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Every year in Israel's history is a station. Turn the dial and hear what was on the air — original archival photos, voices from the radio, the story, and the song of that year.

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2007

Reckoning and a New President

Shimon Peres is elected Israel's ninth president, in a year of soul-searching after the war.

  1. The Winograd Commission publishes an interim report sharply criticizing the conduct of the Second Lebanon War.
  2. The Knesset elects Shimon Peres as the ninth President of the State; he takes office on 15 July.
  3. Israeli Air Force jets destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria; Israel officially confirmed the operation only in 2018.
  4. At the Annapolis Conference in the United States, Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas commit to resuming peace negotiations.
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