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zionism
following the appearance of anti-semitism, in Europe, theodore herzl the founder of zionism, tried to find a political solution for the problem in his book "the jewish state". -
McMahon- hussein correspondence
sharif hussein was the rules of the muslim holy city of mecca. during World war I, British high commissioner henry McMahon promised him that Britain would grant independence to mostarab areas in the ottoman empire. -
Balfour Declaration
the British balfour Declaration promised to create a jewish homeland in the religion comprising the ancient Land of israel -
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British mandate for palestine
the mandate incorporated the laanguage of the Balfour declaration. -
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the holocaust and world war II
Nazi germany attacked and conquered most of Europe. Before and during the war, the nazis persecuted jews, eventually carrying out gene=ocide known as the Holocaust -
1948 War
in accordance with the UN Partition Plan, david Ben-Gurion proclaimed the independence of the new state of israel's first prime minister. -
UN Partition Plan
On November 29, 1947 the UN General Assembly voted to parttition the palestine mandate into an arab state and a jewish state and to internacionalize the cityof jerusalem -
establishment of the PLO
In 1964, the palestine liberation organization ( PLO) was formed with the aim of destroying israel and creating a palestinian state in its place -
Settlement construction begins
The Israeli government approved the building of settlements in the
Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, and West Bank. The term settlements
refers to Israeli communities built on land that was captured in the 1967
War. The first settlements were intended to act as security outposts
and to prevent attacks on major population centers. Settlements were
also built on the sites of Jewish villages that had been destroyed by
Arab forces during the 1948 War -
six-day war / 1967 Arab-Israeli war
In the days before the war, Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iraq moved their amies to Israel’s borders. Egypt closed the international water way, the traits of Tiran, to all Israeli shipping, an act of war in international law. War These actions were accompanied by Arableaders’ statements about the intent to destroy Israel -
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KhartoumResolution/Attrition Battles/The War ofAttrition
during the 1967 war, israel gained land form efgypt, jordan, and syria. while israel maintained that jerusalem would reamain a uniferd city, with all religions having access to their holy sites. eight arab heads of estate met in khartoum aguost 29- septiembre 1, 167
