The Complete Political History Of The State Of Israel

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In the year 1948 the state of Israel was declared independent. Jews had been looking for a permanent homeland for a long time since they were being persecuted in many parts of Europe. The political history of Israel started when the Zionist movement was formed for the purpose of fighting for a Jewish homeland. When the movement managed to gain international support Israel was born and Jewish from all corners of the earth moved into it.

After independence David Ben-Gurion became the prime minister for 15 years and the Government was headed by the Labor Party for 29 years. Withing this period the country experienced a high growth rate in both population and economy.Levi Eshkol succeeded David in 1963 and formed the Government with the Herut movement. During this time the Six day War broke out which was against Egypt and Palestine. After Levi died in 1969 Golda Meir took over but when the Yom Kippur War broke out in 1973 he resigned.

In 1974 Yitzhak became prime minister. During his tenure many African countries and the Soviet Bloc broke off relations and agreement to disengage was brokered with Egypt and also Syria.

Menachem Begin took over power under the Lukid bloc that crashed the Labor party. In 1979 he reached a peace treaty with Egypt that they would exchange peace for land. During this time inflation went up and the stock market crashed. Begin was forced to resign by the Lebanon War and Yitzhak Shamir took office after him. The war lasted until 1984 when the Prime Minister Perez withdrew troops from Lebanon. He was also able to curb inflation and the economy became stable.

In 1988 the Gaza War broke out and Iraq fired 39 missiles into Israel. In 1992 the Labor party took over the Government again led by Yitzhak Rabin who had held the position of defense minister previously.

Palestine was awarded autonomy in 1994 in the West Bank and Gaza strip. Following this a peace treaty was signed with Jordan and international relations with other countries also improved. In 1995 Rabin was assassinated.

A new system of polling called direct election was established in 1996 and Benjamin Netanyahu was elected Prime minister but he later lost in 1999 to Ehud Barak when the Government was dissolved. Ariel Sharon was elected In 2001, and in 2003 a coalition with the US Government invaded Iraq and captured Saddam Hussein.In 2005 he suffered health complications and Ehud Olmert took office.

Benjamin Netanyahu regained the seat in 2007 and is the current Prime minister. Though there is an office of the president the Prime minister holds executive powers.

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