2015 Event Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas declares that the state will no longer comply with the Oslo Accords, claiming that Israel has frequently violated the agreements, which renders them non-binding 2015 Event Israeli forces peaceably board and redirect the Swedish Marianne, a ship that was part of Freedom Flotilla III, which sought to enter the Gaza port in violation of Israel's naval blockade; the ship will be taken to the port of Ashdod and inspected 2015 Event Ehud Olmert, former prime minister of Israel, is sentenced to eight months in prison after new evidence emerges proving corruption charges for which he had been acquitted three years ago 2015 Event A small treasure of 2,300-year-old coins and jewelry is found in a cave in the Galilee region of Israel; the items date from the time of Alexander the Great 2014 Event The cabinet of Israel approves a bill stating that the nation is both a democratic state and the Jewish homeland; the bill is meant to address political pressure from groups that deny or ignore Israel�s Jewish identity 2014 Event Israel reopens Jerusalem's Temple Mount a day after closing it to visitors in the wake of the shooting of activist Yehudah Glick; however, security restrictions have been applied to Muslim men seeking to pray at the site 2014 Event Israel closes visitation to Jerusalem's Temple Mount, citing security concerns after the shooting of Israeli activist Yehudah Glick; Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas claims that the action is a 'declaration of war' 2014 Event The U.N. will remove peacekeepers from the Syrian side of Golan Heights after the recent capture and release of 45 U.N. troops from Fiji by Syrian rebel forces; the U.N. has worked in the area for 40 years to keep peace between Syria and Israel 2014 Event The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration removes its ban on air travel to Israel after concluding that Israel will be able to prevent risks to aircraft during the conflict with Hamas 2014 Event Hamas rejects a peace deal brokered by Egypt and agreed to by Israel; Israel warned that the rejection could result in military action to stop rocket attacks from Palestinian militants 2014 Event The U.S. government will recognize and provide finances to the new Palestinian government, formed by a coalition of Islamist groups Fatah and Hamas; the U.S. considers Hamas a terrorist group, but officials plan to monitor the new government's actions to ensure neutrality and commitment to achieving peace with Israel 2014 Event The U.S. will accept and provide finances to the new Palestinian government, formed jointly by Fatah and Hamas; the U.S. labels Hamas a terrorist group but will monitor the new government's actions to ensure commitment to achieving peace with Israel 2014 Event Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Prime Minister, advises other nations to be cautious in recognizing the new Palestinian government, formed by agreement between Islamist rival groups Fatah and Hamas; Hamas plans to maintain its anti-Zionist stance 2014 Event Over 300 books related to Anne Frank are donated to Tokyo libraries by the embassy of Israel after a mass vandalism incident earlier this month that destroyed hundreds of the library system's existing copies; police are still investigating 2014 Event After eight years in a coma following a stroke in 2006, Ariel Sharon, Israel's former Prime Minister, dies at the age of 85 2013 Event A meeting between Pope Francis and Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, is held at the Vatican; discussions include Iran's nuclear program among other global affairs 2013 Event Palestinian investigators claim their former leader, Yasser Arafat, did not die of old age or ill health; they believe Israel killed him because his exhumed body contained high levels of the radioactive element polonium-210 2013 Event Israel and Palestinian officials agree to resume negotiations for a peace agreement 2013 Event Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu phoned Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestine, hoping the two sides could re-enter peace talks which have been on a three-year hiatus 2013 Event Former U.S. President Bill Clinton earns $500,000 for a speech given to honor Israel's President Shimon Peres 2013 Event Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan responds to air strikes on Syria, saying Israel's government is waging 'state terrorism' 2013 Event 'Hareetz', Israel's oldest daily newspaper, publishes a story in which Israel admits it has administered birth-control injections to Ethiopian Jewish immigrants, without fully educating recipients of its effects 2012 Event Israel launches four airstrikes in response to multiple rockets being fired across the border. The airstrikes kill two Salafist jihadist militants and wound one other in the northern Gaza strip 2012 Event U.S. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney states the Palestinians are committed to destroying Israel 2012 Event At the National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, the U.S. Democratic Party vote three separate times in order to approve putting the terms, 'God', 'Jerusalem', and 'Israel' back into the platform 2012 Event In a letter on a controversy in Germany over circumcision, the President of Israel, Shimon Peres stresses that circumcision is at the core of Jewish identity 2012 Event A biblical picture of Samson and a Hebrew inscription is discovered in an ancient synagogue in the Galilee region of northern Israel 2012 Event Israel announces it is deporting its first planeload of South Sudanese illegal migrants 2012 Event Madonna begins her MDNA Tour in Tel Aviv, Israel, the first of more than 65 cities she will perform at worldwide 2012 Event Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells his cabinet that Israel's identity is threatened by hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants from Africa 2012 Event U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Daniel B. Shapiro, says America 'is ready' to attack Iran to prevent them from developing nuclear weapons 2012 Event Officals in Egypt reject a deeply unpopular agreement to supply Israel with natural gas; the agreement was made by former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarek 2012 Event German poet, Gunter Grass, awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature, is declared a persona non grata by the Internal Affairs Minister of Israel, over his poem, 'What Must Be Said.' 2012 Event A law banning Palestinians who marry Israeli's from gaining citizenship is upheld by Israel's Supreme Court 2012 Event According to Israel's military chief, the country is preparing for a increase of Syrian refugees into Golan Heights 2011 Event The Arab Gas Pipeline in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula is destroyed in an explosion; the line supplies gas to Jordan and Israel 2011 Event In a meeting with President Barack Obama, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not fully withdraw to the pre-1967 borders as Obama requested 2010 Event Remains of a human that lived 400,000 years ago are discovered in Israel, challenging the theory that humans originated in Africa 2010 Event Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly, Mahmoud Abbas communicates that Palestinians desire a 'comprehensive and just' peace agreement; he requests Israel cease its policy of building settlements in the West Bank 2010 Event Five Palestinians are wounded when Israel conducts four air raids in the Gaza Strip, a response to a fourth rocket attack in southern Israel from Gaza 2010 Event Israel requests that Germany arrest Klaas Carel Faber, a Nazi war criminal who killed 20 Jews at Westerbork concentration camp 2010 Event Israel restricts a blacklist of weapons, construction materials and other items but drops all other restrictions on the free flow of consumer goods into the Gaza strip 2010 Event Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel states he will not apologize to Turkey for the Gaza flotilla clash, and that the injured will not receive any compensation 2010 Event Foreign ministers of the Arab League meet in Cairo and agree to ask the U.N. Security Council to force Israel to end its blockade of Gaza 2010 Event Iran calls upon Muslims around the world to act in protest in response to Israel's plans to build in East Jerusalem 2010 Event In Washington, D.C, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu tells a lobby group that 'Jerusalem is not a settlement' and Israel has a 'right' to build there 2010 Event According to Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to the United States, relations between the U.S. and Israel are the worst in 35 years 2009 Event Israel declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Gaza War, effective January 18, as Hamas declares a ceasefire of its own 2009 Event Israel launches an invasion of the Gaza strip 2006 Event Israel invades Lebanon in response to Hezbollah's kidnapping of Israeli soldiers 2006 Event Ehud Olmert becomes Prime Minister of Israel after Ariel Sharon suffers a stroke 2003 Death Abel Ehrlich, composer, won the Israel Prize for Music and the Prime Minister's Prize for Israeli Composers 2003 Death "Elizabeth ""Ma Pampo"" Israel", old woman, ", may have been world's oldest but ""undocumented"" person, ", dies at 128, disputed 1998 Death Zevulun Hammer, Vice Prime Minister of Israel, dies 1997 Death Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (1983-93), dies at 78 1996 Event New York City Mayor Guiliani visits Israel 1996 Event Israel frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners 1995 Death Itzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel 1968 - 1973, assassinated 1995 Event Israel grants jailed U.S. spy Jason Pollard, citizenship 1995 Event Israel buries Yitzhak Rabin, assassinated by a fellow Jew who opposed peace with Palestinians 1995 Death Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, assassinated at 73 1995 Event Israel begins W Bank pullback, frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners 1995 Event Palestinian bomb attack in Beit Lid Israel, 21-22 killed 1995 Death Yahya Ayyash, nicknamed 'the Engineer,' chief bomb maker for Hamas, most wanted man in Israel, caused deaths of 90 Israelis, assassinated by Isreal's Shin Bet with a booby trapped cellular phone 1994 Death Israel Aaron Maisels, lawyer, dies at 89 1994 Event Jordan and Israel sign peace accord 1994 Event Israel and PLO initialed accord giving autonomy to Palestinians in West Bank in education, health, taxation, social welfare and tourism 1994 Death Kalman Kahana, Polish co-founder of state Israel, dies at 81 1994 Event 1st telephone link between Israel and Jordan 1994 Event Israel and Jordan agree to talks in Washington D.C. on July 25th 1994 Event Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip 1994 Event Israel and PLO sign economic accord 1993 Event Vatican recognizes Israel 1993 Event Israel and PLO sign joint recognition statements 1993 Event PLO recognizes state of Israel 1993 Event Ezer Weizman elected president of Israel 1993 Event Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal 1992 Event Eddie Antar, CEO (Crazy Eddies), $74 m stock fraud caught in Israel 1992 Event Bible Lands Museum opens in Jerusalem, Israel 1992 Death Menachem Begin, Prime Minister Israel 1977 - 1980, 1981 - 1983, Nobel 1979, dies at 85 1991 Event Israel evacuates 14,000 Ethiopian Jews 1991 Event Syria tells Germany they are ready to recognize Israel 1991 Event Iraq launches SCUD missiles against Israel 1991 Event Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles on Israel 1991 Event Israel reopens consulate in U.S.S.R. after 23 years 1990 Event Saddam says Israel will be Iraq's 1st target 1990 Event Saddam threatens to hit Israel with a new missile 1990 Event Israel begins handing out gas masks to its citizens 1990 Event Saddam says he will destroy Israel 1990 Event Iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories 1989 Event Israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt 1988 Event PLO leader Yasi Arafat accepts Israel's right to exist 1988 Event 5 gunmen who hijacked Soviet Aeroflot jet, surrender in Israel 1988 Event Israel's supreme court uphold's ban on Kahane's Kach Party as racist 1988 Event Concert at Masada ends Israel's 40th-anniversary fest 1988 Event Israel and China sign trade deal, plan diplomatic relations 1988 Event Israel bans Meir Kahane's Kach Party on grounds of racism 1988 Event Israel launches 1st satellite, for secret military reconnaissance 1988 Event "Nightline" goes on location to Jerusalem Israel 1988 Event Israel orders 9 Palestinian "instigators" deported from W Beirut 1987 Event Occupied Palestinians start "intefadeh" (uprising) against Israel 1987 Event Palestinian uprising against Israel in West Bank 1987 Event John Demjanjuk, accused Nazi "Ivan the Terrible" testifies in Israel 1987 Event 1st time in 20 years a delegation from U.S.S.R. lands in Israel 1986 Event Israel Prime Minister Shimon Peres resigns 1986 Event London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms 1986 Event Jonathan Pollard, spy for Israel, pleads guilty in U.S. court 1986 Event Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st British Prime Minister to visit Israel 1986 Event Spain recognizes Israel 1985 Event Israel ships 96 TOWs to Iran on behalf of US 1985 Event Israel government confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethiopian Jews 1983 Event Israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM 1983 Event Israel premier Begin resigns 1983 Event Israel and Lebanon sign a peace treaty 1983 Event Lebanese parliament accept peace accord with Israel 1982 Event Shultz warns U.S. will withdraw from United Nations if they vote to exclude Israel 1982 Event Israel and Syria stop fighting in Lebanon 1982 Event Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley 1982 Event Israel attacks targets in south Lebanon 1982 Event In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawal 1981 Event Israel annexes Golan Heights (seized from Syria in war of 1967) 1981 Death Moshe Dayan, Israel's general/minister of Defense, dies at 66 1980 Event Dutch embassy in Israel moves from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv 1980 Event Israel and Egypt exchange ambassadors 1980 Event Egypt and Israel exchange ambassadors for 1st time 1980 Event Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel 1980 Event Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations 1979 Event Israel returns Alma oilfields in Gulf of Suez to Egypt 1979 Event Israel performs nuclear test at Indian Ocean 1979 Event Sri Lanka forfeit ICC Trophy game vs Israel for political reasons 1979 Event Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt 1979 Event Elton John becomes 1st pop star to perform in Israel 1979 Event Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt goes into effect 1979 Event Camp David peace treaty between Israel and Egypt 1979 Event Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel 1978 Death Golda Meir, Israel's Prime Minister 1969 - 1974, dies in Jerusalem at 80 1978 Event Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks 1978 Event Representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington 1978 Event ABC TV airs "Stars Salute Israel at 30" 1978 Event Yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel 1978 Event Israel turns 3 military outposts in West Bank into civilian settlements 1977 Event Egypt and Israel reps gather in Cairo for 1st formal peace conference 1977 Event Egyptian president Sadat visits Israel 1977 Event Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrives in Israel 1977 Event Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel 1977 Event Egypt President Sadat repeats willingness to visit Israel to Cronkite 1977 Birthday Shany Kedmy, born in Israel, Women's 470 yachter, 1996 Olympics 1977 Event Menachem Begin (Likud), becomes Israel's 6th PM 1977 Event Menachem Begin becomes Israel's Prime Minister 1977 Event Menahem Begins Likoed-party wins election in Israel 1977 Event Simon Peres becomes premier of Israel 1977 Event Israel premier Rabin resigns 1977 Event Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel 1977 Event Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes 1976 Event Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin resigns 1976 Event Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers 1976 Event Israel kills 6 Palestinians protesting land confiscation 1976 Event Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon 1975 Birthday Nina Brosh, Afula Israel, model, Drakkar 1975 Event Israel formally signs Sinai accord with Egypt 1975 Birthday Viaceslav Ivanovski, Israel, Men's Weightlifting 99kg 1975 Event Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market 1974 Birthday Ayelet Ohayon, Israel, Women's foil fencer, 1996 Olympics 1974 Event Israel and Syria sign an agreement concerning Golan Heights 1974 Death Israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65 1974 Event Israel and Egypt sign weapons accord 1973 Event Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, U.S. and U.S.S.R. meet in Geneva 1973 Death David Ben-Gurion, founding father of Israel, dies in Tel Aviv at 87 1973 Event Egypt and Israel exchange prisoners of war 1973 Event Yom Kippur War ends, Israel 65 miles from Cairo, 26 from Damascus 1973 Event Egyptian tanks move further into Israel 1973 Event Israel announces loss of Bar-Lev defense line in Suez Canal 1973 Event Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel 1973 Event Israel shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s 1973 Event 9th Maccabiah games opens in Tel Aviv, Israel 1973 Birthday Israel Raybon, defensive end for the Carolina Panthers 1973 Event Reshef, Israel's missile boat, unveiled 1973 Event Mali and Niger break diplomatic relations with Israel 1972 Event "From Israel with Love" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 8 performances 1972 Event "From Israel with Love" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 8 performances 1972 Birthday Lilach Parisky, born in Israel, Women's foil fencer, 1996 Olympics 1972 Event German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel 1971 Birthday Irena Slavutskay, Israel, athlete, 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Konstantin Matoussevich, Israel, Men's high jump, 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Oded Fehr, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, actor, television, appeared in NBC series, UC: Undercover, films include, 'The Mummy', 'The Mummy Returns' 1970 Birthday Shay-Oren Smadja, born in Israel, men's half middleweight judoka, 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Israel Stanley, NFL/WLAF defensive end, NO Saints, Rhein Fire 1969 Birthday Konstantin Semyonov, Israel, Men's pole vaulter, 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Nir Shental, Israel, Men's 470 yachter, 1996 Olympics 1969 Event Golda Meir becomes Israel's 4th PM 1969 Birthday Steve Israel, NFL cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers, New England Patriots 1969 Death Levi Eshkol, Sjkolnik, premier (Israel), dies at 73 1969 Event Golda Meir sworn in as Israel's 1st female prime minister 1969 Event France begins arms embargo against Israel 1967 Event U.N. Sec council passes resolution 242 - Israel must give back occupied land 1967 Event Israel removes barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem 1967 Event Israel annexes East Jerusalem 1967 Event Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt end "6-Day War" with United Nations help 1967 Event U.S.S.R. drops diplomatic relations with Israel 1967 Event Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 U.S. crewmen 1967 Event Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethlehem 1967 Event 6 day war between Israel and Arab neighbors begin 1967 Event Egyptian president Nassar closes Straits of Tiran to Israel 1967 Event "Sing, Israel Sing" closes at Brooks Atkinson New York City after 14 performances 1967 Birthday Rogel Nachum, Israel, Men's triple jump, 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Beate Reinstadler, Stuttgart, Germany, tennis star, 1989 Futures Israel 1967 Event "Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 14 performances 1967 Birthday Yael Arad, Israel, Women's half middleweight judoka, 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday Vladislav Neiman, born in Israel, Men's flyweight boxer, 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday Yahya Ayyash, born in Palestine, nicknamed 'the Engineer,' chief bomb maker for Hamas, most wanted man in Israel, caused deaths of 90 Israelis 1966 Birthday Tally Chanel, Tel Aviv Israel, actress, Warrior Queen 1965 Event 1st freighter arrives in Ashdod Port Israel 1965 Death Martin Buber, German/Israel philosopher/zionist/theologist, dies at 87 1965 Event Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel 1965 Event Israel and West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations 1964 Event Pope Paul VI visits Jordan and Israel 1963 Death Edmond Flegenheimer, Swiss/French writer (Ecoute Israel), dies 1963 Event Archaeological digs begin at Masada, Israel 1963 Birthday Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel, Israel, Women's foil fencer, 1996 Olympics 1963 Event John F. Kennedy offers Israel assistance against aggression 1962 Birthday Shahar Perkiss, Israel, tennis star 1962 Event U.S. sells Israel, Hawk anti-aircraft missiles 1962 Death Adolf Eichmann, war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56 1962 Death Nazi Adolf Eichmann hanged in Israel for crimes against Jews in WW II 1962 Birthday Alex Tripolski, born in Israel, Men's Shooting 50M air pistol, Olympics 1996 1962 Death Albert Israel Elkus, composer, dies at 77 1961 Event Adolf Eichmann convicted of crimes against humanity in Israel 1961 Event Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel 1961 Event SS Col Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel 1961 Event Israel welcomes its 1,000,000th immigrant 1961 Event Israel begins Adolf Eichmann WW II war crimes trial 1961 Event Adolf Eichmann tried as a war criminal in Israel 1961 Event David Ben-Gurion resigns as premier of Israel 1960 Event Israel announces capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina 1959 Death Isaac Halevi Herzog, chief rabbi of Israel (1936-59), dies at 71 1959 Event Israel begins exporting copper ore 1959 Death Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73 1957 Event 1st Japanese ambassador to Israel 1957 Event Hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament) 1956 Event Israel liberates Sharm-el-Sheikh, reopening Gulf of Aqaba 1956 Event Israel captures Straits of Tiran and reach Suez Canal Egypt 1956 Event Israel captures Gaza and Sheham 1956 Event Israel captures Egyptian militay post at El-Thamad 1956 Event Golda Meir begins her term as Israel's foreign minister 1956 Event Egypt and Israel agree to a cease fire 1955 Event 2 Egyptian fighters shot down over Israel 1955 Event Bar-Ilan University founded in Israel 1955 Event Bulgaria shoots down a plane heading for Israel (58 die) 1955 Event Yarkon Water Project opens to supply water to Negev desert in Israel 1955 Event Israel attacks Gaza 1955 Event Israel acquires 4 of 7 Dead Sea scrolls 1954 Birthday Boris Polak, Israel, Men's 50M Free Rifle 3 Positions, 1996 Olympics 1953 Event Israel's Prime Minister Ben-Gurion retires 1953 Event David Ben-Gurion, resigns as premier of Israel 1953 Event U.S.S.R./Israel recover diplomatic relations 1953 Birthday Steve Bond, born in Haifa, Israel, actor, General Hospital, To Die For 1953 Event U.S.S.R. breaks relations with Israel 1953 Event Russia breaks diplomatic relations with Israel 1952 Event Izhak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel 1952 Event Yitchak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel 1952 Event Isaak Ben-Zwi elected President of Israel 1952 Death Chaim Weizmann, bio-chemist/1st president Israel, dies at 77 1952 Event Egypt protests German retribution payments to Israel 1951 Event Israel demands DM 6.2 billion compensation from Germany 1951 Event International Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel) 1950 Event "Operation Magic Carpet"-All Jews from Yemen move to Israel 1950 Event Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel 1950 Event Israeli Knesset resolves Jerusalem is capital of Israel 1950 Event Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands recognize Israel 1949 Event Knesset votes to transfer Israel's capital to Jerusalem 1949 Birthday Victor Ostrovsky, Canadian/Israel, Mossad agent, By Way of Deception 1949 Event Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000 1949 Birthday Shulamit Ran, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, composer, second woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music, for Symphony, 1990 1949 Birthday Shep Messing, Israel, soccer goal tender, New York Cosmos 1949 Birthday Gene Simmons, Chaim Witz, Haifa Israel, rock guitarist, KISS-Beth 1949 Event Israel's 19 month war of independence ends 1949 Event By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of U.N. 1949 Event Israel and Jordan sign armistice agreement 1949 Event Turkey recognizes Israel 1949 Event Security Council of United Nations recommends membership for Israel 1949 Event Israel and Egypt sign an armistice agreement 1949 Event Chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel 1949 Event 1st session of Knesset (Jerusalem Israel) 1949 Event England, Belgium, Lux, Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland recognize Israel 1948 Event Canada recognizes Israel 1948 Event Operation Magic Carpet - 1st plane from Yemen carrying Jews to Israel 1948 Event Flag of Israel is adopted 1948 Event Israel recaptures Nizzanim in Negev 1948 Event Egyptian flagship King Farouk sunk by Israel 1948 Event Large scale fighting between Israel and Egypt 1948 Birthday Pinchas Zukerman, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, violinist and violist, Leventritt 1967 1948 Event Israel bombs Cairo 1948 Event Last British armies leave Israel 1948 Event Panama and Costa Rica recognize Israel 1948 Event Israel and Arabs agree to a cease fire 1948 Event Ramat Rahel gateway to Jerusalem is repossessed by Israel 1948 Event Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel 1948 Event Israel liberates Acre, Nebi Yusha and Telel-Kadi 1948 Event Soviet Union recognized Israel 1948 Event Chaim Weizmann elected 1st president of Israel 1948 Event Israel issues its 1st postage stamps 1948 Event Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabian troops attack Israel 1948 Event Israel declares independence from British administration 1948 Event U.S. grants Israel de facto recognition 1948 Event 1st attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel 1947 Event Day after United Nations decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked 1947 Event 1st Jewish immigrants to Israel disembark at Port of Eilat 1947 Birthday Israel Wetrin, managing director, Elonex 1947 Event British stop ships Independence and In-Gathering from landing in Israel 1946 Birthday Uri Geller, Israel, psychic, bends forks 1946 Birthday Clare Short, born in Birmingham, England, politician, left wing, Secretary of State for Internal Development, supports legislating cannabis, critical of Israel 1945 Birthday Assaf Dayan, Israel, actor, Operation Thunderbolt 1943 Birthday Yoran Ben Ami, born in Israel, producer/president, Triumph Pictures 1942 Birthday Daliah Lavi, Shavel Zion Israel, actress, Casino Royalle, Lord Jim 1942 Event 129 degrees F (54 degrees C), Tirat Zevi, Israel 1940 Birthday Aliza Kashi, born in Israel, actress and singer, Merv Griffin regular 1939 Birthday Amos Oz, Jerusalem Israel, author, My Michael 1936 Event Israel Philarmonic Orchestra forms 1935 Birthday [Chaim] Topol, Tel Aviv Israel, actor, Fiddler on the Roof 1935 Birthday Trevor Chinn, born in England, businessman, CEO, Lex Garages, entrepreneur, philanthropist, President, the Joint Israel Appeal 1935 Birthday Noam Sheriff, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, musician, composer, conductor, most renowned Israeli musician, director of Haifa Symphony Orchestra 1932 Death Israel Querido, writer (Jordan), dies 1930 Event 5th Aliyah to Israel begins 1929 Event Arabs attack Jews in Israel 1927 Event Town of Netanya Israel founded by Nathan Strauss 1926 Death Israel Zangwill, British zionists writer (Ghetto tragedies), dies 1925 Event Haifa Technion (Israel), opens 1924 Death Jacob Israel de Haan, Dutch poet and writer (Pypelyntjes), dies at 42 1923 Birthday Simon Peres, premier of Israel 1923 Event 1st brain tumor operation under local anesthetic performed (Beth Israel Hospital in New York City) by Dr. K Winfield Ney 1922 Birthday Yitzak Rabin, premier Israel, 1992-95, Nobel 1994 1920 Event Israel publishes it's 1st medical journal "Ha-Refuah" 1920 Event Turkish Government renounces its claim to Israel, recognizes British mandate 1918 Birthday Chaim Herzog, president, Israel, 1983-93 1917 Event 1st performance of Ernest Bloch's symphony "Israel" 1917 Birthday Emanuel Vardi, born in Jerusalem, Israel, violist, SD Symph 1978-82 1916 Birthday Ephraim Katzir, biophysicist/president, Israel 1915 Birthday Abel Ehrlich, born in Cranz, East Prussia, composer, won the Israel Prize for Music and the Prime Minister's Prize for Israeli Composers 1912 Event National Council of Young Israel convenes 1909 Death Israel Durham, Phillies president dies 1909 Birthday Israel Citkowitz, composer 1905 Event Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel 1905 Birthday Israel Aaron Maisels, lawyer 1899 Birthday Marcel Dalio, Israel Blauschild, Paris, France, actor, China Gate 1888 Birthday Shmuel Agnon, born in Israel, novelist, Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966 1886 Birthday David Ben-Gurion, Plonsk Poland, 1st Prime Minister of Israel, 1948 - 1953, 1955 1884 Birthday Albert Israel Elkus, composer 1881 Birthday Jacob Israel de Haan, Dutch poet and writer, Pipelines, Jewish Song 1878 Event Settlers arrive at Petach Tikvah Israel 1874 Birthday Edmond Flegenheimer, Swiss/French author, Ecoute Israel 1874 Death Israel Bak, created 1st Hebrew printing press, dies 1872 Birthday Israel Querido, Dutch writer, Menschenwee 1864 Death Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies 1864 Birthday Israel Zangwill, England, Jewish author/Zionist, Children of Ghetto 1839 Death Israel Ashkenazi of Shklov, found Ashkenazic community (1815), dies 1816 Birthday Israel Vogdes, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1815 Birthday Israel Bush Richardson, Major General Union volunteers 1813 Birthday Israel Washburn, Governor, Union 1809 Event 70 disciples of Gaon of Vilnus, arrive in Israel (Palestine) 1791 Event 1st Jewish member of U.S. Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office 1776 Death Jacob Israel Emden, Jacob ben Tswi, German rabbi, dies at 78 1730 Event 1st Jewish congregation in U.S. forms synagogue, "Shearith Israel, New York City" 1728 Event Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build New York's 1st synagogue 1697 Birthday Jacob Israel Emden, Jacob ben Tswi, German rabbi 1621 Event Rabbi Isaiah b Abraham aha-Levi Horowitz arrives in Israel 1586 Birthday Johann Hermann Schein, German composer, Fontana d'Israel
