Issues
41 issues found.
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Assassination of Israeli PM Rabin (1995)
The assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin by a right-wing law student, Yigal Amir. -
2006 Palestinian Legislative Council Election
Abbas, Mahmoud (1935-) Fatah Hamas Haniyeh, Ismail (1963-) Milestones Palestinian Elections Palestinian Legislative CouncilThe second election to the Palestinian Legislative Council, enlarged to 132 seats, held 10 years after the previous elections in 1996. -
Hamas Takeover of the Gaza Strip (2007)
Abbas, Mahmoud (1935-) Fatah Fayyad, Salam (1952-) Gaza Strip Hamas Haniyeh, Ismail (1963-) MilestonesA short confrontation between Fatah and Hamas over control of the Gaza Strip, concluding with a complete victory for the latter, that took place in June 2007. -
Sharon Plan (1977)
Dayan, Moshe (1915-1981) Jordan Valley Milestones Settlement Plans Sharon, Ariel (1928-2014) West BankA plan put forth by Israeli Agriculture Minister and former general Ariel Sharon, and approved by the Government of Israel on 2 October 1977, for a major extension of Jewish settlement in the West Bank. -
Franco-British Agreement on Northern Border (Paulet-Newcombe Agreement, 1923)
Boundary Agreements: Lebanon Boundary Agreements: Syria Britain France Golan Heights Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948) MilestonesAn agreement between Britain and France establishing the border between their Mandatory territories of Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria, following the work of a joint boundary commission. -
Woodhead Commission (Palestine Partition Commission) Report (1938)
Abdullah I of Jordan (1882-1951) Britain Jewish Agency Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948) Milestones Partition Peel Commission Woodhead CommissionThe final report issued by the Palestine Partition Commission on 9 November 1938. -
Jewish Agency Partition Proposal to the Woodhead Commission (1938)
Ben-Gurion, David (1886-1973) Jewish Agency Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948) Milestones Partition Unilateral Initiatives: Jewish/Israeli Woodhead CommissionA proposal submitted by the Jewish Agency, chaired by David Ben-Gurion, to the Woodhead Commission, a British Royal Commission mandated with drawing up proposals for the partition of Palestine. -
Arab Revolt in Palestine (1936-9)
An uprising conducted by Palestinian Arabs against the British Mandatory Government and the Jewish population of Palestine from 1936 to 1939. -
First Palestine Arab Congress in Jerusalem (1919)
Faisal of Syria and Iraq (1885-1933) Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948) Milestones Palestine Arab CongressesThe first of a series of Palestine Arab Congresses that took place from 1919 to 1928. -
1973 War
1973 War Dayan, Moshe (1915-1981) Golan Heights Meir (Meirson), Golda (1898-1978) Milestones Sinai Peninsula Suez CanalKnown in the Arab world as the October War, and in Israel as the Yom Kippur War, a war fought between Israel, Syria and Egypt in October 1973. -
Paris Peace Conference (1919)
Britain France Milestones Ottoman Empire Sykes-Picot Agreement Transjordan United States World War IAn international conference held in Paris during 1919, following the conclusion of World War I.