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Zionism
Theodore Herzl, the founder of Zionsism. He tried to find a political soulution for the problem in his book, 'The Jewish State'. He advocated for the creation of a Jewish state in Argentina or Palestine. -
The Balfour Declaration
British Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour committed Britain to work towards "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people", in a letter to leading Zionist Lord Rothschild. -
UN Partition Plan
On November 29, 1947, thirty-three countries of the UN General Assembly voted for partition, 13 voted against and 10 obstained. This led to the creation of Israel. -
Estalishment of Israel
The state of Isral was the fisrt Jewish state for nearly 2,000 years. The declaration came into effect the following day as the last British troops withdrew. -
The Suez Campaign 1956
In 1956 Israel, France and Britain went to war against Egypt. During the war, Israel captured the Sinai desert, but eventually withdrew in response to U.S. pressure and returned the territory it had gained to Egypt -
Formation of the PLO
The palestians created a genuinely independent organization when Yasser Arafat took overthe chairmanship of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1969. His Fatah organization was gaining notoriety with its armed operations against Israel. -
The Six-Day War
Israel launched preemptive strikes against Egypt. Syria and Jordan joined the fight. -
Terrorism
Under Arafat's leadership, PLO factions and other militant Palestinian groups launched a series of attacks on Israeli and other targets. -
The Munich Olympics
Mmembers of the israeli olympics team were taken hostage and eventually killed by the Palestinian group black. -
The Yom Kippur War,1973
Yom Kippur the holiest day of the jewish year, Egypt,Syria,Iraq,and jordan attacked Israel.For many Israel the 1973 war reinforced the strategic importance of buffer zones occupied in 1967. The heartland of Israel would of have been overrun had it not been for the buffer zones of the West Bank,the Golan. -
Arafat at the United Nations
Arafat made a dramatic first apperance at the United Nations in 1974 mooting a peaceful solution. "Today I have come bearing an olive branch and a freedom fighters gun. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand". -
The Camp David Accords, 1979
After intensive negotiations coduncted by the U.S., Israel and Egypt signed the Camp David accords. -
Sadat Assassinated
Sadat was assassinated by Islamist elements in the Egyptian army, who didn't want peace with Israel, during national celebrations to mark the anniversary of the October war. -
The Oslo Peace Process
The election of the left-wing Labour government in June 1992, led by Yitzhak Rabin, triggered a period of frenetic Israeli-Arab peacemaking in the mid-1900s. -
Palestinian Intifada
A mass uprising or intifada against the Israeli occupation began in Gaza and quickly spread to the West Bank. More then 1,000 died in clashes which lasted until 1993. -
Jordan-Israeli Peace
Prime Minister Mr.Rabin and King Hussein of Jordan signed a peace agreement ending 46 years of war and strained relations. -
Rabin Assassinated
Amid an incitement campaign against Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, a Jewish religious extremist assassinated him on 4 November , sending shock waves around the world. -
Arafat Returns!
Many critics of the peace process were silenced on 1 July as jubilant crowds lined the streets of Gaza to cheer Yasser Arafat on his triumphal return to Palestinian territory. -
Tarks Fail, New Intifada Starts!
After the withdrawal from Lebanon, attention turned back to Yasser Arafat, who was under pressure from Barakand US President Bill Clinton to abandon gradual negotiations and launch all-out push for a final settlement at the presidential retreat at Camp David. -
Arafat Dies!
Yasser Arafat, the champion of Palestinian statehood died at age 75 in a military hospital in France. -
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 Israe's right to exist. -
"Road Map to Peace"
The "road map" for peace is a plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict proposed by the United States, the European Union, Russia, and the United Nations. -
Death Toll Increases
The death troll soared as shareon intensified existing policesies such as assasinating palastinant militaries air strikes and incurses into palentinian self-rule areas -
New Hope?
Ramallah, Abbas said during his acceptance speech that "there is a difficult mission ahead to build our state, to achieve security for our people...to give our prisoners freedom, our fugitives a life in dignity, to reach our goal of an independent state."
