Friday, July 31, 2015

Israel Jewish Time Line


Israel Jewish Time Line
Arranged by Matania Ginosar
(BCE - Before the Common Era)HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS of ISRAEL
17th-6th C. BCEBIBLICAL TIMES
c. 17th centuryThe Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob - patriarchs of the Jewish people and bearers of a belief in one God - settle in the Land of Israel. Famine forces Israelites to migrate to Egypt
c. 13th centuryExodus from Egypt: Moses leads Israelites from Egypt, followed by 40 years of wandering in the desert.Torah, including the Ten Commandments, received at Mount Sinai.
13th-12th centuriesIsraelites settle the Land of Israel
c. 1020Jewish Monarchy established; Saul, first king
c. 1000Jerusalem made capital of David's kingdom
c. 960First Temple, the national and spiritual center of the Jewish people, built in Jerusalem by King Solomon
c. 930Divided kingdom: Judah and Israel
722-720Israel crushed by Assyrians; 10 tribes exiled (Ten Lost Tribes).
586
Judah conquered by Babylonia; Jerusalem and First Temple destroyed; most Jews exiled to Babylonia
536-142PERSIAN AND HELLENISTIC PERIODS
538-515Many Jews return from Babylonia; Temple rebuilt
332
Land conquered by Alexander the Great; Hellenistic rule
166-160Maccabean (Hasmonean) revolt against restrictions on practice of Judaism and desecration of Temple
142-129Jewish autonomy under Hasmoneans.
129-63Jewish independence under Hasmonean monarchy.
63
Jerusalem captured by Roman general, Pompey.
63 BCE-313 CEROMAN RULE, 376 yrs
Herod, Roman vassal king, rules the Land of Israel;
(CE - Common Era) 37 BCE – 4 CETemple in Jerusalem refurbished
c. 20-33Ministry of Jesus
66
Jewish revolt against the Romans
70
Destruction of Jerusalem and Second Temple.
73
Last stand of Jews at Masada.
132-135Bar Kokhba uprising against Rome.
c. 210Codification of Jewish oral law, Mishnah, completed.
313-636BYZANTINE RULE, 323 yrs
c. 390Commentary on the Mishnah, the Jerusalem Talmud, completed.
70 - 632Mohammad
614
Persian invasion
636-1099ARAB RULE, 463 yrs
691
On site of First and Second Temples in Jerusalem, Dome of the Rock built by Caliph Abd el-Malik
1099-1291CRUSADER DOMINATION; (Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem), 192 yrs
1291-1516MAMLUK RULE, 225 yrs
1517-1917OTTOMAN RULE, 400 yrs
1564
Code of Jewish law, Shulhan Arukh, published.
1860
First neighborhood, Mishkenot Sha'ananim, built outside Jerusalem's walls.
1882-1903First Aliya (large-scale immigration), mainly from Russia.
1897
First Zionist Congress convened by Theodor Herzl in Basel, Switzerland; Zionist Organization founded.
1904-14Second Aliya, mainly from Russia and Poland.
1909
First kibbutz, Degania, and first modern all-Jewish city, Tel Aviv, founded.
1917
British Foreign Minister Balfour pledges support for establishment of a "Jewish national home in Palestine", the Balfour Declaration
1917
400 years of Ottoman rule ended by British conquest
1918-48BRITISH RULE – 30 years
1919-23Third Aliya, mainly from Russia
Histadrut (Jewish labor federation) and Haganah (Jewish defense organization) founded.
1920
Vaad Leumi (National Council) set up by Jewish community (yishuv) to conduct its affairs.
1921
First moshav, Nahalal, founded.
Britain granted Mandate for Palestine (Land of Israel) by League of Nations;
Transjordan set up on three-fourths of the area, leaving one-fourth for the Jewish national home.
1922
Jewish Agency representing Jewish community vis-a-vis Mandate authorities set up.
1924
Technion, first institute of technology, founded in Haifa.
1924-32Fourth Aliya, mainly from Poland.
1925
Hebrew University of Jerusalem opened on Mt. Scopus.
1929
Hebron Jews massacred by Arab militants.
1931
Etzel, (Irgun) Jewish underground organization, founded.
1933-39Fifth Aliya, mainly from Germany.
1936-39Anti-Jewish riots instigated by Arab militants.
1939
Jewish immigration severely limited by British White Paper. 100,000 maximum.
1939-45World War II; Holocaust in Europe. British Navy curtails emigration from Europe.
1941
Lehi underground movement formed; Palmach- strike force of Haganah, set up.
1944
Jewish Brigade formed as part of British forces.
1947
UN proposes the establishment of Arab and Jewish states in the Land. Arabs rejected it.
1948
STATE OF ISRAEL proclaimed (14 May). 600,000 Jews in the land.
End of British Mandate (14 May)
Israel invaded by five Arab states (15 May)
War of Independence (May 1948-July 1949)
1948
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) established
Armistice agreements signed with Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.
Jerusalem divided under Israeli and Jordanian rule.
First Knesset (parliament) elected.
1949
Israel admitted to United Nations as 59th member.
1948-52Mass immigration from Europe and Arab countries.
1956
Sinai Campaign against Nasser, with England and France, Pres. Eisenhower defeated it.
1962
Adolf Eichmann tried and executed in Israel for his key part in the Holocaust.
1964
National Water Carrier completed, bringing water from Lake Kinneret in the north to the semi-arid south.
1967
Six-Day War, Jerusalem reunited.
1968-70Egypt's War of Attrition against Israel
1973
Yom Kippur War
1975
Israel becomes an associate member of the European Common Market.
1977
Likud forms government after Knesset elections, end of 30 years of Labor rule. Visit of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to Jerusalem.
1978
Camp David Accords & framework for comprehensive peace in Middle East and proposal for Palestinian self-government.
Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty signed.
1979
Prime Minister Menachem Begin and President Anwar Sadat awarded Nobel Peace Prize.
1981
Israel Air Force destroys Iraqi nuclear reactor just before it is to become operative.
Israel's three-stage withdrawal from Sinai completed.
1982
Operation Peace for Galilee removes PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) terrorists from Lebanon.
1984
National unity government (Likud & Labor) formed after elections. Operation Moses, Immigration of Jews from Ethiopia. Itzhak Shamir and Shimon Peres alternate PM.
1985
Free Trade Agreement signed with United States.
1987
Widespread violence (intifada) starts in Israeli-administered areas.
1988
Likud government in power following elections, Itzhak Shamir PM.
Four-point peace initiative proposed by Israel.
1989
Start of mass immigration of Jews from former Soviet Union.
1991
Israel attacked by Iraqi Scud missiles during Gulf war.
Middle East peace conference convened in Madrid;
1991
Operation Solomon, airlift of Jews from Ethiopia. President Bush major assistance.
Diplomatic relations established with China and India.
1992
New government headed by Yitzhak Rabin of Labor party.
1993
Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements for the Palestinians signed by Israel and PLO, as representative of the Palestinian people.
Implementation of Palestinian self-government in Gaza Strip and Jericho area.
Full diplomatic relations with the Holy See.
Morocco and Tunisia interest offices set up.
Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty signed.
1994
Rabin, Peres, Arafat awarded Nobel Peace Prize.
Broadened Palestinian self-government implemented in West Bank and Gaza Strip; Palestinian Council elected.
Prime Minister Rabin assassinated at peace rally.
1995
Shimon Peres becomes prime minister.
Fundamentalist Arab terrorism against Israel escalates.
Operation Grapes of Wrath, retaliation for Hezbollah terrorists' attacks on northern Israel.
Trade representation offices set up in Oman and Qatar.
Likud forms government after Knesset elections.
Benjamin Netanyahu becomes prime minister.
1996
Omani trade representation office opened in Tel Aviv.
1997
Hebron Protocol signed by Israel and the PA.
1998
Israel celebrates its 50th anniversary.
2000
Arafat rejects President Clinton's effort to achieve peace after generous offer by PM Barak
Arafat PA starts intensive terrorism against Israeli civilians
Summer 2005Israel evacuates all Jewish communities in Gaza, Palestinian infighting starts; Kassam rockets from Gaza attacks Israel on regular basis.
Jan 2006PM Sharon incapacitated by massive stroke, Olmert takes over as PM. Hamas won election
July 2006Hezbollah war in Lebanon, massive rocket attacks on Israeli civilians in Northern Israel

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