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Events relating to palestine
Irgun, a new Jewish paramilitary group, is set up by Haganah commanders frustrated by the older organization's policies
Avraham Stern forms the Stern Gang, a new Jewish terrorist group in Palestine and an offshoot of Irgun
Yitzhak Shamir becomes leader of the terrorist Stern gang in Palestine
Future Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin becomes leader of the underground terrorist group Irgun
Irgun terrorists detonate a bomb in the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, killing 91 people
The UN puts forward a plan for the partition of Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish states
An Arab boy, herding goats in the Qumran desert, finds the first of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Britain brings to a formal end the country's mandate in Palestine and on the following day the last British troops withdraw
Israel declares its independence as a Jewish state, with David Ben-Gurion as prime minister
Six Arab states attack Israel in support of the Palestinians, starting the first Arab-Israeli war
700,000 Palestinian Arabs flee from their homes in Israel and become refugees
The UN mediator in Palestine, Folke Bernadotte, proposes a peace plan involving the partition of Palestine
Jewish terrorists, opposed to the partition of Palestine, murder the UN peacemaker Folke Bernadotte
Egypt controls the Gaza Strip area of Palestine at the end of the Arab-Israeli war
Jordan occupies the West Bank area of Palestine af the end of the Arab-Israeli war
King Abdullah of Jordan is assassinated on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem
Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, discovered in Buenos Aires, is kidnapped by Israeli agents
The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in an Israeli court in Jerusalem, with TV cameras permitted to broadcast the event live around the world
Adolf Eichmann, convicted in Israel for his role in the Holocaust, is hanged in Tel Aviv
Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras meet in Jerusalem, in the first such meeting since 1438
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is founded at a congress in East Jerusalem, then part of Jordan
A pre-emptive air strike by Israel destroys almost all Egypt's aircraft and launches the Six-Day War
Israel captures the Gaza Strip and Sinai peninsula from Egypt
Israel captures East Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan
Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria in the Six-Day War
