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Arab-Israeli Wars series of wars between 1948 and 1973 that were fought between Israel and the Arab countries of Iraq | Syria |
Balfour Declaration ... | British document that promised land in Palestine as homeland for Jews in exchange for Jews help in WWI |
Camp David Accords A 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt | hosted at Camp David |
mandate country placed under the control of another power by international agreement | typically given independence by a certain date |
al-Qaeda A network of Islamic terrorist organizations | led by Osama bin Laden |
Palestine Arab region once known as Canaan in modern day Israel (West Bank) | shared by Arabs and Jews. |
State of Israel in 1947 | the United Nations approved the partition of Palestine into two states |