1966 in Israel
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Events in the year 1966 in Israel.
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Incumbents
- Prime Minister of Israel – Levi Eshkol (Alignment)
- President of Israel – Zalman Shazar
- Chief of General Staff - Yitzhak Rabin
- Government of Israel - 12th Government of Israel until January 12, 13th Government of Israel
Events
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- January 12 – Levi Eshkol presents his cabinet for a Knesset "Vote of Confidence". The 13th Government is approved that day and the members are sworn in.
- February 28 – Israeli peace activist Abie Nathan flies his private plane to Egypt and lands in the Egyptian city of Port Said. Arrested upon landing, Nathan asks to meet Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser and to deliver a petition calling for peace between Israel and Egypt. His request is denied and he is deported back to Israel.
- March 24 – The beginning of the Israeli Educational Television broadcasts.
- May 16 - Two Israelis were killed when their jeep hit a landmine, north of the Sea of Galilee and south of Almagor. Tracks led into Syria.
- July 14 – Israeli and Syrian jet fighters clash over the Jordan River.
- August 15 – Israeli and Syrian troops clash over the Sea of Galilee for three hours.
- August 16 – The Iraqi fighter pilot Munir Redfa defects to Israel by flying a MiG-21 of the Iraqi Air Force to Israel. The MiG-21 fighter is evaluated by the Israeli Air Force. Knowledge obtained from analysis of the aircraft was instrumental to the successes achieved by the Israeli Air Force in its future encounters with Arab MiG-21s.[1]
- August 30 – The Knesset building is inaugurated.
- October – Shmuel Yosef Agnon receives the Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the first Israeli Nobel laureate.
- October 4 – Israel applies for the affiliate membership of the EEC.
- November 8 – The martial law imposed on the Israeli Arabs since the founding of the State of Israel is lifted completely and Arab citizens are granted the same rights as Jewish citizens under law.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1966 include:
Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
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Main articles: Palestinian political violence#Establishment of PLO to First Intifada (1964–1987) and List of attacks against Israeli civilians before 1967
The most prominent Palestinian terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1966 include:
- April 25 - Explosions placed by terrorists wounded two civilians and damaged three houses in moshav Beit Yosef, in the Beit She'an Valley.
- July 14 - Armed Palestinian militants attacked a house in Kfar Yuval.
- July 19 - Armed Palestinian militants infiltrated into Moshav Margaliot on the northern border and planted nine explosive charges.
- October 27 - A civilian was wounded by an explosive charge on the railroad tracks to Jerusalem.
- November 11 – An Israeli border patrol vehicle carrying policemen drives over a land mine near the Israeli-Jordanian Armistice line, killing three policemen and wounding six;[2] the mine is reportedly planted by the PLO subgroup, Fatah.[3]
Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
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The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations (military campaigns and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 1966 include:
- November 13 – Operation as-Samu: Following a series of sabotage acts committed against Israeli targets, in particular the deaths of the three Israeli policemen killed by a land mine two days earlier, IDF forces cross into Jordan and raid the West Bank village of as-Samu, south of the city of Hebron. During the operation 18 Jordanians soldiers and one Israeli soldier are killed.
Notable births
- April 7 – Zvika Hadar, Israeli actor, comedian and television host.
- May 7 – Dafna Dekel, Israeli singer and actress.
Notable deaths
- January 25 – Saul Adler (b. 1895), Russian (Belarus)-born Israeli physician, microbiologist and parasitology expert.
- October 10 – Eliyahu Meridor (b. 1914), Russian-born Israeli politician.
- November 4 – Ya'akov Klivnov (b. 1887), Russian (Belarus)-born Israeli politician.
- November 8 – Bernhard Zondek (b. 1891), German-born Israeli gynecologist, developer of first reliable pregnancy test.
Major public holidays
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See also
- 1966 in Israeli film
- 1966 in Israeli music
- 1966 in Israeli sport
References
- ^ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3405913,00.html
- ^ Israel, Army and defense - A dictionary, Zeev Schiff & Eitan Haber, editors
- ^ Revolution until victory?, Barry M. Rubin, p. 11, Harvard University Press, 1994
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