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FIrst Zionist Congress
Jewish nationalist movement that has had as its goal the creation and support of a Jewish national state in Palestine, -
Mcmahon Hussein Coresspondence
Britain would grant independence to most arab areas in the Ottoman Empire -
Balfour Declaration
British Balfour Declaration promised to create a Jewish homeland. -
british mandate for palestine
the league of nations divided ottoman lands between the british and the french after world war 1. -
the holocause and world war 2
nazis persecuted jews, eventually carrying out a genocide. this resulted in the murder of 6 million jews -
UN partilipon plan
in 1947 amidst growing tensions between arabs, jews, and the british, britain announced its plan to pull out of the region and turned the question of sovereignty over to the united nations -
1948 war
UN partilion plan, proclaimed independence of the new state of israel on may 14 1948 . the following day, arab armies from egypt, jordan , lebanon, syria, and iraq attacked the new state -
establishment of the PLO
palestine liberation organization (PLO) was formed with the aim of destroying israel -
Settlement Construction begins
The Israel government approved the building of settlement in the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza strip, and West Bank -
six-day war/1967 arab-israel
egypy, jordan,syria, and iraq moved their armie to israels borders. egypy closed the international water way -
Khartoum Resolution/ Attrition Battles The war of Attrition
Israel stated that it was open to returning other terroritories in exchange for peace and recognition of its right to exist.Eight Arab heads of state met in Khartoum August 29 Septmember 1, 1967 and adopted the "3 NOs" policy--no peace with Israel, and recognition of Israel, and no negotion s with Israel.
