Date in year · 1978 · The 1970s
On December 10, 1978, arab–Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The year's #1 song was "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb. Antonio de Nigris, Mirka Federer, Anamaria Marinca would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · December 10, 1978
Since the declaration of Israel's establishment in 1948, conflict has existed between Israel and the surrounding Arab countries, rooted in conflict over territory also claimed by Palestinian Arabs. Zionists viewed the region of Palestine as the Jewish ancestral homeland, while Arabs saw it as Arab Palestinian land and an essential part of the Arab world.
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1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1978th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 978th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1970s decade.
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Geopolitical conflict in the Middle East
Since the declaration of Israel's establishment in 1948, conflict has existed between Israel and the surrounding Arab countries, rooted in conflict over territory also claimed by Palestinian Arabs. Zionists viewed the region of Palestine as the Jewish ancestral homeland, while Arabs saw it as Arab Palestinian land and an essential part of the Arab world.
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