Israeli-Palestinian conflict

what happened in 1917?

British took charge of Palestine under mandate to build a homeland for the Jews again. Palestinians resented this idea. The zionist movement move here to establish their major settlement.

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1922

Palestine spilt into two parts, Land east of River Jordan became Jordan and the land west called Palestine.Conflict occurred between both over who should control gov/land/economy

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1947

UN passed Resolution 181 calling for palestine to be divided into separate Jewish and Arab states.

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May 14th 1948

the jewish state, renamed Israel, declared its independence. Israel was almost immediately attacked by Palestinians and Arabs from the surrounding countries and war followed. which led to many refugee palestinians

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1967

threatened with attack and launches a pre emptive strike in what became known as the Six Day War.

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1967

The Arab states called for the destruction of Israel and campaign of violence followed, led by the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO).

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1973

Arab nations attacked israel again ( Arab Israeli War) and once more and were defeated.UN demanded that the Israelis withdrew from the territories they overran and occupied, but Israel refused to do so.

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Late 1980s

Palestinians began an uprising to protest against the Israeli occupation of the main areas where they lived - the Gaza trip and West Bank

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1993 under the Oslo Declaration

srael agreed to give the Palestinians autonomous control over the West Bank and Gaza ***** in return for peace, but the violence continued, including a major Palestinian uprising in 2000- the “intifada” which resulted in riots and many deaths

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2000

Ariel Sharon made a tour of the al-Aqsa religious complex in Jerusalem, which enraged Palestinians. Violence erupted in the West Bank and Gaza ***** and many lives were lost.

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2002

the israeli military forces engaged in operation ‘Defensive Wall’ and retook the land it had returned to the Palestinians

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2006

palestinians elected the radical movement Hamas into power- a group who had publicly vowed never to make peace with Israel.

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2006 what did Israel build?

Apartheid Wall proving a huge concrete barrier between the West Bank and Israel - Effected Palestinian economy, making it very difficult for supplies to get through to the Palestinians and making it hard for people to find work or to travel.

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