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movement to establish Jewish state in Palestine
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Origins of conflict
The conflict begins in 1947, when Great Britain decides to abandon Palestina, where there were already conflicts between local residents and those Jews who had been settling there in the hope of creating a "national home".
Britain leaves the problem in the hands of the ONU, who aproved a plan where the territory would be divided in two zones: one Israeli and one Palestinian. -
Beggining of war
The Arab countries of the area were opposed to the birth of the new state and sent their troops sparking the first Arab-isrelí war, which lasted for over a year, causing a massive exodus of Palestinians. -
Isreal Declared Itself an Independent State
Led to first arab-israel war -
The suez canal
Egypt nationalized suez canal -
The Six Day War
Israel preemptively attacked egypt after egypt mobilized its army. -
Palestinian Liberation Group
Yasser Arafat's group , Fatah, took control of the PLO(1969). -
Munich Olympics
Palestinian terrorist from "Black September" killed 11 Israeli athletes and coaches at munich. -
1973 Yom kippur War
Egypt and Syria attacked israel on jewish holy day -
Camp David Accords
Peace treaty signed by israel and egypt -
Israels Invasion of Lebanon
Israel invaded Lebanon to destroy PLO bases -
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First Intifada
palestinian uprising against israel occupation of West Bank Gaza.
First suicide attacks in israel.1,500 palestinians and 400 israelis died over 60 years. -
Oslo Accords
President Clinton Brokered peace agreement between israel and the PLO. -
Implement of the Oslo Accords
Israel and the PLO agreed in the Cairo summit, implement the first phase of the Oslo Accords, which include the 60% military withdrawal from Gaza and Jericó.
July: Arafat returns to Gaza and take over as president of Palestina. -
Taba agreement
Arafat and Shimon Peres, the Israeli foreign minister, sign the Taba agreement which sets up the mechanism for a transitional period towards Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. -
Second Intifada
Ariel Sharon, the leader of Israel's Likud party, visits al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, which is Islam's third holiest site. Arafat describes the visit as a dangerous affront to Islam's holy places. The second Intifada begins. -
Sharon
January: Palestinians and Israelis meet in the Egyptian resort of Taba to negotiate an agreement on the U.S. peace proposal.
February: Sharon is elected prime minister and bury the negotiations by announcing that he will not respect the agreements of Taba. -
Operation Defensive Shield
The Israeli army launches Operation Defensive Shield, the country's biggest military operation in the West Bank since the Six Day war. The siege of Yasser Arafat begins. Israel besieges Arafat's headquarters in Ramallah, demolishing most of his office complex and confining him there, while simultaneously embarking on a policy of extra-judicial assassinations and imprisonment of Palestinian leaders -
Arafat dies
Arafat dies in France. Israel denies his wishes to be buried in Jerusalem. Instead he is buried at his headquarters in Ramallah with soil brought from Jerusalem placed in his grave. -
New President
Hamas wins the Palestinian legislative elections. The US, Israel and several European countries cut off aid to the Palestinians as the Islamist movement rejects Israel's right to exist. -
A National Unity Government
Egypt fosters talks among Palestinian factions aims at ending the rift between PLO and Hamas and forming a national unity government.
