| Term | Definition |
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| Balfour Declaration | name given to a 1917 letter from a British foreign secretary who seemed to make promises to both zionists and palestinians |
| Suez Crisis | occured in 1956 when egyptian president gamal nasser seized control of certain french and british business interests in egypt |
| Six day war | resulted in isreal's 1967 annexation of the sinai peninsula, the golan heights and the west bank |
| Golda Meir | in 1973 arab israeli war, this israeli prime minister launched a counter attack to regain lost territory |
| Menachmen Begin | 1978 isreali prime minister signed the camp davids accords and agreed to return the sinai penninsula to egypt |
| Anwar Sadat | eygtian president signed the camp david accords and agreed to return the sinai peninsula to egypt |
| Hosni Mubarak | egyptian president took office after the assassination of Anwar Sadat by Muslim extremist in 1981 he kept peace with isreal |
| PLO | in the 1970s and 1980s this groups military wing conducted a violent campaign against isreal who bombed palestinian town that might have been group strongholds |
| intifada | late 1980s palestinians began this "uprising" campaign of civil disobedience that put international pressure on israel |
| Yasir Arafat | palestinian leader-one of 3 men awarded the 1994 nobel peace prize for working out the oslo peace agreements |
| Yitzhak Rabin | israeli prime minister signed the oslo peace agreement won Nobel prize and assinated in 1995 by jewish extremist |
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