Depth Study 2 Timeline

1945

The Arab League formed

1946

Transjordan becomes Jordan

Abdullah becomes king

1947: November

The UN Partition Plan

1948: May 14

British forces withdraw from Palestine

Israel proclaimed a country by the UN and David Ben-Gurion

1948: May 15

Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and Egypt invade Israel

1948: May 15-June 10

Phase 1 of fighting

1948: June

1st truce

1948: July 9-18

Phase 2 of fighting

1948: September

2nd truce

1948/1949: October 15-January 7

Phase 3 of fighting

1949: January

Final ceasefire

1950

‘Law of Return’ passed in Israel

1952

Egyptian monarchy (King Farouk) overthrown

1954

Nasser becomes president of Egypt

1955: February

Israel attack Gaza

1955: September

Egypt announce Czech arms deal

1956: May

Nasser recognises Communist China

1956: July

USA and UK cancel Aswan Dam payments

1956: July

Nasser nationalises the Suez Canal

1956: October 29

Israeli forces invade Egypt

1956: October 31

Britain and France bomb Egyptian airfields

1956: November 6

UN ceasefire and Anglo-French withdrawal from Egypt

1951

King Abdullah of Jordan is assassinated, and replaced with his grandson, King Hussein