A resolution by the U.N. General Assembly calling on Israel to tear down its controversial West Bank barrier is the latest episode in Israel's tumultuous relations with the United Nations.

Israel was established following a 1947 U.N. resolution, but ties have been strained, particularly since the 1967 Middle East War when Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Below is a list of crises between Israel and the United Nations.

1974 - Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, which was then sworn to destroy Israel, receives a standing ovation at the U.N. General Assembly.

1975 - General Assembly passes resolution equating Zionism with racism, prompting Israel's then ambassador Chaim Herzog to tear up the resolution on the U.N. podium. The resolution was rescinded in 1991.

2001 - Crisis between Israel and United Nations after information emerges that U.N. peacekeepers monitoring the Lebanon border had suppressed video tapes of three soldiers being abducted by Hizbollah guerrillas in 2000, as well as their blood stains found in a getaway car and some of their equipment.

2002 - Israel stops all high-level meetings with U.N. Middle East envoy Terje Roed-Larsen after he harshly criticizes the army for causing "colossal suffering" in fighting with militants in the Jenin refugee camp. A U.N. inquiry later dismissed Palestinian allegations that Israel had committed a massacre in the camp, but accused the army of grossly violating human rights.

2003 - General Assembly issues 18 resolutions condemning Israel for human rights violations compared to four resolutions for other countries. Israel says this figure highlights the power of the pro-Palestinian Arab and Muslim bloc in pushing through anti-Israeli resolutions in the General Assembly. Israel's closest ally, the United States, often vetoes resolutions critical of Israel in U.N. Security Council.

February 2004 - General Assembly asks its highest court, the World Court, to issue advisory opinion on Israel's West Bank barrier, which Palestinians say is a grab for occupied land to deny them a viable state.

July 2004 - World Court declares barrier illegal and demands Israel removes it and compensates Palestinians. On Tuesday, the General Assembly votes 150-6 with 10 abstentions in favor of tearing down the barrier, which Israel says is essential to stop suicide bombers from reaching its cities.