Palestine
If you’re wondering what any of this has to do with you as an American (if you’re an American), Israel is the largest recipient of US foreign aid in the world. We give them over $3 billion a year — that’s $10 million every single day — of our tax dollars. This is what they do with it. The US government has also vetoed dozens of UN resolutions condemning Israel’s violations of international law. Americans more than anyone else have the power to put pressure on Israel to change its policies.
Unfortunately, the Israel lobby is one of the most powerful in Washington while Palestinians have virtually no presence on Capitol Hill. Very few Senators and Representatives are willing to pay the political price of crossing the Israel lobby based on principle alone. Therefore it’s up to us to learn more about this situation and put pressure on our representatives to end America’s support of Israel’s illegal policies.
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Palestine History Timeline
http://www.palestinehistory.com/history/timeline/timeline.htm
1900 - Zionism
1845-1914 - Jews in Palestine
1916 - Sykes-Picot agreement
1917 - Balfour Declaration
1918 - Jews immigration
1919 - Palestinians first National Conference
1920 - San Remo Conference
1922 - The British Mandate
1929 - The riots
1936 - A six months General Strike in Palestine
1937 - Peel Commission
1938 - Woodhead Commission
1939 - GB restricting Jewish immigration
1945 - Britain's Palestine Dilemma
1947 - The massacre of Baldat al-Shaikh
1947 - The UN partition plan
1947 - Great Britain withdraw
1948 - The massacre of Deir Yasin
1948 - Israel founded
1948 - First Arab-Israeli War
1948 - Palestinian Refugees
1953 - The massacre of Qibya
1954 - Nasser Takes Charges
1956 - The massacre of Kufr Qasim
1956 - Suez war
1958 - Arabs Unite
1964 - PLO established
1967 - The Six Days War
1967 - Khartoum Resolution
1967 - Palestinian Refugees
1968 - 1970 - War of Attrition
1968 - Battle of Karameh
1969 - Arafat become the Chairman of PLO
1970 - Black September in Jordan
1972 - Munich Olympics
1973 - The October War
1974 - PLO representative the Palestinian people
1978 - Camp David
1979 - Russian Jews
1981 - Sadat assassinated
1981 - Israel attack PLO HQ in Beirut
1982 - Lebanon invasion
1982 - PLO leave Beirut
1982 - Sabra and Shatila massacre
1985 - Falasha airlift stopped
1985 - Strikes on the PLO bases on Tunis
1987 - The Intifada
1988 - Jordan gave up the West Bank
1988 - Palestine State
1989 - Madrid Conference
1990 - Arafat addressed UN
1990 - The massacre of Al-Aqsa Mosque
1991 - Madrid Conference
1993 - Deported Palestinians
1993 - OSLO I
1994 - Hebron mosque massacre
1994 - Withdrew from Jericho and Gaza
1994 - Jordan-Israel peace
1994 - Arafat returns to Palestine
1994 - Nobel peace prize awarded
1995 - Summit in the Middle East
1995 - Oslo II
1995 - Israeli Prime Minister Rabin assassinated
1996 - Detailed history
1997 - Detailed history
1998 - Detailed history
1999 - Detailed history
2000 - Detailed history
2001 - Detailed history
2002 - Detailed history
2003 - Detailed history
2004 - Detailed history
2005 - Detailed history
2006 - Detailed history
