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Dear Lord Rothschild, November 2nd, 1917

I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty's

Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist

aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet.

"His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in

Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best

endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly

understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and

religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the

rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country."

I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the

knowledge of the Zionist Federation.

Yours sincerely,

Arthur James Balfour

Balfour Declaration 1917

1930s Palestine•Arab riots

•Partition plans rejected by Arabs

•Millions of European Jews denied sanctuary

"We shall fight the War as if there was no

White Paper, and the White Paper, as if

there was no War."

David Ben Gurion, September 1939

The Shoah (Holocaust)

United Nations

Partition Plan1947

Arab-Israeli War

1948

British Withdrawal

• Maintain blockade until end

• Give bases and materiel to Arabs

Israel declares independence

Arabs invade

• Lebanon

• Syria

• Jordan

• Iraq

• Egypt

• Saudi Arabia

War ends in armistice

• Six Day War (1967)

Pre-emptive Israeli strike

Israelis control

• West Bank

• Gaza

• Golan

Israeli Peace offer

Khartoum Conference

• No negotiation

• No recognition

• No Peace

A Historical Atlas of the Jewish People, Barnavi

Yom Kippur War

October 1973

• Surprise Attack• Egypt and Syria

• Holiest Jewish Day

• Heavy casualties

• Israeli Response• Crosses Suez Canal

• Suburbs of Damascus

• Peace With Egypt • Sadat visits Israel 1977• Camp David Accords• Phased Israeli withdrawal from Sinai • Sets the stage for later talks with Palestinians • Sadat assassinated by Muslim Brotherhood

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• Borders• Checkpoints• Fence• Peace Talks

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