As there was never an organized Arab-Palestine or even a community of Arabs who spoke for the wider Arab community in Palestine, the greater Arab community did all of the negotiating leading up to the 1948 creation of the state of Israel, It was this group, led by Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, and Lebanon that decided to wage war in Palestine to drive the Jews out. Even after the successful defense of Israel, and through the 1950's, this group represented the interests of what is now known as the Palestinians on the world stage through the United Nations. Essentially, there was no Palestinian nation, or people - only a group of Arabs who were living on land won by Israel during an Arab-led offensive war to prevent the Jewish state from materializing.

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Read more: The Oslo Accords - A Peace Plan Doomed To Fail

On October 26, 1994, a peace treaty between Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan was signed, ending the state of war that had existed between the two countries ever since the Arab-Israeli war in 1948. The agreement established diplomatic as well as economic and natural resource relations. Upon signing the agreement, Jordan became the second Arab country, after Egypt, to agree to peace with Israel.

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Read more: The 1994 Jordanian-Israeli Peace Accords

After being elected as President of the United States, Jimmy Carter committed himself to working toward making peace agreements in the Middle East. President Carter and the U.S. Government played leading roles in creating the opportunity for the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel to occur. However, the groundwork for a lasting peace was set in motion already after the Egyptian defeat in 1967.

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Read more: The 1979 Camp David Accords And Egyptian-Israeli Peace Agreement

After the issuance of the White Paper (1939), Zionist organizations were facilitating the immigration of Jews to Palestine for those seeking refuge from Nazi Germany during World War two. This was considered illegal immigration as the British had caved to Arab pressure the wake of the war to limit what the Arabs called the 'Jew-dification' of Palestine. This caused violence to erupt between the Arabs and the Jews since, as explained, the Arabs were vehemently against Jews in Palestine. The result of this violence and conflict was the loss of many lives including those of Jews, Arabs, and most important, British citizens and soldiers. In turn, as a result of the danger posed to British troops, there was a lot of negative publicity and the mandate became increasingly unpopular in Britain.

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Read more: 1947: End Of The British Mandate And The Prelude To Israel's War Of Independence

Israelite and the subsequent Jewish history in the land formerly known as Canaan goes back thousands of years, leaving much debate on how far back an 'Abrahamic' monotheistic presence can be recorded throughout the Levant. However, for the sake of historical accuracy, in part due to concrete archaeological evidence, many begin the story of the Jewish people with the second temple era.

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Read more: The Hasmonean Dynasty - Unifying The Israelites - 140 BC