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| 1917- THE BALFOUR DECLARATION |
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Lord Balfour, Britian's foreign minister, announces his nation's support for the establishment of a Jewish state within predominatly Arab Palestine, a land Britain controls.
(He promises it to one country when it is barely even his and there is already people living there). |
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| The UN, amid growing support for the establishment of a Jewish homeland after the Holocaust of WWII, votes to divide Palestine into two countries: one Arab, one Jewish. Jews accept the plan, Arabs do not. |
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| May 14, Jew declare the creation of Israel. May 15, six Arab countries invade. Israel wins, taking some land sesignated for the Arab stare. Nearly 1 million Palistineans flee. |
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| 1964- PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION |
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| The PLO is founded, dedicated to creating a Palesinesan homeland and destroying Israel. Yasir Arafat becomes chairman of the PLO in 1969. |
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| With Arab nations set to attack, Israel strikes first. In six days, Israel captures the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza strip from Egypt, the West Bank from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syria. |
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| Egypt and Syria launch a surprise attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, the holiest Jewish holiday. Israel drives them back. |
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| Israel and Egypt sign a treaty in which Israel returns the Sinai Peninsula in exchange for recognition and peace. The agreement also established a framework for Palestinean self-rule, but the PLO rejects it. |
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| Palestinians, frustrated with Israli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, begin a protest called the Intifada ("uprising"in Arabic), marked by frequent strikes and stone-throwing. |
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| Israel and the PLO sign a peace treaty granting limited self-rule to Palistinians, as both sides acknowledge the other's right to exist as a state. |
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| 2000 (or 2001?)- SECOND INTIFADA |
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| Ariel Sharon, opponent of compromise with the Palestinians, visits a jerusalem site holy to both Muslims and Jews. Palistinians protest it as an insult, and violence erupts in a cycle that continues through today. |
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Israel completely withdraws from Gaza-
Everything-
military
jews
settlers
control of border. |
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