1971 in Israel
Encyclopedia
Incumbents
- Prime Minister of IsraelPrime Minister of IsraelThe Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and the most powerful political figure in Israel . The prime minister is the country's chief executive. The official residence of the prime minister, Beit Rosh Hamemshala is in Jerusalem...
– Golda MeirGolda MeirGolda Meir ; May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was a teacher, kibbutznik and politician who became the fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel....
(AlignmentAlignment (political party)The Alignment was an alliance of the major left-wing parties in Israel between the 1960s and 1990s. It was established in 1965 as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda but was dissolved three years later when the two parties and Rafi formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party...
) - President of IsraelPresident of IsraelThe President of the State of Israel is the head of state of Israel. The position is largely an apolitical ceremonial figurehead role, with the real executive power lying in the hands of the Prime Minister. The current president is Shimon Peres who took office on 15 July 2007...
– Zalman ShazarZalman ShazarZalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:... - Chief of General Staff - Haim Bar-Lev
- Government of Israel - 15th Government of IsraelFifteenth government of IsraelThe fifteenth government of Israel was formed by Golda Meir on 15 December 1969 following the October elections. The government was a continuation of the national unity government formed during the previous Knesset, and consisted of the Alignment, Gahal, the National Religious Party, the...
Events
- May 15 – Three members of the Turkish Liberation Army, an underground militant organization linked to the PLO, kidnapped and executed Israeli consul-general Efraim Elrom in AnkaraAnkaraAnkara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
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Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1971 include:Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
The most prominent Palestinian Arab terror attack
Palestinian political violence
Palestinian political violence refers to acts of violence undertaken to further the Palestinian cause. These political objectives include self-determination in and sovereignty over Palestine, the liberation of Palestine and establishment of a Palestinian state, either in place of both Israel and...
s committed against Israelis during 1971 include:
Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism
Counter-terrorism
Counter-terrorism is the practices, tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, militaries, police departments and corporations adopt to prevent or in response to terrorist threats and/or acts, both real and imputed.The tactic of terrorism is available to insurgents and governments...
operations (military campaign
Military campaign
In the military sciences, the term military campaign applies to large scale, long duration, significant military strategy plan incorporating a series of inter-related military operations or battles forming a distinct part of a larger conflict often called a war...
s and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 1971 include:
Notable births
- January 15 – Inbal Perlmutter, Israeli musician (d. 19971997 in Israel-Incumbents:* Prime Minister of Israel - Benjamin Netanyahu * President of Israel - Ezer Weizman* Chief of General Staff - Amnon Lipkin-Shahak* Government of Israel - 27th Government of Israel-Events:...
). - January 30 – Assaf AmdurskyAssaf Amdursky-Music career:Amdursky began his career in Israel with the band "Taarovet Escot", and together they released one album in 1991. In 1994, he wrote and composed most of the songs in his first solo album, titled "Assaf Amdusrky", which was released in 1994. In it he played guitar, keyboards,...
, Israeli singer. - February 13 – Alon HaraziAlon HaraziAlon Harazi is a retired Israeli footballer. Harazi finished his career during the season of 2009/2010 as captain and the most veteran player at Maccabi Haifa. He came to the club in 1990 at the age of 18 from a Second Division team...
, Israeli footballer. - March 7 – Tal BaninTal BaninTal Banin is a former Israeli football player and currently the manager of Hapoel Haifa. Banin played as a defensive midfielder...
, Israeli footballer. - April 12 – Eyal GolanEyal GolanEyal Golan, , is a popular Israeli singer who sings in the Mizrahi style. Golan is one of the most successful singers of the Mizrahi genre in Israel...
, Israeli singer.
Notable deaths
- April 4 – Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-MeirShlomo-Yisrael Ben-MeirShlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset from 1952 until his death.-Biography:Born in Warsaw in the Russian Empire , Ben-Meir was educated at the Yitzchak Elchanan yeshiva, before studying at Yeshiva University and New York University. He was...
(b. 1910), Russian (Poland)-born Israeli politician. - June 6 – Yitzhak TabenkinYitzhak Tabenkin-External links:...
(b. 1888), Russian (Belarus)-born Zionist activist and Israeli politician. - July 10 – Chaim ShebaChaim ShebaChaim Sheba was an Israeli physician.- Biography :Sheba was born as Chaim Scheiber in 1908 in Frasin, near Gurahumora, Bukovina, then in Austria-Hungary , to the well known Scheiber Hasidic family, a descendant of the Hasidic house of Roujin. He was enrolled as a young child in a school for...
(b. 1908), Austro-Hungarian (BukovinaBukovinaBukovina is a historical region on the northern slopes of the northeastern Carpathian Mountains and the adjoining plains.-Name:The name Bukovina came into official use in 1775 with the region's annexation from the Principality of Moldavia to the possessions of the Habsburg Monarchy, which became...
)-born Israeli physician. - July 19 – Eliyahu-Moshe GanhovskyEliyahu-Moshe GanhovskyEliyahu-Moshe Ganhovsky was an Israeli politician and Religious Zionist activist. He served as a member of the Knesset from 1949 until 1955.-Biography:...
(b. 1901), Russian (Poland)-born Israeli politician and Religious Zionist activist. - August 7 – Yitzhak-Meir LevinYitzhak-Meir LevinRabbi Yitzhak-Meir Levin was an Haredi politician. He had political roles in Poland and Israel. One of 37 people to sign the Israeli declaration of independence, he served in several Israeli cabinets, and was a longtime leader and Knesset minster for Agudath Israel and related...
(b. 1893), Russian (Poland)-born ultra-orthodox Jewish Polish and Israeli politician, an Israeli government minister and a former leader of Agudat Israel. - August 28 – Reuvein MargoliesReuvein MargoliesReuvein Margolies, was an Israeli author and Talmudic scholar.- Early life :...
(b. 1889), Austro-Hungarian (Galicia)-born Israeli author and Talmudic scholar. - September 1 – Mordechai OferMordechai OferMordechai Ofer was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment and Labor Party from 1965 until his death in 1971.-Biography:Born in Kraków in Poland in 1924, Ofer made aliyah to Mandate Palestine the following year...
(b. 1924), Polish-born Israeli politician. - October 17 – Shimon BejarnoShimon BejarnoShimon Bejarno was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the General Zionists between 1951 and 1959.-Biography:Born in Plovdiv in Bulgaria, Bejarno was educated at a gymnasium in Switzerland before studying economics at the University of Milan. He made aliyah to Mandate...
(b. 1910), Bulgarian-born Israeli politician. - December 12 – Yechezkel KutscherYechezkel KutscherEdward Yechezkel Kutscher or Yechezkel Kutscher was an Israeli philologist and Hebrew linguist.- Biography :Kutscher was born in 1909 in Topoľčany, Slovakia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He studied at the yeshiva in his home town and, later, in Frankfurt...
(b. 1909), Austro-Hungarian (Slovakia)-born Israeli philologist and Hebrew linguist. - Full date unknown
- Yehoshua BertonovYehoshua BertonovYehoshua Bertonov , was an Israeli stage actor.-Biography:Bertonov was born in 1879 in Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire, and acted in the theatre in Vilna from 1902 to 1911. He established a Jewish amateur theatre group that performed in the Sholem Aleichem theatre in Moscow...
(b. 1879), Russian (Lithuania)-born Israeli stage actor. - Hillel OppenheimerHillel Oppenheimer-Biography:Oppenheimer was born in Berlin, Germany in 1899. His father was Franz Oppenheimer, a German-Jewish sociologist and political economist. Between 1917 and 1922, Oppenheimer studied botany at universities in Berlin, Frankfurt and Freiberg in Germany and at the University of Vienna in...
(b. 18991899 in Germany-National level:* Kaiser - Wilhelm II* Chancellor - Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst-Kingdoms:* King of Bavaria - Otto of Bavaria* King of Prussia - Kaiser Wilhelm II* King of Saxony - Albert of Saxony...
), German-born Israeli professor of botany.
- Yehoshua Bertonov
See also
- 1971 in Israeli film1971 in Israeli filmA list of films produced by the Israeli film industry in 1971.-1971 releases:-External links:* at the Internet Movie Database...
- 1971 in Israeli television
- 1971 in Israeli music
- 1971 in Israeli sport