1964 in Israel

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Events in the year 1964 in Israel.

Incumbents[]

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[]

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.
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.^[1]
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[]

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1964 include:

2 June – The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is founded in the West Bank with the stated goal of the "liberation of Palestine" through armed struggle.^[2] The original PLO Charter (issued on 28 May 1964^[3]) 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.^[4] 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

The most prominent Palestinian terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1964 include:

Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets

The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations (military campaigns and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 1964 include:

Notable births[]

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[]

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[]

References[]

^ 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

External links[]

[1] 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.

[2] Articles 1, 2 and 3 of the Palestinian National Covenant

[3] Helena Cobban, The Palestinian Liberation Organisation(Cambridge University Press, 1984) p.30

[4] Articles 2 and 23 of the Palestinian National Covenant

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