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History of conflict
1947 the United Nations voted to partition the then British-controlled Palestine into Arab and Jewish states. Arabs leaders rejected this partition, and when Israel declares independence in May of 1948, six Arab states attack. Israel defeats the combined Arab armies and enlarges its territory. -
the 6 day war
in 1967 the United Nations peacekeepers and prepares its army, Israel launches a surprise attack. Syria, Jordan, and Iraq join the fighting, but Israel decimates the Arab forces. this was called the 6 day war -
the first Arab nation to recognize Israel
in 1979 signs of peace were on the horizon. After Egyptian president Anwar Sadat’s surprise visit to Jerusalem, US President Jimmy Carter brokers peace between Egypt and Israel. -
Yom Kippur War.
in 1973, on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Egypt and Syria launch a surprise attack on Israeli forces in Sinai and the Golan Heights. -
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The violence of this uprising
n 1987, angered by Israel’s continuing occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, he first suicide attack on civilians in Israel occurs in 1989.The violence of this uprising - lasts through 1990. -
Isreal now
After 1967 and through today, Israelis have created and maintained settlements: Jewish communities within the Occupied Territories of the West Bank and Gaza.Although this practice is considered illegal, Israelis expand these settlements, believing the OT rightfully belongs to the Jews.