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Moving the discussion here from the US Politics thread.

This war sadly looks to still keep going for months with the repercussions likely lasting for generations, while the threat of escalation to a full scale regional war comes closer day by day.

Timeline:
- 1800s Rise of anti-semitism in Europe
- 1897 Zionism created
- 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement
- 1917 Balfour declaration
- 1933 Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party come to power, start of the Holocaust
- 1938 Kristallnacht, series of pogroms against the Jewish population in Germany and recently incorporated territories
- 1941 - 1945 Holocaust becomes the genocide of 6 million Jews (as well as about 500 thousand from other minorities)
- 1947 UN Partition Plan for Palestine
- 1948 Nakba displacement of 750 thousand Palestinian Arabs (50% of the population at the time)
- 1967 6 day war second exodus of Palestinians, estimated at half a million
- 1967 Following the 6 day war Neo-Zionism appears, a right wing nationalistic interpretation of Zionism fully supporting Settler Colonialism
- 1973 Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War
- 1982 Israel invasion of Lebanon
- 1987 Mass uprising, First Intifada, Hamas creation
- 1993 Oslo Accords and the fallout
- 2000 Camp David summit followed by the Second Intifada
- 2005 Ceasefire and withdrawal of military forces from Gaza
- 2007 Hamas takes control of Gaza, Fatah-Hamas conflict, Israel imposes blockade
- 2008 Operation Cast Lead, the war on Gaza and the fallout
- 2012 8 Day assault on Gaza
- 2014 50 Day Gaza war Operation Protective Edge leading to 2251 casualties (including 551 children and 299 women)
- 2018 Border protests, 190 killed 28 thousand wounded
- 2019 Operation Black Belt
- 2021 Completion of Gaza-Israel barrier, clashes over Al Aqsa Mosque
- 2022 Netanyahu comes back in power while under corruption charges, deadliest year since 2014
- 2023 Israel turns 75 in May, Operation Shield and Arrow follows, Countdown to Genocide, what led up to the October 7 attacks

October 7 attacks, Hamas breaks through the security fence and goes on a mass murder spree while taking hostages
https://www.csis.org/analysis/hamass-october-7-attack-visualizing-data




Israel responds by launching a full scale war of systematic destruction in Gaza.

History of Political control



Deep dive into the formation of Israel, the major turning points and how the PA is nothing but an oppression tool.







Current situation




Destruction of Gaza as of May 2024







The ongoing tragedy on the Israeli side

The Tragedy of Israel's 135,000 Displaced Citizens
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-02-27/ty-article-magazine/.premium/what-makes-the-plight-of-israels-displaced-citizens-different/0000018d-ea95-d1e0-a1dd-fbf529ed0000

The impact of the October 7 attacks continues to be felt across Israel
https://hias.org/emergency-response-israel/

Next to still having little to no knowledge about the 135 remaining hostages, of which over 30 are believed to have died already.
https://www.ajc.org/news/what-is-known-about-israeli-hostages-taken-by-hamas

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