Israel's Emergence
Some key events in the history of the State of Israel.
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U.N. partitions Palestine into Jewish, Palestinian states. Arabs reject plan.
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Israel declares independence, setting off two-year war with Arab nations that ends with new Jewish state and about 700,000 Palestinian refugees.
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Israel joins Britain, France in campaign against Egypt. Israel captures Sinai desert but is forced to withdraw by U.S. and Soviet Union.
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After Egypt blockades strategic straits and expels U.N. forces, Israel mounts pre-emptive strikes against Arab forces and captures Sinai desert, West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights.
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Palestinian gunmen kill 11 Israeli athletes at Munich Olympics.
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Egypt and Syria mount surprise attack on Yom Kippur. Israel defeats Arab forces but takes heavy losses.
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Egyptian President Anwar Sadat visits Jerusalem, first by Arab head of state.
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Egypt and Israel sign peace treaty. Israel returns Sinai desert to Egypt.
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Israel invades Lebanon to push back forces of PLO leader Yasser Arafat.
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Palestinians launch uprising against Israeli occupation.
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Israel and PLO sign interim peace accord, leading to cration of Palestinian Authority under Arafat.
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Israel and Jordan sign peace treaty.
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Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated by ultranationalist Israeli opposed to concessions to Palestinians.
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Israeli-Palestinian summit hosted by U.S. President Bill Clinton ends without peace accord.
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Second Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation erupts.
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Israel unilaterally pulls out of Gaza, destroying 21 Jewish settlements there and four in West Bank.
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Israel and Palestinians resume peace negotiations.
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Israel and Hamas agree to truce in Gaza.
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Hamas announces that the truce has expired and that it will not be renewed. Rocket fire from Gaza increases.
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In response to stepped up rocket and mortar attacks by Hamas and associated groups from Gaza, Israel launches Operation Oferet Yetzuka ("Cast Lead") with continuous air strikes at rocket launching facilities, factories, smuggling tunnels, and Hamas command and control centers. Hamas broadens rocket strikes to include Israeli towns and cities as far away as Beersheba and Yavneh.
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Israel launches ground offensive in the Gaza Strip,
sending tanks and infantry into battle with Hamas fighters.
Israel says calls up tens of thousands of reservists.
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Credits:
CBS/AP
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