History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict ISRAEL EGYPT JORDAN LEBANON SYRIA Gaza Strip West Bank Sinai Peninsula Golan Heights Jerusalem * Zionism 1920: British Mandate Arab Revolt 1947 UN Plan to partition Palestine into an Arab and Jewish State First Arab-Israeli War Six Day War Yom Kippur War Surprise attack Egypt rolls into the Sinai Peninsula Syria re-takes the Golan Heights Israel recovers and pushes the Syrians and Egyptians back into their own territories Terror Camp David Accords Israel & Egypt 1979 In the Camp David accords, the Sinai is returned to Egypt Oslo Accords Election of Mahmoud Abbas 2005 Hamas wins control of the Palestinian Parliament Fighting between Hamas and Gaza USA Today washingtonpost.com - One Land, Two Peoples washingtonpost.com - One Land, Two Peoples