1948 May 14th State of Israel is proclaimed by David Ben Gurion in Tel Aviv
On the 29th November, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution calling for the establishment of a Jewish State in Eretz-Israel; the General Assembly required the inhabitants of Eretz-Israel to take such steps as were necessary on their part for the implementation of that resolution. This recognition by the United Nations of the right of the Jewish people to establish their State is irrevocable.
This right is the natural right of the Jewish people to be masters of their own fate, like all other nations, in their own sovereign State.
ACCORDINGLY WE, MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE'S COUNCIL, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF ERETZ-ISRAEL AND OF THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT, ARE HERE ASSEMBLED ON THE DAY OF THE TERMINATION OF THE BRITISH MANDATE OVER ERETZ-ISRAEL AND, BY VIRTUE OF OUR NATURAL AND HISTORIC RIGHT AND ON THE STRENGTH OF THE RESOLUTION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, HEREBY DECLARE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A JEWISH STATE IN ERETZ-ISRAEL, TO BE KNOWN AS THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
1948 War of Independence Israel invaded by five Arab states. 1949 Armistice signed. Jerusalem divided under Israeli and Jordanian rule. Operation Magic Carpet - 49,000 Jews emigrate to Israel 1948-52 Mass emigration from Arab countries as ancient Jewish communities are attacked. Nearly three quarter million Jews flee.
1956 Sinai Campaign
1967 Six-Day War, Jerusalem reunited.
1968-70 Egypt's War of Attrition against Israel
1973 Yom Kippur War
1979 Israel and Egypt conclude a peace agreement. 1981 Israel’s Air Force destroys Iraqi nuclear reactor before it becomes operative. 1982 Israel's three-stage withdrawal from Sinai completed.
Operation Peace for Galilee removes PLO terrorists from Lebanon. 1984 Operation Moses, he beginning of the emigration of 15,000 Jews from Ethiopia beings. 1987 Widespread violence (intifada) starts in Israeli-administered areas. 1990 Operation Exodus, the emigrations of one million Jews from the former Soviet Union begins.
1991 Israel attacked by Iraqi Scud missiles during Gulf war.
1991 Israel Signs Madrid Peace accord. 1996 Fundamentalist Arab terrorism against Israel escalates. 2000 Israel withdraws all troops from Southern Lebanon 2000 Despite the considerable concessions by Israel at Camp David, Arafat chose not to negotiate, not to make a counter-offer but to just walk out.
Israeli redeployment from 95% of the West Bank and 100% of the Gaza Strip
The creation of a Palestinian state in the areas of Israeli withdrawal
The removal of isolated settlements and transfer of the land to Palestinian control
Other Israeli land exchanged for West Bank settlements remaining under Israeli control
Palestinian control over East Jerusalem, including most of the Old City
"Religious Sovereignty" over the Temple Mount, replacing Israeli sovereignty in effect since 1967
In return Arafat had to declare the "end of conflict" and agree that no further claims on Israel could be made in the future.
2006 In an effort to recover kidnapped Israeli soldiers, Israel attacks Hezbollah positions in Lebanon.
