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UN plan and announce the partitioning of Palestine
In 1947, the United Nations announced a plan to divide Palestine into an Arab and Jewish War. -
Israel Declares Independence
Despite the attack from the Palestinian, the State of Israel was created on May 14, 1948 -
Arab/Israel War
The Arab-Israel War for Independence lasted for 8 months, during which time the Jews not only defended their land but expanded the territory. -
Suez Crisis
Israeli armed forces pushed into Egypt toward the Suez Canal after Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-70) nationalized the canal in July of that same year, initiating the Suez Crisis -
Formation of PLO
The Palestinian National Council convened in Jerusalem on 28 May 1964. Concluding this meeting the PLO was founded on 2 June 1964. Its stated goal was the "liberation of Palestine" through armed struggle. -
Six-Day War
The Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanian armies were decisively defeated, and Israel captured the West Bank from Jordan, the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, and the Golan Heights from Syria. The 1967 war, which lasted only six days, established Israel as the dominant regional military power. -
Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War was an Arab–Israeli War, was a war fought by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel from October 6 to 25, 1973. -
Lebanon War
On 6 June 1982, Israeli forces under direction of Defense Minister Ariel Sharon launched a three-pronged invasion of southern Lebanon in "Operation Peace for Galilee". ... The westernmost Israeli force was to advance up the coastal road to Tyre. -
Oslo Accords
Negotiations concerning the agreement, an outgrowth of the Madrid Conference of 1991, were conducted secretly in Oslo, Norway, hosted by the Fafo institute, and completed on 20 August 1993; the Oslo Accords were subsequently officially signed at a public ceremony in Washington, D.C., on 13 September 1993,
