Syria and other Arab armies invade. Israel launches surprise attack on Syria, capturing strategic Golan Heights in Six Day War. Syria joins Egypt in attacking Israel. Syrians penetrate deep into the Golan before being pushed back by Israeli troops. U.N. observer force positioned in Israeli-Syrian buffer zone.
Israeli parliament imposes Israeli law on the Golan Heights.
Israel invades Lebanon with avowed aim of halting Palestinian guerrilla attacks. It withdraws the bulk of its forces in 1985, but, with local allies, keeps control of a border security zone. They continue intermittently with little progress until September 1993, when they are suspended. Arab-Israeli peace talks resume in secret locations in United States. Syria attends negotiations, but talks are suspended again in March.