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first zionist congress
organized by theodor herzel there goal was too establish a legally azured home for the jewish people. -
mcmahon hussein corresppondance
during the ww1 henry mcmahon promised that britain would gain independance to most arab areas in the ottoman empire.after the war ara and britishe representatives disagreed over the borders that were promised. -
balfour declaration
the british balfour declaration promised to create a jewish homeland in the regioncomrising the anciente land of israel. -
British Mandatefor Palestine
The League of Nations divided Ottoman lands between the British and
the French after World War I. Britain was given the Palestine Mandate
on land comprising modern-day Israel, the West Bank, Gaza Strip and
Jordan. -
The Holocaustand World War II
Nazi Germany attacked and conquered most of Europe. Before and uring the war, the Nazis persecuted Jews, eventually carrying out a gnocide known as the Holocaust. This resulted in the murder of 6 mllion Jews. Although the Jewish population of the Palestine Mandate ave military support to Britain during the war -
UN PartitionPlan
In 1947, amidst growing tensions between Arabs, Jews, and the British,Britain announced its plan to pull out of the region and turned thequestion of sovereignty over to the United Nations -
1948 War
In accordance with the UN Partition Plan, David Ben-Gurion proclaimedthe independence of the new State of Israel on May 14, 1948 and bcame Israel’s first Prime Minister. The following day, Arab armies rom Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq attacked the new state. -
Establishment ofthe PLO
In 1964, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was formed with
the aim of destroying Israel and creating a Palestinian state in its place. -
Six-Day War /1967 Arab-Israeli
In the days before the war, Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iraq moved their
armies to Israel’s borders. Egypt closed the international water way, the
Straits of Tiran, to all Israeli shipping, an act of war in international law. this lead to a sixday war. -
KhartoumResolution/Attrition Battles/The War ofAttrition
During the 1967 War, Israel gained land from Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.While Israel maintained that Jerusalem would remain a unified city, withall religions having access to their holy sites, it stated that it was opento returning other territories in exchange for peace and recognition of ts right to exist.
