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| 2006 | Bombing of Beirut |  |
| 12th July Beirut Israel carriy out selective reprisals bombing and artillery shelling of Lebanon, hitting rocket stores, Hezbollah headquarters in the Dahya quarter of Beirut and al-Manara television in Beirut, and killing over two hundred |
| 2006 | Bombing of Haifa | |
| 17th July Haifa Hezbollah responds with several hundred rocket attacks on Haifa, Tiberias , Safed and other towns deep in northern Israel, killing 13 civilians |
| 2006 | Bombing of Safed | |
| 17th July Safed Hezbollah responds with several hundred rocket attacks on Haifa, Tiberias , Safed and other towns deep in northern Israel, killing 13 civilians |
| 2006 | Bombing of Tiberias | |
| 17th July Tiberias Hezbollah responds with several hundred rocket attacks on Haifa, Tiberias , Safed and other towns deep in northern Israel, killing 13 civilians |
| 2006 | Ceasefire | |
| 14th Aug Cease fire, based on UN Security Council Resolution 1701 |
| 2006 | Election | |
| 28th Mar Ehud Olmert elected PM of Israel, heading Kadima party coalition |
| 2006 | Health | |
| 4th Jan Ariel Sharon suffers a massive stroke, leaving the leadership of Israel and the new Kadima party in the hands of Ehud Olmert |
| 2006 | Hezbollah | |
| July G-8 meeting calls for cessation of violence, return of Israeli soldier and disarmament of Hezbolla in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1559 and UN Security Council Resolution 1680 |
| 12th July Hezbollah begin a series of rocket attacks on northern Israel |
| 12th July Hezbollah terrorists cross the blue line border with Lebanon, attack an Israeli patrol, killing 3 and capturing 2 soldiers |
| 12th July Israel carriy out selective reprisals bombing and artillery shelling of Lebanon, hitting rocket stores, Hezbollah headquarters in the Dahya quarter of Beirut and al-Manara television in Beirut, and killing over two hundred |
| 17th July Hezbollah responds with several hundred rocket attacks on Haifa, Tiberias , Safed and other towns deep in northern Israel, killing 13 civilians |
| 2006 | Prime Minister | |
| 28th Mar Ehud Olmert elected PM of Israel, heading Kadima party coalition |
| 2007 | Al Aqsa Mosque | |
| Feb Jerusalem Israeli renovations near the Mughrabi gate of the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem spark widespread unrest in the Arab world, over false charges that Israel is destroying the mosque |
| 2007 | Diplomacy | |
| 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 |
| 2007 | Hamas | |
| 8th Feb Mecca Hamas officials reiterate that they will never recognize Israel |
| 19th Feb Gaza Hamas ousts Fatah from Gaza in bloody coup |
| 2007 | Independence | |
| 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 |
| 2007 | Palestinian Unity Agreement | |
| 8th Feb Mecca Hamas officials reiterate that they will never recognize Israel |
| 8th Feb Mecca Palestinian Unity Agreement in Mecca, Hamas and Fatah agree to share power, based on vaguely worded agreement |
| 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 |
| 2007 | Rule of Gaza | |
| 19th Feb Gaza Hamas ousts Fatah from Gaza in bloody coup |
| 2007 | Summit | |
| 19th Feb Mecca Trilateral Israeli-Palestinian-American summit with Secretary of State Rice, PM Ehud Olmert and President Abbas ended with no visible result |
