Israel

On 2 November, after the US and France had approved the plan, the Balfour Declaration was issued, stating that 'His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, provided this did not 'prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine' - in other words, the Palestinian Arabs who were the overwhelming majority of inhabitants. The failure to even name them was a revealing mistake. The words were carefully negotiated - 'a home' not a state, in Palestine not of Palestine.

Israel declares independence

Egypt, Transjordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq invade Israel.

Six-Day War: Israel launched an offensive against Egypt, Syria, and Jordan.

Nasser accepts ceasefire after the start of The Six-Day War with his reputation in tatters.

Egypt & Syria launch the fourth Arab-Israeli war, popularly known as the Yom Kippur war

Camp David Accords was signed

First Intifada (meaning ‘shaking-off’ or ‘trembling’) by the Palestinians

The ‘Declaration of Principles on Palestine Self-Rule’ aka Osla Accords was signed. PLO recognised Israel’s right to exist, and Israelis simply recognised the PLO as the sole representative of the Palestinian people