Cold War Dynamics and Israel's Founding
Establishment of Israel
The 1948 establishment of Israel reshaped Middle Eastern geopolitics and became deeply entangled with Cold War rivalries. Culminating from the Zionist movement, Israel's statehood triggered the First Arab-Israeli War, causing massive Palestinian displacement while laying national foundations with Western support. As Israel aligned closely with the United States to secure its defense, Arab nations increasingly turned to the Soviet Union for backing. This superpower rivalry turned the region into a key frontline, where ongoing military conflicts and diplomatic shifts profoundly defined the geopolitical landscape.
People
Birth
Death
Origin
Age (Death)
| 1874 | |
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| 1886 | |
| 1895 | |
| 1898 | |
| 1913 | |
| 1915 | |
| 1918 | |
| 1918 | |
| 1920 | |
| 1922 | |
| 1923 | |
| 1928 |
Timeline
| Category | |
|---|---|
| Element |
| Year | Establishment of Israel |
|---|---|
| 1874 |
Birth of Chaim Weizmann (Period: November 27, 1874, Location: Motol (present-day Brest Region, Republic of Belarus))
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| 1886 |
Birth of David Ben-Gurion (Period: October 16, 1886, Location: Płońsk (present-day Masovian Voivodeship, Republic of Poland))
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| 1895 |
Birth of Levi Eshkol (Period: October 25, 1895, Location: Orativ, Vinnytsia Oblast, present-day Ukraine)
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| 1898 |
Birth of Golda Meir (Period: May 3, 1898, Location: Kyiv (present-day Ukraine))
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| 1910 |
Participation in the Zionist Movement
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| 1913 |
Birth of Menachem Begin (Period: August 16, 1913, Location: Brest, present-day Belarus)
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| 1914 |
World War I (Period: 1914–1918 (Childhood), Location: Around Brest-Litovsk, Eastern Europe)
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| 1915 |
Birth of Moshe Dayan (Period: May 20, 1915, Location: Degania Alef (present-day northern Israel, near the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee))
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| 1918 |
Birth of Gamal Abdel Nasser (Period: January 15, 1918, Location: Alexandria, Kingdom of Egypt (present-day Alexandria))
Birth of Anwar Sadat (Period: December 25, 1918, Location: Mit Abu al-Kum, Kingdom of Egypt (present-day Monufia Governorate, Egypt))
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| 1920 |
Participation in the Founding of Degania Bet
Participation in the Founding of Histadrut
Birth of Farouk I (Period: February 11, 1920, Location: Cairo, present-day Egypt)
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| 1922 |
Arrest in Vienna on Arms Procurement Charges
Marriage (Levi Eshkol, Rivka Maharshak)
Birth of Yitzhak Rabin (Period: March 1, 1922, Location: Jerusalem (then Mandatory Palestine, present-day Israel))
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| 1923 |
Birth of Shimon Peres (Period: August 2, 1923, Location: Vishnyeva, present-day Belarus (then Poland))
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| 1928 |
Birth of Ariel Sharon (Period: February 26, 1928, Location: Kfar Malal, present-day Israel (an agricultural settlement northeast of Tel Aviv))
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| 1929 |
Joining the Haganah
Joining the Betar Movement
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| 1930 |
Marriage (Levi Eshkol, Elisheva Kaplan)
Marriage (Anwar Sadat, Ekbal Afifi)
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| 1935 |
Marriage (Moshe Dayan, Wilhelmina (Miriam) Wagner)
Marriage (Moshe Dayan, Ruth Schwartz)
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| 1936 |
Arab Revolt in Palestine
Appointment as Crown Prince (Farouk I)
Accession to the Throne
Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936
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| 1937 |
Establishment of Mekorot Water Company
Egypt's Admission to the League of Nations
Coronation (Farouk I)
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| 1938 |
Marriage (Farouk I, Safinaz Zulficar)
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| 1939 |
Black Shabbat (Operation Agatha) / Arrest of Haganah Leaders
World War II
Marriage (Menachem Begin, Aliza Arnold)
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| 1940 |
Arrest and Detention by Soviet Authorities
Jewish Armed Resistance in Mandatory Palestine
Joining and Leading the HaNoar HaOved Movement
Formation of the Free Officers Movement
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| 1941 |
Joining the Palmach
Sacrifice of Family and Relatives in the Holocaust
World War II (Syria-Lebanon Campaign)
Loss of Left Eye Incident
World War II (Operations against Vichy French Forces)
|
| 1942 |
Participation in the Founding of Kibbutz Alumot
Abdeen Palace Incident (Siege of Abdeen Palace by British Troops)
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| 1943 |
Appointment as Commander of Irgun (Menachem Begin)
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| 1944 |
Jewish Armed Resistance in Mandatory Palestine / Israeli War of Independence
Arrest Incident of the Negev Expedition
Marriage (Gamal Abdel Nasser, Tahia Kazim)
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| 1945 |
Marriage (Shimon Peres, Sonia Gelman)
Establishment of and Participation in the Arab League
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| 1946 |
Alleged Involvement in the Assassination of Amin Osman
Black Sabbath (Mass Arrest of Jewish Leaders)
King David Hotel Bombing
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| 1947 |
First Arab-Israeli War
Arms Procurement and Personnel Management in Haganah
Acre Prison Breach
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| 1948 |
Marriage (Yitzhak Rabin, Leah Schlossberg)
Founding of Herut Party
Appointment as Director General of the Israeli Navy (Shimon Peres)
Organization of the Ministry of Defense
Appointment as Head of Settlement Department of the Jewish Agency (Levi Eshkol)
Allegations of Corruption and Arms Procurement Scandals in the 1948 War
Siege of Faluja
Altalena Affair
Operation Danny (Occupation of Lydda and Ramle)
Occupation of Lydda and Ramle and Expulsion of Palestinian Residents (Yitzhak Rabin)
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| 1949 |
Marriage (Anwar Sadat, Jehan Sadat)
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| 1951 |
Joining the Free Officers Movement
Marriage (Farouk I, Nariman Sadek)
Adoption of the Title of King of Egypt and Sudan
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| 1952 |
Appointment as Minister of Finance (Levi Eshkol)
Cairo Fire (Black Saturday)
Free Officers Coup (Egyptian Revolution)
Egyptian Revolution of 1952
Participation in the Egyptian Revolution
Abdication and Exile to Italy (Farouk I)
Death of Chaim Weizmann
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| 1953 |
Appointment as Director General of the Ministry of Defense (Shimon Peres)
Marriage (Ariel Sharon, Margalit Zimmermann)
Abolition of the Egyptian Monarchy
Establishment of the Republic of Egypt
Formation and Command of Unit 101 (Ariel Sharon)
Qibya Massacre
Appointment as Chief of General Staff of the IDF (Moshe Dayan)
|
| 1954 |
Appointment as Commander of the Paratroopers Brigade (Ariel Sharon)
Agreement on the Withdrawal of British Troops from Egypt
Manshiyya Square Assassination Attempt
|
| 1956 |
Second Arab-Israeli War (Suez Crisis)
Appointment as President of Egypt (Gamal Abdel Nasser)
Nationalization of the Suez Canal Company
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| 1958 |
Establishment of the United Arab Republic
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| 1959 |
Appointment as Minister of Agriculture (Moshe Dayan)
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| 1960 |
Lavon Affair
Construction of the Aswan High Dam
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| 1961 |
Participation in the Formation of the Non-Aligned Movement
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| 1962 |
North Yemen Civil War
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| 1963 |
Appointment as Prime Minister (Levi Eshkol)
Marriage (Ariel Sharon, Lily Zimmermann)
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| 1964 |
Appointment as Chief of General Staff of the IDF (Yitzhak Rabin)
Strengthening Relations with the United States
Marriage (Levi Eshkol, Miriam Zelikowitz)
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| 1965 |
Establishment and Leadership of the Labor Party
Death of Farouk I
Death in Rome
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| 1967 |
War of Attrition
Third Arab-Israeli War (Six-Day War)
Appointment as Minister of Defense (Moshe Dayan)
Entry into the Old City of East Jerusalem
Resignation Announcement after the Six-Day War (Gamal Abdel Nasser)
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| 1968 |
Appointment as Ambassador of Israel to the United States (Yitzhak Rabin)
Establishment of the Israeli Labor Party
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| 1969 |
Appointment as Commander of IDF Southern Command (Ariel Sharon)
Appointment as Vice President (Anwar Sadat)
Death of Levi Eshkol
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| 1970 |
Human Rights Issues regarding Clearing and Population Transfer in the Gaza Strip
Mediation in the Jordanian Civil War (Black September)
Death of Gamal Abdel Nasser
Death of Nasser
Appointment as President of Egypt (Anwar Sadat)
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| 1971 |
Corrective Revolution
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| 1972 |
Expulsion of Soviet Military Advisors (Anwar Sadat)
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| 1973 |
Formation of Likud and Appointment as Prime Minister (Menachem Begin)
Retirement from Military and Entry into Politics
Marriage (Moshe Dayan, Rachel Korem)
Fourth Arab-Israeli War (Yom Kippur War)
Responsibility Issue over Lack of Preparation for the Yom Kippur War
Death of David Ben-Gurion
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| 1974 |
Launch of Infitah (Economic Open-Door Policy)
Appointment as Prime Minister of Israel (Yitzhak Rabin)
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| 1975 |
Reopening of the Suez Canal
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| 1977 |
Appointment as Minister of Agriculture and Promotion of Settlement Policy (Ariel Sharon)
Bread Riots (Egyptian Food Riots)
Visit to Israel and Address to the Knesset
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| 1978 |
Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (Anwar Sadat)
Camp David Accords
Death of Golda Meir
|
| 1979 |
Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty
Signing of the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty
|
| 1980 |
Resignation as Minister of Foreign Affairs (Moshe Dayan)
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| 1981 |
Appointment as Minister of Defense (Ariel Sharon)
Operation Opera (Bombing of the Osirak Reactor)
Death of Anwar Sadat
Assassination of Anwar Sadat
Death of Sadat
Death of Moshe Dayan
|
| 1982 |
First Lebanon War
Sabra and Shatila Massacre
|
| 1983 |
Resignation as Prime Minister (Menachem Begin)
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| 1984 |
First Peres Government
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| 1987 |
First Intifada
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| 1992 |
Death of Menachem Begin
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| 1993 |
Promotion of the Oslo Accords
Oslo Accords
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| 1994 |
Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty
Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (Yitzhak Rabin)
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| 1995 |
Second Peres Government
Death of Yitzhak Rabin
Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
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| 1999 |
Appointment as Leader of Likud (Ariel Sharon)
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| 2000 |
Second Intifada
Visit to the Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif and Outbreak of Second Intifada
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| 2001 |
Appointment as Prime Minister (Ariel Sharon)
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| 2005 |
Implementation of the Gaza Disengagement Plan
Formation of Kadima Party
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| 2006 |
Ariel Sharon's Stroke
|
| 2007 |
Appointment as President of Israel (Shimon Peres)
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| 2014 |
Death of Ariel Sharon
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| 2016 |
Death of Shimon Peres
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