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Key Events in Israel-Palestine Conflict

The document outlines key historical events that have shaped the Israel-Palestine conflict, starting from World War I and various agreements made by the British, through significant events like the Holocaust, the UN Partition Plan, and multiple wars. It highlights the formation of Hamas, the Oslo Accords, and ongoing conflicts, alongside arguments from both sides regarding their claims and rights to the land. The document emphasizes the complexity of the situation, with deep-rooted historical grievances and ongoing violence.

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Key Events in Israel-Palestine Conflict

The document outlines key historical events that have shaped the Israel-Palestine conflict, starting from World War I and various agreements made by the British, through significant events like the Holocaust, the UN Partition Plan, and multiple wars. It highlights the formation of Hamas, the Oslo Accords, and ongoing conflicts, alongside arguments from both sides regarding their claims and rights to the land. The document emphasizes the complexity of the situation, with deep-rooted historical grievances and ongoing violence.

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Important events that shaped the Israel and Palestine conflict to what it is today

World War I

Fought between the Allied powers ( France, Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan and the United States)
versus the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria and their
colonies)

Agreements made by the British

- McMahon Correspondence (1915-16)


- Sky Picot Agreement (1916)
- Balfour Declaration (1917)

Mandate for Palestine by the League of Nations - 1922

Violence between the Jews and the Arabs

Peel Commission by the British - 1936

The Holocaust - 1940s

UN Partition Plan - 1947

Arab israeli war - 1948 - Israel also received statehood the same year.

Armistice Lines - 1949

War of six days - 1967 - Israel wins the war and occupies more land

Camp David Accords - 1978 - political agreements signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.

First Intifaad - 1987-93

Hamas was formed - 1987

Oslo Accord - 1993

Second Intifaad - 2000 to 2005

Evacuation of Israeli settlers from Gaza - 2005


This gave Hamas total control of the Gaza strip

Conflicts today
- Sheikh jarrah issue
- Al alqsa mosque violence
- Clashes on jerusalem day
- Hamas rockets on israeli residential areas

Arguments for Palestine


- Promised land for arabs
- A separate independent state for arabs
- Jewish population were not the natural natives of palestine and only settled there after
balfour declarations, mandate for palestine and the holocaust

Arguments for Israel


- Israel has won all wars fair and square
- Israel has a right to defend itself
- Palestine has rejected the two state theory twice.
- Palestine has refused peace on multiple occasions and hasn’t taken a sympathetic stance on
various terrorist organisations firing on israeli residential areas.

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