1993 in Israel
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Events in the year 1993 in Israel.
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Incumbents
- Prime Minister of Israel – Yitzhak Rabin (Israeli Labor Party)
- President of Israel – Chaim Herzog until May 13, Ezer Weizman
- Chief of General Staff - Ehud Barak
- Government of Israel - 25th Government of Israel
Events
- March 24 – The Knesset elects Ezer Weizman as President of Israel, by a majority of 66 to 53, against Dov Shilansky.
- May 13 – Ezer Weizman assumes office as the seventh president of the State of Israel.
- July – The 1993 Maccabiah Games are held.
- July 25 – Operation Accountability: IDF forces launch a week-long attack in Lebanon with specified three purposes: to strike directly at Hezbollah; to make it difficult for Hezbollah to use southern Lebanon as a base for striking Israel; and to displace refugees in the hopes of pressuring the Lebanese government to intervene against Hezbollah.
- July 29 – The Israeli Supreme Court acquits accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
- August 18 – The new Tel Aviv Central Bus Station opens to the public, after more than 25 years of construction.
- November 4 – The Israeli commercial television channel Channel 2 begins its broadcasting.
- December 30 – Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1993 include:
- August 20 – The first agreement in the Oslo Accords is signed, between by Foreign Minister Shimon Peres for Israel, Mahmoud Abbas for the PLO and Secretary of State Warren Christopher for the United States.
- September 13 – The Oslo Accords are officially signed at a public ceremony in Washington, DC in the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and US President Bill Clinton.
Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
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Main articles: Palestinian political violence#Oslo Accords to Camp David Summit (1993–2000) and List of Palestinian suicide attacks#1993 (1 bombing)
The most prominent Palestinian Arab terror attacks committed against Israeli targets during 1993 include:
- April 16 – Mehola Junction bombing: A Hamas militant carries out the first suicide bombing by Palestinian Arab militants from the Palestinian territories against Israeli targets. A Palestinian Arab bystander and the bomber are killed in the attack and seven IDF soldiers and a Palestinian Arab are injured.[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 1993 include:
Notable deaths
- February 16 – Amos Gutman (b. 1954), Romanian-born Israeli film director.
- April 30 – Frija Zoaretz (b. 1907), Libyan-born Israeli politician.
- October 11 – Nathan Rotenstreich (b. 1914), Austro-Hungarian (Galicia)-born Israeli professor of philosophy.
- December 18 – Emanuel Amiran (b. 1909), Russian-born Israeli composer.
- Full date unknown – Benjamin Shapira (b. 1913), German–born Israeli biochemist.
Major public holidays
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See also
- 1993 in Israeli film
- 1993 in Israeli television
- 1993 in Israeli music
- 1993 in Israeli sport
- Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
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