1998 in Israel

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Events in the year 1998 in Israel.

Incumbents

• Prime Minister of Israel – Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud)
• President of Israel – Ezer Weizman
• Chief of General Staff - Amnon Lipkin-Shahak until July 9, Shaul Mofaz
• Government of Israel - 27th Government of Israel

Events

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• January 22 – The launch of the Israeli reconnaissance satellite Ofek-4 fails.
• April 1 – The Azrieli Center complex of skyscrapers officially opens, becoming the tallest building in Israel (Azrieli Center Circular Tower stands at 187 m).^[1]
• May 9 – Dana International, a transsexual Israeli pop singer, wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 held in Birmingham, UK with the song "Diva".
• July 9 – Shaul Mofaz, is appointed as the 16th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.
• November 26 – Miss Israel, Linor Abargil, wins the title of Miss World 1998.

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  Dana International wins the Eurovision Song Contest

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  The Azrieli Center complex of skyscrapers officially opens, becoming the tallest building in Israel (Azrieli Center Circular Tower stands at 187 m).

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu sitting with Madeleine Albright and Yassir Arafat at the Wye River Memorandum, October 16, 1998

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1998 include:

• October 23 – Benjamin Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat sign the Wye River Memorandum which details the steps to be taken by the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority to implement the earlier Interim Agreement of 1995.

Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets

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The most prominent Palestinian militant acts and operations committed against Israeli targets during 1998 include:

• October 29 – Kfar Darom bombing
• November 6 – Jerusalem bombing

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 1998 include:

Unknown dates

• The founding of the communal settlement Ahuzat Barak.

Notable deaths

• January 20 – Zevulun Hammer (b. 1936), Israeli politician.
• March 10 - Rabbi Hayim David HaLevi (b. 1924), Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv.
• May 14 – Yitzhak Modai (b. 1926), Israeli politician.
• May 16 – Idov Cohen (b. 1909), Romanian-born Israeli politician.
• May 20 – Jacob Katz (b. 1904), Hungarian-born Israeli historian.
• June 13 – Nissim Aloni (b. 1926), Israeli playwright.
• September 29 – Nechama Hendel (b. 1936), Israeli singer, actress, guitarist and entertainer.

Major public holidays

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See also

• 1998 in Israeli film
• 1998 in Israeli television
• 1998 in Israeli music
• 1998 in Israeli sport
• Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
• Israel at the 1998 Winter Olympics

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: 1998 in Israel

• IDF History in 1998 @ dover.idf.il

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