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| 1974–75 |
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| U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger embarked on several rounds of “shuttle diplomacy” in an effort to disengage Arab and Israeli military forces. Israel and Egypt came to terms on Jan. 18, 1974. A second accord, signed on Sept. 4, 1975, reopened the Suez Canal to traffic. The Syrians and Israelis agreed to disengage forces in the Golan Heights on May 29, 1974. | 1 |
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| 1975, March 6 |
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| Signing of an Iran-Iraq agreement at an OPEC summit in Algiers. Iran pledged to cut off aid to Kurdish rebels in Iraq. In exchange, Iraq relinquished its claim to full possession of the Shatt al-Arab, the waterway extending from the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates to the Persian Gulf. Henceforth, the boundary between Iraq and Iran would run through the middle of the deepest channel. The concession remained a source of deep resentment to Iraq, and the issue contributed to the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War in 1980. | 2 |
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| Nov. 10 |
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| The UN General Assembly passed a resolution declaring that “Zionism is a form of racism.” The resolution was repealed on Dec. 16, 1991. | 3 |
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