Jews proclaim state of Israel, Arab armies invade. Palestinian refugee problem is born. Israel captures Golan Heights, Sinai Peninsula, Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Syria, Egypt and Jordan. War causes heavy casualties to all, disengagement leads to minor border changes.
Palestinian uprising erupts in Gaza refugee camp and spreads to West Bank.
Over the next years some 2,000 Palestinians, including collaborators with Israel, and hundreds of Israelis are killed. Jewish settler Baruch Goldstein shoots dead kneeling Arab worshippers in a mosque in Hebron in the West Bank, killing at least 29 before survivors beat him to death. Israel hands over first military base in the Gaza Strip to Palestinian police officers. Israel and Jordan sign a peace treaty in a border ceremony attended by U.S. President Bill Clinton. Two Islamic Jihad suicide bombers kill 21 Israelis, all but one of them soldiers, in explosions that rip through a bus stop at Beit Lid near Netanya in central Israel.