Daily Facts about Israel

1995

Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, is assassinated by a right-wing Israeli.

1991

The Madrid Conference for Middle East peace takes place.

1973

A United Nations-sanctioned cease-fire ends the Yom Kippur War between Israel and its Arab neighbors.

1956

Israel invades the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula during the Suez Crisis.

1948

Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion delivers a radio address, declaring the establishment of the Hebrew state of Israel.