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Events in the year 1960 in Israel.
* 31 January – Operation Tawfiq (פעולת תאופיק): The first Israeli retribution operation initiated after the
Incumbents
*Prime Minister of Israel
The prime minister of Israel ( he, רֹאשׁ הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה, Rosh HaMemshala, Head of the Government, Hebrew acronym: he2, רה״מ; ar, رئيس الحكومة, ''Ra'īs al-Ḥukūma'') is the head of government and chief exec ...
– David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion ( ; he, דָּוִד בֶּן-גּוּרִיּוֹן ; born David Grün; 16 October 1886 – 1 December 1973) was the primary national founder of the State of Israel and the first prime minister of Israel. Adopting the name ...
( Mapai)
* President of Israel
The president of the State of Israel ( he, נְשִׂיא מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, Nesi Medinat Yisra'el, or he, נְשִׂיא הַמְדִינָה, Nesi HaMedina, President of the State) is the head of state of Israel. The posi ...
– Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi ( he, יִצְחָק בֶּן־צְבִי ''Yitshak Ben-Tsvi''; 24 November 188423 April 1963) was a historian, Labor Zionism, Labor Zionist leader and the longest-serving President of Israel.
Biography
Born in Poltava in the ...
* President of the Supreme Court – Yitzhak Olshan
Yitzhak Olshan ( he, יצחק אולשן, February 19, 1895 – February 5, 1983) was an Israeli jurist and the second President of the Supreme Court of Israel from 1954 to 1965.
Biography
Olshan was born in Kaunas in the Russian Empire (now ...
* Chief of General Staff The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is a post in many armed forces ( militaries), the head of the military staff.
List
* Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (United States)
* Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia)
* Chief of General Staff (Af ...
– Haim Laskov
Haim Laskov ( he, חיים לסקוב; born 1919, Barysaw, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic – 8 December 1982) was an Israeli public figure and the fifth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.
Biography
Haim Laskov was born in Bary ...
* Government of Israel – 9th Government of Israel
Events
* 31 January – Operation Tawfiq (פעולת תאופיק): The first Israeli retribution operation initiated after the Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis, or the Second Arab–Israeli war, also called the Tripartite Aggression ( ar, العدوان الثلاثي, Al-ʿUdwān aṯ-Ṯulāṯiyy) in the Arab world and the Sinai War in Israel,Also known as the Suez War or 1956 Wa ...
. The operation is carried out by Golani forces on the Syrian village of Tawfiq, in response to attacks on Israelis in Tel Katzir
Tel Katzir ( he, תֵּל קָצִיר, lit. "Harvest Hill") is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located to the south of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
The ...
. Tawfiq was designated by the IDF
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Defence forces
* Irish Defence Forces
* Israel Defense Forces
*Iceland Defense Force, of the US Armed Forces, 1951-2006
* Indian Defence Force, a part-time force, 1917
Organizations
* Israeli Diving Federation
* Interac ...
as the center of many Syrian attacks and as a result it was decided that the destruction of the village was vital. During the operation, the village is conquered and destroyed while being attacked by Syrian artillery. Six Syrian and three Israeli soldiers are killed during the operation and seven Israeli soldiers are wounded.
* 15 February – War threatened to break out between Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
and the Egypt
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(at that time partners with Syria
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in the United Arab Republic
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), after the UAR's President Nasser received inaccurate information that Israeli troops were massing at Israel's border with Syria. Nasser then sent a major portion of the Egyptian army to Israel's border with Egypt, and Israel then began Operation Rottem. The two sides halted war preparations after discovering the misunderstanding, and both sides stood down on 1 March.
* February/March - The Rotem Crisis.
* 14 March – West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer met with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion ( ; he, דָּוִד בֶּן-גּוּרִיּוֹן ; born David Grün; 16 October 1886 – 1 December 1973) was the primary national founder of the State of Israel and the first prime minister of Israel. Adopting the name ...
at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City
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, the first time a German leader had conferred with a leader of the Jewish state. Two weeks earlier, the two countries had secretly negotiated German financial and military aid to Israel.
* 21 March – In Buenos Aires
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, Ricardo Klement brought a bouquet of flowers to his wife at their home at 16 Garibaldi Street, confirming to Mossad
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agents that the Argentine businessman was, as they suspected, Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann
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Buenos Aires
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, four Mossad
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agents abduct the fugitive Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann
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Ephraim Kahana, ''Historical Dictionary of Israeli Intelligence'' (Scarecrow Press 2006), p84
* 21 May – An El Al flight took off from
Buenos Aires
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at , with kidnapped Nazi fugitive Adolf Eichmann
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Holocaust
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in Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
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* 22 May – Adolf Eichmann
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Argentina
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* 23 May – Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion ( ; he, דָּוִד בֶּן-גּוּרִיּוֹן ; born David Grün; 16 October 1886 – 1 December 1973) was the primary national founder of the State of Israel and the first prime minister of Israel. Adopting the name ...
of Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
surprised the Knesset
The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...
at , with the announcement that, "Israeli Security Services captured one of the greatest Nazi criminals, Adolf Eichmann
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Argentina
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demanded that Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
return Adolf Eichmann
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"Chronology June 1960", ''The World Almanac and book of facts, 1961'' (New York World-Telegram, 1960), pp172–175
* 6 June – The
The most prominent Palestinian fedayeen terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1960 include: * 26 April – Armed Palestinian Arab militants killed a resident of Ashkelon south of the city. Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations (
Israeli Air Force
The Israeli Air Force (IAF; he, זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense ...
receives its first Fouga Magister jets.
* 16 June – The Soreq Nuclear Research Center
Soreq Nuclear Research Center is a research and development institute situated near the localities of Palmachim and Yavne in Israel. It operates under the auspices of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC). History
The center conducts res ...
becomes operational.
* 20 July – The Czech-born scientist Kurt Sitte
Kurt Sitte (1 December 1910 - 20 June 1993) was a nuclear physicist, originally from northern Bohemia.
As a result of frontier changes, he grew up, after 1919, in Czechoslovakia, and from 1938 found himself a citizen of an enlarged Germany. It ...
, who was the head of the Physics
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Department at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, is arrested for espionage
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.
* 25 July – the Knesset
The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...
passes the Israel Lands Law (חוק יסוד: מקרקעי ישראל).
Israeli–Palestinian Conflict
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1960 include: Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targetsThe most prominent Palestinian fedayeen terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1960 include: * 26 April – Armed Palestinian Arab militants killed a resident of Ashkelon south of the city. Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations (
military campaign
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s and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants
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during 1960 include:
Unknown dates
* The founding of thekibbutz
A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...
Ein Hatzeva
Ein Hatzeva ( he, עֵין חֲצֵבָה, ''lit.'' Hatzeva Spring) is a moshav in the central Arava valley in Israel. Located south of the Dead Sea, it falls under the jurisdiction of Tamar Regional Council
The Tamar Regional Council ( he, מ ...
.
* The founding of the kibbutz Even Menachem.
Notable births
* 13 March –Erez Gerstein
Erez Gerstein ( he, ארז גרשטיין; March 13, 1960 – March 2, 1999) was an Israeli Brigadier General (Tat Aluf) who commanded the Israel Defense Forces Lebanon Liaison Unit and died in the South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000) with Hezb ...
, commander of the Golani Brigade and Lebanon Liaison Unit, killed by a roadside bomb in Lebanon (died 1999).
* 1 May – Adam
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, Israeli singer and actor.
* 6 August – Emmanuel Rosen, Israeli journalist, political analyst and media personality.
* 26 August – Avi Kushnir
Abraham Yeshayahu (Avi) Kushnir ( he, אבי קושניר, born 26 August 1960) is an Israeli comedian, actor and host.
Early life
During high school Kushnir studied at the youth village HaKfar HaYarok. Afterwards, during his mandatory military s ...
, Israeli entertainer, actor and TV host.
* 22 September – Isaac Herzog
Isaac "Bougie" Herzog ( he, יצחק "בוז׳י" הרצוג, Yitskhak "Buzhi" Hertsog; born 22 September 1960) is an Israeli politician who has been serving as the 11th president of Israel since 2021. He is the first president to be born in ...
, Israeli politician.
* 17 October – Dan Toren
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** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark
* Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa
**Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoir ...
, Israeli singer and actor.
Notable deaths
* 10 March –Gad Frumkin
Gad Frumkin (Hebrew language, Hebrew: גד פרומקין, August 2, 1887 – March 10, 1960) was an Israeli jurist. He was one of the first trained attorneys in Palestine prior to Israeli independence and one of the few Jews who served as a judge ...
(born 1887), Israeli jurist, only Jewish judge on the Supreme Court of Mandatory Palestine
Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...
.
* 13 March – Yosef Zvi HaLevy Yosef Zvi HaLevy ( he, יוסף צבי הלוי: 1874 – 13 March 1960) was an Israeli rabbi and head of the rabbinical court for Tel Aviv-Yafo.
Biography
HaLevy was born in 1874 in Vilijampolė, Kaunas, Lithuania, then part of the Russian ...
(born 1874), Russian (Lithuania)-born Israeli rabbi and judge.
* 24 May – Avraham Arnon Avraham Arnon (Hebrew: אברהם ארנון; born 1887, died 24 May 1960) was an Israeli educator and a recipient of the Israel Prize.
Biography
Avraham Arnon was born in Cherykaw in the Russian Empire (now in Belarus). His family later moved ...
(born 1887), Russian (Belarus)-born Israeli educator.
* 19 September – Zecharia Glosca
Zecharia Glosca ( he, זכריה גלוסקא, born 1894, died 19 September 1960) was a Yemenite Jew and Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Yemenite Association between 1949 and 1951.
Biography
Born in Yemen Vilayet ...
(born 1894), Yemeni-born Israeli politician.
* 15 October – Ya'akov Moshe Toledano (born 1880
Events
January–March
* January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia.
* January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy.
* February ...
), Israeli politician and rabbi.
* 20 November – Ya'akov Cohen (born 1881), Russian (Belarus)-born Israeli poet.
Major public holidays
See also
* 1960 in Israeli film * 1960 in Israeli music * 1960 in Israeli sport * Israel at the 1960 Summer OlympicsReferences
External links
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