MILESTONES
JULY 1882
Beginning of First Aliyah, BILU pioneers arrive in Palestine
1883
Baron Edmond de Rothschild begins support of Jewish settlement in Palestine; Founding of
Hovevei Tzion movement in Odessa
FEBRUARY 1896
Theodor Herzl's Der Judenstaat, The Jewish State, is published
AUGUST 1897
First Zionist Congress convenes in Basle, Switzerland; Creation of World Zionist
Organization
1904
Beginning of Second Aliyah; Death of Theodor Herzl
1909
Founding of Tel Aviv - the first modern all-Jewish city
1910
Founding of Degania - the first Kibbutz
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NOVEMBER 1917
British issue Balfour Declaration, recognizing the right to a Jewish homeland in Palestine
DECEMBER 1917
British conquest of Palestine
1919
Beginning of Third Aliyah
APRIL 1920
British Mandate over Palestine issued
JULY 1922
Churchill White Paper separates Transjordan from area designated for creation of Jewish
homeland and links Jewish immigration to "economic capacity of the country"
1924-1932
Fourth Aliyah
AUGUST 1929
Arabs riot in Jerusalem; Massacres of Jews in Hebron and Safad
OCTOBER 1930
Passfield White Paper limits Jewish immigration to Palestine and forbids Jewish land
purchases
1931
Founding of Jewish underground organization, Irgun Zva'i Leumi
1933-1939
Fifth Aliyah
1936-1939
Arab revolt
JULY 1937
Peel Commission report recommends partition of Palestine
MAY 1939
MacDonald White Paper limits Jewish immigration and prohibits Jews from purchasing Arab
land
MAY 1941
Creation of Palmach - early Jewish defense force
MAY 1942
At Biltmore Conference, American Zionists call for a "Jewish Commonwealth" in
Palestine
DECEMBER 1945
Arab League Boycott established
JULY 1946
Irgun attacks King David Hotel in Jerusalem
FEBRUARY 1947
Britain refers Palestine issue to United Nations
NOVEMBER 1947
United Nations votes to partition Palestine into independent Jewish and Arab states
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MAY 1948
Creation of the State of Israel; U.S. and Soviet Union extend recognition; Creation of
Israel Defense Forces
SEPTEMBER 1948
Assassination of UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte by extremist Jews
JANUARY 1949
Israel War of Independence ends; Israel's first national elections
FEBRUARY 1949
Egypt and Israel sign an Armistice Agreement
MARCH 1949
Lebanon and Israel sign an Armistice Agreement
APRIL 1949
Transjordan and Israel sign an Armistice Agreement
MAY 1949
UN votes to accept Israel as a member state
JULY 1949
Syria and Israel sign an Armistice Agreement
JANUARY 1950
Transjordan annexes West Bank and renames area Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
JULY 1950
Israel passes Law of Return
JULY 1951
Assassination of Jordanian King Abdullah by Palestinian extremists
JULY 1956
Egyptian President Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal
OCTOBER 1956
Israel, Britain and France attack Egypt
MARCH 1957
Israel withdraws from Sinai and Gaza
OCTOBER 1959
Creation of Fatah terrorist group under direction of Yasir Arafat
MAY 1962
Following his capture and a trial, top Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann is executed in Israel
JANUARY 1964
Creation of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), with Fatah as its main faction
JANUARY 1965
First PLO terrorist attack against Israel
MAY 1967
Nasser orders the withdrawal of UN forces from the Egyptian-Israeli border and initiates a
blockade of Israeli shipping through the Tiran Straits.
JUNE 1967
Six-Day War, Reunification of Jerusalem under Israel
SEPTEMBER 1967
At summit meeting, Arab states reject peace and negotiations with Israel
NOVEMBER 1967
UN passes Resolution 242, the basis for Israeli-Arab negotiations
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APRIL 1968
Reestablishment of Jewish settlement in Hebron
JULY 1968
First act of air piracy against Israel; El Al airliner hijacked en route from Rome to Tel
Aviv by PLO terrorists
MARCH 1969
Start of War of Attrition
SEPTEMBER 1972
PLO massacre of Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich, Germany
OCTOBER 1973
Yom Kippur War
DECEMBER 1973
Geneva Peace Conference
JANUARY 1974
Israeli-Egyptian Disengagement Agreement
MAY 1974
Twenty three children die in PLO terrorist attack against school in Ma'alot;
Israeli-Syrian Disengagement Agreement
OCTOBER 1974
Arab recognition of PLO as representative of Palestinians
NOVEMBER 1975
UN General Assembly passes "Zionism equals Racism" resolution
JULY 1976
Israel rescues hostages at Entebbe Airport in Uganda
MAY 1977
Likud comes to power led by Menachem Begin
NOVEMBER 1977
Anwar Sadat visits Jerusalem and addresses Israeli Parliament
SEPTEMBER 1978
Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt
MARCH 1979
Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty
JULY 1980
Basic Law on Jerusalem passed
JUNE 1981
Israel disables Iraqi nuclear reactor in Osiraq
OCTOBER 1981
Anwar Sadat assassinated by Islamic extremists
DECEMBER 1981
Israel officially extends Israeli law to Golan Heights
APRIL 1982
Israel completes withdrawal from Sinai
JUNE 1982
Attempted assassination of Israeli Ambassador to London; Israel invades Lebanon in
Operation Peace for Galilee
SEPTEMBER 1982
PLO completes evacuation from Lebanon
JUNE 1985
Israeli troops withdraw from Lebanon; creation of security zone
in southern Lebanon
DECEMBER 1987
Start of Palestinian intifada
DECEMBER 1988
Arafat begins process of renouncing terrorism and recognizing Israel
AUGUST 1990
Iraq invades Kuwait
JAN-FEB 1991
Gulf war; Scud missiles fall in Israel
OCTOBER 1991
Arab-Israeli peace conference opens in Madrid
DECEMBER 1991
UN repeals "Zionism equals Racism" resolution
JUNE 1992
Labor Party leader Yitzhak Rabin elected Prime Minister
JANUARY 1993
Israel repeals ban on contacts with the PLO
AUGUST 1993
Announcement of secret agreement reached in Oslo between Israel and the PLO
SEPTEMBER 1993
Signing of Israeli-Palestinian Declaration of Principles on White House Lawn
DECEMBER 1993
Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations
FEBRUARY 1994
Jewish extremist kills 29 Muslim worshippers in Hebron
APRIL 1994
Hamas suicide bus bombings in Afula and Hadera
MAY 1994
Israel withdraws its forces from Jericho and Gaza
OCTOBER 1994
Kidnapping and murder of Israeli soldier Nachshon Waxman; Bombing of bus in Tel Aviv;
Signing of Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty
DECEMBER 1994
Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasir Arafat awarded Nobel Peace Prize
SEPTEMBER 1995
The Interim, or "Oslo II," Agreement signed in Washington between Israel and the
Palestinians
NOVEMBER 1995
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated by a Jewish extremist
FEB-MARCH 1996
Islamic extremist suicide bombings in Jerusalem, Afula and Tel Aviv kill 59.
MAY 1996
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu elected Prime Minister
SEPTEMBER 1996
Palestinian violence erupts in response to Israeli opening of an exit to the Western Wall
tunnel
JANUARY 1997
Hebron Redeployment Agreement signed
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