Israel vs Palestine

The 1948 Arab-Israeli War was the first major conflict in the Israel-Palestine region, immediately following the declaration of the State of Israel by David Ben-Gurion. The surrounding Arab states intervened on behalf of the Palestinian Arabs, resulting in an Israeli victory, massive displacement of Palestinian refugees (known as the Nakba), and the establishment of Israel's borders.

The Gaza Strip and the West Bank are two geographically separate territories that were intended to form the basis of a future Palestinian state under the 1993 Oslo Accords. Currently, the West Bank is partially administered by the Palestinian Authority, while the Gaza Strip has been under the political and military control of the militant group Hamas since 2007.

The Six-Day War, fought in June 1967, dramatically reshaped the borders of the conflict. During this brief war, Israel captured the Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights, placing millions of Palestinians under Israeli military occupation.

The Oslo Accords were a pair of historic agreements signed in 1993 and 1995 between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The accords established the Palestinian National Authority to govern parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, but a final, comprehensive peace treaty resolving borders and the status of Jerusalem was never achieved.