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The Paris Peace Conference
Discussed the drawing of new national boundaries which followed the conclusion of the First World War. -
The Arab Response
British Military Occupation which preceded the Mandate, the Arabs of Palestine rioted in protest against Jewish settlement. -
Western Wall 12
Jerusalem flared into riots which spread throughout the country. The Jewish community in Hebron was wiped out. -
United Nations Special Committee on Palestine
recommended the partition of Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state in economic union and an internationalized Jerusalem. -
1948 Arab-Israeli War
Established Israel as an independent state with the rest of the British Mandate of Palestine split into areas controlled by Egypt and Transjordan. -
United Nations General Assembly
voted 33 to 13 in favor of a Partition Plan that created the State of Israel. -
Israel signed
separate cease-fire agreements with Egypt -
Sinai Campaign
the IDF captured the Gaza Strip and the entire Sinai peninsula. -
National Water Carrier
It was completed ,bringing water from Lake Kinneret in the north to the semi-arid south.
