On October 7, at first light, Hamas terrorists conducted an air attack and a series of ground assaults on Israeli territory, reigniting a 75-year conflict. Let’s retrace the history of this disputed land, starting from the 16th century, when the region, until then under the rule of the Mamluks of Egypt, was conquered by the Turks and fully integrated into the Ottoman administration which was tolerant towards minorities , from Jews to non-Sunnis to Christians
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In 1920, after the First World War, against the backdrop of the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, the agreement was signed in San Remo which reconfigured the geography of the Middle East, later implemented by the Treaties of Sèvres and Lausanne. It was decided that France would obtain the Mandate – an internationally controlled form of government to promote the “progress” and “autonomy” of regions considered incapable of standing on their own – of Syria and Lebanon, while Great Britain of Iraq and Palestine
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In 1917, shortly before the granting of the Mandate, Foreign Secretary Balfour had declared that the United Kingdom looked favorably on the creation of a “national home” for the Jewish people in Palestine. During the years of British control, approximately 500,000 Jews emigrated to the region. Tensions grew. The Arabs rejected the United Nations plan to divide into two states and, following Israel’s Declaration of Independence, the armies of Egypt, Syria, Transjordan, Iraq and Lebanon attacked
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The newly formed Jewish state repelled the armies, conquering the eastern Galilee, the Negev (southeast desert) and a strip of territory up to Jerusalem, of which it occupied the western half. We are talking about approximately 78% of the territory of Mandatory Palestine. The West Bank, an area west of the Jordan River, and the Gaza Strip remained under the control of Jordan and Egypt respectively. One of the consequences was the exodus of 700 thousand Palestinians, called in Arabic Al-Nakbahthe catastrophe
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The Israeli army defeated its enemies in six days, seizing the Sinai, the eastern bank of the Suez Canal, up to the Golan Heights and the western bank of the Jordan. It was the moment of maximum expansion of Israel which also occupied Gaza. The last contingent was withdrawn only in 2005. Five years later, while the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur was being celebrated, the armies of Syria and Egypt made a surprise attack. A war without major territorial upheavals, which however shook the Israelis to the core
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A phase of normalization of relations with Egypt and dialogue with the PLO began for Israel, interrupted by the First Intifada, which culminated in 1993 with the signing of the Oslo Agreement between Prime Minister Rabin and the Palestinian leader Arafat . A historic handshake: for the first time they recognized each other as interlocutors. The West Bank was divided into 3 zones, of which 3% immediately came under exclusive Palestinian control. The peace process foundered: in 2000 the Second Intifada broke out. Israeli settlements have progressively expanded
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