Arab Israeli War By asfousias@cps.edu Nov 29, 1947 United Nations Partitions Palestine into Separate Jewish and Palestinian States May 14, 1948 Israel Declares Its Independence May 15, 1948 First Arab-Israeli War Begins 1949 700,000 Palestinians Become Refugees 1956 Suez Crisis / Second Arab-Israeli War Erupts Jun 5, 1967 "Six-Day War" Takes Place 1972 Palestinian Members of Black September Murder 11 Israeli Athletes at 1972 Munich Olympics Oct 6, 1973 "Yom Kippur War" Begins 1987 Founding of Hamas Dec 6, 1987 First Palestinian Intifada Begins Oct 26, 1994 Israel and Jordan Sign Peace Treaty Nov 5, 1995 Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin Assassinated Sep 29, 2000 Beginning of the Second Intifada Aug 27, 2001 Israel Assassinates the Leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Jan 5, 2002 Israel Seizes Ship Carrying 50 Tons of Military Equipment Mar 27, 2002 Hamas Suicide Attack Kills 30 Israeli Civilians during Passover Seder 2006 Israel-Lebanon War Nov 27, 2007 Annapolis Peace Conference Takes Place Oct 24, 2012 Palestinians in Gaza Fire 60 Rockets into Israel Jun 13, 2014 Palestinians in Gaza Begin Series of Rocket Attacks against Israel