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Balfour Declaration
The declaration led to the jews in America and Britain into believing that Great Britain would support the creation of a jewish state in the Middle East. It was a letter from British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Lord Rothschild that made public the British support of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. -
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Great Depression
Many jobless people in the Great Depression -
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The Holocaust
A systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. -
UN General Assembly
The UN General Assembly voted in favor of a resolution, which adopted the plan for the partition of Palestine, recommended by the majority of the UN Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP). 33 states voted in favor of the resolution and 13 against. 10 states abstained. -
Al-Nakba/ Establishment of Isreal
The Arabic term for the events of May 15th 1948, when many Palestinians were displaced from their homeland by the creation of the new state of Israel. -
Formation of the PLO
Organization created in 1964 with the purpose of creating an independent State of Palestine, -
The Six Days War
War that was against Syria, Jordan, and Egypt. The Six-Day War was initiated by General Moshe Dayan, the Israeli Defence Minister. -
Munich Olympics
An attack during the 1972 September 5th Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany on 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team, who were taken hostage and eventually killed, along with a German police officer and members of the Palestinian group Black September. -
Yom Kippur War
War fought by the coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel -
Camp David Accords
A historic peace accords between Egypt and Israel at the U.S. presidential retreat at Camp. -
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1st Intifada
A Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories -
Oslo Peace Accords
An attempt in 1993 to set up a framework that would lead to the resolution of the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict. It was the first face-to-face agreement between the government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). -
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2nd Intifada
The second Palestinian uprising a period of intensified Palestinian–Israeli violence. It started in September 28th 2000, when Ariel Sharon made a provoking visit to the Temple Mount. -
Madrid Summit
23–25 April 2001
A summit meeting that is regarded as a periodic opportunity for Heads of State and Heads of Government of NATO member countries to evaluate and provide strategic direction for Alliance activities.
