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First Zionist Congress
Organized by Theodor Herzl, which was the founder of Zionism. The congress officially announced Zionism's goal of having a home for the Jewish in Israel. They wont stop till the jews have their own land. -
McMahon-Hussein Correspondence
Shariff Hussein was the ruler of muslim holy city of mecca. The British promised they would give independance to most arab areas. After the war the Arab and British broke there promise. -
Balfour Declaration
British foreign minister Arthur Balfour commited to the Jewish people to have a home in Palestine. -
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British Mandate for Palestine
The leagues of Nations divided lands between British and French after world war 1. In 1921 British created Transjordan. In 1922, British took more then 75% of area from the Jews. -
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The Holocaust and World War II
Germany attacked and took most of Europe. The Nazis murdered more then 6 million jews. Jews gave military support to Britain during the war , but the British refused to let Jews flee. -
UN Partition Plan
Britain ruled Palestine since 1920. The UN splitted the territory and separated the Jews and the Palestinians.33 countries voted for partition, 13 voted against and 10 abstained. This led to the creation of Isreal. -
1948 War
David Ben-Gurion gave independence to the new State of Israel and became Israel's first prime minister. Next day Arab armies from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq attacked Israel. That was the first Arab-Israeli war. -
Establishment of Israel
The state of Israel was the first Jewish state in 2,000 years. 5 arab armies from Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq attacked Israel but the Israeli army crushed them. -
The Suez Campaign
Israel, France and Britain went to war against Egypt. Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal and closed it to Israel and the western Europe. Egypt's military purchases from Russian's. During the war Israel captured the Sinai Desert but eventually returned the territoty it gained to Egypt. -
Formation of the PLO
Palestinians created a independent organization when Yasser Araft took over the chairmanship of Palestine Liberation Organization in 1969 his Fatah oranization gained nototiety with its armed operations against Israel. -
The six day war
Egypt blocked Israel's shipping lanes in the red sea. Syria had large numbers of troops in Golan Heights. Israel lanched strikes againsted Egypt, Then Syria and Jordan joined the fight. The war lasted 6 days. Israel captured the Sini and The gaza strip from Egypt, The Golan heights from Syria , and the Westbank from Jordan -
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Khartoum Resolution/ Attrition Battles/ The War of Attrition
During the war, Israel gained land from Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. Egypt began small attacks on Isreal. During this same period, the PLO attacked Israeli military. -
The Munich Olympics
Members of the Israel team were taken hostage and eventually killed by Palestinian group. -
Yom Kippur War
Yom Kippur a holiday in the jewish year. Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq attacked Isreal. Israelies pushed back the attack because of being outnumbered. The U.S. convinced Israel to withdraw the territtories.
