CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS- 1974-1977

1974
3 June	Prime Minister Rabin presents his government to the Knesset and wins a vote of confidence.
5 June	UN Secretary General Waldheim holds talks in Jerusalem.
16-17 June	President Richard M. Nixon visits Israel, holds discussions with its leaders.
18 June	IDF completes its withdrawal from the "Syrian bulge" in the framework of the Israel-Syria Disengagement of Forces agreement.
25 June	Terrorist attack on Nahariyah, 2 civilians killed.
1 July	Rabin proclaims there is no room for another state between Israel and Jordan.
18 July	U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Simon visits Israel.
21 July	Government announces its policy on talks with Jordan.
27 July	Settlers attempting to settle at Sebastia removed by the IDF.
28 July	Foreign Minister Allon holds talks in Washington.
10 August	President Ford assures Israel the U.S. will honour its commitments.
10-13 September	Prime Minister Rabin pays an official visit to Washington, holds talks with President Ford and senior administration officials.
12 October	Secretary of State Kissinger arrives in Israel for a round of talks.
14 October	The General Assembly votes 105 against 4 to invite the PLO to participate in the debate on the "Palestine question."
26-30 October	Arab summit conference in Rabat determines that the PLO is the sole representatives of the Palestinian Arabs and removes Jordan from a future role in the West Bank.
1 November	Reacting to the Rabat decisions, Israel announces there will be no talks with the PLO.
7 November	A UNESCO Committee approves an Arab resolution to suspend aid to Israel.
13 November	Arafat before the General Assembly calls for the liquidation of Israel and the establishment of a "secular-democratic Palestine", where Jews, too, could live.
19 November	Terrorist attack on Beit Shean, 4 civilians killed, 20 injured.
20 November	UNESCO condemns Israel on its archaeological digs in Jerusalem.
22 November	General Assembly votes in favour of granting observer status to PLO and recognized self-determination rights to Palestinians.
10 December	71 Senators condemn recent UN resolutions against Israel.
19 December	Sadat demands Israeli withdrawal from the Giddi and Mitla passes, the Abu Rudeis oil fields and withdrawal to the Ras-Mohammed-El Arish line as a condition for an additional interim agreement.
1975
16 January	Foreign Minister Allon holds talks in Washington with President Ford, Secretary Kissinger.
13 February	Secretary Kissinger holds talks in Jerusalem on the Interim Agreement.
6 March	Terrorist attack on a Tel Aviv hotel. 3 soldiers and 8 civilians killed.
8 March	Secretary Kissinger starts his shuttles between Jerusalem and Cairo to obtain the Interim Agreement.
20 March	The Interim Agreement talks are deadlocked.
22 March	The talks with Secretary Kissinger are suspended. March President Ford announces a review of U.S. arms deliveries to Israel.
29 March	Sadat announces the opening of the Suez Canal on 5 June.
10 April	President Ford pledges another effort for peace in the Middle East.
21 April	Foreign Minister Allon holds talks with Secretary Kissinger in Washington.
11 May	Israel and the European Economic Community sign an agreement giving Israel Associate Membership.
1 June	Foreign Minister Allon visits Rumania.
2 June	Rabin announces Israeli troop reduction in Sinai.
5 June	The Suez Canal is re-opened for navigation.
10-11 June	Rabin holds talks in Washington with President Ford.
4 July	Terrorist bomb in Zion Square, Jerusalem, kills 13 civilians.
8-12 July	Prime Minister Rabin visits the Federal Republic of Germany.
12 July	Prime Minister Rabin meets Secretary of State Kissinger in Bonn.
7-10 August	State visit to Israel of Mexican President Echeverriah.
21 August	Secretary Kissinger arrives for another round of talks on the Interim Agreement.
1 September	Israel-Egypt Interim Agreement is signed in Jerusalem and Alexandria. An Israel-U.S. Protocol is also signed.
3 September	The Knesset approves the Interim Agreement.
4 September	Interim Agreement is signed in Geneva by Egypt, initiated by Israel.
17-20 September	Defence Minister Peres visits Washington for talks on arms deliveries.
22 September	Military protocol for implementation of the Interim Agreement signed in Geneva by Egypt, initiated by Israel.
10 October	Israel signs the military protocol after U.S. Congress approves U.S. presence in Sinai. Abu Rudeis oil fields handed to Egypt. 22 October Joint Israel-Egypt military commission meets for the first time in Sinai.
10 November	The UN General Assembly, in a series of anti-Israel resolutions, equates Zionism with racism.
11 November	The Knesset rejects the UN resolution on Zionism.
13 November	6 civilians killed by a terrorist bomb in Jerusalem.
15 November	Israel rejects the "Saunders Document" on the Palestinians.
30 November	Security Council extends UNDOF mandate by six months but yields to Syria's demand to hold a Middle East debate with PLO participation.
1 December	Israel decides not to take part in the Security Council debate.
3 December	The Jerusalem Jewish Solidarity Conference opens.
4 December	Visit of Mexican Foreign Minister Rabassa.
17 December	Defence Minister Peres visits Washington.
1976
1 January	Israel announces again it will boycott Security Council Middle East debate if the PLO participates.
5-9 January	Foreign Minister Alton holds talks in Washington.
12 January	The Security Council opens Middle East debate. PLO invites, Israel boycotts the sessions.
26 January	The U.S. vetoes a draft resolution in the Security Council. The discussion ends with no resolution being adopted.
26-29 January	Prime Minister Rabin pays an official visit to the U.S., addresses a joint ses sion of Congress.
22 February	IDF completes withdrawal under the Interim Agreement.
22 February	Following Rabin's talks in Washington, Israel announces readiness to have the U.S. explore Arab states attitude to an end of the state of war negotiations with Israel.
22 March	The U.S. vetoes an anti-Israel draft resolution at the conclusion of a Security Council discussion on the situation in the West Bank.
1 April	President Oduber of Costa Rica visits Israel.
8 April	Prime Minister Vorster of South Africa visits Israel.
12 April	Elections are held in 24 municipal and local councils in the West Bank.
4 May	The Security Council starts a discussion on the situation in the administered areas.
26 May	The Security Council concludes its discussion with a consensus expressed by its President.
3 June	First meeting of the Israel-EEC commission.
24 June	Foreign Minister Allon visits the Federal Republic of Germany.
27 June	Air France airliner enroute from Tel Aviv to Paris is hijacked after a stop over in Athens. It is flown to Entebbe.
4 July	In a daring raid, the IDF free 100 Israeli passengers hijacked to Entebbe.
14 July	Draft resolution condemning Israel for the Entebbe rescue fails to pass.
5 August	Israel and the U.S. initial an agreement for the supply to Israel of two nuclear reactors.
11 August	Terrorists attack El-Al passengers in Istanbul airport.
29 August	Prime Minister Troudeau of Canada visits Israel.
16 September	Israel and the U.S. discuss their differences over drilling for oil in the Gulf of Suez.
27 November	Prime Minister Rabin addresses the Socialist International in Geneva.
6 December	Israel proposes to the General Assembly a resolution calling for the recon vening of the Geneva Peace Conference with its original participants. The proposal is later withdrawn.
10 December	The General Assembly adopts a resolution for a nuclear free zone in the Middle East.
15 December	Resignation of the Rabin government.
1977
4 February	Prime Minister Rabin meets President Houphouet-Boigny of the Ivory Coast in Geneva.
17 February	Secretary of State Vance holds talk's in Jerusalem.
7-9 March	Prime Minister Rabin visits Washington for talks with President Carter.
9 March	President Carter announces new U.S. policy for the Middle East.
7 April	Prime Minister Rabin returns his mandate as the Labour Party candidate for the offices of Prime Minister.
11 May	Foreign Minister Allon meets with Secretary Vance in London.
17 May	Likud party wins the elections for Israel's ninth Knesset.
20 June	Prime Minister Begin presents his government to the Knesset and wins a vote of confidence.