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Middle East 1900 to the Present

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  • Zionist Congress

    Zionist Congress
    The first Zionist congress calls for "the creatoin of a home for Jewish People in Palestine . . . to bo secured by public law."

  • Balfour Declaration

    Balfour Declaration
    The British Cabinet approves the Balfour Declaration, which states support for the "creation of a national home for Jews in Palestine." At this time the Arabs in Palestine outnumber Jews 10 to 1.

  • Jewish Immigration - Arab Revolt

    Jewish Immigration - Arab Revolt
    Jewish immigration and land purchases in Palestine create a large, unemployed landless Palestinan class. A three-year bloody Arab revolt against the British and Jews begins.

  • World War II and Holocaust end

    World War II and Holocaust end
    World War II and the Holocaust end. Two thirds of European Jews were killed, increasing world support for a Jewish Homeland.

  • Britain turns to U.N. - Palestine

    Britain turns to U.N. - Palestine
    Britain relinquishes Palestine to the United Nations, which partitions Palestine into Arab and Jewish Sates. Jews accept this plan, but Arabs, who outnumber Jews 2 to 1 and are given less of the land, oppose it.

  • Israeli Independence

    Israeli Independence
    Israel proclaims independence, and the next day Arab states attack Israel. Israel wins the war and expands its territory by capturing a majority of the Arab state. The war creates over 700,000 Palentina refuges.

  • PLO

    PLO
    The Palestinian Liberatoin Organization (PLO), a union of Palestinian resistence groups, is founded. It eventually becomes the internationally recognized representatiave body of the Palestinians.

  • Six-Day War

    Six-Day War
    After tensions between Israel and neighboring Arab states escalate, Israel attacks Egypt and Syria. Jordan joins the war against Israel. Israel occupies Golan Heights, West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza Strip, and the Sinai peninsula (the occupied territories), assuming control over 1.5 million Arabs.

  • Intifada

    Intifada
    The Intifada, a spontaneous Palestinian uprising in Gaza Strip and West Bank aimed at ending Israeli occupation of the Occupied Territories begins.

  • Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles

    Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles
    Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles, which outlines a plan for exchnaging land for peace between Israel and the PLO, is created in Oslo, Norway.

  • Camp David Accords

    Camp David Accords
    In the Camp David accords, Egypt trades a promise of peace with Israel for the return of the Sinai pennisula.