A 9 page overview of Israeli history from the UN partition plan of 1947 through today. Discusses such significant events and policies as Israel's law of return, the Six Day War; The involvement of the PLO, the Yom Kippur war, the 1987 intiffada, and peace negotiations led by President Sadat of Egypt, Henry Kissinger, and U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the Camp David accords. Bibliography lists 5 sources.