"Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore": This famous quote from the book of Isaiah was carefully selected by General Aharon Yariv to inscribe in the dedication of a significant book he intended to present to one of the senior Egyptian commanders after the conclusion of the Yom Kippur War.
Read more: The Yom Kippur War's 50th Anniversary And The Rediscovery Of A Bible
On February 17th, 1949, Dr. Chaim Weizmann became the first Israeli president, just as the Independence war was coming to an end and armistice agreements were being signed. Dr. Weizmann was born in 1874 in the town of Motol in modern-day Belarus and was the 3rd of 15 children.
Read more: The History Of Israel: Chaim Weizmann Becomes Israel's First President
On January 25th, 1904, while visiting Italy the founder of modern Zionism, Theodor Herzl met with Pope Pius X in a failed attempt to gain the support of the Catholic Church.
Read more: This Day In History: Pope Rejects Herzl Because Jews Rejected Jesus
In the early 1960’s Israel constantly expressed intent on negotiating with its Arab neighbors. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, former leader of the Arab world, however, expressed that his country would never recognize the Jewish State of Israel.
Read more: The Six Day War & The Reunification Of Jerusalem - 1967
The Fedayeen Insurgency refers to the cross-border conflict occurring between 1949 and 1956 involving Israeli defense forces and Palestinian militants. This conflict was mainly based in the Gaza Strip ruled under Fatah, a group formed outside of Palestine with a mission to liberate all of the lands. Fatah eventually became the current Palestinian authority. The Gaza Strip at the time was known as the All-Palestinian Protectorate. This conflict emerged from Arabs who fled their villages which created an anti-Israeli militia known as the Fedayeen to perform cross-border operations into Israel from surrounding Arab nations.
