Chronology of Middle East events (1948‑1968) from UN resolutions to wars

OUP CORRECTED PROOE - FINAL, 12/9/2014, SPi Chronology xix 11 December 1948 UN General Assembly Resolution 194. 24 February 1949 — Egypt-Israel General Armistice Agreement. 23 March 1949 Lebanon-Israel General Armistice Agreement. 3 April 1949 Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement. 27 April 1949 Opening of the Lausanne Conference convened by the United Nations’ Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP). 11 May 1949 The UN General Assembly admits Israel as UN member state through Resolution A/RES/273 (IID. 20 July 1949 Syria-Israel General Armistice Agreement. 12 December 1949 UN General Assembly Resolution 303, on the Internationalization of Jerusalem. 24 April 1950 Jordan annexes the West Bank and East Jerusalem. 5 July 1950 Israel votes the Law of Return. 20 July 1951 King Abdullah I of Jordan in assassinated in the vicinity of al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem by a Palestinian gunman. 23 July 1952 Military coup in Egypt by the Free Officers Movement. 18 June 1953 The Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) abolishes the monarchy and proclaims the Republic of Egypt. 23 June 1956 Gamal Abdel Nasser is elected President of the Republic of Egypt. 26 July 1956 President Nasser of Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal. 29 October 1956 Suez Crisis. Israel invades Sinai (Operation Kadesh) with the covert assent of France and the UK. 30 October 1956 France and the UK launch military operations against Egypt. 5 November 1956 UN General Assembly Resolution 1000 (Suez Crisis). 7 November 1956 UN General Assembly Resolution 1001 (Suez Crisis). 8 March 1957 Israel withdraws its last forces from the Sinai peninsula, ending the Suez Crisis. 14 July 1958 Military coup against Iraqi monarchy. 3 February 1964 The Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) is established by the Arab League in Cairo, with Ahmed Shugeiri as its leader. 16 May 1967 President Nasser asks the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) to leave Sinai and the Gaza Strip, where it had been engaged in peacekeeping functions since the 1956 Sinai conflict. 22 May 1967 Egypt announces a blockade against Israeli shipping in the Strait of Tiran. 5 June 1967 ‘Six Day War’: Israel launches military strikes on Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. After six days of fighting, Israel captures the Sinai peninsula and Gaza Strip from Egypt, the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan, and about 1,150 square kilometres of Syrian territory on the Golan Heights. 1 September 1967 Khartoum Resolution of the three ‘Noes’. 22 November 1967 UN Security Council Resolution 242. 21 March 1968 The battle of Karameh between Israel and Fatah and Jordanian forces. First direct military confrontation between Israeli and Palestinian forces. 17 July 1968 The Palestinian National Charter. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023151