1986 in Israel explained
These are the collective events from the 19th century in the year 1986 in Israel. With former leaders and development to the Asian states.
Incumbents
Events
- 1 January – The New Israeli shekel (NIS) replaces the old shekel as Israel's official currency.
- 4 February – Israeli jet fighters intercept a Libyan civil aircraft over Cyprus and force it to land in Israel.[1]
- 11 February – After a period of imprisonment of nine years in a Siberian labor camp, the Soviet-Jewish refusenik and human rights advocate Natan Sharansky and three low-level Western spies are exchanged for Czech spies held in the US, a Soviet spy, a Polish spy and a GDR spy (the latter three held in Western Germany). Sharansky subsequently emigrates to Israel.
- 16 April – Bejski Commission publishes its report.
- 3 May – Moti Giladi and Sarah Tzuriel represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Yavo Yom” ("A Day will Come").[2]
- 4 June – Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
- 30 September – Israeli Mossad agent Cheryl Bentov who befriended Israeli nuclear weapons whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu persuades him to fly to Rome with her on a holiday. Once in Rome, Mossad agents overpower and drug him and carry him to a waiting ship off the coast, which takes him to Israel.
- 5 October – Israeli secret nuclear weapons are revealed by the British newspaper; The Sunday Times, which publishes an interview with Mordechai Vanunu, a former Israeli nuclear technician who revealed details of the program.
- 16 October – An Israeli F-4 Phantom, piloted by Yishai Aviram, is inadvertently damaged midair and abandoned, resulting in the capture of flight navigator then-Captain Ron Arad by Amal, the Lebanese Shi'ite militia. To this day, the whereabouts of Arad has not been disclosed by his captors.
- 20 October – The twenty-first government is replaced by the twenty-second government, when Yitzhak Shamir replaces Peres as Prime Minister in accordance with the rotation agreement between the Alignment and Likud.
- 23 October – The beginning of experimental broadcasts of the Israeli Channel 2.
- 19 December: Carmelit metro shut down for intensive renovation to be reopened in 1992.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1986 include:
Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
The most prominent Palestinian militant acts and operations committed against Israeli targets during 1986 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 1986 include:
known dates
Notable births
- 7 January – Daphne Leef, Israeli activist who is the initiator of the 2011 housing protests in Israel.
- 24 January – Raviv Ullman, Israeli-born American actor.
- 8 February – Agam Rodberg, Israeli model and actress.
- 3 March – Michael Moshonov, Israeli actor.
- 10 March – Roni Duani, Israeli pop singer, actress, TV host, and model.
- 4 June – Yahav Winner, Israeli director and murder victim. (d. 2023)
- 28 August – Gilad Shalit, Israeli soldier held as a hostage.
- 1 September – Shahar Tzuberi, Israeli windsurfer and Olympic bronze medalist.
Notable deaths
- 8 February – Yisrael Galili (born 1911), Russian (Ukraine)-born Israeli politician.
- 29 July – Dan Pagis (born 1930), Romanian (Bukovina)-born Israeli poet, lecturer and holocaust survivor.
See also
Notes and References
- Middle East International No 268, 7 February 1986, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters. Michael Jansen p. 5
- Web site: 1986 Israel – Yavo yom. Diggiloo Thrush. 2021-07-29.
- News: 20 in Istanbul Die in Bombings at Synagogues . The New York Times . Sebnem . Arsu . Dexter . Filkins . 16 November 2003 . 20 May 2010.
