Timeline of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

1973 Yom Kippur/Ramadan War (4th war)- Cause: Egypt & Syria try to regain 1967 land- Outcome: both claim victory; no gains/losses

1978 Camp David Accords (peace #1)- Israel & Egypt: (1) Israel returns Sinai (2) Egypt recognizes Israel

At the Camp David Accords:- Anwar Sadat (Egypt)- Jimmy Carter (US)- Menachem Begin (Israel)

1982 Israel invades Lebanon (5th war)- Cause: Israel wants to wipe out PLO bases & Hezbollah- Outcome: PLO moves to Tunisia

1987-1993 1st intifada

Palestinians in Nablus throw stones at Israeli soldiers, 1988.

1988 Hamas is founded

1993 Oslo Accords (peace #2)- Israel & PLO- Declaration of Principles – “land for peace”: (1) PLO recognizes Israel & stops attacks (2) Israel begins O.T. withdrawal & allows Pal. self-rule

Yassir Arafat, Pres. of PA

Shimon Peres, Israeli FM

Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli PM

Winners of 1994 Nobel Peace Prize:

1994 Palestinian Authority formed (Arafat)

2000 2nd intifada: Terror Intifada / al-Aqsa intifada- triggered by Ariel Sharon’s visit to the Temple Mount

2002 W. Bank fence/wall construction begins

2003 Roadmap (peace #3)- Quartet (US, Russia, UN, EU)- “land for peace”

2004 Arafat dies Mahmoud Abbas (Fatah)

Summer 2006 Israel vs. Hezbollah (6th war)

Dec. 2008 – Jan. 2009

Gaza War (7th war)

2009 Binyamin Netanyahu elected PM

Netanyahu served as PM from 1996-1999 and 2009-present. He is a member of the right-wing Likud party.