v The assassination of Tsar Alexander II in Russia in 1881 was blamed on the Jews
v Some Jews fled to Palestine
v 1897 the First Zionist Congress advocated the establishment of a separate country for the Jewish people in Palestine
v 1917 Arthur Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary, issued the Balfour Declaration promising British support for the Jewish homeland
v WW II, to win Arab support in fighting Germany, the British issued a White Paper limiting Jewish immigration to Palestine to 20,000 a year
v After WW II Britain fought against Israeli immigration to Palestine
v May 14 1948 Israeli Declaration of independence
v May 15 1948 five Arab states—Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria attacked Israel and were eventually defeated
v 1964 Palestine Liberation organization (PLO) was founded
v May 1967 Six Day War Israel destroyed the attacking Arab forces wining the Golan Heights, the Sinai peninsula, Gaza Strip, and the West Bank
v 1972 PLO killed 11 Israeli athletes during the Munich Olympic Games
v 1973 Yom Kippur War—a surprise assault by the Egyptians won back some land that Israel had taken earlier
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