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Palestinian protestor in December 1987. Palestinian women played significant roles in leading and organising the First Intifada, from 1987 to 1991. [1] Xanthe Scharff of Foreign Policy wrote that the First Intifada was a "largely nonviolent Palestinian struggle" that was "a collective social, economic, and political mobilisation led by women."
An apparent breakthrough for peace in the Middle East occurred on 17 September 1978 when Israeli PM Menachem Begin met Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to sign the Camp David Accords at the Maryland ...
92 Israeli and foreign women and girls were taken hostage and held in Gaza during the October 7 attack. The majority of Israeli women and all Israeli girls held hostage were released during the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas at the end of November 2023. As of May 2024, it is known that 9 female hostages died in captivity, while 12 ...
This is a list of wars and other major military engagements involving Israel.Since its declaration of independence in May 1948, the State of Israel has fought various wars with its neighbouring Arab states, two major Palestinian Arab uprisings known as the First Intifada and the Second Intifada (see Israeli–Palestinian conflict), and a broad series of other armed engagements rooted in the ...
In late Dec. 2008, Israel began a three-week military operation in Gaza, resulting in over 1,400 Palestinians being killed, according to the Institute of Middle East Understanding. The conflict ...
An apparent breakthrough for peace in the Middle East occurred on 17 September 1978 when Israeli PM Menachem Begin met Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to sign the Camp David Accords at the Maryland ...
The background from which erupted the Six-Day War was caused by an erroneous information given to Nasser from the Soviet intelligence services that Israel was amassing troops near the Israeli-Syrian border. The state of conflict was also very tense after increased conflicts between Israel and Syria and Israel and Jordan – i.e. the Samu Incident.
Israel declared a "state of war" with air retaliatory strikes and ordered a blockade on the Gaza Strip, which is located between Egypt and Israel and is home to more than 2 million Palestinians.