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The current situation in Israel and the Palestinian Territories has a long and complex history. This chronology provides you with some key dates. It is important to remember that, for many centuries, Arabic-speaking Jews, Christians and Muslims successfully lived alongside each other in the area called "historic Palestine". The crisis there today is the latest development in a conflict that began when the first Zionists arrived in Palestine towards the end of the 19th century.

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Balfour Declaration
The Balfour Declaration was a letter written on 2 November 1917 by Arthur Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary, to Lord Rothschild, a prominent English Jew:

Dear Lord Rothschild,
I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by the Cabinet:

'His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of the existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.

I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.

Yours sincerely

Arthur Balfour

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Massacres

Palestine Times: March 1993 The following list of massacres is by no means exhaustive, but they reflect the nature of the Zionist occupation of Palestine and show that massacres and expulsions were not aberrations that happen in any war, but organized atrocities with only one aim, that is to have a Zionist state which is 'goyim rein'

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February 17 The Levon Affair (1995)
Israeli Defense Minister Lavon forced to resign after exposure of Israeli spy ring terror attacks in Egypt.

February 25 Hebron Massacre (1994)
Baruch Goldstein, a fanatic settler from New York, storms the Ibrahimi Mosque with an automatic weapon and kills 29 praying Muslims