In the Lillehammer affair in Norway, Israeli Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in 1972's Munich Olympics Massacre.

OPEC starts an oil embargo against a number of western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Syria.

A United Nations sanctioned cease-fire officially ends the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Syria.

A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.

Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.

Ma'alot massacre: In an Arab terrorist attack and hostage taking at an Israeli school, a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren.

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel, when he meets Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and speaks before the Knesset in Jerusalem, seeking a permanent peace settlement.

Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Al Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.

UN Security Council Resolution 425 is passed, calling upon Israel immediately to cease its military action and withdraw its forces from all Lebanese territory (Operation Litani), and establishing the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.

Leaders of Israel and Egypt reach a settlement for the Middle East at Camp David.

Another section of the Sinai Peninsula is peacefully returned by Israel to Egypt.

Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.

The United Nations Security Council votes 14-0 that member states should not recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Israel's Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law

Arab-Israeli conflict: Israel's Knesset passes ''The Golan Heights Law'', extending Israeli law to the area of the Golan Heights.

Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai peninsula per the Camp David Accords.

The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street. He survives but is permanently paralysed.

1982 Lebanon War begins: Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon in their "Operation Peace for the Galilee", eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.

The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.

Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.

Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.

The Israeli cabinet votes to withdraw troops from Beirut but to remain in southern Lebanon.

Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.

The Israeli air force bombs PLO Headquarters in Tunis.

United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.

Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.

The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.

In Israel, John Demjanuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II.

Yasser Arafat recognizes the right of Israel to exist.

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: In Jerusalem, Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock mosque on the Temple Mount.

Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning. Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.

Gulf War: SCUD attack from Iraq causes 15 injuries in Israel.

Gulf War: Three SCUDs and one Patriot missile hit Ramat Gan in Israel, injuring 96 people. Three elderly people die of heart attacks.

Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.

Israel launches a massive attack against terrorist forces in Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call Seven-Day War.

The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.

Public unveiling of the Oslo Accords, an Israeli-Palestinian agreement initiated by Norway.

Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations.

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord regarding Palestinian autonomy granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.