1964 in Israel
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Events in the year 1964 in Israel.
Incumbents[edit]
- Prime Minister of Israel – Levi Eshkol (Mapai)
- President of Israel – Zalman Shazar
- President of the Supreme Court – Yitzhak Olshan
- Chief of General Staff – Tzvi Tzur until 1 January, Yitzhak Rabin
- Government of Israel – 11th Government of Israel until 22 December, 12th Government of Israel
Events[edit]
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- 1 January – Yitzhak Rabin is appointed as the seventh Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.
- 5 January – Pope Paul VI arrives in Israel, marking the first visit to Israel by the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- 29 April – A Nord 2501D Noratlas (4X-FAD/044) of the IAF crashes into a mountain near Mitzpe Ramon, killing all 9 occupants. The crash is currently Israel's deadliest.[1]
- 3 June – Israel wins the 1964 AFC Asian Cup. The finals were held in Israel from 26 May to 9 June 1964 and the Israeli national football team won the title with a perfect record of three wins, defeating the teams of South Korea, Hong Kong, and India.
- 10 June – The National Water Carrier of Israel is inaugurated.
- 16 June – Israel's Knesset passes The President of the State Law.
- 9 July – The remains of the Revisionist Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky are transferred to Israel for burial in Jerusalem at Mount Herzl Cemetery from his original burial site in New York.[2]
- 22 December – Levi Eshkol presents his cabinet for a Knesset "Vote of Confidence". The 12th Government is approved that day and the members are sworn in.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict[edit]
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred in 1964 include:
- 2 June – The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was founded in the West Bank with the stated goal of the "liberation of Palestine" through armed struggle.[3] The original PLO Charter (issued on 28 May 1964[4]) stated that "Palestine with its boundaries that existed at the time of the British mandate is an integral regional unit" and sought to "prohibit... the existence and activity" of Zionism.[5] It also called for a right of return and self-determination for Palestinian Arabs. The PLO was considered by the United States and Israel to be a terrorist organization until the Madrid Conference in 1991.
Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
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The most prominent Palestinian terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1964 include:
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 1964 include:
Notable births[edit]
- 1 February – Eli Ohana, Israeli football manager and former football player.
- 10 May – Orna Datz, Israeli singer, actress and television presenter
- 26 August – Zadok Malka, Israeli footballer
- 12 December – Bonni Ginzburg, Israeli goalkeeper.
- 30 December – Keren Mor, Israeli actress.
Notable deaths[edit]
- 16 January – Aharon Zisling (born 1901), Russian (Belarus)-born Israeli politician and minister.
- 10 April – Ze'ev Shefer (born 1906), Russian (Ukraine)-born Israeli politician.
- 6 August – Jeremiah Halpern (born 1901), Russian-born Revisionist Zionist leader.
- 20 August – Avraham Drori (born 1919), Polish-born Israeli politician.
Major public holidays[edit]
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Nord 2501D Noratlas 4X-FAD/044 Mitzpe Ramon". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ Spiegel, Irving (3 July 1964). "Israelis to Honor Patriot's Memory – Bodies of Jabotinsky and His Wife Going Back Home". The New York Times. p. 25. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- ^ Articles 1, 2 and 3 of the Palestinian National Covenant
- ^ Helena Cobban, The Palestinian Liberation Organisation(Cambridge University Press, 1984) p.30
- ^ Articles 2 and 23 of the Palestinian National Covenant
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