1976 in Israel
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Events in the year 1976 in Israel.
Incumbents
- President of Israel – Ephraim Katzir
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- President of the Supreme Court – Shimon Agranat; Yoel Zussman
- Chief of General Staff – Mordechai Gur
- Government of Israel – 17th Government of Israel
Events
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- 3 April – Emor Shalom” ("Say Hello"), achieving sixth place.[1]
- 11 July – Miss Israel, Rina Mor, wins the title of Miss Universe 1976 becoming the first Israeli to win one of the most publicized international beauty contest.[2]
- 10 December – The first F-15 fighter aircraft arrive in Israel. The fact that they landed in Israel on a Friday evening, after the start of Sabbath, causes a political crisis and prompts the religious parties in the Knesset to topple the first Rabin government.[3][4]
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1976 include:
Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
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The most prominent Israeli military
Palestinian militants
during 1976 include:
- 4 July – Palestinian Arab and German hijackers of an Air France plane at Uganda's Entebbe Airport; one Israeli soldier and several Ugandan soldiers are killed in the raid.[5]
- 22 October – An Israeli naval commando raids a harbor in Tyre and sinks a terrorist ship.
Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
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The most prominent Palestinian Arab terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1976 include:
- 27 June – Air France Flight 139, originating in Operation Entebbe" carried out in the Entebbe Airport seven days later (see details above).
Unknown dates
Notable births
- 5 April – Sendi Bar, Israeli actress and model.
- 25 April – Amir Fay Guttman, Israeli singer and actor.
- 18 September – Guri Alfi, Israeli actor and stand-up comedian.
Notable deaths
- 24 January – Galicia)-born Israeli politician, minister and labor leader, best known for the Lavon Affair.
- 15 April – Chief of Staffof the Israel Defense Forces.
- 25 April – Markus Reiner (born 1886), Austro-Hungarian (Bukovina)-born Israeli scientist.
- 4 July – Operation Entebbe.
- 19 September – Yehezkel Abramsky (born 1886), Russian (Belarus)-born eminent Israeli Orthodox rabbi.
Major public holidays
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See also
- 1976 in Israeli film
- 1976 in Israeli television
- 1976 in Israeli music
- 1976 in Israeli sport
- Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976
- Israel at the 1976 Summer Olympics
References
- ^ "1976 Israel – Chocolate Menta Mastik". Diggiloo Thrush. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ Botelho, Renan (18 November 2023). "Every Winner in Miss Universe History From the Past 70 Years". WWD. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ "F-15".
- ^ "McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle".
- ^ Entebbe: The Most Daring Raid of Israel's Special Forces, The Rosen Publishing Group, 2011, by Simon Dunstan, p. 58 ISBN 9781448818686
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