Her mother 's 1997 account Statement was a cover story fabricated by the Palestinian Authority as Abu Kamal sought revenge Revenge against the Americans , the British , and the French for supporting Supporting Israel .

The Jewish Agency for Israel sent Sending Jordan 's King Abdullah a letter of apology , which he rebuffed Agree_or_refuse_to_act .

The narrative was embellished Statement and used Using by various parties to attack Attack each other—by the Palestinians against Israel ; by the Haganah to play Competition down their own role in the affair Killing ; and by the Israeli left Departing to accuse Judgment_communication the Irgun and Lehi of blackening Damaging Israel 's name by violating Preventing_or_letting the Jewish principle of purity of arms .

The narrative was embellished Statement and used Using by various parties to attack Attack each other—by the Palestinians against Israel ; by the Haganah to play Competition down their own role in the affair Killing ; and by the Israeli left Departing to accuse Judgment_communication the Irgun and Lehi of blackening Damaging Israel 's name by violating Preventing_or_letting the Jewish principle of purity of arms .

The battle Hostile_encounter took place Process_start near Ramlah ( modern Israel ) and ended Process_end with a Tulunid victory .

The Gaza War , also known as Operation Cast Lead ( ) , also known in the Muslim world as the Gaza Massacre ( ) and the Battle of al-Furqan ( ) by Hamas , was a three-week armed conflict Hostile_encounter between Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and Israel that began Process_start on 27 December 2008 and ended Process_end on 18 January 2009 in a unilateral ceasefire .

Israel 's stated goal was to stop indiscriminate Palestinian rocket fire into Israel and weapons smuggling into the Gaza strip .

Israel 's stated goal was to stop indiscriminate Palestinian rocket fire into Israel and weapons smuggling into the Gaza strip .

During the last week of the offensive ( from 12 January ) , Israel mostly hit targets it had damaged before and struck Attack Palestinian rocket-launching units .

Hamas intensified Cause_change_of_strength its rocket and mortar attacks Attack against civilian targets in southern Israel , reaching the major cities of Beersheba and Ashdod for the first time during the conflict .

The conflict Hostile_encounter ended Process_end on 18 January , when Israel first declared Expressing_publicly a unilateral ceasefire , followed by Hamas ' announcing Expressing_publicly a one-week ceasefire twelve hours later .

Israel completed Process_end its withdrawal Escaping on 21 January .

In 2011 , Goldstone wrote Writing that he no longer believed that Israel intentionally targeted Aiming civilians in Gaza .

The United Nations Human Rights Council ordered Request Israel to conduct Action various repairs of the damages .

Operation Opera , and related Israeli government statements following it , established Creating the Begin Doctrine , which explicitly stated Statement the strike was not an anomaly , but instead “ a precedent for every future government in Israel. ” Israel 's counter-proliferation preventive strike added Cause_to_be_included another dimension to their existing policy of deliberate ambiguity , as it related to the nuclear capability of other states in the region .

Israel called Name_conferral the operation an act of self-defense said Statement that the reactor had `` less than a month to go '' before `` it might have become Becoming critical . ''

Media reactions were also negative : `` Israel 's sneak attack ... was an act of inexcusable and short-sighted aggression '' , wrote Writing the `` New York Times '' , while the `` Los Angeles Times '' called Name_conferral it `` state-sponsored terrorism Terrorism '' .

The incidents were condemned Judgment_communication in Israel and throughout the world and a national debate over anti-Arabism ensued .

The establishment of the state of Israel and the displacement of a hundred thousand Palestinian refugees to Lebanon during the 1948 and 1967 exoduses contributed Influence to shifting Change the demographic balance in favor of the Muslim population .

Furthermore , foreign powers , such as Israel and Syria , became Becoming involved Cause_to_be_included in the war Hostile_encounter and fought Hostile_encounter alongside different factions .

The Six-Day War ( , `` Milhemet Sheshet Ha Yamim '' ; Arabic : , `` an-Naksah '' , `` The Setback '' or , `` Ḥarb 1967 '' , `` War of 1967 '' ) , also known as the June War , 1967 Arab–Israeli War , or Third Arab–Israeli War , was fought Hostile_encounter between 5 and 10 June 1967 by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt ( known at the time as the United Arab Republic ) , Jordan , and Syria .

Relations between Israel and its neighbors were not fully normalized Change after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War .

In 1956 , Israel invaded Attack the Sinai peninsula in Egypt , one objective being to re-open the Straits of Tiran which Egypt had blocked Hiding_objects to Israeli shipping since 1950 .

Israel was eventually forced Request to withdraw but was guaranteed Commitment that the Straits of Tiran would remain open .

Israel reiterated Statement its post-1956 position that the closure of the Straits of Tiran would be a cause for war .

In May , Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser announced Expressing_publicly that the straits would be closed to Having_or_lacking_access Israeli vessels , and he mobilized Influence Egyptian forces along its border with Israel .

On 5 June , Israel launched a series of preemptive air strikes against Egyptian airfields , although there is some debate Communication concerning which side caused Causation the war .

About an hour after the Israeli air attack , Cairo ordered Request the Egyptian commander of the Jordanian army to begin attacks Judgment_communication on Israel , telling the Jordanians that Egypt had repelled Defending the Israeli air strikes .

Egypt and Jordan agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to a ceasefire on 8 June , and Syria agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act on 9 June ; they signed Writing a ceasefire with Israel on 11 June .

Israel had crippled Destroying the Egyptian , Syrian , and Jordanian militaries , having killed Killing more than 20,000 troops while losing Earnings_and_losses fewer than 1,000 .

Israel 's international standing Self_motion greatly improved Cause_to_make_progress in the following years .

Jewish minority communities fled Escaping or were expelled Removing throughout Arab nations , with refugees going Motion mainly to Israel or Europe .

His brother , Ephraim Katzir , was elected Change_of_leadership President of Israel the following year .

The two Arab towns , lying outside the area designated Choosing for a Jewish state in the UN Partition Plan of 1947 , and inside the area set aside for an Arab state in Palestine , subsequently were transformed Change into predominantly Jewish areas in the new State of Israel , known as Lod and Ramla .

The exodus Departing , constituting 'the biggest expulsion Escaping of the war ' , took place Process_start at the end of a truce period , when fighting Hostile_encounter resumed Process_start , prompting Causation Israel to try to improve Cause_to_make_progress its control Control over the Jerusalem road and its coastal route which were under pressure from the Jordanian Arab Legion , Egyptian and Palestinian forces .

Many Jews who came to Israel between 1948 and 1951 settled in the refugees ' empty homes , both because of a housing shortage and as a matter of policy to prevent former residents from reclaiming them .

According to the Israeli government , the operation began Process_start in response Response to the launch of over 100 rockets at Israel during a 24-hour period , an attack Attack by Gaza militants on an Israeli military patrol jeep within Israeli borders , and an explosion caused Causation by IEDs , which occurred near Israeli soldiers , on the Israeli side of a tunnel passing under the Israeli West Bank barrier .

Eight Palestinians were executed by members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades for alleged Statement collaboration with Israel .

During the operation , Hamas , the al-Qassam Brigades and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad ( PIJ ) further intensified Cause_change_of_strength their rocket attacks Attack on Israeli cities and towns , in an operation code named Operation Stones of Baked Clay ( , `` ḥijārat sijīl '' ) by the al-Qassam Brigades , firing Use_firearm over 1,456 rockets into Israel , and an additional 142 which fell Motion_directional inside Gaza itself .

About 421 rockets were intercepted Preventing_or_letting by Israel 's Iron Dome missile defense Defending system , another 142 fell Motion_directional on Gaza itself , 875 fell Motion_directional in open areas , and 58 hit Attack urban areas in Israel .

About 421 rockets were intercepted Preventing_or_letting by Israel 's Iron Dome missile defense Defending system , another 142 fell Motion_directional on Gaza itself , 875 fell Motion_directional in open areas , and 58 hit Attack urban areas in Israel .

Canada , Germany , the United Kingdom , the United States , and other Western countries expressed Sending support for what they considered Israel 's right to defend Defending itself , or condemned Judgment_communication the Hamas rocket attacks Attack on Israel .

Canada , Germany , the United Kingdom , the United States , and other Western countries expressed Sending support for what they considered Israel 's right to defend Defending itself , or condemned Judgment_communication the Hamas rocket attacks Attack on Israel .

After days of negotiations Communication between Hamas and Israel , a ceasefire mediated by Egypt was announced Expressing_publicly on 21 November .

Israel said Communication that it had achieved Achieve its aim of crippling Hamas 's rocket-launching ability , while Hamas stated Statement that Israel 's option of invading Attack Gaza had ended Process_end .

Israel said Communication that it had achieved Achieve its aim of crippling Hamas 's rocket-launching ability , while Hamas stated Statement that Israel 's option of invading Attack Gaza had ended Process_end .

Conservatives generally distrust Influence the United Nations and Europe and apart from the libertarian wing favor a strong military and give Giving enthusiastic support Supporting to Israel .

It began Process_start when three armed members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( DFLP ) entered Arriving Israel from Lebanon .

Palestinian rocket attacks Attack on Israel , Israeli airstrikes Attack on Gaza , and the joint Egyptian-Israeli blockade of Gaza have exacerbated the conflict .

As part of its 2005 disengagement plan , Israel retained Preserving exclusive control over Gaza 's airspace and territorial waters , continued to patrol Patrolling and monitor the external land perimeter of the Gaza Strip , with the exception of its southernmost border ( where Egypt retained Preserving control of the border and border crossings were supervised Scrutiny by European monitors ) and continued to monitor and blockade Besieging Gaza 's coastline .