1977 in Israel

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Events in the year 1977 in Israel.

Incumbents

• Prime Minister of Israel – Yitzhak Rabin (Alignment) until June 21, Menachem Begin (Likud)
• President of Israel – Ephraim Katzir
• Chief of General Staff - Mordechai Gur
• Government of Israel - 17th Government of Israel until June 21, 18th Government of Israel

Events

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• January 3 – The Israeli Minister of Housing Avraham Ofer commits suicide after being suspected of corruption.
• April 7 – Yitzhak Rabin announces his retirement from the premiership of the Labor Party, following the Dollar Account affair.
• April 7 – Maccabi Tel Aviv wins its first European Championship, defeating Mobilgirgi Varese 78:77 in the final held in Pionir Hall, Belgrade and CSKA Moscow 91:79 in semifinal group game held in Virton, Belgium, an achievement that produced Tal Brody's famous sentence "We are on the map, not only in basketball".
• May 10 – Disaster of the 54: An IAF "Yasur" helicopter crashes in the Jordan Valley. 54 IDF soldiers on board are killed in the disaster.
• May 17 – The Likud Party, led by Menachem Begin, wins the elections in Israel, ending almost 30 years of rule by the left-wing Alignment and its predecessor, Mapai.
• June 20 – Menachem Begin presents his cabinet for a Knesset "Vote of Confidence". The 18th Government is approved that day and the members are sworn in.
• July – The 1977 Maccabiah Games are held.
• November 19 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, seeking a permanent peace settlement.
• November 20 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat gives a speech in the Knesset.
• December 25 – Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat.

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  On May 17, 1977 Menachem Begin led the Likud party to victory in the 9th Israeli legislative election

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1977 include:

Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets

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The most prominent Palestinian Arab terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1977 include:

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 1977 include:

Unknown dates

• The founding of the kibbutz Beit Rimon.

Notable births

• January 12 – Eithan Urbach, Israeli swimmer.
• January 16 – Ariel "Arik" Ze'evi, Israeli Judoka.
• March 17 – Rana Raslan, the first Israeli Arab to be crowned Miss Israel.
• July 12 – Yonit Levi, Israeli TV news anchorwoman.
• September 12 – Idan Raichel, Israeli musician.
• October 12 – Miri Bohadana, Israeli model and actress.

Notable deaths

• January 3 – Avraham Ofer (b. 1922), Polish-born Israeli politician.
• February 20 – Baruch Uziel (b. 1901), Ottoman (Thessaloniki)-born Israeli politician
• March 6 – Shmuel Stoller (b. 1898), Russian-born Israeli agronomist and an early member of the Zionist movement.
• May 19 – Aviad Yafeh (b. 1923), Israeli diplomat and politician.
• July 6 – Ödön Pártos (b. 1907) Hungarian-born Israeli violist and composer.
• July 11 – Yitzhak Danziger (b. 1916), German-born Israeli sculptor.
• November 13 – Gertrud Kraus (b. 1901), Austrian-born Israeli choreographer and dance pioneer.
• September 21 – Ben-Zion Halfon (b. 1930), Libyan-born Israeli politician.

Major public holidays

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See also

• 1977 in Israeli film
• 1977 in Israeli television
• 1977 in Israeli music
• 1977 in Israeli sport
• Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977

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