14th of Sh'vat, 5772
Parashat Yitro
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Israel Timeline
 

 
1948 State of Israel proclaimed. 600,000 Jews in the land.
   (5 Iyar 5708 - - 14 May 1948)
Founding of Israel
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• End of British Mandate - 14 May
• Israel invaded by five Arab states (15 May)
• War of Independence (May 1948-July 1949)
• Israel Defense Forces (IDF) established
• Armistice agreements signed with Egypt, Jordan, Syria,
   and Lebanon.
• Jerusalem divided under Israeli and Jordanian rule.
First Government
   David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister
   (7 Adar 5709  -- 8 March 1949)
First Government
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1949 • Israel admitted to United Nations as 59th member.
 

 
1948-52 • Mass immigration from Europe and Arab countries.
 

 
1950 •Jordan Annexes the West Bank
  (7 Iyar 5710 -- 24 April 1950)
Second Government
   David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister
   (20 Heshvan 5711 - - 30 October 1950)
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1951 Third Government
   David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister
   (8 Tishrei  5712 -- 8 October 1951)
Third Government
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1952 Fourth Government
   David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister
   (4 Tevet  5713 -- 22 December 1952)
Fourth Government
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1954 Fifth Government
   Moshe Sharett, Prime Minister
   (22 Shevat 5714 -- 26 January 1954)
Fifth Government
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1955 Sixth Government
   Moshe Sharett, Prime Minister
   (9 Tammuz 5715 -- 29 June 1955)
Sixth Government
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• Seventh Government
   David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister
   (18 Heshvan 5716 -- 3 November 1955)
Seventh Government
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1956 • Sinai Campaign 
 

 
1958 • Eighth Government
   David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister
   (15 Tevet 5718 -- 7 January 1958)
Eighth Government
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1959 Ninth Government
   David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister
   (16 Kislev 5720 -- 17 December 1959)
Ninth Government
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1961 Tenth Government
   David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister
   (23 Heshvan 5722 -- 2 November 1961)
Tenth Government of Israel
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1962 • Adolf Eichmann tried and executed in Israel for his key
   part in the Holocaust.
 

 
1963 Eleventh Government
   Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister
   (4 Tammuz 5723 -- 26 June 1963)
Eleventh Govenrment
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Twelfth Government
   Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister
   (17 Tevet 5725 -- 22 December 1963)
Twelveth Government
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1964 • National Water Carrier completed, bringing water from
   Lake Kinneret in the North to the semi-arid South.
 

 
1966 Thirteenth Government
   Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister
   (20 Tevet 5726 -- 2 January 1966)
Thirteenth Government
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1967 • Six-Day War, Jerusalem liberated and reunited.
 

 
1968-70 • Egypt's War of Attrition against Israel
 

 
1969 Fourteenth Government
   Golda Meir, Prime Minister
   (27 Adar 5729  -- 17 March 1969)
Fourteenth Government
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Fifteenth Government
   Golda Meir, Prime Minister
   (6 Tevet 5730 -- 15 December 1969)
Fifteenth Government
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1973 • Yom Kippur War
 

 
1974 Sixteenth Government
   Golda Meir, Prime Minister
   (16 Adar 5734 -- 10 March 1974)
Sixteenth Government
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Seventeenth Government
    Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister
   (13 Sivan 5734  -- 3 June 1974)
Seventeenth Government
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1975 • Israel becomes an associate member of the European Common Market.
 

 
1977 Eighteenth Government
     Menahem Begin, Prime Minister
    (4 Tammuz 5737  -- 20 June 1977)
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•  Visit of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to Jerusalem.
 

 
1978 •  Camp David Accords & framework for comprehensive peace in
    Middle East and proposal for Palestinian Arab self-government.
 
•  Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty signed.
 

 
1979 •  Prime Minister Menachem Begin and President Anwar Sadat
    awarded Nobel Peace Prize.
 

 
1981 Nineteenth Government
    Menahem Begin, Prime Minister
   (5 Av 5741  -- 5 August 1981)
Nineteenth Government
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•  Israel Air Force destroys Iraqi nuclear reactor just before it is to
    become operative.
 
•  Israel's three-stage withdrawal from Sinai completed.
 

 
1982 •  Operation Peace for Galilee removes PLO terrorists from Lebanon.
 

  
1983 Twentieth Government
    Yitzhak Shamir, Prime Minister
   (3 Heshvan 5744  -- 10 October 1983)
Twentieth Government
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1984 Twenty-first Government
      Shimon Peres, Prime Minister
      (16 Elul 5744 -- 13 September 1984)
Twenty-First Government
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•  Operation Moses, Immigration of Jews from Ethiopia.
 

 
1985 •  Free Trade Agreement signed with United States.
 

 
1986 Twenty-second Government
    Yitzhak Shamir, Prime Minister
    (17 Tishrei 5747 -- 20 October 1986)
Twenty-Second Government
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1987 •  Widespread violence from Arab terrorists starts in
    Israeli-administered areas.
 

 
1988 •  Twenty-third Government
     Yitzhak Shamir, Prime Minister
     (14 Tevet 5749  -- 22 December 1988)
Twenty-Third Government
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•  Four-point peace initiative proposed by Israel.
 

 
1989 •  Start of mass immigration of Jews from former Soviet Union.
 

 
1990 Twenty-fourth Government
    Yitzhak Shamir, Prime Minister
    (18 Sivan 5750 -- 11 June 1990)
Twenty-Forth Government
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1991 •  Israel attacked by Iraqi Scud missiles during Gulf war.
 
•  Middle East peace conference convened in Madrid.
 
•  Operation Solomon, airlift of Jews from Ethiopia. 
 
•  Diplomatic relations established with China and India.
 

 
1992 Twenty-fifth Government
   Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister
   (12 Tammuz 5752  -- 13 July 1992)
Twenty-Fifth Government
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1993 •  Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements for
    the Palestinian Arabs signed by Israel and PLO.
 
•  Implementation of Palestinian Arab self-government in Gaza Strip and Jericho area.
 
•  Full diplomatic relations with the Holy See.
 
•  Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty signed.
 

 
1994 •  Rabin, Peres, Arafat awarded Nobel Peace Prize.
 
•  Broadened Palestinian Arab self-government implemented in West Bank and Gaza Strip;    
     Palestinian Council elected.
 
•  Prime Minister Rabin assassinated at peace rally.
 

 
1995 Twenty-sixth Government
   Shimon Peres, Prime Minister
   (29 Heshvan 5756 -- 22 November 1995)
Twenty-Sixth Government
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•  Arab terrorism against Israel escalates.
 
•  Operation Grapes of Wrath, retaliation for Hezbollah terrorists' attacks on northern Israel.
 
•  Trade representation offices set up in Oman and Qatar.
 
•  Likud forms government after Knesset elections.
 

 
1996 Twenty-seventh Government
    Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister
    (1 Tammuz 5756  -- 18 June 1996)
Twenty-seventh Government
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•  Omani trade representation office opened in Tel Aviv.
 

 
1997 •  Hebron Protocol signed by Israel and the Palstinian Arabs
 

 
1998 •  Israel celebrates its 50th anniversary.
 

 
1999 •  Twenty-eighth Government
    Ehud Barak, Prime Minister
   (3 Sivan 5759 -- 18 May 1999)
28th Government
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2000 •  Arafat rejects President Clinton's effort to achieve peace after generous offer by PM Barak
 
•  Arafat starts intensive terrorism against Israeli civilians
 

 
2001 Twenty-ninth Government
   Ariel Sharon - Prime Minister
   (12 Adar 5761 -- 7 March 2001)
29th Government
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2003 Thirtieth Government
   Ariel Sharon - Prime Minister
   (26 Adar I 5763 -- 28 February 2003)
30th Government

2005 •  Israel evacuates all Jewish communities in Gaza, Palestinian infighting starts; Kassam rockets from Gaza attacks Israel on regular basis.
 

 
2006 •  PM Sharon incapacitated by massive stroke, Olmert takes over as PM. Hamas won election
 
•  Hezbollah war in Lebanon, massive rocket attacks on Israeli civilians in Northern Israel
Thirty-First Government
   Ehud Olmert - Prime Minister
   (6 Iyar 5766 -- 4 May 2006)
31st Government
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2008 • Operation Hot Winter launched on February 29, 2008 in response to Qassam rockets fired from the Gaza Strip by Palestinian Arabs.
     

     
2009 Thirty-Second Government
   Ehud Olmert - Prime Minister
   (6 Iyar 5766 -- 4 May 2006)
32nd Government
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