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In 1947, the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was voted for. The leaders of the Jewish Agency for Palestine accepted parts of the plan, while Arab leaders refused it. This triggered the 1947–1949 Palestine war and led, in 1948, to the establishment of the state of Israel on a part of Mandate Palestine as the Mandate came to an end.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin أحمد ياسين Yassin in 2004 Chairman of the Hamas Shura Council In office 10 December 1987 – 22 March 2004 Deputy Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi Preceded by Position created Succeeded by Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi Personal details Born Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin June 1936 (1936-06 ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. President of the State of Palestine رئيس دولة فلسطين Coat of arms of Palestine Presidential standard Incumbent Mahmoud Abbas since 15 January 2005 Term length 4 years Renewable Formation 2 April 1989 First holder Yasser Arafat Salary 120,000 USD annually Politics of Palestine ...
But the protests continued, reaching fever pitch in 1933, as more Jewish immigrants arrived to make a home for themselves, the influx accelerating from 4,000 in 1931 to 62,000 in 1935.
Yasser Arafat [a] (4 or 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, [b] was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004, President of the State of Palestine from 1989 to 2004 and President of the Palestinian Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004. [3]
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is an ongoing military and political conflict about land and self-determination within the territory of the former Mandatory Palestine. [26] [27] [28] Key aspects of the conflict include the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the status of Jerusalem, Israeli settlements, borders, security, water rights, [29] the permit regime, Palestinian ...
The region today: Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights The history of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict traces back to the late 19th century when Zionists sought to establish a homeland for the Jewish people in Ottoman-controlled Palestine, a region roughly corresponding to the Land of Israel in Jewish tradition.
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