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Balfour Declaration
In 1917 the United Kingdom issued the Balfour Declaration, which promised British support for the creation of a Jewish state. -
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Anti-Zionist Riots by Paletinians
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Britain controls Palestine
The United Kingdom gained control over Palestine after World War I and governed it under a League of Nations mandate beginning in 1923. -
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Jews fleeing persecution and going to Palestine
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UN purpsoes plan create two states in the region
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Israel's war of independence (against Arab states
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Israel declares independece
On May 14, 1948, in Tel Aviv, Zionist leaders led by David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the State of Israel. -
Britain withdraws from region, mandat relinquished.
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David Ben-Gurion elected Prime Minister of Israel
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Armistice agreements
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Chaim Weizmann elected president of Israel
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Sporadic guerilla attacks by Palestinians on Israel
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Israel admitted to UN
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Israel has rapid economic expansion
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Israel retaliates agaisnt guerillas and Jordan/Egyptian armies
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Egypt blockades Israel
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Sporadic guerilla attacks by Palestinians
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Egypt nationlizes Suez Canal
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UN peacekeeping troops arrive on October War area
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Beginning of October War
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Israel's troops leave October War area
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Levi Eshkol became prime minister
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Israel has diplomatic relations with West Germany
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Intensified Guerillas by Palestinians from Syria
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Israel launches Preemptive Strike (Start of Six Day War)
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Six Day War
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Israel declared Jerusalem an administratively united city
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UN Security Council adopted Resolution 242
Resolution 242, calls for Israel to withdraw from the territories it occupied during the war in return for a just and lasting peace. Despite nearly two years of mediation, the parties never fully accepted these terms. -
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Palestinians continue terrorist attacks
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Palestinians continue terrorist attacks
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Egypt attacks Israel
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Israel signs accords with Egypt
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Prime Minister Golda Meir resigns
The findings of a commission of inquiry led to the resignation of Prime Minister Golda Meir's Labor government. -
Israel signs accords with Syria
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Yitzhak Rabin becomes Prime Minister of Israel
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Israel signs accords with Egypt
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Likud party won electoral vote: Headed by Menachem Begin