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| 1949 | Minister of Labour |  |
| Appointed Minister of Labour |
| 1950 | Ali Baba | |
| Brings 113,000 Jews to Israel by airlift from Iraq |
| 1950 | Ezra | |
| From 1950 to 1952, Operation Ezra & Nehemiah brings almost all the Iraqi Jews to Israel, 1st by way of Cyprus, then directly to Israel |
| 1950 | Magic Carpet | |
| Brings 47,000 Yemeni Jews to Israel |
| 1950 | Nehemiah | |
| From 1950 to 1952, Operation Ezra & Nehemiah brings almost all the Iraqi Jews to Israel, 1st by way of Cyprus, then directly to Israel |
| 1956 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1966 | ILP | |
| Merges the Mapai Party with 2 other left wing parties to form the Israel Labour Party |
| 1966 | Mapai Party Meir | |
| Resigns from the Government to join the Mapai Party |
| 1966 | Party Leader | |
| Merges the Mapai Party with 2 other left wing parties to form the Israel Labour Party |
| 1966 | Reform | |
| Merges the Mapai Party with 2 other left wing parties to form the Israel Labour Party |
| 1968 | Labour Party | |
| Jerusalem Golda Meir founds the Labour Party |
| 1969 | Bombing of Eliat | |
| 21st Oct Israel retaliates by shelling Egyptian refineries along the Suez Canal, the "War of Attrition," which lasts until August 1970 |
| 21st Oct The Israeli destroyer "Eilat" is targeted by an Egyptian surface-to-surface missile, 47 Israeli sailors are killed |
| 1969 | Bombing of Suez Canal | |
| 21st Oct Suez Canal Israel retaliates by shelling Egyptian refineries along the Suez Canal, the "War of Attrition," which lasts until August 1970 |
| 1969 | Prime Minister | |
| 17th Mar Golda Meir becomes the 4th Prime Minister of Israel |
| 1969 | Siege of Latrun | |
| 25th May Latrun The Israeli Army makes the first of four unsuccessful assaults on Arab forces in the town of Latrun, Israel |
| 1970 | Bombing of Cairo | |
| 28th Jan Israeli fighter jets attack the suburbs of Cairo |
| 1970 | Bombing of Swissair | |
| 17th Oct The PFLP-GC plant a time bomb on a Swissair jet that blows up on a flight from Zurich to Tel Aviv, all 47 aboard are killed |
| 1970 | Ceasefire | |
| Aug The terms of the agreement call for the Egyptians not to install any new surface-to-air missiles close to the Suez Canal, within weeks of the ceasefire, the Egyptians violate the agreement |
| Aug The war ends after a direct confrontation between Israeli and Soviet forces, in which Israel downed six Soviet aircraft |
| 1970 | Diplomacy | |
| 21st July Libya orders the confiscation of all Jewish property |
| 1970 | PLO | |
| 17th Sep The PLO is driven out of Jordan and forced to move to Lebanon |
| 1970 | Rule of Gaza | |
| June Gaza The Israeli government passes it's initial decision to establish settlements in Gaza |
| 1971 | Black September | |
| 28th Nov 'Black September', which Israel claims is a Fatah front under Ali Hasan Salameh & Salah Khalaf |
| 1971 | Diplomacy | |
| 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 |
| 1971 | Nixon Doctrine | |
| 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" |
| 1972 | Assassination | |
| 19th Sep London A Black September letter bomb kills Ami Shehori, a Israeli attache at the embassy in London |
| 1972 | Black September | |
| 19th Sep London A Black September letter bomb kills Ami Shehori, a Israeli attache at the embassy in London |
| 1972 | Diplomacy | |
| 5th Feb the United States agrees to sell 42 F-4 Phantom jets to Israel |
| 7th June German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel |
| 1972 | Japanese Red Army | |
| 30th May Lod Three militants of the Japanese Red Army (PFL) stage a machine-gun and hand-grenade attack at the Lod Airport in Israel |
| 1972 | Massacre Jews | |
| 5th Sep Munich Massacre of 11 Israeli athletes |
| 1972 | Rule of Gaza | |
| Gaza Israel establishes two army posts in Gaza, which later become the communities of Netzarim and Kfar Darom |
| 1972 | Siege of Lod | |
| 30th May Lod Three militants of the Japanese Red Army (PFL) stage a machine-gun and hand-grenade attack at the Lod Airport in Israel |
| 1972 | Siege of Munich | |
| 5th Sep Munich Terror strikes the Munich Olympic games in West Germany as Arab guerrillas attack the Israeli delegation, Palestinian terrorists kill 2 athletes and take 9 others and their coaches hostage |
| 1972 | Siege of Tel Aviv | |
| 8th May Tel Aviv Sabena aircraft at Lod Intl, Tel Aviv, is captured by Palestinians |
| 1973 | Bombing of Israel | |
| 6th Oct The fourth Arab-Israeli war in 25 years is fought, Israel is taken by surprise when Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Jordan attack on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, beginning the Yom Kippur War |
| 1973 | Bombing of Syria | |
| 12th Oct An Israeli counter offensive begins in southern Syria |
| 1973 | Ceasefire | |
| 22nd Oct Golda Meir agrees to halt fighting |
| 22nd Oct The UN Security Council Resolution 338 calls for a cease fire to the Yom Kippur War |
| 11th Nov Israel and Egypt sign a ceasefire |
| 15th Nov Egypt and Israel exchange prisoners of war |
| 1973 | Diplomacy | |
| 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 |
| 1973 | Embargo | |
| 17th Oct Arab oil embargo |
| 1973 | Invasion of Egypt | |
| 16th Oct Israeli tanks under General Ariel Sharon cross the Suez Canal and begin to encircle two Egyptian armies |
| 1973 | Invasion of Israel | |
| 6th Oct The fourth Arab-Israeli war in 25 years is fought, Israel is taken by surprise when Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Jordan attack on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, beginning the Yom Kippur War |
| 14th Oct Egyptian tanks move further into Israel |
| 1973 | Libyan Airlines | |
| 21st Feb Sinai Israeli fighter planes shoot down a Libyan Airlines jet over the Sinai Desert, killing 108 people. |
| 1973 | Military Aid | |
| 19th Oct The USA sends $2.2 billion in military aid to Israel to counter Soviet arms shipments to Egypt |
| 1973 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 6th Oct During the Yom Kippur War, Israel goes on nuclear alert for the first time, but succeeds using only conventional forces |
| 1973 | United Nations | |
| 22nd Oct Adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 338 |
| 1974 | Resignation | |
| 10th April Golda Meir announces her resignation as Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin replaces Golda Meir |
| 1978 | Death | |
| 8th Dec Jerusalem Death of Golda Meir (80), PM of Israel from 1969 to 1974, dies of cancer in Jerusalem |
