Arab-Israeli conflict timeline 1896-1995

ARAB ISRAELI TIME LINE

• 1896 Theodore Herzl, created the idea of Zionism and that Jews deserved their own homeland.
• 1909 an entirely jewish town was founded in Palestine, Tel Aviv.
• 1914 about 75, 000 Jews arrived in Palestine
• 1914 there were four anti zionist organisiations in Palestine.
• 1915 British promised to recognize the independence of Arabs for their help against the ottoman Empire, aka The McMahon Letter.
• 1917 British stated in the Balfour Declaration, that they would support a jewish state in Palestine.
• 1919 British confirmed their promise in the Balfour Letter. (This contradicted Britain's promise to the arabs in the McMahon Letter.)
• 1919 British were given mandate
• 1921 Arab Riots on Jews
• 1929 violence erupted again
• 1933 jewish immigration to Palestine increased rapidly due to persecution of jews by the nazis in Germany.
• 1936 Arab revolt starts
• 1937 Peel comission
• 1939 Arab revolts end
• 1946 King David hotel in Jerusalem bombed. 88 people killed.
• 1947 british refuse to let The exodus Ship enter carrying jewish refugees from Germany.
• 1947 UN partition Plan
• 1948 British withdraw from Palestine
• 1948 State of Israel proclaimed by Ben Gurion.
• 1956 suez crisis

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• 1956 suez canal nationalized
• 1964 palestinian liberation organization created.
• 1967 The six day war
• 1973 The yom Kippur War
• 1972 terror at Olympic games
• 1978 Camp David Agreements
• 1991 madrid Conference
• 1993 peace agreements in Oslo
• 1995 oslo accord

Arab Israeli War

• 1948, state of Israel was proclaimed by Ben-Gurion.
• Arabs were angered and wanted to invade and attack Israel.
• However arabs of Palestine were disorganised and lacked good leaders, were poorly trained, badly equipped.
• Israelis won because: Jewish soldiers were disciplined and hardend by their experience working for and against the british. They were well led and organized.
• The arab states were shocked by their defeat against the israelis in 1948-49.
• The Arabs felt that the USA had bullied the UN into creating the new state of Israel.