Time Line 1948-1979

1948End of British Mandate. Establishment of the State of Israel. The Nakba.
1949Israel admitted to the UN. Armistice between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.
1956The Suez Crisis. Israel occupied the Sinai Peninsula.
1967The Six Day War. Security Council Resolution 242, The Khartoum Resolutions.
1973The Yom Kippur War.
1977Anwar Sadat visited Jerusalem.
1978The Camp David Accords.
Menachem Begin and Anwat Sadat were awarded the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize.
1979Peace treaty signed between Egypt and Israel.

See also Time Lines 1897-1947, 1981-1996, 1997-2007, and 2008-2013.

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