Arab - Israel Conflict

Between 1900 and 1917, what happened?

When was the Hussein-McMahon letters>

When was the Sykes-Picot Agreement?

When did the Arabs revolt against the Ottoman Empire?

Balfour Declaration was dated November 2nd, 1917.

When was the Arab Revolt in Palestine against the Britsih mandate?

What was the Peel Commisson of 1937?

The British 'White Paper' was published in 1940.

When was the Arab League formed?

The King David Hotel attack was in 1947.

What happened in 1947?

In 1943 ([blank_start]April 9th[blank_end]), Jewish forces attacked the Palestinian village of [blank_start]Deir Yassin[blank_end].

The creation of Israel was in [blank_start]1948[blank_end] on the [blank_start]14th[blank_end] May, declared by David Ben-Gurion. [blank_start]Truman[blank_end]/USA recognised Israel after [blank_start]11[blank_end] minutes.

The first Arab-Israeli war was fought between 1948-49.

The first ceasefire was [blank_start]June[blank_end] 1948. 2nd phase of fighting was 9th - 18th of [blank_start]July[blank_end] 1948 (Israel gained the Galilee region). 2nd truce was made by the UN mediator Sernadote. The next day, [blank_start]Stern Gang[blank_end] assassinated him. 3rd fight was between October 1948 to January 1949. Then came the last ceasefire which took place between January to [blank_start]July[blank_end] of 1949.

Israel signs Armistice Agreements with Egypt then Lebanon then Transjordan and finally with Syria. 1949.

In [blank_start]1952[blank_end], the [blank_start]Free[blank_end] Officers led the Egyptian Revolution. They let King Farouk flee.

When did Nasser become President of Egypt?

What happened in 1955?

In 1956, the Suez Crisis occurred. It started by [blank_start]Nasser[blank_end] nationalizing the Suez Canal. [blank_start]Britain[blank_end], Israel, and France make a secret plan where [blank_start]Israel[blank_end] invades Egypt and the Anglo-French bomb Egyptian airfields. The [blank_start]UN[blank_end] created a ceasefire and Britain and France were forced to leave Egypt. UN peacekeeping force present on the [blank_start]Sinai[blank_end] border of Israel and Egypt.

Eisenhower Doctrine was in 1958?

The UAR aka the [blank_start]United Arab Republic[blank_end] was made in [blank_start]1958[blank_end], after a surge of [blank_start]Arab[blank_end] nationalism, and was between [blank_start]Syria[blank_end] and Egypt.

The Fatah was set up in [blank_start]1959[blank_end] and was formerly known as the Palestinian [blank_start]National[blank_end] Liberation [blank_start]Movement[blank_end].

In [blank_start]1960[blank_end] OPEC was formed. Then in 1964, the [blank_start]PLO[blank_end] was established. Fatah carried out their first raid in 1965 on [blank_start]Israel[blank_end].

The Fatah, a Palestinian guerrilla group, was founded by Yasser Arafrat.