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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN proposed partitioning the area into Arab and [[Jewish]] states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Nonetheless, an Israeli state was declared in 1948 and the Israelis subsequently defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without ending the deep tensions between the two sides. (The territories [[Israel]] occupied since the 1967 war are not included in the [[Israel]] country profile, unless otherwise noted.) On 25 April 1982, [[Israel]] withdrew from the Sinai pursuant to the 1979 [[Israel]]-[[Egypt]] Peace Treaty. In keeping with the framework established at the Madrid Conference in October 1991, bilateral negotiations were conducted between [[Israel]] and Palestinian representatives and [[Syria]] to achieve a permanent settlement. [[Israel]] and Palestinian officials signed on 13 September 1993 a Declaration of Principles (also known as the "Oslo Accords"), enshrining the idea of a two-state solution to their conflict and guiding an interim period of Palestinian self-rule. Outstanding territorial and other disputes with [[Jordan]] were resolved in the 26 October 1994 [[Israel]]-[[Jordan]] Treaty of Peace. Progress toward a permanent status agreement with the Palestinians was undermined by Israeli-Palestinian violence between 2001 and February 2005. [[Israel]] in 2005 unilaterally disengaged from the Gaza Strip, evacuating settlers and its military while retaining control over most points of entry into the Gaza Strip. The election of HAMAS to head the Palestinian Legislative Council in 2006 froze relations between [[Israel]] and the Palestinian Authority (PA). In 2006 [[Israel]] engaged in a 34-day conflict with Hizballah in [[Lebanon]] in June-August 2006 and a 23-day conflict with HAMAS in the Gaza Strip during December 2008 and January 2009. Direct talks with the Palestinians launched in September 2010 collapsed following the expiration of [[Israel]]'s 10-month partial settlement construction moratorium in the West Bank. In November 2012, [[Israel]] engaged in a seven-day conflict with HAMAS in the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Binyamin NETANYAHU formed a coalition government in March 2013 following general elections in January 2013. Direct talks with the Palestinians resumed in July 2013 and but were suspended in late April 2014.

Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN proposed partitioning the area into Arab and [[Jewish]] states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Nonetheless, an Israeli state was declared in 1948 and the Israelis subsequently defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without ending the deep tensions between the two sides. (The territories [[Israel]] occupied since the 1967 war are not included in the [[Israel]] country profile, unless otherwise noted.) On 25 April 1982, [[Israel]] withdrew from the Sinai pursuant to the 1979 [[Israel]]-[[Egypt]] Peace Treaty. In keeping with the framework established at the Madrid Conference in October 1991, bilateral negotiations were conducted between [[Israel]] and Palestinian representatives and [[Syria]] to achieve a permanent settlement. [[Israel]] and Palestinian officials signed on 13 September 1993 a Declaration of Principles (also known as the "Oslo Accords"), enshrining the idea of a two-state solution to their conflict and guiding an interim period of Palestinian self-rule. Outstanding territorial and other disputes with [[Jordan]] were resolved in the 26 October 1994 [[Israel]]-[[Jordan]] Treaty of Peace. Progress toward a permanent status agreement with the Palestinians was undermined by Israeli-Palestinian violence between 2001 and February 2005. [[Israel]] in 2005 unilaterally disengaged from the Gaza Strip, evacuating settlers and its military while retaining control over most points of entry into the Gaza Strip. The election of HAMAS to head the Palestinian Legislative Council in 2006 froze relations between [[Israel]] and the Palestinian Authority (PA). In 2006 [[Israel]] engaged in a 34-day conflict with Hizballah in [[Lebanon]] in June-August 2006 and a 23-day conflict with HAMAS in the Gaza Strip during December 2008 and January 2009. Direct talks with the Palestinians launched in September 2010 collapsed following the expiration of [[Israel]]'s 10-month partial settlement construction moratorium in the West Bank. In November 2012, [[Israel]] engaged in a seven-day conflict with HAMAS in the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Binyamin NETANYAHU formed a coalition government in March 2013 following general elections in January 2013. Direct talks with the Palestinians resumed in July 2013 and but were suspended in late April 2014.

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