Events in the year 1982 in

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

Incumbents

President of Israel The president of the State of Israel (, or ) is the head of state of Israel. The president is mostly, though not entirely, ceremonial; actual executive power is vested in the Cabinet of Israel, cabinet led by the Prime Minister of Israel, pr ...

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Yitzhak Navon Yitzhak Rachamim Navon (; 9 April 1921 – 6 November 2015) was an Israeli politician, diplomat, playwright, and author. He served as the president of Israel between 1978 and 1983 as a member of the centre-left Alignment party. He was the f ...

Prime Minister of Israel The prime minister of Israel (, Hebrew abbreviations, Hebrew abbreviation: ; , ''Ra'īs al-Ḥukūma'') is the head of government and chief executive of the Israel, State of Israel. Israel is a parliamentary republic with a President of Isra ...

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Menachem Begin Menachem Begin ( ''Menaḥem Begin'', ; (Polish documents, 1931–1937); ; 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of both Herut and Likud and the prime minister of Israel. Before the creation of the state of Isra ...

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Likud Likud (, ), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement (), is a major Right-wing politics, right-wing, political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon in an alliance with several right-wing par ...

) * President of the Supreme Court –

Moshe Landau Moshe Landau (; 29 April 1912 – 1 May 2011) was an Israeli judge. He served on the Supreme Court of Israel from 1953 until his retirement in 1982. Landau was the fifth President of the Supreme Court, from 1980 to 1982. Described as one of Isr ...

Yitzhak Kahan Yitzhak Kahan (; November 15, 1913 – April 24, 1985) was President of the Supreme Court of Israel from 1982 until 1983. He was the Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut also known as the Kahan ...

* Chief of General Staff –

Rafael Eitan Rafael "Raful" Eitan (; 11 January 1929 – 23 November 2004) was an Israeli general, former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (Ramatkal) and later a politician, a Knesset member, and government minister. Early life Rafael Eitan was ...

Government of Israel The Cabinet of Israel (; ) is the cabinet which exercises Executive (government), executive authority in the State of Israel. It consists of Minister (government), ministers who are chosen and led by the Prime Minister of Israel, prime ministe ...

– 19th Government of Israel

Events

* 11 April – Israeli reservist Alan Harry Goodman targets the Dome of the Rock in a shooting that kills two Palestinians * 19 April – The evacuation of the Israeli settlement

Yamit Yamit () was an Israeli settlement in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula with a population of about 2,500 people. Yamit was established during Israel's occupation of the peninsula from the end of the 1967 Six-Day War until that part of ...

in the

Sinai Peninsula The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai ( ; ; ; ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia. It is between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, and is a land bridge between Asia and Afri ...

begins in accordance with the Egyptian–Israeli Peace Treaty. * 24 April –

Avi Toledano Avi Toledano (; born April 4, 1948) is an Israeli singer and songwriter. Biography Avraham ("Avi") Toledano was born in Meknes, Morocco to a Jewish family. At the age of 5, the family relocated to Casablanca, where Toledano attended the Allianc ...

represents Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “

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”, achieving second place. * 25 April –

completes its withdrawal from the

in accordance with the Egyptian–Israeli Peace Treaty. * 25 September – In Israel, 400,000 marchers demand the resignation of Prime Minister

in protest of the events of the Sabra and Shatila massacre. * 11 November – Suicide attack on the IDF headquarters in Tyre. 76 Israeli soldiers and 27 Lebanese are killed in the blast.

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1982 include: Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
The most prominent Palestinian terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1982 include: * 3 June –

Shlomo Argov Shlomo Argov (; 14 December 1929 – 23 February 2003) was an Israeli diplomat. He was the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, whose attempted assassination led to the 1982 Lebanon War. Early life and education Argov was born in Jerusale ...

, Israel's ambassador in London, is severely injured when shot at by

Palestinian militant Palestinian fedayeen () are militants or guerrillas of a nationalist orientation from among the Palestinian people. Most Palestinians consider the fedayeen to be freedom fighters, while most Israelis consider them to be terrorists. Consider ...

belonging to the

Abu Nidal Organization The Abu Nidal Organization (ANO; ), officially Fatah – Revolutionary Council ( ), was a Palestinian militant group founded by Abu Nidal in 1974. It broke away from Fatah, a faction within the Palestine Liberation Organization, following t ...

. Argov's assassination attempt leads to the

Operation Peace for Galilee The 1982 Lebanon War, also called the Second Israeli invasion of Lebanon, began on 6 June 1982, when Israel invaded southern Lebanon. The invasion followed a series of attacks and counter-attacks between the Palestine Liberation Organization ...

. Argov eventually died of his injuries in 2003. * 23 September – The Israeli

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Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...

Esther Milo was wounded in an attempted kidnapping by Palestinian militants. * 23 December – A bomb explodes at the Israeli Consulate in

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, wounding two Israeli officials. Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
The most prominent Israeli military

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operations (

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s and

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) carried out against

Palestinian militants Palestinian political violence refers to acts of violence or terrorism committed by Palestinians with the intent to accomplish political goals in the context of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Common objectives of political violence by Pal ...

during 1982 include: * ''

'' (June – September 1982) ** 6 June – Following the assassination attempt on Israel's ambassador to the United Kingdom, IDF forces invade southern

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

in their "Operation Peace for the Galilee," eventually reaching as far north as the capital

Beirut Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by populatio ...

. ** 9 June – The

Israeli Air Force The Israeli Air Force (IAF; , commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial and space warfare branch of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). It was founded on May 28, 1948, shortly after the Israeli Declaration of Indep ...

(IAF) launches

Operation Mole Cricket 19 Operation Mole Cricket 19 () was a suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) campaign launched by the Israeli Air Force (IAF) against Syrian targets on June 9, 1982, at the outset of the 1982 Lebanon War. The operation was the first time in hist ...

, a

suppression of enemy air defenses Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD ), also known in the United States as " Wild Weasel" and (initially) "Iron Hand" operations, are military actions to suppress enemy surface-based air defenses, including surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), an ...

(SEAD) campaign against

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

n SAM batteries in the

Beqaa Valley The Beqaa Valley (, ; Bekaa, Biqâ, Becaa) is a fertile valley in eastern Lebanon and its most important farming region. Industry, especially the country's agricultural industry, also flourishes in Beqaa. The region broadly corresponds to th ...

in east

. During the battle, the IAF destroys 17 of the 19 SAM batteries deployed in the Beqaa Valley and shoots down 29 Syrian fighter planes, without losses. This is the largest combat of the jet age, with 150 fighters from both sides.RealClearPolitics - Articles - Israel's Lost Moment
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Battle of Sultan Yacoub The Battle of Sultan Yacoub was a battle between Syria and Israel during the 1982 Lebanon War, which occurred near the village of Sultan Yacoub in the Lebanese Bekaa, close to the borders with Syria. Background At the beginning of the inva ...

** 13 June – IDF forces reach West

. ** 18 September – Members of the Lebanese Christian militia (the

Kataeb Party The Kataeb Party (), officially the Kataeb Party – Lebanese Social Democratic Party ( '), also known as the Phalangist Party, is a right-wing Christian political party in Lebanon founded by Pierre Gemayel in 1936. The party and its parami ...

) kill between 762 and 3,500 civilians, mostly Palestinians and Lebanese Shiites, in Sabra and the Shatila refugee camp, which had been surrounded by Israeli troops. The massacre was presented as retaliation for the assassination of newly elected Lebanese president

Bachir Gemayel Bachir Pierre Gemayel (, ; 10 November 1947 – 14 September 1982) was a Lebanese militia commander who led the Lebanese Forces, the military wing of the Kataeb Party, in the Lebanese Civil War and was elected President of Lebanon in 1982. ...

, the leader of the Kataeb Party.

Unknown dates

* The founding of the

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Ein Tamar. * The founding of

Ariel University Ariel University (), previously a public college known as the Ariel University Center of Samaria, is an Israeli university located in the urban Israeli settlement of Ariel in the West Bank. The college preceding the establishment of Ariel Unive ...

Births

* 18 February –

Nili Natkho Nili Natkho (; February 18, 1982 – November 5, 2004) was a Circassian-Israeli basketball player who played for Maccabi Raanana and Elitzur Ramla (women's basketball), Elitzur Ramla. Natkho died in a car accident at the age of 22. Her cousin is ...

, Circassian Israeli basketball player (died 2004). * 3 April –

Dana Ivgy Dana Ivgy (; born April 3, 1982) is an Israeli actress and the daughter of actor Moshe Ivgy. Career As a child, Ivgy appeared in several television and film productions. Since graduating from acting school she has appeared in several critically a ...

, Israeli film and TV actress. * 12 June –

Aviv Alush Avraham Aviv Alush (; born ) is an Israeli actor, musician, model, and television host. He is best known for playing Amos Dahari "The Baker" in the Israeli series ''Beauty and the Baker'' (''Lehiyot Ita''), and as Jesus in the American film ''Th ...

, Israeli actor * 4 August –

Daniel Efrat Daniel Efrat (; born 4 August 1982) is an Israeli actor, theatre director, and translator. He trained at Beit Zvi, where he first began translating (English into Hebrew), before joining the Beit Lessin Theater youth company. He has also acted i ...

, actor, theatre director, and translator. * 30 November –

Nelly Tagar Nelly Tagar (, IPA: ˈnεli taˈgaʁ">small>ˈnεli taˈgaʁ/small>; born 30 November 1982) is an Israeli actress and stand-up comedian. Tagar is the recipient of the 2016 Israeli Academy Award for Best Actress in a TV Comedy, for her perform ...

, Israeli actress and stand-up comedian

Deaths

* 16 January –

Moshe Harif Moshe "Moussa" Harif (; 2 June 1933 – 16 January 1982) was an Israeli politician and kibbutz activist. Biography Born in Sosnowiec, Poland in 1933, to a Jewish family. Harif immigrated to Mandatory Palestine the following year. He attended Be ...

(born 1933), Polish-born Israeli politician and kibbutz activist. * 3 February – Joseph Bentwich (born 1902) British-born Israeli educator. * 21 February –

Gershom Scholem Gershom Scholem (; 5 December 1897 – 21 February 1982) was an Israeli philosopher and historian. Widely regarded as the founder of modern academic study of the Kabbalah, Scholem was appointed the first professor of Jewish mysticism at Hebrew Un ...

(born 1897), German-born Israeli Jewish philosopher and historian. * 28 February –

Shmuel Yeivin Shemuel Yeivin (Hebrew: שמואל ייבין; September 2, 1896 – February 28, 1982), also spelled Shmuel, was an Israeli archaeologist and the first director of the Israel Antiquities Authority. Early life and education Shemuel Yeivin was b ...

(born 1896), Russian (Ukraine)-born Israeli archaeologist. * 15 October – Rachel Cohen-Kagan (born 1888), Russian (Ukraine)-born Zionist activist and Israeli politician. * ''Full date unknown'' –

Isaac Michaelson Isaac Claude Michaelson (; 1903 – June 16, 1982) was an Israeli ophthalmologist and member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Biography Michaelson was born in 1903 in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. He studied ophthalmolog ...

(born 1903), British (Scotland)-born Israeli ophthalmologist.

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