Nadene Goldfoot
Israel's Wars
- 1948 The 5 minutes after Declaration of the state of Israel: War of Independence/ Arab–Israeli War (November 1947 – July 1949) – Started as 6 months of civil war between Jewish and Arab militias when the mandate period in Palestine was ending and turned into a regular war after the establishment of Israel and the intervention of several Arab armies. In its conclusion, a set of agreements were signed between Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, called the 1949 Armistice Agreements, which established the armistice lines between Israel and its neighbours, also known as the Green Line.
- Suez Crisis (October 1956) – A military attack on Egypt by Britain, France, and Israel, beginning on 29 October 1956, with the intention to occupy the Sinai Peninsula and to take over the Suez Canal. The attack followed Egypt's decision of 26 July 1956 to nationalize the Suez Canal after the withdrawal of an offer by Britain and the United States to fund the building of the Aswan Dam. Although the Israeli invasion of the Sinai was successful, the United States and USSR forced it to retreat. Even so, Israel managed to re-open the Straits of Tiran and pacified its southern border.
- Six-Day War (June 1967) – Fought between Israel and Arab neighbors Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. The nations of Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Algeria, and others also contributed troops and arms to the Arab forces. Following the war, the territory held by Israel expanded significantly ("The Purple Line") : The West Bank (including East Jerusalem) from Jordan, Golan Heights from Syria, Sinai and Gaza from Egypt.
1967 (September 1, 1967) Khartoum Resolution which was issued at the conclusion of the 1967 Arab League Summit held in Khartoum, Africa; the capital of Sudan. Their decision about Israel was No No No.
- Yom Kippur War (October 1973) – Fought from 6 to 26 October 1973 by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel as a way of recapturing part of the territories which they lost to the Israelis back in the Six-Day War. The war began with a surprise joint attack by Egypt and Syria on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Egypt and Syria crossed the cease-fire lines in the Sinai and Golan Heights, respectively. Eventually Arab forces were defeated by Israel and there were no significant territorial changes.Dan Eskow born in Brooklyn, NY, modeling for me in USA before moving to Israel. We met in Ontario, Oregon.
1980 My husband and I took our German shepherd and moved to Haifa, Israel for a year's schooling, then to Tzfat (Safed) for the remainder of time. We were teachers; Dan, a newer teacher in High School and I in Jr. High with 7th, 8th, 9th graders. Dan could guard USA planes, but he couldn't manage the girls in high school; I was a veteran teacher.
Dan was veteran of USA Air Force guarding planes, had physical problems, but we volunteered and I learned to shoot an M1 rifle-from USA 20 yrs old, standing, kneeling and laying down. Israel really wanted our dog, Blintz. She rode with me in the van and with young IDF on the rest days of volunteering guarding Haifa or Safed. We loved the part when we stopped for Israeli bagels.
- 1982 Lebanon War (1982) – Began on 6 June 1982, when the Israel Defense Forces invaded southern Lebanon to expel the PLO from the territory. The Government of Israel ordered the invasion as a response to the assassination attempt against Israel's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, by the Abu Nidal Organization and due to the constant terror attacks on northern Israel made by the Palestinian guerrilla organizations which resided in Lebanon. The war resulted in the expulsion of the PLO from Lebanon and created an Israeli Security Zone in southern Lebanon.
War Unaffecting Us: Iraq and Iran War Going On, Ignoring Israel
December 1985 Our return to USA due to ill but adult son left behind
- South Lebanon conflict (1982–2000) – Nearly 18 years of warfare between the Israel Defense Forces and its Lebanese Christian proxy militias against Lebanese Muslim guerrilla forces, led by Iranian-backed Hezbollah, within what was defined by Israelis as the "Security Zone" in South Lebanon.
- First Intifada (1987–1993) – First large-scale Palestinian uprising against Israel in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
- Second Intifada (2000–2005) – Second Palestinian uprising, a period of intensified violence, which began in late September 2000.
- Israel–Hezbollah War (2006) – Began as a military operation in response to the abduction of two Israeli reserve soldiers by the Hezbollah. The operation gradually strengthened, to become a wider confrontation. The principal participants were Hezbollah paramilitary forces and the Israeli military. The conflict started on 12 July 2006 and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into effect on 14 August 2006, though it formally ended on 8 September 2006, when Israel lifted its naval blockade of Lebanon. The war resulted in a stalemate.
- Gaza War or Operation Cast Lead (December 2008 – January 2009) – Three-week armed conflict between Israel and Hamas during the winter of 2008–2009. In an escalation of the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Israel responded to ongoing rocket fire from the Gaza Strip with military force in an action titled "Operation Cast Lead". Israel opened the attack with a surprise air strike on 27 December 2008. Israel's stated aim was to stop such rocket fire from and the import of arms into Gaza. Israeli forces attacked military and civilian targets, police stations, and government buildings in the opening assault. Israel declared an end to the conflict on 18 January and completed its withdrawal on 21 January 2009.
- 2012 Gaza War or Operation Pillar of Defense (November 2012) – Military offensive on the Gaza Strip.
- 2014 Gaza War or Operation Protective Edge (July–August 2014) – Military offensive on the Gaza Strip as a response to the collapse of American-sponsored peace talks, attempts by rival Palestinian factions to form a coalition government, the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers, the subsequent kidnapping and murder of a Palestinian teenager, and increased rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas militants.
- Syrian Civil War and the Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war.
- 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis or Operation Guardian of the Walls (May 2021) – Riots between Jews and Arabs in Israeli cities. Hamas fired rockets into Israel, with Iron Dome intercepting the most dangerous projectiles. Israel began airstrikes in Gaza.
- Gaza war or Operation Iron Swords (October 2023–present) – After a Palestinian incursion from the Gaza Strip into Southern Israel on 7 October 2023, Israel responded with a devastating bombing campaign and invaded the Strip. The war, started by the Hamas terrorist attack on innocent dancers in a field after a Jewish holiday of Succot in such a blood-thirsty outlandish attack has created a humanitarian crisis in the Strip and an ongoing famine brought on by Hamas who is willing to harm their own people in order to get their way and throw blame on Israel's good reputation, with experts stating that Israel is perpetrating a genocide against Gazans through its conduct in the war.
- Israeli invasion of Lebanon or Operation Northern Arrows (September–November 2024).
- Iran–Israel war or Operation Rising Lion (June 2025).
- Assessment of Operation Rising Lion: Assessments of the operation's impact indicate damage to Iran's ability to produce fissile material, but its long-term effects on Iran's nuclear program and regional stability remain uncertain.
- Evolving Iran-US-Israel dynamic: The operation has highlighted the complex and volatile relationship between Iran, the United States, and Israel, raising questions about the feasibility of a diplomatic resolution.
- I heard on ILTV that they must go ahead and clear Gaza of Hamas and that time has already been long enough without extending the lives of more soldiers in searches besides making area safer. Netanyahu does have cabinet approval now. He wants an Arab nation to be over Gaza; not Israel.
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