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Capture of Jerusalem
The Jerusalem Jews gain possession of Judea
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Jerusalem in Israel. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The Jerusalem Jews gain possession of Judea
Succeeds as King of Jerusalem
Birth of Yitzhak Rabin
Appointed Party Leader of the Mapai Labour Party
Appointed President of the Hebrew Jerusalem University
Appointed Chairman of the Zionist Council
Supports the partition of Palestine to form a Jewish State
Supports the partition of Palestine to form a Jewish State
Declares the State of Israel
Jerusalem is divided with Jordan ruling the east & Israel the west of the city
Israel abolishes restrictions on immigration
Ends 8 months of ministerial crisis by forming a coalition Government
Ben-Zvi moves his offices from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
The Israeli Foreign Ministry transfers its offices from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
Ben-Gurion authorises senior Israeli participation in secret talks with Britain and France at Sevres.
Ben-Gurion gives final political approval for the Sinai offensive.
Authorises the Israeli attack on Egypt, framing it as a campaign to end fedayeen attacks and open navigation.
Faces American and United Nations pressure to withdraw Israeli forces from captured Egyptian territory.
Ben-Gurion reports major Israeli gains as forces advance across Sinai.
Ben-Gurion's government begins consolidating control over captured positions in Sinai and Gaza.
Ben-Gurion hails the capture of Sharm el-Sheikh as restoring Israeli access through the Straits of Tiran.
Ben-Gurion considers international ceasefire demands while Israeli forces hold Sinai and Gaza.
The Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurian announces that Eichmann has been arressted
The Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurian announces Eichmann will stand trail
Israel begins the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem
SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes in Israel
Adolf Eichmann, the former German Gestapo official accused of a major role in the Nazi murder of 6 million Jews, is sentenced by a Jerusalem court to be hanged
Eichmann is found guilty of crimes committed in the Holocaust & executed in Israel. Adolph Eichmann, Gestapo official and Nazi war criminal, is hanged near Tel Aviv, Israel, for his role in the Nazi murder of over one million Jews
Eichmann is found guilty of crimes committed in the Holocaust & executed in Israel
Teddy Kollek is elected Mayor of Jerusalem, seeks to bring Arabs into the Jewish governed city as social and economic equals
The new Israeli Parliament Building for the Knesset is inaugurated
The new Israeli Parliament Building for the Knesset is inaugurated
The new Israeli Parliament Building for the Knesset is inaugurated
Israel captures East Jerusalem during the Six Day War
Israel captures East Jerusalem during the Six Day War
Appointed Mayor of Jerusalem
Kollek is appointed Mayor of Jerusalem
Golda Meir founds the Labour Party
The Israeli military attache is shot in Washington
The Israeli military attache is shot in Washington
Egypt and Syria attack Israel on Yom Kippur, beginning the October War.
Convenes emergency meetings after the surprise Egyptian-Syrian attack begins.
Appeals to Washington for urgent resupply as Israeli losses mount.
Agrees to halt fighting after United Nations Security Council Resolution 338 calls for a ceasefire.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 338 calls for a ceasefire in the war.
Israel and Egypt sign a ceasefire agreement after the main fighting has ended.
Death of Golda Meir (80), PM of Israel from 1969 to 1974, dies of cancer in Jerusalem
Signs a Peace Treaty with Egypt in Washington
The Israeli Knesset passes a law reaffirming all of Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state
The Israeli Knesset passes a law reaffirming all of Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state
The Israeli Knesset passes a law reaffirming all of Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state
The United Nations Security Council condemns (14-0, US abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital
The United Nations Security Council condemns (14-0, US abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital
The United Nations Security Council condemns (14-0, US abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital
The United Nations Security Council condemns (14-0, US abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital
Fighting breaks out between Lebanese christian militia & Syrian peacekeeping troops
Syria installs Russian made surface-to-air missiles in Lebanon
Israeli planes bomb a nuclear power plant near Iraq, the act is condemned by the UN
Strikes the PLO in Lebanon as retaliation for PLO guerrilla activities within Israel
Israeli jets raid PLO bases south of Beirut
Israeli jets attack civilian areas in West Beirut killing 120
The bloodshed brings calls for Begins resignation
Resigns after an enquiry into the massacre of Palestinian refugees in West Beirut
Resigns due to ill health
Shamir's government faces a widening Palestinian uprising in the occupied territories
Chairs the Israeli government as the First Intifada begins in Gaza and spreads to the West Bank.
Leads Likud through elections overshadowed by the First Intifada and the future of the occupied territories.
Makes a power sharing agreement with the leader of the Likuud Party
Israel's Minister of Defence Rabin proposes that Palestinians end the Intifada in exchange for an opportunity to elect local leaders who would negotiate with the Israeli Government
Proposes elections in the occupied territories as a way to create Palestinian representatives for talks.
Presents an initiative for Palestinian elections and limited autonomy while rejecting direct PLO negotiations.
The Israeli government rejects direct negotiations with the PLO during the uprising
Faces intensified unrest after Israeli police kill Palestinians at the Temple Mount Haram al Sharif.
Shamir withholds immediate retaliation while consulting the United States and coalition governments.
Rabin returns to office promising security and a political approach to the Palestinian issue
The Government collapses after the right resigns over plans for Palestinian self-rule
The Government collapses after the right resigns over plans for Palestinian self-rule
Wins election on a platform linked to security and progress with Palestinians after the First Intifada.
Peres backs the diplomatic initiative that leads to the Declaration of Principles
Rabin authorises continued negotiations after the secret channel begins producing concrete understandings
Israeli right wing opponents argue that the accords concede too much to the PLO
Netanyahu and Likud criticise the Oslo process as a security risk for Israel
A Palestinian suicide bomber blows himself up on a bus in Jerusalem and wounds 12 Israelis, Hamas takes responsibility
A Palestinian suicide bomber blows himself up on a bus in Jerusalem and wounds 12 Israelis, Hamas takes responsibility
A Palestinian suicide bomber blows himself up on a bus in Jerusalem and wounds 12 Israelis, Hamas takes responsibility
A Palestinian suicide bomber blows up a bus in Jerusalem and kills 4 Israelis, 1 American, and wounded more than 100 people, Hamas take responsibility
A Palestinian suicide bomber blows up a bus in Jerusalem and kills 4 Israelis, 1 American, and wounded more than 100 people, Hamas take responsibility
A Palestinian suicide bomber blows up a bus in Jerusalem and kills 4 Israelis, 1 American, and wounded more than 100 people, Hamas take responsibility
A Palestinian suicide bomber blows up a bus in Jerusalem and kills 4 Israelis, 1 American, and wounded more than 100 people, Hamas take responsibility
A Palestinian suicide bomber blows up a bus in Jerusalem and kills 4 Israelis, 1 American, and wounded more than 100 people, Hamas take responsibility
A Palestinian suicide bomber blows up a bus in Jerusalem and kills 4 Israelis, 1 American, and wounded more than 100 people, Hamas take responsibility
Prepares Israeli military arrangements for staged redeployment and security coordination under the Interim Agreement.
Backs the interim agreement after helping sustain Israeli support for the Oslo negotiating track.
Opposes the Interim Agreement during the Knesset debate, warning that the territorial withdrawals endanger Israeli security.
Supports Knesset approval of the Interim Agreement after fierce debate over the future of the West Bank.
Peres becomes Prime Minister after Rabin's assassination and continues the Oslo process
Funeral services were held in Jerusalem for assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, President Clinton led the US delegation, Arab dignitaries also attended, including Jordans King Hussein and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Funeral of assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
Peres seeks to continue the Oslo process after Rabin's assassination
Netanyahu becomes Prime Minister while criticising aspects of Oslo but continuing parts of implementation
Opens a tunnel exit near the Western Wall, triggering Israeli-Palestinian clashes.
Barak prepares for negotiations on final status questions left unresolved by Oslo
Barak becomes Prime Minister promising to advance negotiations with the Palestinians
Sharon's visit to the disputed holy site becomes a trigger for widespread Palestinian unrest
Visits the Temple Mount Haram al Sharif before the outbreak of the Second Intifada.
Faces spreading clashes after the Temple Mount visit and the collapse of peace talks.
Sharon becomes Prime Minister as the Second Intifada intensifies
Takes office during escalating violence in the Second Intifada.
Sharon becomes Prime Minister as the Second Intifada intensifies.
Israel accepts the Road Map for Peace with reservations during the Second Intifada
Accepts the Quartet Road Map with reservations.
Announces a unilateral plan to remove Israeli settlements from the Gaza Strip.
Leaves Likud and forms Kadima after the Gaza disengagement controversy.
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
Leads Likud in the first Israeli general election of 2019.
Leads Likud in the first Israeli general election of 2019.
General election outcome recorded for Benjamin Netanyahu: Leads Likud in the first Israeli general election of 2019.
Government context for this general election: Leads Likud in the first Israeli general election of 2019.
Leads Likud in a second Israeli general election after coalition talks fail.
Announces emergency restrictions and surveillance measures during the pandemic.
Israel resumes large-scale strikes in Gaza.
Israel launches major strikes on Iranian targets.
Provenance
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