Events in the year 1992 in Israel.

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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Chaim Herzog Chaim Herzog (; 17 September 1918 – 17 April 1997) was an Israeli politician, military officer, lawyer and author who served as the president of Israel between 1983 and 1993. Born in Belfast and raised primarily in Dublin, the son of Ireland' ...

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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Yitzhak Shamir Yitzhak Shamir (, ; born Yitzhak Yezernitsky; October 22, 1915 – June 30, 2012) was an Israeli politician and the seventh prime minister of Israel, serving two terms (1983–1984, 1986–1992). Before the establishment of the State of Israel, ...

(

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 ...

) until 13 July,

Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (; , ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the prime minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–1977, and from 1992 until Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, his ass ...

(

Israeli Labor Party The Israeli Labor Party (), commonly known in Israel as HaAvoda (), was a Social democracy, social democratic political party in Israel. The party was established in 1968 by a merger of Mapai, Ahdut HaAvoda and Rafi (political party), Rafi. Unt ...

) * President of the Supreme Court –

Meir Shamgar Meir Shamgar (; August 13, 1925 – October 18, 2019) was the chief justice of the Israeli Supreme Court from 1983 to 1995. Biography Meir Shamgar (Sterenberg or Sternberg) was born in the Free City of Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland) to E ...

* Chief of General Staff –

Ehud Barak Ehud Barak ( ; born Ehud Brog; 12 February 1942) is an Israeli former general and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Israel, prime minister from 1999 to 2001. He was leader of the Israeli Labor Party, Labor Party between 1997 and 20 ...

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 ...

– 24th Government of Israel until 13 July, 25th Government of Israel

Events

* 24 January – Israel and People's Republic of

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first established

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. * 7 March – Ehud Sadan, the security chief for the Israeli embassy in

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, is assassinated in a car bombing. * 9 March – The Israeli left-wing political party

Meretz Meretz (, ; ) was a left-wing political party in Israel. The party was formed in 1992 by the merger of Ratz, Mapam and Shinui, and was at its peak between 1992 and 1996 when it had 12 seats. It had no seats in the Knesset following its failure ...

is formed by an alliance of three left-wing parties; Ratz,

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and

Shinui Shinui () was a Zionist, secular, and anti-clerical free market Liberalism worldwide, liberal party and political movement in Israel. The party twice became the third-largest in the Knesset, but both occasions were followed by a split and collaps ...

, and is initially led by

Shulamit Aloni Shulamit Aloni (; 27 December 1927 – 24 January 2014) was an Israeli politician. She founded the Ratz (political party), Ratz party, was leader of the Meretz party, Leader of the Opposition (Israel), Leader of the Opposition from 1988 to 1990, ...

. * 9 May –

Dafna Dekel Dafna Dekel (; born 7 May 1966) is an Israeli singer. Biography Dafna Dekel was born in Ashdod, Israel. She was discovered while serving in the Lehakat HaNahal entertainment troupe of the Israel Defense Forces in 1985-1986. After her release f ...

represents Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “ Ze Rak Sport” ("It’s Just Sport"), achieving sixth place. * 23 June – The Elections for the 13th Knesset are held in Israel. The result is a victory for

. * 13 July –

presents his cabinet for a

Knesset The Knesset ( , ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Israel. The Knesset passes all laws, elects the President of Israel, president and Prime Minister of Israel, prime minister, approves the Cabinet of Israel, cabinet, and supe ...

"Vote of Confidence". The 25th Government is approved that day and the members are sworn in. * 28 July –

Carmelit The Carmelit ( Arabic: كرمليت) is an underground funicular railway in Haifa, Israel. Construction started in 1956 and ended in 1959. It is the oldest funicular railway and underground transit system in the Middle East and was the only unde ...

reopened after intensive renovation from

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

. * 30 July –

Yael Arad Yael Arad (; born 1 May 1967) is an Israeli judoka. She was the first Israeli to win an Olympic medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona in 1992. She is widely recognized as one of Israel's most successful athletes and is credited with br ...

wins a silver medal in

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in the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

. This was the first Olympic medal won by an Israeli athlete. * 4 October – The Bijlmerramp disaster:

El Al EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd. (), trading as EL AL (, "Upwards", "To the Skies", or "Skywards", stylized as ELAL; ) is the flag carrier of Israel. Since its inaugural flight from Geneva to Tel Aviv in September 1948, the airline has grown to serve ...

Flight 1862, a

Boeing 747 The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body aircraft, wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023. After the introduction of the Boeing 707, 707 in October 1958, Pan Am ...

freighter, crashes into high-rise apartment buildings in

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after two of its engines detach from the wing. A total of 43 people were killed, consisting of the plane's crew of three and a non-revenue passenger in a

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, plus 39 persons on the ground. Many more were injured. * 5 November – Tze'elim II disaster: 5

Sayeret Matkal Sayeret Matkal () (formerly Unit 269 or Unit 262) (English: General Staff Reconnaissance Unit), is the special reconnaissance unit (''sayeret'') of Israel's General Staff (''matkal''). It is considered one of the premier special forces units of ...

soldiers die in an accident while training for a military operation.

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1992 include: * 17 December – Israel deports 415

Hamas The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas (the Arabic acronym from ), is a Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islam, Sunni Islamism, Islamist political organisation with a military wing, the Qassam Brigades. It has Gaza Strip under Hama ...

activists to

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 ...

. Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
The most prominent Palestinian Arab terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1992 include: * 14 February – Night of the Pitchforks (ליל הקילשונים): Three Israeli soldiers are killed by

Israeli Arabs The Arab citizens of Israel form the country's largest ethnic minority. Their community mainly consists of former Mandatory Palestine citizens (and their descendants) who continued to inhabit the territory that was acknowledged as Israeli by ...

at a military

recruit training Military recruit training, commonly known as basic training or boot camp, refers to the initial instruction of new military personnel. It is a physically and psychologically intensive process, which Resocialization, resocializes its subjects for ...

base near Kibbutz

Gal'ed Gal'ed () is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Menashe Heights with an area of 14,500 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Kibbutz Gal'ed was established in 1945 by ...

. * 17 March – A suicide car-bomb explodes at the Israeli Embassy in

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, Argentina, killing 29 and injuring 242. * 24 May – 15-year-old Israeli Helena Rapp is stabbed to death by 18-year-old Palestinian Fuad Muhammad Abdulhadi Amrin at her her school bus stop in

Bat Yam Bat Yam ( ) is a city on Israel's Mediterranean Sea coast, on the Central Coastal Plain just south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area and the Tel Aviv District. In , it had a population of . History British Mandate Bat Y ...

. * 22 September – Magavnik Avinoam Peretz, is shot and killed by an

Al-Qassam Brigades Al-Qassam Brigades, also known as the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades (EQB; ), are the military wing of the Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islamist organization Hamas. Led by Mohammed Deif until his death on 13 July 2024, Al-Qassam Brigades are ...

gunman in French Hill in northeastern Jerusalem. Hamas claimed responsibility for the assassination. * 13 December – Hamas activists kidnap and kill an Israeli Border Police officer, Nissim Toledano. This event precipitated Israel's decision to deport 415 Hamas activists to Lebanon four days later. Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
The most prominent Israeli military

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operations (

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s and

military operations A military operation (op) is the coordinated military actions of a state, or a non-state actor, in response to a developing situation. These actions are designed as a military plan to resolve the situation in the state or actor's favor. Operatio ...

) 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 1992 include:

Notable births

* 14 January –

Ahad Azam Ahad Azam (, ; born 14 January 1992) is a Druze-Israeli association footballer currently playing for Bnei Eilat. Career Club Azam grew up in the Hapoel Haifa youth academy. He made his debut with the senior team on 4 December 2011. On 9 S ...

, footballer. * 4 June – Matan Balestra, footballer. * 16 August –

Adi Gotlieb Edi Gotlieb (or Gotliv, ; born 16 August 1992) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Early and personal life Gotlieb was born in Karmi'el, Israel. He also holds a Russian passport as Eduard Eduardovich Gotli ...

, footballer. * 9 December – Sean Labanowski, basketball player.

Notable deaths

* 9 March –

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 ...

(born 1913), Russian (Belarus)-born Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the

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. * 18 June – Mordecai Ardon (born 1896), Austro-Hungarian ( Galicia)-born Israeli painter. * 22 July –

Ya'akov Hazan Ya'akov Hazan (; 4 June 1899 – 22 July 1992) was an Israeli politician and social activist. Biography Hazan was born in 1899 in Brest-Litovsk in the Russian Empire (now Brest, Belarus) to parents Haim Yehuda Hazan and Malka Kaminetzki. He stu ...

(born 1899), Russian (Belarus)-born Israeli politician and social activist. * 10 August – Shimon Agranat (born 1906), American-born former President of the Supreme Court of Israel. * ''Full date unknown'' **

Dina Feitelson Dina Feitelson (), also known as Dina Feitelson-Schur () (born 1926; died 1992), was an Israeli educator and scholar in the field of reading acquisition. Biography Dina Schur was born in 1926 in Vienna, and emigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1934. ...

(born 1926), Austrian-born Israeli educator. **

Gad Tedeschi Gad Tedeschi (Hebrew: גד טדסקי; Italian: Guido Tedeschi) (born 1907; died 1992) was an Israeli jurist. Early life Tedeschi was born in the town of Rovigo in north-eastern Italy in 1907. He emigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine i ...

Incumbents

Events

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Notable births

Notable deaths

Major public holidays

See also

References

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