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Events in the year 1978 in Israel.

Incumbents

• Prime Minister of Israel – Menachem Begin (Likud)
• President of Israel – Ephraim Katzir until May 29, Yitzhak Navon
• Chief of General Staff - Mordechai Gur until April 16 Rafael Eitan
• Government of Israel - 18th Government of Israel

Events

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Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat with U.S. president Jimmy Carter at Camp David in 1978

• April 16 – Rafael Eitan is appointed as the 11th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.
• April 19 – The Israeli Knesset elects Yitzhak Navon as President of Israel by a vote of 86 in favour, with 23 members casting blank votes. There was no other candidate.
• April 22 – Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta win the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 for Israel with their song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi".
• May 29 – Yitzhak Navon assumes office as the 5th president of the State of Israel.
• September 17 – The Camp David Accords are signed between Israel and Egypt. The Accords lead directly to the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty.
• October 27 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin win the Nobel Peace Prize for their progress toward achieving a Middle East accord.
• December 10 – Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1978 include:

Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets

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Coastal Road massacre – The charred remains of the hijacked Egged coach, at the Egged museum in Holon.

The most prominent Palestinian Arab terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1978 include:

• March 11 – Coastal Road Massacre: 11 Fatah members led by the 18-year old female Dalal Mughrabi traveled from Lebanon to Israel, killed several tourists and hijack a bus on the coastal road near Haifa. After a lengthy chase and shootout, 37 Israelis were killed and 76 wounded.^[1]

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 1978 include:

• March 14 – Operation Litani: a large-scale invasion of IDF forces to South Lebanon aimed at expelling the PLO forces from the territory. The operation was successful for the Israeli Defense Forces, as PLO forces were eventually pushed north of the Litani river.

Unknown dates

• The founding of the moshav Aniam.
• The founding of the West Bank city Ariel.
• The founding of the moshav Avnei Eitan.
• The founding of the kibbutz Ortal.
• The founding of the communal settlement Sapir.

Notable births

• September 20 – Sarit Hadad, Israeli singer.

Notable deaths

Golda Meir

• February 1 – Yizhar Harari (b. 1908), a Zionist activist and Israeli politician.
• February 28 – Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin (b. 1888) Russian (Belarus)-born Orthodox rabbi, founded the Encyclopedia Talmudit.
• March 23 – Haim Ernst Wertheimer (b. 1893), German-born Israeli biochemist.
• October 8 – Eliyahu Sasson (b. 1902), Syrian-born Israeli politician and minister.
• December 8 – Golda Meir (b. 1898), Russian (Ukraine)-born and American-raised Israeli politician. Fourth Prime Minister of Israel.

Major public holidays

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See also

• 1978 in Israeli film
• 1978 in Israeli television
• 1978 in Israeli music
• 1978 in Israeli sport
• Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978

References

External links

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