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... On the day that Israel declared its independence, the Arab League Secretary, General Azzam Pasha declared "jihad", a holy war. He said, "This will be a war of extermination and a momentous massacre which will be spoken of like the Mongolian massacres and the Crusades".(1) The Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin Al Husseini stated, "I declare a holy war, my Moslem brothers! ... (3) ARMISTICE AGREEMENT-1949 During the war for Israels independence, many Jewish villages were destroyed, synagogues and cemeteries desecrated, and fields and buildings burned. ... for more ) BRITISH MANDATE 1920-1946 It was only after World War I, at the Paris Peace Conference(1), that the name "Palestine" was applied to a clearly defined piece of territory - the area which today comprises Israel and Jordan. ... OTTOMAN RULE-ON THE EVE OF WORLD WAR -I Since the destruction of the Second Jewish Commonwealth(1) by the Romans, the land referred to as "Palestine"(2) had been ruled by a series of foreign occupiers. ... The name "Palestine" was revived as an official title when the British were granted a mandate after World War I: Encyclopaedia Britannica ill, Micropaedia, vol. ... The peace agreement was, on the one hand, a logical conclusion to a developing relationship between the two countries since the conclusion of the Six-Day War in 1967, since which Jordan had refrained from launching war with Israel, remaining neutral in the Yom Kippur War of 1973. On the other hand, the watershed between a cold peace and an open agreement was the 1991 Gulf War, which crippled Jordans economy, and the Peace Treaty can be interpreted as economically motivated. ... For details on the Arab military buildup on the eve of the Six Day War, see Sachar, History of Israel, pp. ... SIX DAY WAR –JUNE 1967 On June 5th, Israel decided to launch a pre-emptive attack on Egypt. Israel issued an appeal to Jordan to stay out of the war. ... A city won by accidents By Michal Meyer Historian Michael Oren of the Shalem Institute believes chance and caprice played a large part in the Six-Day War, and in Israels return to the Old City. ... The Israeli Withdrawal from Lebanon - 24th May 2000 By Neil Lazarus Israels troubled relationship with Lebanon can be traced to 1948 and Israels War of Independence, when nearly 120,000 Palestinian refugees fled to Lebanon, living in refugee camps in the South. ... After the war Israel created a Security Zone in Southern Lebanon to protect itself from further attack. ... (1) In response to this violation of international agreements which amounted to an act of war, Israel launched a military operation on October 29, 1956.