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Timeline: U.N. resolutions on Palestine

Here are summaries of some of the main United Nations resolutions on Palestine as the General Assembly votes on Thursday on lifting the Palestinian status within the world body from \”entity\” to \”non-member state.\”

Timeline: Israel and Hamas in repeated conflict

Israel and Hamas have been in regular conflict since the rise to prominence of the Palestinian Islamist group, created in 1987 at the start of the first Intifada uprising against Israeli occupation. Here is a timeline of some of the key moments.

Timeline: A history of Iranian Jews

722 B.C.E. After Shalmaneser V conquers the kingdom of Israel, a group of captive Jews said to be descendants of the 12 tribes of Israel is sent into exile in Persia.

Timeline of Iraq war

President Barack Obama said on Friday the United States will remove the remainder of its troops from Iraq by the end of the year and that \”after nearly nine years, America\’s war in Iraq will be over.\”

TIMELINE: Gilad Shalit, held for five years

Israel and the Islamist movement Hamas which rules Gaza have agreed on a deal to swap the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, held captive for five years, for the release of a proposed 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.

A Timeline: Friends in Deed

Summer Human Relations Workshop at Loyola University in the summer of 1964 are, from left to right, Dr. Neil Sandberg, director; Wally Porter, student; Sister Maria Mercedes, professor of sociology; and Dr. James Craig, professor of psychology.

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