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United Nations Partition Plan
A plan to separate Palestine into two different states; one Jewish, and one Arab. It was not successful and the Arab world rejected it strongly, and Jews and Arabs almost immediately started fighting. https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/united-nations-general-assembly-resolution-181/ -
PLO was Founded
The Palestine Liberation Organization was founded. It was founded to mobilize the Palestinian people and to help fight back to get their homeland back. https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/modern-israeli-history-a-timeline/ -
Six Day War
The Six Day War was from June 5th, 1967- June 11th, 1967. It was the Jewish state’s survival that was threatened by the force of five Arab armies. Israel vastly expanded the territory under its control, taking the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, and the Golan Heights from Syria. https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/modern-israeli-history-a-timeline/ -
UN Resolution 242
The U.N Security Council approves resolution 242. This called for Israeli withdrawal from territories occupied from the Six Day War. Also for respect and rights of all states to live in peace and security. https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/modern-israeli-history-a-timeline/ -
Yom Kippur War Begins
The Yom Kippur War began when some Arab states launched a surprise attack on Israel. They launched this attack on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/modern-israeli-history-a-timeline/ -
Camp David Accords
Israel and Egypt signed the Camp David Accords after multiple days of negotiations brokered by United States President Jimmy Carter. The agreement later lead to the awarding of the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize to the Egyptian President, Anwar Sadat, and the Israeli Prime Minister, Menachem Begin. -
Lebanon War Begins
Israel invaded southern Lebanon in an effort to try and stop attacks on civilians in northern Israel. This resulted in the removal of the PLO from Lebanon. -
Oslo Accords
Israel and Palestine signed the first Oslo Accord at the White House. That agreement provided for the creation of a meanwhile Palestinian self-governing authority and the withdrawal of Israeli soldiers from certain Palestinian territory. -
Barak-Arafat Peace Talks End
Two weeks of negotiations between Israel’s Prime Minister and Palestine’s leader, Ehud Barak and Yasser Arafat, come to an inconclusive end. The negotiations at Camp David ended without a peace agreement. -
Stabbing Intifada
A wave of firebombing, car ramming, and stabbing attacks by Palestine starts in and around Jerusalem. This lead some to raise concerns that a Third Intifada, even referred to as a stabbing intifada, is carried out.