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first zionist congress
Convinced that the long history of oppression and persecution of Jews would not stop until Jews could live in a land of their own. -
McMahon- Hussein Correspondence
After the war, Arab and British rpresentatives disagreed over the borders that were promised. -
Balfour Declaration
The british balfour declaration promised to create a jewish homeland in the region comprising the ancient land of israel. -
British Mandate for Palestine
The League of Nations divided Ottoman lands between the british and french after world war 1. -
UN partition plan
The UN general assembly voted to partition the pslestine mandate into an arab state and a jewish state and to internationalize the city of jerusalem. -
1948 war
Israel obtained twenty percent more land than the UN partition alloted. -
settlement construction begins
The isreali government approved the building of settlements in the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza strip, and West Bank. -
Khartoum Resolution/ attrition battles/ the war of attrition
During the 1967 War, Israel gained land from Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. -
camp david accords
The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on 17 September 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David. The two framework agreements were signed at the White House, and were witnessed by United States President Jimmy Carter. -
First Intifada
The First Intifada or First Palestinian Intifada was a Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, which lasted from December 1987 until the Madrid Conference in 1991, -
Oslo Accords
The Oslo Accords are a set of agreements between the government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): the Oslo I Accord, signed in Washington, D.C., in 1993 and the Oslo II Accord, signed in Taba in 1995. -
camp david summit
The 2000 Camp David Summit was a summit meeting at Camp David between United States president Bill Clinton, Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat. The summit took place between 11 and 25 July 2000 and was an effort to end the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The summit ended without an agreement.
