1970 in Israel
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Events in the year1970 in Israel.
Incumbents
[edit]- President of Israel–Zalman Shazar
- Prime Minister of Israel–Golda Meir(Alignment)
- President of the Supreme Court–Shimon Agranat
- Chief of General Staff–Haim Bar-Lev
- Government of Israel–15th Government of Israel
Events
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- 22 January –War of Attrition:TheIDFlaunchesOperation Rhodes,aheliborneraid against theEgyptianisland ofShadwan.IsraeliparatroopersandShayetet-13naval commandos take control of the island for 36 hours before leaving with 62 captured Egyptian soldiers and radar equipment.[1]
- 24 January - An accident occurs in the military section of thePort of Eilatin which a truck loaded with ammunition explodes, killing 21 and injuring dozens more.[2]
- 30 July –War of Attrition:A large-scale dogfight, codenamedRimon 20,takes place west of theSuez Canal,in which Israeli pilots down fiveSoviet-pilotedMiGs,while theIsraeli Air Forcesuffers no casualties except a damagedMirage.[3]
- 7 August – TheWar of Attritionends as a cease-fire agreement is reached.[4]
- 30 December – TheNeot HaKikar disaster(אסון נאות הכיכר): the worstnatural disastersince the founding of the State of Israel. A rock detaches from a cliff due to heavy rains and crushes anIDFmilitary 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
[edit]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 prominentPalestinian Arab terror attackscommitted against Israelis during 1970 include:
- 10 February – An unsuccessful plane hijack attempt in which Palestinian Arab militants from thePopular Front for the Liberation of Palestineattack a bus containingEl Alpassengers atMunich airport,killing one passenger and wounding 11 (among them Israeli actressHanna Maron).[6][7]
- 21 February – A mid-air bomb explosion cripplesSwissair Flight 330nine minutes after take-off fromZürichtoTel Aviv.Forty-seven people die when the aircraft crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Zürich, of whom 15 are Israelis. The PalestinianPopular Front for the Liberation of Palestineorganization claims responsibility for the attack.[8]
- 4 May – Two armed Palestinians break into the Israeli Embassy inAsunción,Paraguay,and open fire with pistols, killing one person and seriously wounding another.[9][10]
- 22 May –Avivim school bus massacre:Palestinian Arab militants from thePalestine Liberation Organizationattack the communityschool busfrom the Israeli moshavAvivim,killing nine children and three adults, and crippling for life 19 children.[11]
- 6 September -Dawson's Field hijackings:simultaneous attempts to hijack four airliners by Palestinian militants belonging to thePFLP.Two planes landed in Dawson's Field, a remote desert airstrip inJordan.A hijacking attempt on anEl Alflight was thwarted and an American hijacked plane is diverted to Cairo and blown up after the passengers evacuated.
- 9 September -Dawson's Field hijackings:ABOACflight is hijacked by a PFLP sympathizer and diverted to the airstrip in Jordan.
- 11 September –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 25 September.[12]
- 12 September –Dawson's Field hijackings:the PFLP used explosives to destroy the three empty planes, as they anticipated a counterstrike.[13]
- 7 November 1970 bombing of Tel Aviv Central Bus Station kills 1 injures 24.[14]
Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
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The most prominent Israeli militarycounter-terrorismoperations (military campaignsandmilitary operations) carried out againstPalestinian militantsduring 1970 include:
Unknown dates
[edit]Notable births
[edit]- 10 January –Ariel Horowitz,Israeli singer and songwriter.
- 14 January –Nili Abramski,Israeli long distance runner.
- 20 March –Ziv Rubinstein,Israeli songwriter
- 23 May –Yigal Amir,assassin of Israeli Prime MinisterYitzhak Rabin.
- 20 April –Avishai Cohen (bassist),Israeli jazz double bassist, composer, singer, and arranger.
- 20 June –Oren Smadja,Israeli Olympic judoka.
- 8 July –Assaf Bernstein,Israeli film writer, director, and producer.
- 1 August –Elon Lindenstrauss,Israeli mathematician and first Israeli recipient of theFields medal.
- 21 September –Mosh Ben-Ari,Israeli singer.
- 30 September –Gilad Erdan,Israeli Minister of Environmental Protection.
- 2 November –Dana Berger,Israeli singer.
- 13 November –Ariel Atias,Israeli Minister of Housing and Construction
- 21 November –Alma Zack,Israeli actress and comedian.
- 23 November –Oded Fehr,Israeli film and television actor.
- Full date unknown
- Dorit Aharonov– Israeli computer scientist.
- Alon Goldstein– Israeli classical pianist.
Notable deaths
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- 15 January –Leah Goldberg(born 1911), German-born Israeli poet, author, playwright, translator, and researcher of Hebrew literature.
- 18 January –Hanoch Yelon(born 1886), Austro-Hungarian (Galicia)-born Israeli linguist and leading Talmudic researcher.
- 29 January –Aryeh Ben-Eliezer(born 1913), Russian (Lithuania)-born a Revisionist Zionist leader, Irgun member and Israeli politician.
- 17 February –Shmuel Yosef Agnon(born 1888), Austro-Hungarian (Galicia)-born Israeli author and Nobel Prize laureate.
- 28 March –Nathan Alterman(born 1910), Russian (Poland)-born Israeli poet, playwright, journalist and translator.
- 3 April –Avigdor Hameiri(born 1890), Austro-Hungarian (Carpathian Ruthenia)-born Israeli author.
- 9 June –Yeshayahu Forder(born 1901), German-born Israeli lawyer and politician.
- 12 June –Yisrael Barzilai(born 1913), Polish-born Israeli politician.
- 16 July –Haim-Moshe Shapira(born 1902), Russian (Poland)-born Israeli politician.
- 7 August –Eliezer Steinman(born 1892), Russian (Poland/Ukraine)-born Israeli writer, journalist and editor.
- 6 September –Zalman Aran(born 1899), Russian (Ukraine)-born Zionist activist, educator and Israeli politician.
- 7 September –Yitzhak Gruenbaum(born 1897), Russian (Poland)-Zionist leader and the first Interior Minister of Israel.
- 11 September –Moshe Kelmer(born 1901), Polish-born Israeli politician.
- 13 September –Emanuel Goldberg(born 1881), Russian-born Israeli chemist.
Major public holidays
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Gawrych 2000,pp. 115-116
- ^https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sX4hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RIsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5315,1398160&dq=eilat&hl=en[dead link]
- ^"The Norwalk Hour - Google News Archive Search".
- ^Lambert, Tom (1 August 1970)."Israel Accepts U.S. Proposal for Cease-Fire 'in Principle'".[dead link]
- ^"Rome News-Tribune - Google News Archive Search".
- ^"The Fort Scott Tribune - Google News Archive Search".
- ^"The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search".
- ^"The Leader-Post - Google News Archive Search".
- ^Lazaroff, Tovah."Foreign Ministry honors staffers killed in terrorist attacks."Jerusalem Post.19 April 2010.
- ^Arab Terrorists Invade Israeli Embassy; Kill 1
- ^Fellows, Lawrence (23 May 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.
- ^Charlton, Linda (12 September 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.
- ^BBC News,On This Day: 12 September."Hijacked jets destroyed by guerrillas".BBC News.12 September 1970.Retrieved1 May2006.
- ^"Tel Aviv Bombings Kill One and Hurt 24".The New York Times.AP. 7 November 1970.Retrieved16 February2017.
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