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Part 3 talks about the beginning of Israel. Britain gave control of Palestine over to the U.N. after repeated terrorist attacks by Jewish fundamentalists. The U.N. partitioned 55% of all of the land in Palestine to the Jews, who were fresh off the holocaust; many had nowhere else to go. Hostilities ensued; all of the surrounding Arab nations mobilized on the Israeli border. The Israelis sturck first and defeated them, taking more of Palestine. Many Palestinians fled their homes to avoid being caught up in the war.

Part 4 talks about the six-day war. The Soviet Union had misinformed the Syrian government that Israel was planning to invade Syria in 1967. Syria cut off all trade to Israel, and mobilized tanks on the border. The rest of the Arab nations went to the support of Syria, also mobilizing their militaries. After exhausting all diplomatic solutions, Israel decided to go on the offensive in order to defend itself. The Israeli military caught the Arabs off guard and ended up with numerous territories, most occupied by displaced Palestinians.

Part 5 covers the Yom Kippur War and Israel's peace agreement with Egypt. In 1973, Egypt and Syria, both defeated by Israel in the six day war, attacked Israel in an attempt to regain lands lost in the war. Egypt and Syria did not regain those territories, but they put Israel on the defensive. In 1979 Egypt and Israel reached a peace agreement; Egypt regained Sinai in return for formally recognizing Israel. The Palestinians were left out of the loop.

Part 6 covers the first Intifada and the Oslo peace agreement. In 1987, the Palestinians who had been living in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, angered at the Israeli occupation, rioted. As the Infitada continued, more and more Israelis became willing to negotiate with the Palestinians. They finally reached it in the Oslo peace agreement in 1993, which was to help provide self-government to the Palestinians.

Part 7 talks about the death of the Oslo agreement. The Israeli Prime Minister responsible for the Oslo agreement was assasinated by a Jewish fundamentalist. Hamas began to carry out suicide bombings. A try at another peace agreement was not successful, and another Intifada broke out.