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Zionism and Jewish immigration to Israel
Jews fleeing persecution head to Israel to establish their own state. -
Balfour Declaration
The British Government intends to create a Jewish state in Israel. -
Defeat of the Ottoman Empire
Allies take over the middle east. -
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League of Nations
The League of Nations divides the Ottoman Territories into Mandates. Palestine is in the British Mandate. -
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Jewish immigration to Palestine
After the Nazi's gained power in Germany and Europe. There is a mass Jewish exodus to Palestine. -
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Resistance to the British Mandate
The Arabs, And later, The Jews attack British troops and police wanting to end British control in Palestine. -
United Nations to decide future
The British ask the United Nations to make a decision on the future of Palestine. -
United Nations partitions Palestine into separate states
The Zionists agreed to the plan but the Arabs and the surrounding States reject the petition. -
Israel declares its independence and the first Arab-Israeli war begins
5 Arab Nations invade the Jewish Mandate but are defeated by Jewish forces. 700 000 flee the conflict and become refugees. -
Suez Crisis / Second Arab-Israeli war
Egypt blocked Israeli access to the Suez canal, by stopping Israeli shipping they violated the Egyptian-Israeli armistice agreement. conflict escalated, Egypt nationalized the Suez canal and captured the Sinai peninsula. -
PLO formed
PLO stands for Palestine Liberation Organization. It is a terrorist or freedom fighting group that were fighting against the Jewish state. -
6 day war
on June 5th 1967 a 6 day war broke out. Roughly 250 000 Palestinians left West Bank and the Gaza Strip at the arrival of Israeli forces. -
Oslo peace accord
representatives of Palestine and Israel signed a peace accord in front of several important leaders as witnesses. -
Start of the construction of the West Bank wall
The Israelis started building a wall that goes on for more than 200 miles. It has taken a lot of Palestinian land and has caused many problems. -
President Trump declares Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
Donald Trump stated that Jerusalem is the Capital of Israel and this caused a lot of controversy from leaders all over the world. No one had said it out loud to avoid conflict. Jerusalem is being fought over due to it's religious importance to both Israel and Palestine.
