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Britain takes over the administration of Palestine, Transjordan (later renamed Jordan) and Mesopotamia iraq following the defeat of the Ottoman empire in the first world war.
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Britain takes over the administration of Palestine, Transjordan (later renamed Jordan) and Mesopotamia (Iraq), following the defeat of the Ottoman empire in the first world war.
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ritain cedes the Golan Heights from Palestine to French-run Syria. Britain's official mandate over Palestine, from the League of Nations, comes into effect.
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Britain cedes the Golan Heights from Palestine to French-run Syria. Britain's official mandate over Palestine, from the League of Nations, comes into effect.
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A three-year Arab revolt begins, amid frustration at rising Jewish immigration and continued colonial rule.
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A three-year Arab revolt begins, amid frustration at rising Jewish immigration and continued colonial rule.
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Britain imposes restrictions on Jewish immigration to Palestine.
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Britain imposes restrictions on Jewish immigration to Palestine.
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At the end of the second world war, America urges Britain to lift its restrictions on Jewish refugees settling in Palestine but Britain resists this pressure.
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At the end of the second world war, America urges Britain to lift its restrictions on Jewish refugees settling in Palestine but Britain resists this pressure.
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The King David Hotel, Britain's military headquarters in Jerusalem, is bombed by a Jewish militant group, Irgun.
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The King David Hotel, Britain's military headquarters in Jerusalem, is bombed by a Jewish militant group, Irgun.
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Britain asks the recently formed United Nations to take over the Palestine problem. The UN proposes partition. The Arabs reject this.
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Britain asks the recently formed United Nations to take over the Palestine problem. The UN proposes partition. The Arabs reject this.
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The state of Israel is proclaimed. Neighbouring Arab states invade it. Israel's nascent defence forces repel them. Around 700,000 Arabs flee. Though Egypt ends up occupying the Gaza strip and Transjordan takes East Jerusalem and the West Bank, Israel ends up bigger than the UN partition plan had proposed.
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The state of Israel is proclaimed. Neighbouring Arab states invade it. Israel's nascent defence forces repel them. Around 700,000 Arabs flee. Though Egypt ends up occupying the Gaza strip and Transjordan takes East Jerusalem
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gypt nationalises the Suez Canal and closes off access to the Israeli port of Eilat. Israel, France and Britain form a secret pact to attack Egypt. Under American pressure, they are forced to withdraw
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Egypt nationalises the Suez Canal and closes off access to the Israeli port of Eilat. Israel, France and Britain form a secret pact to attack Egypt. Under American pressure, they are forced to withdraw.
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Arab leaders create the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), whose founding charter calls for a Palestinian Arab state encompassing the whole of British Mandate Palestine and declares the establishment of Israel
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Arab leaders create the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), whose founding charter calls for a Palestinian Arab state encompassing the whole of British Mandate Palestine and declares the establishment of Israel
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After Egypt masses its troops in the Sinai desert and blockades Eilat, the six-day war is launched and won by Israel. Sinai and the Gaza strip are taken from Egypt; the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan; and the Golan Heights from Syria. The PLO moves to Jordan.
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After Egypt masses its troops in the Sinai desert and blockades Eilat, the six-day war is launched and won by Israel. Sinai and the Gaza strip are taken from Egypt; the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan; and the Golan Heights from Syria. The PLO moves to Jordan.
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America launches the Rogers plan, which reiterates Resolution 242's land-for-peace formula. Both sides reject it.
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America launches the Rogers plan, which reiterates Resolution 242's land-for-peace formula. Both sides reject it.
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In what becomes known as “Black September”, Jordan expels the PLO after it creates a “state within a state” and hijacks American, Swiss, Israeli and British planes, holding some passengers hostage.
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In what becomes known as “Black September”, Jordan expels the PLO after it creates a “state within a state” and hijacks American, Swiss, Israeli and British planes, holding some passengers hostage.
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The Yom Kippur war: attacks by Egypt and Syria on Judaism's holiest day take Israel by surprise but it strikes back and its troops cross the Suez Canal and enter Syria before the UN calls for a ceasefire
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The Yom Kippur war: attacks by Egypt and Syria on Judaism's holiest day take Israel by surprise but it strikes back and its troops cross the Suez Canal and enter Syria before the UN calls for a ceasefire.
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Egypt's President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to go to Israel, visiting Jerusalem to seek a peace settlement.
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Egypt's President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to go to Israel, visiting Jerusalem to seek a peace settlement.
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After terrorist attacks on buses in northern Israel, its forces launch an incursion into Lebanon to attack PLO bases. America's President Jimmy Carter hosts the Camp David talks between Israel and Egypt
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After terrorist attacks on buses in northern Israel, its forces launch an incursion into Lebanon to attack PLO bases. America's President Jimmy Carter hosts the Camp David talks between Israel and Egypt.