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Israeli Patton tanks during Operation Peace for Galilee in 1982. In the decades following the 1948 war, Israel's border with Lebanon was quiet compared with its borders with other neighbours. But the 1969 Cairo agreement gave the PLO a free hand to attack Israel from South Lebanon.
In May 1948, the Israeli Declaration of Independence sparked the 1948 War in which Israel repelled the invading armies of the neighbouring states. It resulted in the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight and subsequently led to waves of Jewish emigration from other parts of the Middle East .
The roots of modern Israel can be traced back to ancient times when the Israelites established a united kingdom under King Saul around 1020 BCE. However, internal strife and external pressures led to the division of this kingdom into two: Israel in the north and Judah in the south.
This is a timeline of modern Israeli history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Israel and its predecessor states from 1882 onward, along with important events.
Israel signed a peace treaty with Jordan in 1994. Israeli soldiers and a Lebanese militia, Hezbollah, clashed throughout the 1990s. Israeli troops withdrew from Lebanon in 2000, and negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians broke down amid violence that claimed hundreds of lives.
A Kfar Etzion school in 2015. (Avishai Teicher/PikiWiki Israel) Rescued Air France passengers at Israel’s Ben-Gurion Airport, July 4, 1976. (Moshe Milner/Israel GPO) Sadat, Carter and Begin at the conclusion of the Camp David Accords, Sept. 17, 1978. (Wikimedia Commons)
Feb 9, 2010 · On May 14, 1948, in Tel Aviv, Jewish Agency Chairman David Ben-Gurion proclaims the State of Israel, establishing the first Jewish state in 2,000 years. Ben-Gurion became Israel’s first...
