{"id":1033,"date":"2025-10-09T05:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T03:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2025-10-09T05:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T03:46:09","slug":"the-arab-israeli-conflict-a-timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/the-arab-israeli-conflict-a-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"The Arab &#8211; Israeli Conflict : A Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Arab-Israeli conflict has gone on for more than 75 years and has <strong>shaped <\/strong>the modern Middle East. Here are the major events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1948<\/strong>: The State of Israel is <strong>founded<\/strong>. Neighbouring Arab countries <strong>invade<\/strong>, leading to the first Arab-Israeli war. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians lose their homes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1967<\/strong>: In the Six-Day War, Israel <strong>captures <\/strong>the Gaza Strip, West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Sinai Peninsula, and Golan Heights.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1973<\/strong>: Egypt and Syria <strong>launch <\/strong>a surprise attack on Israel in the Yom Kippur War. As a result, peace talks lead to the first Arab-Israeli <strong>peace treaty<\/strong> with Egypt in 1979.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1987-1993<\/strong>: The First <strong>Intifada<\/strong>, a Palestinian <strong>uprising <\/strong>against Israeli <strong>occupation<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Early 1990s<\/strong>: The Oslo <strong>Accords <\/strong>reach <strong>agreements <\/strong>between Israel and the PLO and allow the Palestinian Authority to take control of parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2000-2005:<\/strong> The Second Intifada brings more <strong>violence<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2006<\/strong>: Hamas wins Palestinian elections and later <strong>gains<\/strong> control of Gaza.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2014<\/strong>: A major conflict <strong>erupts <\/strong>between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, <strong>resulting <\/strong>in <strong>casualties <\/strong>and <strong>destruction<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2020<\/strong>: Israel and several Arab countries, <strong>including <\/strong>the UAE and Bahrain, <strong>normalize <\/strong>relations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>October 7, 2023<\/strong>: Hamas <strong>launches <\/strong>a <strong>large-scale<\/strong> attack on Israel. Over a thousand people are killed and hundreds are <strong>taken hostage<\/strong>. Since then, Israel has destroyed large parts of the region and left hundreds of thousands of Palestinians homeless.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Intifada_in_Gaza_Strip_1987_V_Dan_Hadani_Archive.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Intifada_in_Gaza_Strip_1987_V_Dan_Hadani_Archive.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Intifada_in_Gaza_Strip_1987_V_Dan_Hadani_Archive-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Intifada_in_Gaza_Strip_1987_V_Dan_Hadani_Archive-768x501.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>First Intifada in the Gaza Strip<\/strong><br><em>Image<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Intifada_in_Gaza_Strip,_1987_V_Dan_Hadani_Archive.jpg\">Efi Sharir \/ Photographer: Israel Press and Photo Agency (I.P.P.A.) \/ Dan Hadani collection, National Library of Israel \/ CC BY 4.0<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\">CC BY 4.0<\/a>, <br>via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-ast-global-color-4-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-width:1px;border-radius:21px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Words<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>accords <\/strong>= agreement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>agreement <\/strong>= a promise by two or more parties to do something that everyone wants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>capture <\/strong>= to take control of an area<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>casualties <\/strong>= people who are hurt and killed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>destruction <\/strong>= when something is completely damaged so that it cannot be used any more<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>erupt <\/strong>= to start suddenly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>found &#8211; founded<\/strong> = to start something new<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>gain <\/strong>= get<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>including <\/strong>= also<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Intifada <\/strong>= Palestinian rebellion against Israeli soldiers in the occupied territories<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>invade <\/strong>= to enter a country with an army of soldiers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>large-scale<\/strong> = here: with many soldiers and weapons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>launch <\/strong>= start<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>normalize <\/strong>= to become normal again<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>occupation <\/strong>= a large group of soldiers from another country take control of a place<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>peace treaty<\/strong> = an agreement where all parties agree to stop fighting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>resulting <\/strong>= leading to<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>shape <\/strong>= form<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>take hostage<\/strong> = to keep someone as prisoner by an enemy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>uprising <\/strong>= rebellion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>violence <\/strong>= fighting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arab-Israeli conflict has gone on for more than 75 years and has shaped the modern Middle East. Here are the major events. First Intifada in the Gaza StripImage: Efi Sharir \/ Photographer: Israel Press and Photo Agency (I.P.P.A.) \/ Dan Hadani collection, National Library of Israel \/ CC BY 4.0, CC BY 4.0, via [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[175,176,28,177],"class_list":["post-1033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-middle-east","tag-arab-israel-conflict","tag-israel","tag-middle-east","tag-palestine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1033"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1041,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033\/revisions\/1041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}