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Balfour Declaration
A letter announcing the British support of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. -
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Jewish Immigration
Jewish population increases in Palestine, Jewish begin buying land, building schools and other institutions. Population increases from 60,000 to 150,000 -
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Holocaust
Was a time period in which a political party, Nazi, came into power in Germany. They had a very big influence on society that Jews were sub-human and should be sought out and persecuted. So they were Jews were stripped from thier rights and transported to concentration camps. There Jews were starved, killed, and put to hard long hours of labor. -
Homeland
The UN General Assembly voted in favor of giving part of Israel to the Jewish community. Later the votes tallied up to 33 in favor, 13 against, and 10 abstained. The state of Israel is born -
al-Nakba/Establishment of Israel
Palestinians and Arabs had rejected a United Nations plan to parition the country between Jews and Palestinians. Palestinians and other countries joined the battle against Jews. -
Fomation of the PLO
In January 1964, Arab governments came together to form the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) -
Six Days War
This brief quarrel was between the Israelies and Palestinians. They opened fire on eachother on the June 5, 1967 and lasted untill the 11th of June 1967. The Israelies were crowned victors at the end of the six days, and gained a portion of Egyptian and Syrian territory -
Munich Olympics Massacre
A week after the the olympic flag had been raised, a group of Palestinian terrorists fought their way through the olympic village to the Israeli compound. They later abducted and killed 11 Israeli athletes, some say to avenge military defeats -
Yom Kippur War
On Yom Kippur, one of the most holiest days on the Jewish calender, Palestine launched a suprise attack on Israel. They brought 80,000 soldiers and over 1,400 tanks to the Israeli borders who were heavly out numbered. Although Israel suffered heavy casualties they later turned the tide. A cease fire was called on October 26 1973, it was pretty much considered a draw -
Camp David Accords
Was a secret negotiation between Israel and Egypt, that was held for 12 days at Camp David about peace -
The Infitada
It all began when an Israeli was stabbed to death while shopping in Gaza. After a series of random Palestinian/Israeli hate crimes, this resulted in mass rioting between the Palestinians and Israelis. -
Madrid Summit
The US administration devoted itself to Middle East peacemaking -
Oslo Peace Accords
Was the foundation on which peace negotations between Israel and the Palestinians
