"You will seek them but not find them, those who contended with you; yes, those who made war with you will be brought to nothing, nothing at all." Isaiah 41:12
Israel's battles
a tank at Har Adar, near Jerusalem
| 1896 | Hertzl wrote "The Jewish State" |
| 1917 | UK Government made Balfour Declaration. League of Nations agreed |
| 1920 | San Remo conference agreed state for the Jews |
| 1929 | Hebron Massacre of Jewish residents |
| 1939-45 | World War II - Holocaust |
| 1947 | UN voted to establish state of Israel - partitioned into Jewish and Arab states |
| 1948 | May 14th Independence Day - Israel |
| 1948 | May 15 - Invaded by Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt & Iraq. Israel numbered 650,000 - Arabs up to 150,000000 - territory 200 times larger. Arabs defeated. |
| 1950 | Sinai conflict |
| 1967 | Six Day War |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War |
| 1970 | PLO attempted to topple King of Jordan. Driven out -- fled to Lebanon |
| 1975 | PLO cause civil war in Lebanon - massacre 100,000 Christian Lebanese - Syria move in as "peacekeepers" and attack Israel |
| 1982 | Israel move into Southern Lebanon - capture huge amount of Russian armament. |
| 1987-91 | first Intifada |
| 1999 | Israel pulls out of Lebanon |
| 2000 | second intifada - suicide bombings |
| 2002 | West Bank Operation Defensive Shield |
| 2006 | Lebanon - war with Hizbollah |
| 2008-9 | Gaza - operation "Cast Lead" against Hamas |
| 2014 | Gaza - operation "Protective Edge" against Hamas |
| 2014 | Intifada - cars, knives, rocks |
| 2016 | Arson Intifada |
Updated 28/11/16
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