1969    Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.

1977    Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat.

1978    Arab-Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

1994    The Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, and the Foreign Minister of Israel, Shimon Peres, receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in the establishment of the Oslo Accords and the framing of the future Palestinian Self Governing.