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UN plan to partition Palestine
The United Nations announced a plan to divide Palestine into an Arab and Jewish state. Jews agreed, but Arabs vowed to do anything needed to prevent the U.N. plan from being carried out. -
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The start and continuation of the Israel/Palestinian Conflict
This timeline shows the start of the conflict but not the end because the conflict still lives on to this day. -
Israel declares independence
The Jews were outnumbered in Palestine, but their armies were much more advanced because of involvement in WWII..Israel Declares Independence. Rudi Weissenstein/Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister of Israel, pronounces the Declaration of the State of Israel at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art -
Arab/Israeli war
On the night of the creation of the State of Israel, a combined Arab force of Egyptians, Iraqis, Jordanians, Syrians, Lebanese, Saudi, and Yemeni troops attacked and the fight for independence lasted for 8 months. The Jews were not only able to defend their land, but they expanded their territory as well. It ended in March 1949. -
Suez Crisis
Skirmishes between Israel and Egypt due to Arab countries refusing to recognize Israel being apart of the United Nations. This also led to the Suez War in 1956. -
Formation of PLO
The PLO was made up of several Palestinian political groups
in different countries. Their goal was to take Palestine back from the Israelis. In 1969, Yasser Arafat became the leader of the PLO. -
Six Day War
The Six Day War of 1967 was a sweeping victory for the Israelis.
They overran the enemies, gaining control of the Sinai Peninsula and the City of Jerusalem, which is sacred to both Muslims and Jews. They captured Gaza strip, West bank, and East jerusalem. -
Yom Kippur War
Egypt and Syria carried out an attack on Israel during Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. The Arabs were better prepared with weapons but the Israel were able to hold them off. The Yom Kippur War was also a great step to the peace process. The war ended on October 26, 1973. -
Lebanon war
The 1982 Lebanon War began on June 6, 1982, as what was supposed to be a short-term military operation - Operation Peace for Galilee. The operation was meant to destroy militant infrastructure on the Lebanese-Israeli border, which had been used by terrorists to attack IDF forces, as well as the Israeli communities abject to the border. -
Oslo Accords
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Negotiator Mahmoud Abbas signed a Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, commonly referred to as the “Oslo Accord,” at the White House.
