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Where did this "Israel" come from?
| Nov. 29, 1947 |
UN Partition Resolution (GA 181) - Palestine is to be divided into a Jewish State and an Arab State. Arab countries and Arab league refuse to recognize the resolution. |
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| April 9, 1948 |
Deir Yassin Massacre - Jewish dissident underground groups - Irgun and Lehi, invade Palestinian village of Deir Yassin. Over 100 Palestinian civilians and 4 attackers are killed. |
| April 22-31 1948 |
Operation Misparayim launched by Hagannah to assume control of Haifa after British withdrawal |
| May 12, 1948 |
Haganah captures Tsfat (Safed). Arab population flees the city before it is captured. |
| May 17, 1948 |
Haganah captures Acco (Acre). Most of the Arab population flees the city before it is captured. |
| Dec. 1948 |
Israelis advance into Egypt; Nokrashy Pasha, Egyptian PM, assassinated. |
| 1950 |
Law of Return passed. Massive immigration of European and American zionists to Palestine in 1949-1951 and imposition of rationing program. Rationing lasts until 1959. Immigration curtailed because of extreme economic problems. |
| October 1953 |
IDF paratrooper unit 101 under Ariel Sharon kills 69 civilians and destroys a great deal of property in a raid on the Jordanian village of Qibieh. |
| July 1954 |
The Lavon Affair: Israeli government spies attempt to sabotage British & US property in Egypt to put blame on Egyptian terrorists, thus driving a wedge between Britain and Egypt |
| Dec 11, 1955 |
Israel launches an attack on Syria following firing on a police patrol boat sent as a deliberate provocation. (operation Olive Leaves), condemned in SCR111, 19 Jan 56, |
| 1957 (?) |
Construction of Israel nuclear breeder reactor using French technology begins in Dimona some time in the latter part of the 1950s. |
| June 5-10,1967 |
6-day war . Following a long period of tension, Israel attacks --destroys the Egyptian air force on the ground, conquers and occupies Sinai and Gaza, then conquers the West Bank from Jordan, and Golan Heights from Syria. UN resolution 242 (November 1967) called for Israeli withdrawal, establishment of peace. |
| Dec 1968 |
On Dec 28 with helicopter raid on Beirut International Airport, Israeli commandos destroy 13 Arab planes and damage airport. Security Council Resolution 262 of 31Dec unanimously censures Israel |
| Feb 24, 1969 |
Israeli airstrike against 2 al-Fatah camps near Damascus; large number of casualties |
| March 1969 |
US supplies Israel with Phantom jets and Hawk missiles. |
| Sept 9, 1969 |
Major Israeli raid on Egypt. |
| Mar. 15, 1978 |
Israel invades Lebanon (operation Litani). UN resolution 425 of March 19, 1978 calls for withdrawal of Israeli forces. Israel does not fulfill the terms of Resolution 425 until May 2000. |
| June 6, 1982 |
Massive Israeli invasion of Lebanon to fight PLO. . UN Security Council Resolution 509 demands that Israel withdraw all its military forces forthwith, but Israel advances rapidly to Beirut, surrounding the capital by 13 Jun |
| Sept. 15, 1982 |
Israeli invasion of West Beirut |
| Sept. 13, 1993 |
Oslo Declaration of Principles - Israel and PLO agree to mutual recognition. West Bank and Gaza strip remain under total Israeli control. Israel does not dismantle any settlements, and the number of settlers and new settlements increases considerably. |
| Feb 25, 1994 |
Settler Baruch Goldstein opens fire on Muslims praying in the Tomb of Abraham mosque in Hebron, killing 30 |
| March-April 2002 |
Israel mounts operation "Defensive Wall" in the West Bank, arrests Palestinian leaders and particularly Marwan Barghouti, imprisoning PNA Chairman Arafat in the "Mukata" compound in Ramalah and besieges militants in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. During the operation, about 50 people, mostly civilians, are killed in the Jenin refugee camp, prompting charges of a massacre. A proposed UN investigation of the alleged massacre is abandoned after Israel refuses to cooperate. About 22 noncombatant civilians are killed in Jenin, when bulldozers crush houses, or when booby-trapped houses explode and fall in on their occupants |
| Feb, 2003 |
Israel initiates a series of incursions in the Gaza strip and Nablus with numerous civilian casualties beginning at the end of February |
| Oct 5, 2003 |
Israeli jets strike a camp in Syria . The strike gets US approval. |
Source: www.mideastweb.org/timeline.htm
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