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Ancient Israel
Palestine under Ottoman Empire: The Sanjak of Jerusalem
The Birth of Arab Nationalism
The Birth of Zionism
Promises of Independence: The Hussein-McMahon Correspondence
Promises of Independence: The Balfour Declaration
Interwar Palestine and British Rule
The Demise of the League of Nations, the Birth of the United Nations
Partition Plans and the Search for a Compromise Solution
Israel Declaration of Independence and the First Arab-Israeli War
The Palestinian Refugees
Between Independence and the Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis
The Six-Day War
Sadat's Peace Initiative
The Camp David Accords
Lebanon
The First Intifadeh and the Establishment of the Palestinian Authority
The Oslo Accords
The Roadmap to Peace
Focus On: Jerusalem
Focus On: The Arab-Israeli Dispute and International Law
Focus On: Ideas of Nationality
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Between Independence and the Suez Crisis

Following the 1948 War, tension between Arabs and Israelis remained extremely high. The Arab failure to defeat the Israelis was viewed as a humiliation and bitterness over the displacement of the Palestinian Arabs lingered. Although some peace negotiations took place between 1952 and 1955, border skirmishes continued to flare up and the peace remained fragile. In 1956, a new round of fighting broke out during the crisis over the Suez Canal.

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