The State of Israel
Every prime minister and president, the wars and the treaties.
Open the chronicle on the mapSeventy-odd years in four lines: who led, who presided, what was fought and what was signed. Watch the borders on the map change with each war and each treaty.
Prime ministers 20 moments
David Ben-Gurion14 May 1948 – 1954
Moshe Sharett1954 – 1955
David Ben-Gurion1955 – 1963
Levi Eshkol1963 – 1969
Golda Meir1969 – 1974
Yitzhak Rabin1974 – 1977
Menachem Begin1977 – 1983
Yitzhak Shamir1983 – 1984
Shimon Peres1984 – 1986
Yitzhak Shamir1986 – 1992
Yitzhak Rabin1992 – 1995
Shimon Peres1995 – 1996
Benjamin Netanyahu1996 – 1999
Ehud Barak1999 – 2001
Ariel Sharon2001 – 2006
Ehud Olmert2006 – 2009
Benjamin Netanyahu2009 – 2021
Naftali Bennett2021 – Jul 2022
Yair LapidJul 2022 – 29 Dec 2022
Benjamin Netanyahu29 Dec 2022 – present
Presidents 11 moments
President Chaim Weizmann17 Feb 1949 – 9 Nov 1952
President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi16 Dec 1952 – 23 Apr 1963
President Zalman Shazar21 May 1963 – 24 May 1973
President Ephraim Katzir24 May 1973 – 29 May 1978
President Yitzhak Navon29 May 1978 – 5 May 1983
President Chaim Herzog5 May 1983 – 13 May 1993
President Ezer Weizman13 May 1993 – 13 Jul 2000
President Moshe Katsav1 Aug 2000 – 1 Jul 2007
President Shimon Peres15 Jul 2007 – 24 Jul 2014
President Reuven Rivlin24 Jul 2014 – 7 Jul 2021
President Isaac Herzog7 Jul 2021 – present
Wars 14 moments
War of Independence14 May 1948
Battle of Latrun25 May 1948
Altalena affair22 Jun 1948
Sinai War29 Oct 1956
Six-Day War5 Jun 1967
War of AttritionJul 1967
Yom Kippur War6 Oct 1973
Operation Entebbe4 Jul 1976
Operation Opera7 Jun 1981
First Lebanon War6 Jun 1982
Scud Attacks on Israel18 Jan 1991
Operation Defensive Shield29 Mar 2002
Second Lebanon War12 Jul 2006
Iron Swords War7 Oct 2023
