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The United Nations (UN) proposed a plan to divide Palestine into individual Jewish and Arab states. The Jews agreed to the plan, but the Arabs disapproved.
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David Ben-Gurion, the first prime minister of Israel, declared independence in 1948.
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The Arab/Israeli War was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states over control of Palestine.
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The Egyptian President Nasser nationalized the Suez canal, which was previously controlled by the Suez Canal Company, which was owned by French and British interests.
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The PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) was made up of several Palestinian countries with the goal of taking Palestine back from the Israelis.
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The Six Day War changed the face of Middle Eastern conflict, allowing Israel to almost double the land it controlled. It displaced around 500,000 more Palestinians from their homes.
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Egypt and Syria invaded Israel during Yom Kippur, a holy Jewish holiday.
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The 1982 Lebanon War was an invasion began by Israel in hopes of forcing the Palestinian Liberation Organization (the PLO) out of Lebanon.
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The Oslo Accords are a set of agreements between the government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
