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