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| 1930 | Party Leader |  |
| Jerusalem Appointed Party Leader of the Mapai Labour Party |
| 1935 | Chairman Zionist Council | |
| Jerusalem Appointed Chairman of the Zionist Council |
| 1948 | Independence | |
| Jerusalem Declares the State of Israel |
| 14th May Britain surrenders it's mandate over Palestine |
| 1948 | Invasion of Israel | |
| 15th May The Arabs invade Israel on the day the British mandate ends |
| 1948 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Israel, 1st term |
| 15th May 1st day of the War of Independence |
| 1948 | Rule of Jerusalem | |
| Jerusalem Jerusalem is divided with Jordan ruling the east & Israel the west of the city |
| 1949 | Constitution | |
| 25th Jan Elected Prime Minister, Israel's 1st national election |
| 1949 | Election | |
| 25th Jan Elected Prime Minister, Israel's 1st national election |
| 1949 | Peace | |
| 23rd Feb Israel signs an armistice with Egypt |
| 3rd April Israel signs an armistice with Jordan |
| 3rd April Israel signs an armistice with Syria |
| 1949 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Israel, 2nd term |
| Jan End of the War of Independence |
| 1949 | Reform | |
| 15th May Jerusalem Israel abolishes restrictions on immigration |
| 1949 | United Nations | |
| 11th May Israel becomes a member of the United Nations |
| 1950 | Ali Baba | |
| May Operation Ali Baba begins, brings 113,000 Iraqi Jews to Israel |
| 1950 | Magic Carpet | |
| Sep Operation Magic Carpet completed; 47,000 Yemeni Jews brought to Israel |
| 1951 | Crisis | |
| 9th Oct Jerusalem Ends 8 months of ministerial crisis by forming a coalition government |
| 1951 | Government | |
| 9th Oct Ends 8 months of ministerial crisis by forming a coalition government |
| 1952 | Blockade of Israel | |
| Gaza Nasser steps up the blockade of Israeli ports & suppoorts Arab rebels at Gaza |
| 1952 | Invasion of Gaza | |
| Gaza Israel invades Gaza |
| 1952 | Invasion of Sinai | |
| Sinai Israel invades Sinai |
| 1955 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Israel, 3rd term |
| 1956 | Diplomacy | |
| 22nd Oct Sevres Meets the French Prime Minister to discuss the invasion of Egypt to oust Nasser |
| 1956 | Invasion of Egypt | |
| 22nd Oct Sevres Meets the French Prime Minister to discuss the invasion of Egypt to oust Nasser |
| 1956 | Invasion of Gaza | |
| 29th Oct Gaza Israel invades the Gaza Strip & the Sinai Peninsula & make rapid progress towards the Suez Canal Zone |
| 1956 | Invasion of Sinai | |
| 29th Oct Sinai Israel invades the Gaza Strip & the Sinai Peninsula & make rapid progress towards the Suez Canal Zone |
| 1956 | Suez Canal Crisis | |
| 29th Oct Suez Canal Israel invades the Gaza Strip & the Sinai Peninsula & make rapid progress towards the Suez Canal Zone |
| 29th Oct Suez Canal The Suez Campaign from 26th Oct to 6th Nov |
| 1957 | Invasion of Gaza | |
| Gaza Under UN pressure Israel withdraws from Gaza |
| 1958 | Anniversary | |
| Givat Ram The 10th anniversary of Israel's statehood is celebrated with a military parade |
| 1959 | Blockade of Israel | |
| Suez Canal Egypt renews the Israeli blockade through the Suez canal |
| 1959 | Fatah | |
| 10th Oct Creation of Fatah |
| 1960 | Arrest | |
| Israeli agents capture Adolph Eichmann in Argentina |
| 1962 | Execution of Eichman | |
| Jerusalem Adolph Eichmann, Gestapo official and Nazi war criminal, is hanged near Tel Aviv, Israel, for his role in the Nazi murder of over one million Jews |
| Jerusalem Eichmann is found guilty of crimes committed in the Holocaust & executed in Israel |
| 1962 | Immigration | |
| Israel welcomes its 1,000,000th immigrant |
| 1963 | Diplomacy | |
| 8th May JFK offers Israel assistance against aggression |
| 1963 | Resignation | |
| 15th June Israeli premier David Ben-Gurion resigns |
| 1973 | Death | |
| 1st Dec Tel Aviv Death of David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first Prime Minister |
