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| 1944 | Weizmann, Chaim Azriel |  |
| Promises Churchill the Jewish Agency will remove terrorism |
| The assassination of Lord Moyne changes Churchill's pro-Zionism |
| 1956 | Ben-Gurion, David | |
| 22nd Oct Sevres Meets the French Prime Minister to discuss the invasion of Egypt to oust Nasser |
| 1963 | Ben-Gurion, David | |
| 8th May JFK offers Israel assistance against aggression |
| 1963 | Eshkol, Levi | |
| SouthAfrica conducts a joint nuclear test with Israel, but the Israelis do not confirm the report |
| 1964 | Eshkol, Levi | |
| 17th Jan The PLO Charter is put together with articles that proclaim Israel an illegal state and pledges "the elimination of Zionism in Palestine", the PLO is founded in Egypt |
| 1965 | Eshkol, Levi | |
| 20th Jan Generalissimo Francis co Franco meets with Jewish representatives to discuss legitimizing Jewish communities in Spain |
| 14th Mar Israel's cabinet formally approves establishing diplomatic relations with West Germany |
| 12th May West Germany and Israel exchange letters establishing diplomatic relations |
| 13th May Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel |
| 28th Oct Pope Paul VI issues a decree absolving Jews of collective guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus Chris t |
| 1970 | Meir, Golda | |
| 21st July Libya orders the confiscation of all Jewish property |
| 1971 | Meir, Golda | |
| Nixon massively increases USAaid for Israel, $634m in 1971, $93m in 1970 in line with the Nixon doctrine proclaimed in July 1969, providing military & economic assistance to local powers to maintain the "regional order" |
| 4th Feb Sadat offers a full peace 'agreement' including security guarantees if Israel returns to 1967 borders |
| 1972 | Meir, Golda | |
| 5th Feb the United States agrees to sell 42 F-4 Phantom jets to Israel |
| 7th June German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel |
| 1973 | Eban, Abba | |
| Abba Eban, Israeli Foreign Minister helps persuade the USAadministration of President Richard Nixon to carry out an emergency airlift of weapons and supplies |
| 1973 | Meir, Golda | |
| 15th Jan Vatican 1st Israeli head of state to be received by the Pope |
| 15th Jan Vatican Pope Paul VI has an audience with Golda Meir at the Vatican |
| 18th Jan Israel and Egypt sign a weapons accord |
| 21st Feb Sinai Israeli fighter planes shoot down a Libyan Airlines jet over the Sinai Desert, killing 108 people. |
| 13th Sep Syria and Israel engage in a dogfight over the Mediterranean Sea. |
| 19th Oct The USA sends $2.2 billion in military aid to Israel to counter Soviet arms shipments to Egypt |
| 21st Dec Geneva Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, USAand USSR leaders meet in Geneva |
| 1974 | Eban, Abba | |
| 18th Jan Israel and Egypt sign a weapons accord |
| 1974 | Rabin, Yitzhak | |
| The UN recognizes the right of Palestinians to sovereignty and national independence |
| 31st May Golan Heights Israel and Syria sign an agreement on the Golan Heights |
| 1978 | Begin, Menachem | |
| 5th Sep Camp David USAPresident Carter, Menachem Begin of Israel and Anwar Sadat of Egypt meet at Camp David |
| 22nd Oct Washington Negotiators for Egypt and Israel announce in Washington they had reached tentative agreement on the main points of a peace treaty |
| 1979 | Begin, Menachem | |
| 22nd Mar The Israeli parliament approves a peace treaty with Egypt |
| 26th Mar The Camp David peace treaty is signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the White House |
| 27th Mar The Egyptian Parliament unanimously approves a peace treaty with Israel |
| 31st Mar The Arab League suspends Egypt following its treaty with Israel |
| 2nd April Cairo Israeli PM Menachem Begin visits Cairo, Egypt, and meets with President Sadat |
| 25th May Sinai Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt |
| 21st Oct Moshe Dayan, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, submits his resignation |
| 27th Oct Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin are named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for their progress toward achieving a Middle East accord |
| 25th Nov Alma Israel returns the Alma oil field in A-Tour to Egypt |
| 1979 | Dayan, Moshe | |
| 21st Oct Moshe Dayan, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, submits his resignation |
| 1980 | Begin, Menachem | |
| 26th Jan Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations, in accord with PM Begin's agreement with President Sadat on Jan 10 at Aswan |
| 26th Feb Egypt and Israel exchange Ambassadors for the 1st time |
| 20th Aug Jerusalem The UN Security Council condemns (14-0, USAabstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is it's capital |
| 1981 | Begin, Menachem | |
| Prince Fahd of SaudiArabia proposes an 8-point peace plan to end the Arab-Israeli conflict, it is adopted by the Arab League after some controversy |
| 1st April Jerusalem Fighting breaks out between Lebanese christian militia & Syrian peacekeeping troops |
| 29th April Jerusalem Syria installs Russian made surface-to-air missiles in Lebanon |
| 1983 | Begin, Menachem | |
| 6th May Israel accepts the USAproposal for mutual withdrawal from Lebanon of Israel & Syria |
| 1992 | Shamir, Yitzhak | |
| The Israeli military discloses in 2003 that it had planned a daring assassination attempt against Saddam Hussein in 1992, the plot would have involved landing commandos in Iraq and firing sophisticated missiles at him during a funeral |
| 1993 | Peres, Shimon | |
| 19th Dec Oslo Shimon Peres and senior PLO officials end two days of closed-door talks in Oslo, Norway, in which they seek to break a deadlock over Palestinian self-rule in the occupied territories |
| 1993 | Rabin, Yitzhak | |
| 15th Mar Golan Heights Yitzhak Rabin meets at the White House with President Clinton, after which Rabin offers to negotiate the return of part of the Golan Heights to Syria |
| 27th April Washington After a hiatus of more than four months, Israeli and Arab delegates resume Middle East peace talks in Washington |
| 31st July The fighting ended July 31 with a US-brokered cease-fire, Israel and Hezbollah the agree not to attack civilian targets, but the cease-fire is short lived |
| 29th Aug Negotiations continue between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, with Israel reported on the verge of recognizing the PLO |
| 9th Sep PLO leaders and Israel agree to recognize each other, clearing the way for a peace accord |
| 13th Sep Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy, Arafat has control of most of the Gaza Strip and 27% of the West Bank |
| 14th Sep Israel and Jordan sign a framework for negotiations, a day after the signing of a PLO-Israeli peace accord |
| 23rd Sep The Israeli parliament ratifies the Israel-PLO accord |
| 6th Oct Cairo Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chief Yasser Arafat hold their first official meeting in Cairo, Egypt, to begin work on realizing terms of the Israeli-PLO accord |
| 30th Dec Israel and the Vatican agree to recognize one another, Pope John Paul II normalizes relations between the Vatican and Israel |
| 1994 | Rabin, Yitzhak | |
| 10th Jan Taba Talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators resume in Taba, Egypt |
| 9th Feb PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres initial an agreement on security measures that had been blocking a peace accord |
| 31st Mar The PLO and Israel agree to resume talks on Palestinian autonomy, more than a month after the Hebron mosque massacre |
| 24th April Israeli and PLO negotiators agreed on an accord to give the Palestinians control of health care, taxation, education and other services in West Bank areas still controlled by Israel |
| 1st May Israeli and PLO delegates open a final round of talks in Cairo, Egypt, on Palestinian autonomy prior to the signing of an agreement on self-rule |
| 4th May Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a historic accord on Palestinian autonomy that grants self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho |
| 15th June Israel and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations |
| 25th July Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan's King Hussein sign a declaration at the White House ending their countries' 46-year-old formal state of war |
| 1st Sep Morocco establishes low-level diplomatic relations with Israel |
| 8th Oct Israel and Jordan open the first road link between the two countries |
| 2000 | Barak, Ehud | |
| Mar Israeli-Syrian peace negotiations fail when Hafez Assad rejects an Israeli offer relayed by USAPresident Clinton in Geneva |
| 2001 | Sharon, Ariel | |
| Breaks off relations with the Palestinian Authority |
| 2007 | Olmert, Ehud | |
| 8th Feb Mecca USAand Israel insist that the new government must recognize right of Israel to exist, disarm terrorist groups and agree to end violence |
| 19th Feb Mecca Trilateral Israeli-Palestinian-American summit with Secretary of State Rice, PM Ehud Olmert and President Abbas ended with no visible result |
