Intifada and the Great Aliyah

TIMELINE 22

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Intifada and the Great Aliyah

1985 to 1992

The unity government tames inflation and pulls back to a security zone in Lebanon. The First Intifada erupts, Scuds fall in the Gulf War, and a million Jews begin to arrive from the Soviet Union.

TURNING POINTS

1985 Jun 10 The security zone. Israel pulls back to a strip of southern Lebanon, where it stays until 2000.

1985 Jul 1 The economic stabilization plan. The unity government brings inflation of over 400 percent down within a year.

1987 Dec 8 The First Intifada. A Palestinian uprising begins in Gaza and spreads to Judea and Samaria. It lasts until 1993.

1989 The Soviet Union opens its gates. A mass aliyah begins that brings about a million Jews to Israel within a decade.

1991 Jan 18 to Feb 25 Scud missiles in the Gulf War. Iraq fires about 40 missiles at Israeli cities. Israel does not respond.

1991 May 24 to 25 Operation Solomon. About 14,000 Ethiopian Jews are flown to Israel in 36 hours.

1991 Oct 30 The Madrid Conference. Israel and its Arab neighbors open their first direct peace talks.

1992 Jul 13 Rabin returns. Labor wins the June election and Yitzhak Rabin becomes prime minister for the second time.

ALSO IN THIS PERIOD

1985 May 20 Israel frees 1,150 prisoners for three captured soldiers.

1985 Oct 1 Israeli jets bomb PLO headquarters in Tunis.

1985 Oct 5 An Egyptian policeman kills seven Israeli tourists at Ras Burqa.

1985 Oct 7 Hijackers seize the cruise ship Achille Lauro.

1985 Dec 27 Gunmen attack El Al counters at Rome and Vienna airports.

1986 Yaacov Agam’s Fire and Water Fountain is installed in Dizengoff Square.

1986 Sep 6 Gunmen kill 22 worshippers at the Neve Shalom synagogue in Istanbul.

1986 Oct 16 Navigator Ron Arad is captured in Lebanon.

1986 Oct 20 Shamir returns as prime minister in the rotation.

1987 Apr 11 Summit: Peres and King Hussein agree to the London Agreement.

1987 Nov 25 A hang glider attack from Lebanon kills six soldiers.

1988 Mar 7 Terrorists hijack a bus near Dimona and three civilians die.

1988 Apr 16 Abu Jihad is killed in Tunis.

1988 Jul 31 Territory: Jordan renounces its claim to Judea and Samaria.

1988 Nov 1 Election: Likud wins 40 seats.

1988 Nov 15 The PLO declares a state at its Algiers meeting.

1988 Dec 14 The United States opens a dialogue with the PLO.

1989 Mar 15 Territory: Israel returns Taba to Egypt after international arbitration.

1989 May 14 Shamir proposes elections in Judea and Samaria and Gaza.

1989 Jul 6 A terrorist drives Bus 405 into a ravine and 16 die.

1990 Feb 4 Gunmen kill nine Israeli tourists on a bus in Egypt.

1990 A. B. Yehoshua publishes Mr. Mani.

1990 Oct 8 Police kill 17 Palestinians in riots on the Temple Mount.

1991 Dec 16 The UN repeals its Zionism is racism resolution.

1992 Jan 24 Israel and China establish diplomatic relations.

1992 Jan 29 Israel and India establish full diplomatic relations.

1992 Mar 17 A bomb destroys the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires and 29 die.

1992 Jun 23 Election: Labor wins 44 seats.

1992 Etgar Keret publishes his first stories, Pipelines.

1992 Dec 17 Israel deports 415 Hamas activists to Lebanon.