| Continued from Palestine | ||
| 1947 | UN proposes the establishment of Arab and Jewish states | |
| 1948 | May 14 - End of British Mandate, State of Israel proclaimed | |
| 1948 | May 15 - Israel invaded by five Arab states | |
| 1948 | War of Independence (May 1948-July 1949) Israel Defense Forces (IDF) established. Jerusalem is divided | |
| 1949 | Armistice agreements signed with Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon. Jerusalem divided under Israeli and Jordanian rule. First Knesset (parliament) elected | |
| 1956 | Sinai Campaign | |
| 1962 | Adolf Eichmann tried and executed in Israel for his part in the Holocaust. | |
| 1967 | Six-Day War, Jerusalem reunited. | |
| 1968-70 | Egypt's War of Attrition against Israel | |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War | |
| 1979 | Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty signed. | |
| 1982 | Israel's three-stage withdrawal from Sinai completed. Operation Peace for Galilee removes PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) terrorists from Lebanon. | |
Web pages of interest:
http://www.mideastweb.org/
http://jeru.huji.ac.il/