What are the Occupied territories?
After the fragmentation of the Middle East after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in WWI, Palestine was in 1922 put under the British mandate. From 1922-1948 thousands of Jewish immigrants moved to Palestine mainly from European countries creating 25 years of armed conflict with the Palestinians. In 1948, Israel declared independence on 78% of Palestine. The remaining 22% (Gaza strip, west bank and East Jerusalem) was put under Jordanian and Egyptian control. In 1967, Israel invaded the remaining 22%, which are now known as ‘occupied territories’.
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- Didn Israels proposal at Camp David in 2000 give the Palestinians almost all of the territories occupied by Israel in 1967?
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