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 A brief history of the conflict

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To newcomers, and even to old hands, the Arab-Israel conflict is complex, interwoven with competing narratives and a torrent of historical facts stretching back a hundred years.

Australian Christians Supporting Israel is proud to present a brief history of the conflict, which is designed to complement the collection of selected important documents, that can also be found on the ACSI website, here.

These summaries were written by Dr. Meron Medzini for Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and were originally published in Israel's Foreign Relations: Selected documents, Meron Medzini (ed.), Jerusalem: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, vol. 1-14.

• From Mandate to independence
• The War of Independence
• The armistice agreements
• Jerusalem and the Holy Places
• The failure of the armistice
• The Arab refugees
• The River Jordan
• Freedom of navigation
• The Sinai campaign
• The second decade, 1956-1967
• The Six Day War
• The War of Attrition and the ceasefire
• The Yom Kippur War and its aftermath