The Middle East: 1917-Present Day

By mchaput95
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    1917-Present Day

  • Balfour Declaration

    Theodor Herzl founded modern Zionism: the belief that Jews need a modern homeland. Jews had already lived in Palestine, which would make the location a better place to escape anti-Semitism. Britain supported the declaration, and by 1938, 500,000 Jews had made their way to Palestine.

  • Mandate over Palestine

    Balfour Declaration is fulfilled by Britain receiving the League of Nations mandate over Palestine.

  • Start of WW2 and the Holocaust

    The start of WW2 marked the beginning of the holocaust for Jews, leading to an influx of Jewish immigration to Palestine, despite British limitations. Many Jews were illegally brought into the country.

  • Less Jews going to Isreal

    In this time, Britain had decreased the ability for Jews to be able to migrate in Israel.

  • Arab League

    The Arab League had been created in order to help boost the economy, resolve disputes, and coordinate politics for the countries in the Middle East.

  • Isreal Control

    Britain and the U.N. discuss the control of Isreal, as to whether or not it should stay under British mandate, be turned into a sovereign state, or be split into Arab/Jewish sections.
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    Arab Countries invade Israel

    After Israel declared it's independance from the mandate, other surrounding Arab countries invaded and attacked Israel.

  • Isreal gets independance

    Isreal had declated its independance from the British mandate that it had had for many years.
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    Hostility

    During these years, the Arab countries continued to show hostility towards Israel.

  • Sinai Campaign

    Egypt becomes involved in a war with France, Britain, and Israel.

  • Palestine Liberation Organization

    Palestine Liberation Organization was founded, and is recognized as the representative of the Palestinian.

  • Arab-Israeli War

    A section of the Arab-Israeli war occured. The fighting lasted six days, and the fighting ended when the UN intervened.

  • Arab-Israeli War (cont.)

    Syrians and Egyptians attack Israel on Yom Kippur.

  • Showing Support

    Arab nations began to show support for the Palestine Liberation Organization. It is declared as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.
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    Lebanese Civil War

    In these years, there was a large scale civil war in Lebanon, resulting in over 200,000 civilian deaths.
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    Iran-Iraq War

    Iran and Iraq were at war during these times, and had been for many years, up until UN had intervened and called a ceasefire.

  • Egyptian President Assassinated

    In 1981, the Egyptian president Sadat was assassinated.

  • Israel invades Lebanon

    In 1982, Israel had invaded Lebanon.

  • Operation Desert Storm

    Operation Desert Storm began on this day in 1991.