was created at an Arab summit meeting in 1964 in order to bring various Palestinian groups together under one organization
- From the late 1960s the PLO organized and launched guerrilla attacks against Israel from its bases in Jordan -
6 Day War
-Relations between Israel and its neighbours had never fully normalised following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
- also called June War or Third Arab-Israeli War
- ends with a United Nations-brokered cease-fire
-ncreased tensions and skirmishes along Israel’s northern border with Syria were the immediate cause -
Yom Kimppur War
-they were hoping to win back territory lost to Israel during the third Arab-Israeli war
-Egyptian and Syrian forces launched a coordinated attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar
- also called the October War, the Ramadan War, or the Fourth Arab-Israeli War
- launched with the diplomatic aim of convincing a chastened—if still undefeated—Israel to negotiate on terms more favourable to the Arab countries -
Olso Accords
- set of agreements between the Government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization
- marked the start of the Oslo process, a peace process aimed at achieving a peace treaty
- started after secret negotiations in Oslo, resulting in the recognition by the PLO of the State of Israel -It became a cycle of negotiations, suspension, mediation, restart of negotiations and suspension again
