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Period: 1453 to
Palestine prior to ww1
Prior to ww1 Palestine was under the control of the Ottoman Empire. -
The emergence of Zionism
Zionism is the political ideology that emerged in the late 19th century, based on the belief that the only way to escape the Anti‐Semitism in Europe was for the Jewish population to have there own State in Israel. The man considered responsible for the idea of "modern" Zionism was Theodor Herzl. -
The McMahon‐Hussein Correspondence
The McMahon‐Hussein Correspondence was the exchange of multiple letters by Sir Henry McMahon, British high commander in Egypt and Sayyid Hussein, Sharif of Mecca. The letters stated that if the Arab nationals aided the British during ww1 against the Ottoman Empire they would return the land that was held by the Turks back the Arab nationals. These included Palestinians. -
The Sykes‐Picot agreement
The Sykes‐Picot agreement was the arranged plan by the British and French to divide up states in the middle east previously under control by the Ottoman Empire after ww1. -
The Balfour Declaration
The Balfour Declaration was a letter written to a wealthy banker, Lionel Walter Rothschild by Britains foreign secretary regarding the distribution of the Palestinian land to Jews. The result of this was more jews migration to Palestine and the political ideology Zionism was in full swing. This was a direct contradiction to the McMahon-Hussein -
Arab revolt against British rule
Arab revolt against British rule was a nationalistic uprising with the Arab population displaying anti-semetic behaviour towards early Jewish settlers in Palestine, there was a total of 5,000 Palestinian deaths due to the revolt. -
Peel commision
Britain's answer to the Arab revolt was a peel commision. The peel commissions solution was that two states be created state for Palestinians and a state for Jews. This was the first proposed example of a two-state solution in Palestine however it was rejected by all parties. -
Resolution 181
Due to the atrocities that were done to the Jewish population in world war 2 the support for Zionism increased astronomically, this lead a UN partition plan named Resolution 181, this dived the two states of Israel and Palestine. Allowing Israel to control 55% of the land even though they had only one-third of the population and the other 45% was distributed to the Palestinians. -
Establishment of the state of Israel
The leader of the world Zionist movement David Ben‐Gurion, Proclaimed the establishment of the state of Israel. On the same day, Israel was established It was recognised by US president Harry Truman. -
Civil War
The Palestinian allied forces (Egypt and Jordan) took over Gaza and the West Bank from Israel -
The six day war
Israel fought a war against Jordan, Syria and Egypt. Israel recaptured West Bank from Jordan, the Gaza strip as well as the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan heights from Syria. The result of Israel recapturing the land was that 500,000 Palestinians were removed from there homes and had to go elsewhere. -
Camp David Accords
The Camp David Accords were agreements made by the heads of state between both Israel and Egypt. They were the first meeting of peace between Israel and a neighbouring country. The deal was initiated by US president Jimmy Carter at the presidential retreat. This deal saw the return of the Sinai peninsula in the following year. -
The First Intifada
The first Intifada was a mass uprising against by the Palestinian population against the Israelis extrajudicial killings, detentions and house demolitions. The death toll for Palestinians was 332 compared to a mere 12 Israeli deaths -
The Oslo peace process
The Oslo peace process was seen as an unprecedented turning point in Israeli-Palestine relations. Palestine donounced terrorism and acknowledged Israel as a state and Israel recognised the Palestine liberation organisation as a representative of the Palestinian people, one year after the peace process had begun the two heads of state (Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin) were awarded the Nobel peace prize.
