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Origins of the Arab Israeli Conflict
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1st Zionist Conference
1897
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Arab Conference
1913
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WW1
1914 - 1918
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Mcmahon-Husseini corrospondence
October 1915
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British-Arab
British diplomat- Sherriff of Mecca
It appears that the British after making commitments to the Arabs
Sykes-Picot Agreement
May 1916
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British-France (Russia)
divide up the Middle East between themselves
Secret economic agreement
Balfour Declaration
November 1917
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From Balfour (UK foreign secretary) to Lord Rothschild (wealthy British jew)
Pledge of support to Zionism, partly motivated by WW1, to gain support from wealthy Jews.
War ends
November 11 1918
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Ottoman Empire destroyed. The dispute begins
King Crane Commission
1919
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Paris Peace Conference
1919
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British Mandate over Palestine
1920 - May 15 1948
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British overseeing of the region. Trying to bring stability to the region by overseeing. Not ownership but legal authority over it.
impacts: tensions in regards to Jewish immigration. Jewish response to this is terrorism- paramilitary groups. The British were unable to solve this problem. Through their changing favouritism, they upset everyone. As a result they have to end the mandate
San Remo Conference
19 April 1920
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International meeting of the post-World War I allied nations
Resolutions included British Mandate
Arabs declare independance
1921
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Churchill speach
1922
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Trys to clear up confusion surrounding Balfour and White Paper.
Massacre
1929
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Rise of Nazi Party
1933 - 1939
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Rise of Hitler and Nazi party in Germany
Led to rise in anti-Semitism and increased Jewish immigration into Palestine
General Strike (Arab)
1936
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Arabs protesting the mandate.
strike - not going to work, not participating in society
ruin the whole thing until something happens
Arab Rebellion
1937 - 1939
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crushed by the British
Peel Partition Plan
1937
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A plan put forward by a British minster to solve the problem in the Middle East. It is Splitting up of Palestine into an Arab and Israeli state.
Plan gets a poor reaction from Arab population because they get less land:population. This plan does not resolve the issue mostly because of Jerusalem
White Paper
1939
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Restricts Jewish immigration
WW2
1939 - 8 May 1945
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Patria is sunk
November 1939
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Evidence of illegal Jewish immigration
Jewish soldiers fight with British
1941
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"We will fight the White Paper as if there is no war, and fight the war as if there is no White Paper."-Ben Gurion
Extrordinary Zionist Conference
May 1942
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held in NY to discuss holocaust etc.
British High commissioner killed
November 1944
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Illegal Jewish immigration
August 1945 - May 1948
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Jewish immigration had been restricted, 40,000 enter + 51,000 who failed to enter
King Davi Hotel bombed
June 1946
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Headquarters of the british
Bombed by the Irgun, 91 killed
Partition accepted by the UN
November 29 1947
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Jews declare Independance
May 14 1948
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This happened the day before Mandate ended
British mandate ends
May 15 1948
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Britain leave Palestine
War of LIberation/ Catastrophe
15 May 1948
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Liberation for the Jews
Catastrophe for the Arabs because they didn't get what they wanted
Began at the end of the mandate