Independence was waged with surrounding countries from May 1948 – July 1949. Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon signed agreements of armistice to end the war in 1949, and Jerusalem was divided under Israeli and Jordanian rule. Also in 1949 the first Knesset was elected. The Six-Day War was in 1967, and following that, Jerusalem was reunited. In the late 1970’s an attempt to create a structure in which would allow peace by separation was made by the Camp David Accords. In 1979 the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty was signed. Palestine Liberation Organization terrorists were successfully removed from Lebanon in 1982. In 1985 Israel signed a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. The early 1990’s brought on the Gulf War. Iraqi missiles struck Israel in 1991. Also in this year Madrid hosted the Middle East Peace Conference. Based on the agreement worked out in Oslo, an arrangement for self-government of the Palestinians was established in the Declaration of Principles, signed in Washington by Foreign Minister Peres and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat in 1993. Negotiations began for the implementation of the Interim Agreement, which took three steps (two of which were in 1994): Gaza-Jericho Agreement, and the Agreement on Preparatory Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities, both in 1994. Following with the movement of peace and toleration, the Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty was signed in 1994. Protocol and the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip for the Interim Agreement were signed in 1995. Also in 1995 Prime Minister Rabin is assassinated at a peace rally, and thus Prime Minister Peres takes over. Terrorist attacks on Israel spawn retaliation in 1996 by Operation Grapes of Wrath. Also in this year there are Knesset elections and Netanyahu becomes Prime Minister. Israel and the PA sign the Hebron Protocol in 1997. The 50th anniversary of Israeli in...
