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United Nation Partition Plan
The goal was to separate the British Mandate territory of Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab. Jerusalem would have been under international control. United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine or United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 was not successful. -
Reprisal operations
The State of Israel was confronted by Palestinian infiltrations. The first village that was attacked was Sharafat. -
Israel withdrew its forces from the Sinai Peninsula
Because of this, it ended the Suez Crisis. Suez Crisis was the joint Israeli-British-French attack on Egypt. -
Six Day War
Israel started this by launching a defensive strike on Egyptian Air Force. Israel defeated the combined forces of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and their allies. It captured the Sinai Peninsula & the Gaza Strip from Egypt, East Jerusalem and the West Bank, and the Golan Heights from Syria. -
The Ma'alot massacre
This event was a Palestinian terrorist attack that occurred in May and involved a two-day hostage-taking that eventually led to murder. It began when three armed members of the Democratic Front entered Israel from Lebanon. -
The killing of important people
Cartoonist Naji al-Ali was killed by a bullet to the head. Abu Iyad, second in command of Fatah & disagreed to Yasser Arafat's support of Saddam Hussein, was killed in Tunis by Abu Nidal. -
Peace Process
The Madrid Conferences was a conference held hosted by Spain and Co-sponsored by the US. It was an attempt by the international community to revive the Israeli-Palestnian peace process -
Second Intifada
This was a back to back war. Lots of people died. Palestinians was going to war and rebeling back in the streets. -
Palestinian millitants kidnapped journalists.
Palestinian militants kidnapped Fox journalists, Olaf Wiig and Steve Centanni. Demanding the U.S. to release all Muslims in prison. The two were eventually released on August 27, after stating they had converted to Islam. They both later said that they were forced to convert to Islam at gunpoint. -
Bombing Houses
A Palestinian village in the West Bank was firebombed by masked attackers. Many children, men, and woman burned to death or died because of the injuries.