1970 in Israel

none November 2019 1970 Events in the year 1970 in Israel. Incumbents 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 August 2010 22 January – War of Attrition: The IDF launches Operation Rhodes, a heliborne raid against the Egyptian island of Shadwan. Israeli paratroopers and Shayetet-13 naval commandos take control of the island for 36 hours before leaving with 62 captured Egyptian soldiers and radar equipment.Gawrych 2000, pp. 115-116 24 January - An accident occurs in the military section of the Port of Eilat in which a truck loaded with ammunition explodes, killing 21 and injuring dozens more.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sX4hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RIsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5315,1398160&dq=eilat&hl=en February 2022 30 July – War of Attrition: A large-scale dogfight, codenamed Rimon 20, takes place west of the Suez Canal, in which Israeli pilots down five Soviet-piloted MiGs, while the Israeli Air Force suffers no casualties except a damaged Mirage.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fQUhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9XUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6992,4443902&dq=suez+canal&hl=en The Norwalk Hour - Google News Archive Search 7 August – The War of Attrition ends as a cease-fire agreement is reached.https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/662828172.html?dids=662828172:662828172&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+01%2C+1970&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Israel+Accepts+U.S.+Proposal+for+Cease-Fire+%27in+Principle%27&pqatl=google Tom Lambert Israel Accepts U.S. Proposal for Cease-Fire 'in Principle' 1 August 1970July 2024 medicmedic 30 December – The Neot HaKikar disaster (אסון נאות הכיכר): the worst natural disaster since the founding of the State of Israel. A rock detaches from a cliff due to heavy rains and crushes an IDF military base dining room. 20 Israelis are killed in the disaster (19 soldiers and a civilian) and ten soldiers were injured (three of them severely).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q-guAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pTEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5746,9201909&dq=israel+disaster&hl=en Rome News-Tribune - Google News Archive Search Israeli–Palestinian conflict The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1970 include: Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets August 2010 Palestinian political violence#Establishment of PLO to First Intifada (1964–1987) The most prominent Palestinian Arab terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1970 include: 10 February – An unsuccessful plane hijack attempt in which Palestinian Arab militants from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack a bus containing El Al passengers at Munich airport, killing one passenger and wounding 11 (among them Israeli actress Hanna Maron).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jdcfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FNkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3384,2032785&dq=munich+airport&hl=en The Fort Scott Tribune - Google News Archive Searchhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2oEuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h6AFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1077,2226789&dq=palestinian&hl=en The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search 21 February – A mid-air bomb explosion cripples Swissair Flight 330 nine minutes after take-off from Zürich to Tel Aviv. Forty-seven people die when the aircraft crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Zürich, of whom 15 are Israelis. The Palestinian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine organization claims responsibility for the attack.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-ONUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gDwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2582,3263355&dq=swissair+flight+330&hl=en The Leader-Post - Google News Archive Search 4 May – Two armed Palestinians break into the Israeli Embassy in Asunción, Paraguay, and open fire with pistols, killing one person and seriously wounding another.Lazaroff, Tovah. "Foreign Ministry honors staffers killed in terrorist attacks." Jerusalem Post. 19 April 2010.Arab Terrorists Invade Israeli Embassy; Kill 1 22 May – Avivim school bus massacre: Palestinian Arab militants from the Palestine Liberation Organization attack the community school bus from the Israeli moshav Avivim, killing nine children and three adults, and crippling for life 19 children.https://www.nytimes.com/1970/05/23/archives/israeli-children-are-principal-victims-of-an-ambush-close-to.html The New York Times Lawrence Fellows 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 23 May 1970 6 September - Dawson's Field hijackings: simultaneous attempts to hijack four airliners by Palestinian militants belonging to the PFLP. Two planes landed in Dawson's Field, a remote desert airstrip in Jordan. A hijacking attempt on an El Al flight was thwarted and an American hijacked plane is diverted to Cairo and blown up after the passengers evacuated. 9 September - Dawson's Field hijackings: A BOAC flight 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.https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/12/archives/arabs-release-some-passengers-but-hold-many-on-jets-in-desert-nixon.html The New York Times Linda Charlton 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 12 September 1970 12 September – Dawson's Field hijackings: the PFLP used explosives to destroy the three empty planes, as they anticipated a counterstrike.BBC News, On This Day: 12 September. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/12/newsid_2514000/2514929.stm Hijacked jets destroyed by guerrillas. 1 May 2006 BBC News 12 September 1970 7 November 1970 bombing of Tel Aviv Central Bus Station kills 1 injures 24.Tel Aviv Bombings Kill One and Hurt 24 https://www.nytimes.com/1970/11/07/archives/tel-aviv-bombings-kill-one-and-hurt-24-2-blasts-rock-central-bus.html?_r=0 16 February 2017 AP The New York Times 7 November 1970 Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets December 2010 The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations (military campaigns and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 1970 include: Unknown dates The founding of the moshav Tzofar. The relocation of Palestinians to South America Notable births 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 Minister Yitzhak 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 the Fields 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 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. See also 1970 in Israeli film References External links John Tofik Karam, "On the Trail and Trial of a Palestinian Diaspora: Mapping South America in the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1967-1972" 1970 in