Palestine has always had a small Jewish Community, known as the old Yishuv, consisting of Jews who had migrated over the centuries. They lived mainly in Jerusalem, Safed, Tiberias, and Hebron.
(1882) First Aliyah - From 1882 to 1904, Jews from Eastern Europe known as the New Yishuv, moved to Ottoman Palestine to build small settlements, forming traded unions and councils to purchase land from Palestinians.
(1897) Establishment of the world Zionist Organization - In 1897 Theodore Herzl held the first Zionist World Congress in Switzerland, where the world Zionist Organization was established, with its Basel Program manifesto, seeking to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
1900
(1904) The second Aliyah - 35,000 Jews, mostly from Russia, with some from Yemen, move to Palestine.
(1909) Formation of Hashamor - Hashamor was formed in 1909 out of smaller Jewish Militias, such as the Bar-Giora group, to defend the settlements.
1920s
(1917) Balfour Declaration - In 1917 the British Government issued the Balford declaration, stating its support for the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. The declaration was sent by Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Lord Rothschild to be transmitted to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland, UK affiliate of the WZO.
(1920) Britain takes Palestine - In 1920 Britain took over Palestine from the Ottoman empire after a mandate by the League of Nations, requiring Britain put into effect the Balfour declaration.
Formation of Haganah - The Palestine Zionist Executive, later Jewish Agency, would form the Haganah Militia, made up of former Hashamor recruits, and work with Irgun against the British mandate.
(1929) Jewish Agency established - The Palestine office was established as the operational wing of the world Zionist organization in Ottoman Palestine. It was designated as the Palestine office in 1929 and provided for by the League of Nations per Britain's promise of a Jewish State. Future Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion was selected as its chairman.
1930s
(1931) Formation of the Irgun - The Irgun splintered from Haganah, as a Militia with more radical methods.
(1936) Arab Revolt - During the Arab revolt of 1936 the British fought Palestinian rebels with the help of Jewish auxiliary police 6,000, while aid from the Zionist Militia Irgun, who had ceased anti British activity. After the conflict British confiscated 13,200 firearms from Arabs and 521 weapons from Jews.
(1939) White Papers - Britain Passes the White Papers, implementing strict limits on Jewish Migration to Palestine, allowing only 75,000 migrants over 5 years.
Aliyah Bet - In response to the White Paper, Haganah built up the Palmach, its naval wing, to illegally emigrate approximately 100,000 Jews to Palestine in over one hundred ships. Upon being turned back by the British numerous ships would be sabotaged by the Zionists. Irgun's leader, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, then exiled to Europe, recruits and trains cells in Poland to evacuate 1.5 million Jews into Palestine Illegally. With the cooperation of fellow Irgun leader in Palestine, Avraham Stern, the two recruit 40,000 militants and smuggle weapons to Palestine.
1940s
(1940) Formation of Lehi - Avraham Stern splits from Irgun to form Lehi, (Stern Gang) advocating for the complete annihilation of Palestinians.
SS Patria Bombing - Haganah blew up a British ship full of Jewish refugees in the port of Haifa to stop them from being deported back to Europe.
(1944) Irgun declares war on the British Mandate - In 1944 Irgun's new leader Menachem Begin, future Israel prime minister, declared an open rebellion against the British mandate.
Assassination of Lord Moyne - In response to the White Papers, Lehi gunned down Lord Moyne, the British Minister of State in the Middle East. The assassination was plotted by future Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir.
(1945) The Sonneborn Group - On July 1, 1945, David Ben-Gurion asked a small gathering of American-Jewish activists at Millionaire oil executive, Rudolf Sonneborn's apartment to send supplies to the Jewish community and its military force, the Haganah. The group became a secretive, nationwide organization led by Sonnenborn, Materials for Israel, also known as the Sonneborn Institute, which covered as a charity for Holocaust survivors.
(1946) Operation Agatha - During Operation Agatha, (Black Sabbath) the British arrested Zionist militants, obtaining documents proving that the Jewish Agency, David Ben-Gurion and the Haganah were working with Lehi and Irgun.
King David Hotel Bombing - In response to Operation Agatha, under orders from Manacham Begin, Irgun Bombed the British headquarters in the King David Hotel, killing 91 people. The attack was surpassed by the Oklahoma city bombing in 1995.
British Embassy bombing - In 1946, Irgun bombed the British Embassy in Rome, injuring two people.
(1947) Lehi truck bombing - In 1947, Lehi bombed the British police station in Haifa, killing 4 and injuring 142.
Collonial Club bombing - In 1947, Lehi bombed the British Colonial Club, a London recreational facility for soldiers and students.
The Sergeants affair - When three Irgun militants were set to be executed, Irgun kidnapped two British army sergeants and threatened to hang them. The two sergeants were hanged, with their bodies being booby trapped, injuring a British officer.
UN patrician plan - Britain plans to leave Palestine on the 14th of May, with the UN splits the land between Israel and Palestine 56.5 to 43.5.
1948 - On January 3rd, 1948, New York police discovered 65,000 + pounds of TNT at a Jersey City pier, hidden in crates marked as “used machinery.” The explosives were intended for shipment to Tel Aviv aboard the freighter Executor. The discovery occurred after a crate accidentally broke open during loading, revealing cans labeled “TNT, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army.” Authorities impounded the ship and removed the TNT to a safe location. Police found related equipment in an Upper Manhattan warehouse but could not locate the individuals linked to the shipment. Officials stated the TNT could destroy six cities the size of Jersey City. Like the size of Israel/Palestine. What a coincidence…
Plan Dalet - On the 10th of March Ben Gurion and Haganah outline Plan Dalet, a blueprint for targeting Palestinian population centers in the Jewish Partition state, and enacting a policy of forced depopulation and destruction, before May 14th.
(1948) The Nakba - By the 15th of May, 750,000 Palestinians have been displaced from the Israeli portion of the UN's Partition plan.
Semiramis Hotel Bombing - In 1948, Haganah bombed the Christian-owned Semiramis Hotel, killing 26.
Sa'Sa Massacre - During the 1948 Palestine war, two massacres were perpetrated by Haganah in the Palestinian village of Sa'sa'. The first occurred on the night of 14-15 February 1948, when Palmach, Haganah's elite unit forces, attacked the village killing approximately 60 people. The second massacre occurred on 30 October 1948 when the village was conquered by the Israeli military as part of Operation Hiram.
Saf'Saf Massacre - After the IDF took the village of Saf'Saf in Galalee 50–70 villagers were killed. Evidence suggests that 52 men had their hands tied, were shot and killed, before being buried in a pit. Several women reported allegations of rape by the IDF, including the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl. At least two internal inquiries were initiated during 1948–49 by the IDF, but their reports remain classified.
Deir Yassin Massacre - Irgun and Lehi join jointly commit the Deir Yasin Massacre. A letter written by Albert Einstein delivered to the NYT reads: "This village, off the main roads, had taken no part in the war, and had even fought off Arab bands who wanted to use their village as a base. On April 9th terrorist bands attacked this peaceful village which was not a military objective in the fighting, killed most of the inhabitance, 240 men women and children, and kept a few alive to parade as captive through the streets of Jerusalem. most of the Jewish community was horrified at the deed, and the Jewish agency sent a telegram of apology to King Abdula of trans Jordan, but the terrorists were proud of this massacre, publicizing it widely, and inviting all of the foreign correspondence present in the country to view the heaped corpses and general havoc of Deir Yassin." It was at Deir Yassin where a baby was reportedly baked in an oven. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj4u5Llz_7k
Saqiya Massacre - Haganah forces kill 14 people in Saqiya Jaffer.
Tantura Massacre - after the residents of Tantura village surrender to Haganah, between 40 and 200 are rounded up, shot dead, and buried in a communal grave, now a parking lot.
IDF is formed - On May 26th, the IDF is formed out of Haganah, Irgun, with many members of Lehi joining its ranks.
Arab Israeli War - Upon the May 14th termination of the British mandate, and declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel, surrounding Arab armies from Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, invading Palestine, beginning the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, won by Israel.
formation of the Herut Party - Former Irgun leader Manachen Begin formed the part, Herut, later joined by Yitzhak Shamir.
The assassination of Lord Bernadotte - During the Palestine War, the UN appoints Folke Bernadotte as the UN mediator in Palestine. In September he outlined his proposal of a single union between Palestine and Jordan, with two sovereign members, one Jewish and one Arab, allowing Palestinians to return to their homes. While driving through Jeruselum, Bernadotte was assassinated by 4 Lehi operatives. Yitzhak Shamir and other Lehi leaders were jailed by the Israeli government after the assassination, but eventually pardoned.
(1949) End of the Arab Israeli War - Israel wins the Palestine War occupying 78% of Palestine, except for the parts they gave to Egypt and Jordan.
1950s
(1956) Suez Crisis - Israel assists France and Britain in an invasion of Egypt, momentarily seizing the Gaza strip. The war was carried out to overthrow Egypt's president Gamal Abdel Nasser, who had nationalized the Suez Canal.
David Ben-Gurion sends Israel's Director General of Defense, Shimon Peres to France to negotiate terms for Israel's involvement, resulting in an agreement in 1957 for France to help construct a Nuclear facility in Israel the Negev Desert outside the city of Dimona.
(1958) Dimona Reactor - Construction of the Dimona reactor begins. Shortly after its construction, the reactor would be spotted by American U2 spy planes.
1960s
(1962) Algerian war of independence - Israel provides France with intelligence on Algeria in exchange for being sold French weaponry and other military equipment.
DOJ orders AZC to register under FARA - In 1962, Nov 21, the department of justice under Robert Kenady orders the American Zionist Council to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). the world Zionist organization and the American Zionist council doge FARA seven times, with the issued being dropped after the death of Robert kenedy.
(1963) Israeli public affairs committee - In 1963 in January, Isaiah l Kenen incorporates the American Israeli public affairs committee in Washington DC.
JFK tells David Ben-Gurion that Israel will not be allowed to have nuclear weapons. JFK demands inspections of the b Israel lies to the US even going so far as building another phony plant for them to inspect. JFK is quoted as saying: ''the sons of bitches lie to me constantly about their nuclear capacity''. under pressure from JFK wanting to inspect the nukes, Ben-Gurion resigned. Levi Eshkol becomes Prime Minister, and Kennedy goes after him as well.
In October, the DOJ demands again that the AZC register under FARA. RFK writes: "the department expects a response from you within 72 hours"
Birth of AIPAC - In 1963 the senate committee on foreign relations hearings revealed that the American Zionist Council had laundered over $5M of Jewish agency funds into lobbying activities. The American Zionist Council dodged FARA by moving all of its major functions to AIPAC; umbrella organizations like the ZOA and Hadash became permanent members of AIPAC's committee. AIPAC is currently the most powerful lobby in DC.
(1967) Six Day War - Israel takes the land back from Egypt and Jordan (Gaza, Sinai, the west bank/East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights)
USS Liberty Bombing -
War of Attrition against PLO
(1968) RFK assassinated
Operation Gift - An IDF Special Forces operation carried out on 28 December 1968 at the Beirut International Airport during which 13 civilian airplanes belonging to Middle East Airlines (MEA) were destroyed in response to an attack on an Israeli airliner in Athens by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
1970s
(1973) Yom Kippur War
Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 - Arab civilian airplane shot down in then-Israeli-controlled airspace over the Sinai Peninsula.
Formation of Likud - Manachen Begin joins forces with former Haganah commander, Ariel Sharon, expanding Herut into a wider right wing party, Likud.
(1974) Airstrike on Lebanon - As a response to the Ma'alot massacre, next day Israeli airplanes bombed several DFLP offices and training bases in seven Palestinian refugee camps and villages in southern Lebanon, killing at least 27 people and leaving 138 injured.[4]
(1976) Entebbe raid
(1978) Operation Litani – The first Israeli large-scale invasion of Lebanon which was carried out by the Israel Defense Forces in order to expel PLO forces from the territory.
1980s
(1981) Operation Opera – A surprise Israeli air strike that destroyed the Iraqi nuclear reactor under construction in Osirak.
(1987) First Intifada
Oslo Accords - The PLO and Israel agree to redivide their land.
Operation Accountability - Week-long IDF operation in Lebanon to attack Hezbollah positions. Israel specified three purposes of the operation: to strike directly at Hezbollah, to make it difficult for Hezbollah to use southern Lebanon as a base for striking Israel and to displace refugees in the hopes of pressuring the Lebanese government to intervene against Hezbollah.
(1996) Operation Grapes of Wrath - A sixteen-day military operation carried out by the IDF in southern Lebanon as a result of Hezbollah's Katyusha rocket attacks on Israeli population centers along the border with Lebanon.
1999 - JFK Jr. death
2000s
(2001) 9/11
(2003) Iraq War
Abu Hasan - Israeli capture of a vessel on course to the Gaza Strip from Lebanon.
Ain es Saheb airstrike – Israeli Air Force operation against an alleged Palestinian militant training camp in Ain es Saheb, Syria.
Operation Sharp and Smooth - Israel Defense Forces raid on a Hezbollah-run hospital in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.
(2006) Lebanon War
Shebaa Farms conflict - Low level conflict in the Lebanese-Israeli border which preceded 2006 war.
Operation Summer Rains - IDF operation held in the Gaza Strip in response to the killing of two soldiers and the kidnapping of the Israeli soldier Corporal Gilad Shalit on June 25, 2006, and the firing of Qassam rockets toward Israel.
(2007) Operation Orchard - An airstrike in northern Syria against an alleged nuclear site. Israel was blamed for the incident and never admitted to the attack until 2018.
(2008) Operation Cast Lead - In Cast Lead” in 2008, Israel struck 3,400 targets in 22 days.
2010s
(2010) Operation Sea Breeze - An operation carried out by the IDF frogmen, Shayetet 13, in the international waters of the Mediterranean Sea, 66 miles outside of Israel's territorial waters. During the operation the Israeli forces boarded the Gaza Freedom Flotilla of six ships carrying international activists whom were planning to break the Israeli and Egyptian blockade of Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid. During the takeover of the ships, bulletproof vests, night-vision goggles and gas masks were found on the ship. A violent confrontation developed between the soldiers and the activists aboard the main ship of the convoy, the "MV Mavi Marmara", which resulted in the killing of at least nine activists. According to the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, 8 of the 9 passengers killed belonged to IHH, a Turkish-based charity organization accused of having ties to Hamas and Al-Qaeda by Israeli and French intelligence officials.
(2011) Gaza Strip airstrikes - A series of targeted killings and raids on PRC targets in Gaza, in response to attacks on southern Israel.
Operation Iron Law - Israel seized a ship from Syria bringing Iranian weapons to Gaza.
(2014) Operation Protective Edge - In Protective Edge in 2014, which lasted 51 days, Israel struck between 5,266 and 6,231 targets.
Latakia attack – Alleged Israeli airstrike against a Syrian warehouse of S-300 missiles.[29]
Operation Protective Edge - The IDF ended Operation Brother's Keeper, which brought tension in the region and increased rocket fire from Gaza at Israel and commenced Operation Protective Edge to retaliate on rocket fire.
(2015) Syria Airstrikes
(2017) Syria Airstrikes
2020s
(2022) Operation Breaking Dawn
(2023) October 7 and Gaza genocide
Operation Swords of Iron
Israel-Lebanon border conflict
Airstrikes on Syria - Airstrikes on Syria against long-ranged weapons sent from Iran to Hezbollah.
(2025) Syrian Civil War - Syria gets taken over by Julani and Israel annexes Mt. Herman.
Operation Rising Lion - Bombing nuclear facilities, military installations, and the private residences of senior Iranian officials.
Iron Wall
Operation Five Stones
(2026) Venezuela - America knocks over Venezuela for siding with Palestine, an oil shipments return to Israel, not America.
Operation Shield of Judah - Along with the United States, Israeli and American forces launched strikes against various cities in Iran.
Iran War -
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