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1948
State of Israel proclaimed.
600,000 Jews in the land. (5 Iyar 5708 – – 14 May 1948)
End of British Mandate – 14 May
Israel invaded by five Arab states (15 May)
War of Independence (May 1948 – July 1949)
Israel Defence Forces (IDF) established
Armistice agreements signed with Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.
Jerusalem divided under Israeli and Jordanian rule.
State of Israel Proclamed
1949
First Government
— David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister (7 Adar 5709 — 8 March 1949)
Israel admitted to United Nations as 59th member.
1
st
Government
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)
2
nd
Government
1951
Third Government
— David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister — (8 Tishrei 5712 — 8 October 1951)
3
rd
Government
1952
Fourth Government
David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister — (4 Tevet 5713 — 22 December 1952)
4
th
Government
1954
Fifth Government
Moshe Sharett, Prime Minister — (22 Shevat 5714 — 26 January 1954)
5
th
Government
1955
Sixth Government
Moshe Sharett, Prime Minister — (9 Tammuz 5715 — 29 June 1955)
Seventh Government
David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister — (18 Heshvan 5716 — 3 November 1955)
6
th
Government
7
th
Government
1956
Suez Crisis (Sinai Campaign)
1958
Eighth Government
David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister — (15 Tevet 5718 — 7 January 1958)
8
th
Government
1959
Ninth Government
David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister — (16 Kislev 5720 — 17 December 1959)
9
th
Government
1961
Tenth Government
David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister — (23 Heshvan 5722 — 2 November 1961)
10
th
Government
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)
Twelveth Government
Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister — (17 Tevet 5725 — 22 December 1963)
11
th
Government
12
th
Government
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)
Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize in Literature.
13
th
Government
1967
Six Day War – Jerusalem libreated and reunited.
1969
Fourteenth Government
Golda Meir, Prime Minister — (27 Adar 5729 — 17 March 1969)
Fifteenth Government
Golda Meir, Prime Minister — (6 Tevet 5730 — 15 December 1969)
14
th
Government
15
th
Government
1973
Yom Kippur War
1974
Sixteenth Government
Golda Meir, Prime Minister — (16 Adar 5734 — 10 March 1974)
Seventeenth Government
Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister — (13 Sivan 5734 — 3 June 1974)
16
th
Government
17
th
Government
1975
Israel becomes an associate member of the European Common Market.
1974
Eighteenth Government
Menahem Begin, Prime Minister — (4 Tammuz 5737 — 20 June 1977)
18
th
Government
1978
Camp David Accords & framework
Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty signed
1979
Prime Minister Menachem Begin and President Anwar Sadat awarded Nobel Peace Prize.
1981
Ninteenth Government
Menahem Begin, Prime Minister — (5 Av 5741 — 5 August 1981)
Israel Air Force destroys Iraqi nuclear reactor just before it is to become operative
Israel’s three-stage withdrawal from Sinai completed.
19
th
Government
1982
Operation Peace for Galilee removes PLO terrorists from Lebanon
1983
Twentieth Government
— Yitzhak Shamir, Prime Minister — (3 Heshvan 5744 — 10 October 1983)
20
th
Government
1984
Twenty-First Government
— Shimon Peres, Prime Minister — (16 Elul 5744 — 13 September 1984)
Operation Moses – Immigration of Jews from Ethiopia
21
st
Government
1985
Free Trade Agreement signed with United States
1986
Twenty-Second Government
— Yitzhak Shamir, Prime Minister — (17 Tishrei 5747 — 20 October 1986)
22
nd
Government
1988
Twenty-Third Government
— Yitzhak Shamir, Prime Minister — (14 Tevet 5749 — 22 December 1988)
23
rd
Government
1990
Twenty-Fourth Government
— Yitzhak Shamir, Prime Minister — (18 Sivan 5750 — 11 June 1990)
24
th
Government
1991
Israel attacked by Iraqi Scud missiles during Gulf War
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)
25
th
Government
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
Prime Minister Rabin assassinated at peace rally
1995
Twenty-Sixth Government
— Shimon Peres, Prime Minister — (29 Heshvan 5756 — 22 November 1995)
Operation Grapes of Wrath, retaliation for Hezbollah terrorists’ attacks on northern Israel.
Trade representation offices set up in Oman and Qatar
26
th
Government
1996
Twenty-Seventh Government
— Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister —
(1 Tammuz 5756 — 18 June 1996)
27
th
Government
1999
Twenty-Eighth Government
— Ehud Barak, Prime Minister — (3 Sivan 5759 — 18 May 1999)
28
th
Government
2001
Twenty-Ninth Government
— Ariel Sharon – Prime Minister — (12 Adar 5761 — 7 March 2001)
29
th
Government
2003
Thirtieth Government
— Ariel Sharon – Prime Minister — (26 Adar I 5763 — 28 February 2003)
30
th
Government
2005
Israel evacuates all Jewish communities in Gaza
Palestinian infighting starts
Kassam rockets from Gaza attack Israel on regular basis
2006
PM Sharon incapacitated by massive stroke, Olmert takes over as PM
Hamas terrorists win election for the Palestinian Arabs
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)
31
st
Government
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
— Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister —
(6 Nisan 5768 — 31 March 2009)
32
nd
Government
2013
Thirty-Third Government
— Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister —
(8 Nisan 5773 — 18 March 2013)
33
rd
Government
2015
Thirty-Fourth Government
— Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister —
(25 Iyar 5775 — 14 May 2015)
34
th
Government