The Arab-Israeli Conflict

By rene_rubio2015

  • Zionism

    Theodore Herzl the founder of Zionism tried to find a solution for the problem in his book 'The Jewish State'.

  • The Balfour Declaration

    British Minister Arthur Belfour commited Britain to work towards "The establishment of Palestine."

  • UN Partition Plan

    Countries of the UN General assmebly voted for partition.

  • Establishment of Israel

    The state of Israel the first Jewish state for nearly 2,000 years located in Tel Aviv.

  • Formation of the PLO

    Palestians created a genuinely independent organization.

  • The Six-Day War

    Syria amassed a large number number of troops on the Golan Heights.

  • The Munich Olympics

    Members of the Israeli olympics were taken and killed by the palestian group Black September.

  • The Yom Kippur War

    Israelis managed to push back the attack even though they were outnumbered. The U.S. convinced Israel to withdraw from the land they had taken.

  • Sadat Assassinated

    Sadat was assassinated by Islamist in the Egyptian army

  • The Oslo Peace Process

    A period of frenetic Israeli-Arab peacemaking.

  • Jordan-Israeli Peace

    The agreement was signed at the White House in the prescence of President Bill Clinton.

  • Arafat Returns

    The returning Palestinian Liberation Army deployed in areas vacated by Israeli troops and Arafat became head of the new Palestinian National Authority.

  • Arafat Dies

    Arafat died in a military hospital.

  • New President

    Hamas wins the Palestinian Legislative election.

  • New Hope?

    During his acceptance speech in Ramallah, Abbas said that "there is a difficult mission ahead to build our state, to achieve security for our people ... to give our prisoners freedom, our fugitives a life in dignity, to reach our goal of an independent state."