S7.2 His: Israel-Palestine Origins

1st Zionist Congress (when, who)

29-31.09.1897
Theodor Herzl

First aliyah

1882-1903

Second Aaliyah: when and now how many jews?

1904
61k

Nebi Musa riots

4-7.04.1920

Balfour declaration

2.11.17

Hissein-McMahon correspondence

July 1915-March 1916

British mandate begins

25.04.20 (approved by League of Nations)

British mandate ends

15.05.1948

Arab revolt

1936-39

Jewish insurgence

1945-1947

King David Hotel Bombing

22.07.1946

UN partition plan w 2 stats

29.11.47;; 56% land despitee 1/3rd

What Arab leader rejected?

Haj Amin al-Husseini

Israel independence declared: when, who

14.05.48, David Ben-Gurion

What happens after Israel independence declared? (3)

5 Arab states invade

Israel wins, expanding territory to 78%

750k Arabs fled, creating refugee crisis

West Bank annexed

24.04.50, Jordan

Gaza occupied

24.02.49, Egypt