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1947 United Nations Partition Plan
The United Nations had a plan to divide Palestine into independent states, Israel and Palestine. The Jewish community accepted the 1947 plans, but the Arabs did not. -
Nuclear Reactor Weapons Program
The idea that Israel should be able to have the Nuclear Reactor Weapons Program is as old as the state is. In 1955 they finally had the recourses to do it. -
Six Day War
The UN had a plan to move Israel's armed forces out of Palestinian land. That plan didn't work because the UN didn't force them to move out of Palestinian land. -
Yom Kippur War
Arab nations warned Israel that they wouldn't let Israeli people come back to the lands they lost in 1967.Sadat, allied with President Hafez Assad of Syria and attacked Israel on Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. Israel fights back and gains back most of the ground lost in the initial attack -
Saving Hostages
A plane that carried 248 passengers and 12 crew members was hijacked on June 27, 1976, after having taken off from a layover in Athens.The hijackers were members of Revolutionary Cells and members of the Liberation of Palestine.They demanded the release of 53 prisoners imprisoned in Israel and ransom money.The hijackers agreed to delay the ultimatum to July 4 1976. Palestine sent their troops to Israel to retrieve the hostages. -
Camp David Accords
Israeli and Egyptian leaders met with president Jimmy Carter in Washington D.C. to come up with a peace treaty. The peace treaty stated that the Israelis had a five-year transitional period to withdraw from West Bank and the Gaza Strip. -
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Intifada
An intifada is when Palestinians uprise against Israel, the first intifada was in 1987.Palestinians were tired of Israel’s rules in the territories is what carried the intifada. -
Oslo Agreement
The goal for the Oslo Agreement was a direct talk between Israel and Palestine. The plan was that Israeli troops were to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, there was going to be a five year transitional period that leads to permanent recognition. The PLO and Israel recognized each other, but Hamas rejected the Oslo Agreement and bombed Israel. If it weren't for Hamas, the terrorist group, the Oslo Agreement might have worked, but instead it was partially implemented. -
Camp David Accords 2000
The leaders of Israel and Palestine come to the US to discuss borders, Jerusalem, and refugees. Israel agreed to give them Gaza Strip and West Bank , but they wanted to keep settlement blocks and east Jerusalem. -
Present Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Israel and Hamas broke the laws of war during a war in the Gaza Strip in July and August 2014, that caused Hamas and Palestinian armed groups to carry out mortar attacks and rocket attacks on Israel.Israel and Egypt continued their seven-year blockade of Gaza In September, Israel agreed to allow more imports to Gaza , but restrictions on exports and travel still remain.
