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Israeli TanksJune 1967: Israeli Centurion tank corps prepare for battle during the Six-Day War. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

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Six-Day War

ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT The Six-Day War came on the heels of several decades of political tension and military conflict between Israel and the Arab states. In 1948, following disputes surrounding the founding of Israel, a coalition of Arab nations had launched a failed invasion of the nascent Jewish state as part of the First Arab-Israeli War. […]

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PLO

Origins of the PLO The PLO emerged in response to various compounding events that took place in the Middle East. In 1948, Israel became an independent state, which resulted in more than 750,000 Palestinians fleeing their homeland. The subsequent 1948 war set the stage for years of tension and violence between Arabs and Israelis. Around […]

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Egyptian President Anwar El-Sadat, US President Jimmy Carter, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, 1979. Camp David Accord, Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty

Camp David Accords

Peace in the Middle East The ultimate goal of the Camp David Accords was to establish a framework for peace in the Middle East by formalizing Arab recognition of Israel’s right to exist, developing a procedure for the withdrawal of Israeli forces and citizens from the so-called “Occupied Territories” of the West Bank (which would […]

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Jews wearing Star of David badges, Lodz Ghetto, Poland, World War II, 1940-1944. The Nazis forced Jews into over-crowded ghettos from which thousands were deported to the death camps.

Anti-Semitism

Anti-Semitism in Medieval Europe Many of the anti-Semitic practices seen in Nazi Germany actually have their roots in medieval Europe. In many European cities, Jews were confined to certain neighborhoods called ghettos. Some countries also required Jews to distinguish themselves from Christians with a yellow badge worn on their garment, or a special hat called […]

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The battle between the Crusaders and Muslims at Ascalon, 1099, was considered the last action of the First Crusade.

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Why Muslims See the Crusades So Differently from Christians

They weren’t all battles and bloodshed. There was also coexistence, political compromise, trade, scientific exchange—even love.

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The Iranian students, who have occupied the U.S EmTEHRAN, IRAN - NOVEMBER 19: The Iranian students, who have occupied the U.S Embassy in Tehran, are singing during the second released group of U.S. Embassy staffers hold a press conference 19 November 1979, two days after Ayatollah Khomeini ordered the release of all women and black U.S. hostages. Fanatical followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini stormed the United States Embassy, 04 November 1979 in Tehran, occupied the building and took nearly 100 embassy staff and Marines hostages. (Photo credit should read H. KOTILAINEN/AFP via Getty Images)

How the Iran Hostage Crisis Became a 14-Month Nightmare for President Carter and the Nation

In November 1979, a group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and held its occupants hostage, beginning a 444-day standoff that nearly brought the two countries to war.

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Milestones in Libya’s Relations with the West

The recent crisis in Libya is only the latest development in a long and tumultuous history of relations between the North African nation and the West.

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1956

Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt

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1952

Military seizes power in Egypt

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1964

Palestine Liberation Organization is founded

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1986

U.S. bombs terrorist and military targets in Libya

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1983

Suicide bomber destroys U.S. embassy in Beirut

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1869

Suez Canal opens

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