Events in the year 1977 in Israel.

Incumbents

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 ...

–

Ephraim Katzir Ephraim Katzir ( he, אפרים קציר, translit=Efrayim Katsir; – 30 May 2009) was an Israeli biophysics, biophysicist and Israeli Labor Party, Labor Party politician. He was the List of Presidents of Israel, fourth President of Israel fro ...

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 ...

–

Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (; he, יִצְחָק רַבִּין, ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77, and from 1992 until h ...

(

Alignment Alignment may refer to: Archaeology * Alignment (archaeology), a co-linear arrangement of features or structures with external landmarks * Stone alignment, a linear arrangement of upright, parallel megalithic standing stones Biology * Structu ...

) until 21 June,

Menachem Begin Menachem Begin ( ''Menaḥem Begin'' (); pl, Menachem Begin (Polish documents, 1931–1937); ''Menakhem Volfovich Begin''; 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of Israel. B ...

(

Likud Likud ( he, הַלִּיכּוּד, HaLikud, The Consolidation), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a major centre-right to right-wing political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon ...

) * President of the Supreme Court –

Yoel Zussman Yoel Zussman also spelled Yoel Sussman ( he, יואל זוסמן, born 24 October 1910, died 2 March 1982) was an Israeli jurist and the fourth President of the Supreme Court of Israel, from 1976 to 1980. Biography Sussman was born in 1910 in K ...

* Chief of General Staff –

Mordechai Gur Mordechai "Motta" Gur ( he, מרדכי "מוטה" גור, May 6, 1930 – July 16, 1995) was an Israeli politician and the 10th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. During the Six-Day War (1967), he commanded the brigade that penetrated ...

Government of Israel The Cabinet of Israel (officially: he, ממשלת ישראל ''Memshelet Yisrael'') exercises executive authority in the State of Israel. It consists of ministers who are chosen and led by the prime minister. The composition of the government ...

– 17th Government of Israel until 21 June, 18th Government of Israel

Events

* 3 January – The Israeli Minister of Housing

Avraham Ofer Avraham Offer ( he, אברהם עופר, 1922 as Avraham Hirsch – 3 January 1977) was an Israeli politician, famous for committing suicide following the eruption of a corruption scandal. Biography Ofer was born in the Chorostków shtetl in P ...

commits suicide after being suspected of corruption. * 7 April –

announces his retirement from the premiership of the Labor Party, following the

Dollar Account affair The Dollar Account affair ( he, פרשת חשבון הדולרים, ''Parashat Heshbon HaDolarim'') was a political scandal in Israel in 1977, following the exposure of an illegal United States bank account held by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak R ...

. * 7 April –

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

wins its first European Championship, defeating

Mobilgirgi Varese Pallacanestro Varese, also called by its current sponsor's name, the Openjobmetis Varese, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Varese, Lombardy. Founded in 1945, the team plays in the Italian first division LBA. For past club sp ...

78:77 in the final held in Pionir Hall,

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

and

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...

91:79 in semifinal group game held in

Virton Virton (; Gaumais: ''Viertån''; wa, Vierton) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. It is also the administrative centre of the district (''arrondissement'') of the same name, as well as the princ ...

, Belgium, an achievement that produced

Tal Brody Talbot "Tal" Brody (Hebrew: טל ברודי; born August 30, 1943), nicknamed Mr. Basketball, is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player and current goodwill ambassador of Israel. Brody was drafted #12 in the National Basketball ...

's famous sentence "We are on the map, not only in basketball". * 7 May –

Ilanit Hanna Dresner-Tzakh ( he, חנה דרזנר; born 17 September 1947), better known by her stage name Ilanit (, ), is an Israeli singer. She was one of Israel's most popular singers from the late 1960s to the 1980s, both as a soloist and in the duo ...

represents Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time, with the song “

Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories, Limited ( he, אהבה, ''Love'') is an Israeli cosmetics company with headquarters in Lod that manufactures skin care products made of mud and mineral-based compounds from the Dead Sea. The company has flagship ...

” ("Love is a Song for Two"). * 10 May – Disaster of the 54: An IAF "Yasur" helicopter crashes in the

Jordan Valley The Jordan Valley ( ar, غور الأردن, ''Ghor al-Urdun''; he, עֵמֶק הַיַרְדֵּן, ''Emek HaYarden'') forms part of the larger Jordan Rift Valley. Unlike most other river valleys, the term "Jordan Valley" often applies just to ...

. 54 IDF soldiers on board are killed in the disaster. * 17 May – The

Party, led by

, wins a plurality of seats in the

1977 Israeli legislative election Legislative elections were held in Israel on 17 May 1977 to elect the ninth Knesset. For the first time in Israeli political history, the right wing, led by Likud, won a plurality of seats, ending almost 30 years of rule by the left-wing Alignme ...

. * 20 June –

presents his cabinet for a

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 ...

"Vote of Confidence". The 18th Government is approved that day and the members are sworn in, ending almost 30 years of rule by the left-wing

and its predecessor,

Mapai Mapai ( he, מַפָּא"י, an acronym for , ''Mifleget Poalei Eretz Yisrael'', lit. "Workers' Party of the Land of Israel") was a democratic socialist political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger in ...

. * July – The

1977 Maccabiah Games At the 10th Maccabiah Games in Israel, more than 2,800 athletes from 34 countries participated in 26 different sports, including chess and bridge. The opening ceremonies were held on July 12, 1977, in Ramat Gan Stadium before a crowd of 50,000 p ...

are held. * 19 November –

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

ian President

Anwar Sadat Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 ...

becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister

, seeking a permanent peace settlement. * 20 November –

ian President

gives a speech in the

. * 25 December – Prime Minister of Israel

meets in Egypt with President of Egypt,

. File:Menachem Begin.jpg, On 17 May 1977

led the Likud party to victory in the 9th Israeli legislative election

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1977 include: Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
The most prominent Palestinian Arab terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1977 include: Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
The most prominent Israeli military

counter-terrorism Counterterrorism (also spelled counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, incorporates the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, law enforcement, business, and intelligence agencies use to combat or el ...

operations (

military campaign A military campaign is large-scale long-duration significant military strategy plan incorporating a series of interrelated military operations or battles forming a distinct part of a larger conflict often called a war. The term derives from the ...

s and

military operations A military operation 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. Operations may ...

) carried out against

Palestinian militants Palestinian political violence refers to acts of violence perpetrated for political ends in relation to the State of Palestine or in connection with Palestinian nationalism. Common political objectives include self-determination in and sovereig ...

during 1977 include:

Unknown dates

* The founding of the

kibbutz 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 ...

Beit Rimon Beit Rimon ( he, בֵּית רִמּוֹן, ''lit.'' House of the Pomegranate) is a kibbutz located in the Lower Galilee Regional Council in Israel. It consists of a core kibbutz and a residential expansion. It is located in the Lower Galilee on ...

Notable births

* 12 January –

Eithan Urbach Eithan Urbach (born 12 January 1977 in Haifa) is a former backstroke swimmer from Israel. Urbach competed in two events in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Ol ...

, Israeli swimmer. * 16 January – Ariel "Arik" Ze'evi, Israeli Judoka. * 10 February –

Dudu Tassa David "Dudu" Tassa ( he, דודו טסה; born February 10, 1977) is an Israeli rock musician, singer, songwriter and record producer of Mizrahi Jewish descent. Besides having had a successful solo career in Israel, Tassa has been the leader of t ...

, Israeli musician * 17 March –

Rana Raslan Rana Raslan ( ar, رنا رسلان; he, רנא רסלאן; born ) is an Israeli former model who won Miss Israel in 1999. With the cancellation of the pageant in 2022, she remains the only Arab and Muslim to have won the title.

, the first Israeli Arab to be crowned

Miss Israel Miss Israel ( he, מַלְכַּת הַיֹּפִי, , ) is a national beauty pageant in Israel. The pageant was founded in 1950, where the winners were sent to Miss Universe. The pageant was also existing to send delegates to Miss World, Miss I ...

. * 12 July –

Yonit Levi Yonit Levi ( he, יונית לוי; born 12 July 1977) is an Israeli news anchor, television presenter and journalist. Biography Yonit Levi was born in the French Hill neighborhood of Jerusalem to an Ashkenazi Jewish family. Her father, Yoram, was ...

, Israeli TV news anchorwoman. * 6 September –

Amos Tamam Amos Tamam ( he, עמוס תמם; born September 6, 1977) is an Israeli actor. Biography Amos Tamam grew up in Ramla in a traditional Jewish family of Tunisian descent and served in the IDF as a fighter in the paratroopers' brigade. Career ...

, Israeli actor * 12 September –

Idan Raichel Idan Raichel ( he, עידן רייכל, ; b. 12 September 1977) is an Israeli singer-songwriter and musician known for his "Idan Raichel Project" (Hebrew: ), distinctive for its fusion of electronics, traditional Hebrew texts, and diverse mus ...

, Israeli musician. * 12 October –

Miri Bohadana Miri Bohadana ( he, מירי בוהדנה; born October 12, 1977) is an Israeli actress, model, tv host and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Israel 1995. Biography Miriam (Miri) Bohadana was born in Beersheba, Israel, to Morocca ...

, Israeli model and actress * 22 November –

The Shadow The Shadow is a fictional character created by magazine publishers Street & Smith and writer Walter B. Gibson. Originally created to be a mysterious radio show narrator, and developed into a distinct literary character in 1931 by writer Walter ...

, Israeli rapper

Notable deaths

* 3 January –

(born 1922), Polish-born Israeli politician. * 20 February –

Baruch Uziel Baruch Uziel ( he, ברוך עוזיאל, born 1 August 1901, died 20 February 1977) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Liberal Party and Gahal between 1961 and 1969. Biography Born in Thessaloniki in the Ott ...

(born 1901), Ottoman (

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

)-born Israeli politician * 6 March –

Shmuel Stoller Shmuel Stoller ( he, שמואל סטולר; August 15, 1898 – March 6, 1977) was an Israeli agronomist and an early member of the Zionist movement. Biography Stoller was born in 1898 in Moscow, Russian Empire. In 1915, he graduated from h ...

(born 1898), Russian-born Israeli agronomist and an early member of the Zionist movement. * 19 May – Aviad Yafeh (born 1923), Israeli diplomat and politician. * 6 July –

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(born 1907) Hungarian-born Israeli violist and composer. * 11 July –

Yitzhak Danziger Yitzhak Danziger ( he, יצחק דנציגר; 26 June 1916 – 11 July 1977) was an Israeli sculptor. He was one of the pioneer sculptors of the Canaanite Movement, and later joined the "Ofakim Hadashim" (New Horizons) group. Early life ...

(born 1916), German-born Israeli sculptor. * 13 November –

Gertrud Kraus Gertrud Kraus ( he, גרטרוד קראוס; 5 May 1901 – 13 November 1977) was an Israeli pioneer of modern dance in Israel. Biography Gertrud Kraus was born in 1901 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. Her father, Leopold Kraus, and her mother, Olga ...

(born 1901), Austrian-born Israeli choreographer and dance pioneer. * 21 September –

Ben-Zion Halfon Ben-Zion Halfon (, 1930 – 21 September 1977) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment between 1969 and 1977. Biography Born in Tripoli in Libya in 1930, Halfon was a member of a Zionist youth movement. ...

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Events

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Notable births

Notable deaths

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