Israel: Modern History

Foreign Relations

• With African Nations
• With Egypt
• With Jordan
• With Lebanon
• With the Palestinians
• With the Syrians
• With the United States
• Israel at the United Nations

War & Conflict

• Wars & Major Operations
• Peace Processes

• War of Independence (1948)
• Suez-Sinai War (1956)
• Six-Day War (1967)
• War of Attrition (1967-1970)
• Yom Kippur War (1973)
• Operation Opera(1981)
• First Lebanon War (1982-1985)
• First Intifada (1989-1992)
• Second Intifada (2000-2005)
• Second Lebanon War (2006)
• Operation Cast Lead (2008-2009)
• Operation Pillar of Defense (2012)

Historical Events

• Establishment of the State (1948)
• Presidency Offer to Einstein (1952)
• The Lavon Affair (1954)
• The Vanunu Affair (1986)

Refugees & Immigration

• Immigration to Israel
• Displaced Persons
• Jewish Refugees from Arab Lands
• Ma’barah
• Palestinian Refugees
• Project Renewal

Key Leaders

• Prime Ministers
• Presidents
• Speakers of the Knesset

• IDF Chiefs of Staff
• David Ben-Gurion
• Golda Meir
• Haim Weizmann
• Menachem Begin
• Moshe Dayan
• Theodor Herzl
• Yitzhak Rabin
• Ze'ev Jabotinsky