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United Nations
The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a proposal by the United Nations, which recommended a partition of Mandatory Palestine at the end of the British Mandate. On 29 November 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted the Plan as Resolution. -
Independence
David Ben-Gurion, executive head of the World Zionist Organization and chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, issued the Israeli Declaration of Independence which declared the establishment of a Jewish state in the land of Israel to be known as the State of Israel. -
Land
Several rounds of talks are held and armistice agreements are reached between Israel and Egypt , Lebanon , Jordan , and Syria . However, none of the countries sign formal peace treaties with Israel. Israel increases its original territory by 50%, taking western Galilee, a broad corridor through central Palestine to Jerusalem, and part of modern Jerusalem. The new border is called the Green Line. As many as 750,000 Palestinians either flee or are forced from what was previously Palestine. -
War
Israel launches attack on Egypt's Sinai peninsula and drives toward Suez Canal. -
Palestinian Liberation Organization
The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) is formed -
Security
The UN Security Council adopts Resolution 242, the "land for peace" formula, which has been the starting point for further negotiations. -
UNIFIL
In response to Palestinian guerrillas staging raids on Israel from Lebanese territory, Israeli troops cross into Lebanon. Troops withdraw in June, after the UN Security Council creates a 6,000-man peacekeeping force for the area called UNIFIL. -
No More War
Egypt and Israel sign a formal peace treaty, which ends 30 years of war and establishes diplomatic and commercial relations. -
Attack
The fragile Mideast peace is shattered when the Israelis launch a massive assault on southern Lebanon, where the Palestinian Liberation Organization is entrenched. The PLO withdraww its troops from Lebanon in August. -
Launching Back
A U.S.-brokered accord is reached between Israel and Lebanon. As part of the agreement, Israel agrees to withdraw from Lebanon. Most troops are gone by June 1985; a residual force remains in southern Lebanon to defend against attacks on northern Israel. -
Leader
Labor Party leader Ehud Barak is elected prime minister and announces plans to pursue peace with the Palestinians, establish relations with Syria, and end the war in southern Lebanon with Hezbollah guerrillas. -
Authority president
Mahmoud Abbas was elected Palestinian Authority president by a landslide. -
israel-palestinian violence
13 June Israel launches a military operation to find the teenagers, arresting hundreds of Hamas members. Hamas militants in Gaza respond with rocket attacks.
