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Parent topics

• Middle East [r]: A geographical region in Asia that also contains small parts of Europe and Africa. [e]
• International law [r]: The formal conduct of interactions between nation-states, both at the national level and on behalf of their citizens; generally accepted as first formalized by Hugo Grotius. [e]
• Israel [r]: Country in the Middle East. [e]
• Palestine [r]: Add brief definition or description

Subtopics

• Balfour Declaration [r]: A 1917 declaration by the British Foreign Secretary stating that U.K. government, in principle, endorsed the idea of a Jewish homeland in Palestine [e]
• Camp David Accords (1978) [r]: A negotiation between the heads of government of Egypt and Israel, hosted by the United States, that produced a peace agreement between the two nations [e]
• Hussein-McMahon Correspondence [r]: A 1915 exchange of letters between Hussein ibn 'Ali, the Sherif of Mecca, and the British High Commisioner for Egypt, Sir Henry McMahon, the High Commissioner for Egypt, setting the terms for Arab participation in the war against the Ottoman Empire, and their expectations for territory and independence as a result. [e]
• Sykes-Picot Agreement [r]: A 1916 secret agreement between France and Great Britain, with the consent of Russia, on the disposition of territories in the Ottoman Empire [e]
• United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 [r]: The 1947 plan for partitioning Palestine into Israel and an Arab territory [e]

Related topics

• Ottoman Empire [r]: The Turkish state which controlled much of the Middle East from the 15th century to 1923. [e]