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The establishment in Palestine of a national home for the jewish people.
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Arab nationalists oppose to Jewish immigration.
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The arab league seeks to unify the arab policy on world issues.
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Britian turned control of Palestine to the UN and placed Jerusalem under international control.
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The arab nations attacked Israel, but were driven back.
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OPEC, organization of petroleum exporting countries, groups six non arab and seven arab states. Its purpose is to increase its members oil revenues.
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Six day war, Israelis defeated the arab forces and seized the gaza strip, the sinai peninsula, and all nteritory on the westbank of the jordan rvier.
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Arab guerrilla groups raided Israeli settlements and attacked commercial planes.
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Attacking on Yom Kippur, syrians and egyptians gained the initial advantage, but israeli forces slowy reversed the battle. The UN called for a cease fire.
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OPEC imcreased oil prices and reduced shipments to most west european nations and Japan. Also toally stopped oil shippments to the US.
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The US resupplied Israel. The Soviet Union assisted the Arabics in the end both super powers sponsered a UN resolutionb that achieved a mid east cease fire.
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Israel, Egypt, and Jordan sent delagates to a UN backed peace confrences in Geneva Switzerland. nThe confrence ended in failue.
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Syria sent fifty thousand troops into lebanon to inforce a cease fire.
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PLO commandos attacked the Israel coast and killed 30 civilians. Israel troops occupied southern lebanon for three months.
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Israeli armed forces bombed the lebanese capital and trapped several thousand PLO troops and forced them to evacuate to Tunisia.
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Suicide bombers drove trucks into the United States and french compounds killing 241 marines and 58 french soldiers.
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Israel withdraws both of its forces in Lebanon.
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The palestine national council proclaims the formation of an independent state of palestine with its capital in Jerusalem.
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A new constitution designed to increase the power of lebanons muslim majority and end the civil war.
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Syrian troops assaulted the presedential palace to remove a chrisitian general.
