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Meir died in 1978 of lymphoma and was buried on Mount Herzl. A controversial figure in Israel, Meir has been lionized as a founder of the state and described as the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics, but also widely blamed for the country being caught by surprise during the war of 1973.
The Israeli Navy submarine Dakar and crew disappear at sea en route from England. February 7. Eshkol ends two days of talks with President Johnson in Texas. March 12. Nasser proclaims three stage doctrine of struggle against Israel. Israeli army attack on PLO base at Karameh, Jordan. May 26. First Jerusalem Day celebrated. June 22
Israel participates in the Soccer World Cup finals. Terrorists attack schoolbus, killing 12 (9 of whom were children), and wounding 24 in Avivim, Israel. Egypt violates cease-fire by moving missiles into “stand-still” zone. Israel protests to U.S. Refusenicks are sentenced to death in the USSR for hijacking an airplane.
The prime minister of Israel is the head of government and chief executive of the State of Israel. Since the adoption of the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948, 14 people have served as the prime minister of Israel, five of whom have served on two or three non-consecutive occasions.
The revolt against Ben-Gurion was part of a broader party realignment that reshaped Israeli politics during the 1960s.
11 paź 2023 · From September 16 to 18, Lebanese Christian Phalangist militiamen – with ties to Israel – enter the camps of Sabra and Shatilla in Beirut, unleashing a brutal massacre that shocks the...
16 sty 2022 · Dresner died Thursday of cancer at the age of 92. Dresner was arrested four times in the early '60s during the time he spent as a Freedom Rider. He used to leave his home in northern New Jersey,...
