1970 in Israel
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Events in the year 1970 in Israel.
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Incumbents
- Prime Minister of Israel – Golda Meir (Alignment)
- President of Israel – Zalman Shazar
- Chief of General Staff - Haim Bar-Lev
- Government of Israel - 15th Government of Israel
Events
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- January 22 – War of Attrition: The IDF launces Operation Rhodes, a heliborne raid against the Egyptian island of Shadwan. Israeli paratroopers and Shayetet-13 naval commandos take control of the island for 36 hours before leaving with 62 captured Egyptian soldiers and radar equipment.[1]
- January 24 - An accident occurs in the military section of the Port of Eilat in which a truck loaded with ammunition explodes, killing 21 and injuring dozens more.[2]
- July 30 – War of Attrition: A large-scale dogfight, codenamed Rimon 20, takes place west of the Suez Canal, in which Israeli pilots down five Soviet-piloted MiGs, while the Israeli Air Force suffers no casualties except a damaged Mirage.[3]
- August 7 – The War of Attrition ends as a cease-fire agreement is reached.[4]
- December 30 – The Neot HaKikar disaster (אסון נאות הכיכר): the worst natural disaster since the founding of the State of Israel. A rock detaches from a cliff due to heavy rains and crushes an IDF military base dining room. 20 Israelis are killed in the disaster (19 soldiers and a civilian) and ten soldiers were injured (three of them severely).[5]
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1970 include:
Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
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The most prominent Palestinian Arab terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1970 include:
- February 10 – An unsuccessful plane hijack attempt in which Palestinian Arab militants from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack a bus containing El Al passengers at Munich airport, killing one passenger and wounding 11 (among them Israeli actress Hanna Maron).[6][7]
- February 21 – A mid-air bomb explosion cripples Swissair Flight 330 nine minutes after take-off from Zürich to Tel Aviv. Forty-seven people die when the aircraft crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Zürich, of whom 15 are Israelis. The Palestinian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine organization claims responsibility for the attack.[8]
- May 4 – An employee at the Israeli consulate in Paraguay was killed by two armed Palestinians.[9]
- May 22 – Avivim school bus massacre: Palestinian Arab militants from the Palestine Liberation Organization attack the community school bus from the Israeli moshav Avivim, killing nine children and three adults, and crippling for life 19 children.[10]
- September 6 - Dawson's Field hijackings: simultaneous attempts to hijack four airliners by Paelstinian militants belonging to the PFLP. Two planes landed in Dawson's Field, a remote desert airstrip in Jordan.
- September 11 – Dawson's Field hijackings: The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.[11]
- September 12 – Dawson's Field hijackings: the PFLP used explosives to destroy the empty planes, as they anticipated a counterstrike.[12]
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 1970 include:
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Notable births
- January 10 – Ariel Horowitz, Israeli singer and songwriter.
- January 14 – Nili Abramski, Israeli long distance runner.
- May 23 – Yigal Amir, assassin of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
- June 20 – Oren Smadja, Israeli Olympic judoka.
- July 8 – Assaf Bernstein, Israeli film writer, director, and producer.
- August 1 – Elon Lindenstrauss, Israeli mathematician and first Israeli recipient of the Fields medal.
- September 21 – Mosh Ben-Ari, Israeli singer.
- September 30 – Gilad Erdan, Israeli Minister of Environmental Protection.
- November 2 – Dana Berger, Israeli singer.
- November 13 – Ariel Atias, Israeli inister of Housing and Construction
- November 21 – Alma Zack, Israeli actress and comedienne.
- November 23 – Oded Fehr, Israeli film and television actor.
- Full date unknown
- Dorit Aharonov – Israeli computer scientist.
- Alon Goldstein – Israeli classical pianist.
Notable deaths
- January 15 – Leah Goldberg (b. 1911), German-born Israeli poet, author, playwright, translator, and researcher of Hebrew literature.
- January 18 – Hanoch Yelon (b. 1886), Austro-Hungarian (Galicia)-born Israeli linguist and leading Talmudic researcher.
- January 29 – Aryeh Ben-Eliezer (b. 1913), Russian (Lithuania)-born a Revisionist Zionist leader, Irgun member and Israeli politician.
- February 17 – Shmuel Yosef Agnon (b. 1888), Austro-Hungarian (Galicia)-born Israeli author and Nobel Prize laureate.
- March 28 – Nathan Alterman (b. 1910), Russian (Poland)-born Israeli poet, playwright, journalist and translator.
- April 3 – Avigdor Hameiri (b. 1890), Austro-Hungarian (Carpathian Ruthenia)-born Israeli author.
- June 9 – Yeshayahu Forder (b. 1901), German-born Israeli lawyer and politician.
- June 12 – Yisrael Barzilai (b. 1913), Polish-born Israeli politician.
- July 16 – Haim-Moshe Shapira (b. 1902), Russian (Poland)-born Israeli politician.
- August 7 – Eliezer Steinman (b. 1892), Russian (Poland/Ukraine)-born Israeli writer, journalist and editor.
- September 6 – Zalman Aran (b. 1899), Russian (Ukraine)-born Zionist activist, educator and Israeli politician.
- September 7 – Yitzhak Gruenbaum (b. 1897), Russian (Poland)-Zionist leader and the first Interior Minister of Israel.
- September 11 – Moshe Kelmer (b. 1901), Polish-born Israeli politician.
- September 13 – Emanuel Goldberg (b. 1881), Russian-born Israeli chemist.
Major public holidays
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See also
- 1970 in Israeli film
- 1970 in Israeli television
- 1970 in Israeli music
- 1970 in Israeli sport
References
- ^ Gawrych 2000, pp. 115-116
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- ^ Lambert, Tom (August 1, 1970). "Israel Accepts U.S. Proposal for Cease-Fire 'in Principle'". http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/662828172.html?dids=662828172:662828172&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+01%2C+1970&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Israel+Accepts+U.S.+Proposal+for+Cease-Fire+'in+Principle'&pqatl=google.
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- ^ Lazaroff, Tovah. "Foreign Ministry honors staffers killed in terrorist attacks." Jerusalem Post. 19 April 2010.
- ^ Fellows, Lawrence (May 23, 1970). "Israeli Children Are Principal Victims of an Ambush Close to Lebanon; 11 ISRAELIS KILLED IN ROCKET ATTACK ON A SCHOOL BUS Most Victims Are Children in Ambush Near Lebanon Arab Villages Shelled 11 ISRAELIS KILLED IN ATTACK ON BUS". The New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60A13F7385A157493C1AB178ED85F448785F9.
- ^ Charlton, Linda (September 12, 1970). "ARABS RELEASE SOME PASSENGERS, BUT HOLD MANY ON JETS IN DESERT; NIXON PUTS GUARDS ON U.S. PLANES; 88 ARE FLOWN OUT Status of Negotiation On Rest of Hostages Remains Unclear Some Hostages Freed, Many Still Held in Jets". The New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F1071FFE3F5C16768FDDAB0994D1405B808BF1D3.
- ^ BBC News, On This Day: 12 September. "Hijacked jets destroyed by guerrillas.". BBC News. September 12, 1970. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/12/newsid_2514000/2514929.stm. Retrieved 2006-05-01.
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