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Hussein-McMahon Correspondence
Exchange of letters between the Sharif of Mecca, Hussein Bin-Ali and Henry McMahon, during WWI, discussing the fate of the Ottoman land and how it was going to be divided. -
Sykes Pikot
The division of Arab provinces as to become under French and British rule. It was a secret decision, also known as the "betrayal" of Sharif Hussein. -
British Mandate - White Papers #1
For a long time, the British kept their minds set on the idea of becoming authorized rulers of Palestine and that was soon achieved by receiving a mandate from the League of Nations. 1922 was also when the White Papers were written. -
Jewish (Zionist) Immigration
The beginning of the Arab revolt in Palestine which resulted as the rise of Arabs against the British Mandate, triggered by the mass Jewish immigration from Europe to Palestine, ending in 1939. -
UN Partitions
It was a planned partition by the UN after the termination of the British Mandate as to create independent Jewish and Arab states. Palestine was divided into two states, the Israeli one being larger. Palestinians owned more land because their numbers were greater. -
Al-Nakba
Only a day after the Israeli Independence Day, a war between Palestine and Israel occurred in former Mandatory Palestine. The Arabs attacked Tel Aviv and the Israelis resisted. That also led to the Deir Yassin massacre on April 9th, where many Palestinians were slaughtered and kicked out of their homes. -
Jamal Abd-Al Nasser
Jamal Abd Al Nasser became the second president of Egypt. He was a very popular and loved man. His people idolized him. -
Nationalize Suez Canal
During Jamal Abd Al Nasser's speech in Alexandria, the Egyptian forces were given a code word to seize the Suez Canal. Nasser announced the fact that it was nationalized during the last minutes of his long speech, which bought the Egyptian Forces enough time to conquer it. It was a great shock to the British, Eden especially, and only a greater shock when the Egyptians managed to set sail the first ship across it. -
Al-Naksa
Israel's victory in the 6 day war which was led by Nasser and a weakly organized plan to reclaim past Palestinian land. The war lasted six days but what led to the Israeli victory was the fact that they were a lot more organized and they managed to destroy Egyptian airforce using the media as one of their weapons. -
Camp David Accords
Accords signed by Anwar Sadat and Begin in the White House, witnessed by the American President Carter. The Egyptians were against this but little did they know that Sadat was capable of returning Egyptian land back.
