1989 in Israel
Encyclopedia
Incumbents
- Prime Minister of IsraelPrime Minister of IsraelThe Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and the most powerful political figure in Israel . The prime minister is the country's chief executive. The official residence of the prime minister, Beit Rosh Hamemshala is in Jerusalem...
– Yitzhak ShamirYitzhak Shamir' is a former Israeli politician, the seventh Prime Minister of Israel, in 1983–84 and 1986–92.-Biography:Icchak Jeziernicky was born in Ruzhany , Russian Empire . He studied at a Hebrew High School in Białystok, Poland. As a youth he joined Betar, the Revisionist Zionist youth movement...
(LikudLikudLikud is the major center-right political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin in an alliance with several right-wing and liberal parties. Likud's victory in the 1977 elections was a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had...
) - President of IsraelPresident of IsraelThe President of the State of Israel is the head of state of Israel. The position is largely an apolitical ceremonial figurehead role, with the real executive power lying in the hands of the Prime Minister. The current president is Shimon Peres who took office on 15 July 2007...
– Chaim HerzogChaim HerzogChaim Herzog served as the sixth President of Israel , following a distinguished career in both the British Army and the Israel Defense Forces .-Early life:... - Chief of General Staff - Dan ShomronDan ShomronGen. Dan Shomron was the 13th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, from 1987 to 1991....
- Government of Israel - 23rd Government of IsraelTwenty-third government of IsraelThe twenty-third government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Shamir of Likud on 22 December 1988, following the November 1988 elections. The government remained a national unity coalition between Likud and the Alignment, with the National Religious Party, Shas, Agudat Yisrael and Degel HaTorah also...
Events
- July – The 1989 Maccabiah Games1989 Maccabiah GamesThe 1989 13th Maccabiah Games brought 4,500 athletes to Israel from 45 nations.Jewish athletes from Hungary participated for the first time since World War II, Jewish athletes from Russia had been permitted,by their country,to play for the first time....
are held. - July 28 – Israeli commandos entered Lebanon and kidnapped Sheik Abdel Karim ObeidAbdel Karim ObeidAbdel Karim Obeid is a sheik and Imam of the village of Jibchit in south Lebanon, high-place of Lebanese Shiism.Regarded as the spiritual leader and soldier of the 'Islamic Amal' in the south of Tyre, close to Hizballah and related to...
, chief of Hezbollah. (see Ron AradRon Arad (pilot)Lieutenant Colonel Ron Arad , was an Israeli Air Force weapon systems officer who is officially classified as missing in action since October 1986, but is widely presumed dead...
). - September 19–22 – Mount Carmel forest fireMount Carmel forest fire (1989)The Mount Carmel forest fire was a forest fire that occurred between 19 and 22 September 1989 on Mount Carmel in northern Israel and was one of the largest forest fires in Israel, the largest being the Mount Carmel forest fire of 2010....
: One of the largest forest fire in Israel's history. The fire extended over 6,000 dunam (1,500 acres), devastates 3,200 dunam (790 acres) of natural forest areas of Aleppo pineAleppo PinePinus halepensis, commonly known as the Aleppo Pine, is a pine native to the Mediterranean region. Their range extends from Morocco and Spain north to southern France, Italy and Croatia, and east to Greece and northern Tunisia, and Libya, with an outlying population in Syria, Lebanon, southern...
on Mount CarmelMount CarmelMount Carmel ; , Kármēlos; , Kurmul or جبل مار إلياس Jabal Mar Elyas 'Mount Saint Elias') is a coastal mountain range in northern Israel stretching from the Mediterranean Sea towards the southeast. Archaeologists have discovered ancient wine and oil presses at various locations on Mt. Carmel...
in northern Israel, close to the city of HaifaHaifaHaifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...
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Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1989 include:Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
The most prominent Palestinian Arab terror attack
Palestinian political violence
Palestinian political violence refers to acts of violence undertaken to further the Palestinian cause. These political objectives include self-determination in and sovereignty over Palestine, the liberation of Palestine and establishment of a Palestinian state, either in place of both Israel and...
s committed against Israelis during 1989 include:
- March 21 – 1989 Tel Aviv stabbing attack1989 Tel Aviv stabbing attackThe 1989 Tel Aviv stabbing attack was a stabbing attack on random residents of Tel Aviv, Israel carried out in 1989 by Muhammad Zakut , a Palestinian Arab construction worker.- The attack :...
: A knife-wielding Palestinian Arab attacks Israeli civilians at random in Tel AvivTel AvivTel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
, killing two and wounding a third. - May 3 – HamasHamasHamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...
activists kidnap and kill IDFIsrael Defense ForcesThe Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew acronym Tzahal , are the military forces of the State of Israel. They consist of the ground forces, air force and navy. It is the sole military wing of the Israeli security forces, and has no civilian jurisdiction within Israel...
soldier Corporal Ilan Saadon. - July 6 – Tel Aviv Jerusalem bus 405 attack: The first Palestinian Arab suicide attackSuicide attackA suicide attack is a type of attack in which the attacker expects or intends to die in the process.- Historical :...
is carried out inside Israel's borders on a crowded Egged bus when a Palestinian Islamic Jihad member seizes the steering wheel from the driver and pulls the bus over a steep precipice into a ravineRavineA ravine is a landform narrower than a canyon and is often the product of streamcutting erosion. Ravines are typically classified as larger in scale than gullies, although smaller than valleys. A ravine is generally a fluvial slope landform of relatively steep sides, on the order of twenty to...
in the area of Qiryat Ye'arimQiryat Ye'arimKiryat Ye'arim , also known as Telz-Stone, is a town in the Jerusalem District of Israel.According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2005 Kiryat Ye'arim had a population of 3,100, predominantly Jewish, with a growth rate of 1.2%.It is an almost exclusively Haredi town,...
. 16 passengers are killed.
Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism
Counter-terrorism
Counter-terrorism is the practices, tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, militaries, police departments and corporations adopt to prevent or in response to terrorist threats and/or acts, both real and imputed.The tactic of terrorism is available to insurgents and governments...
operations (military campaign
Military campaign
In the military sciences, the term military campaign applies to large scale, long duration, significant military strategy plan incorporating a series of inter-related military operations or battles forming a distinct part of a larger conflict often called a war...
s and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 1989 include:
- May 19 – First IntifadaFirst IntifadaThe First Intifada was a Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories. The uprising began in the Jabalia refugee camp and quickly spread throughout Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem....
: The Palestinian leader Ahmed YassinAhmed YassinSheikh Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin was a founder of Hamas, an Islamist Palestinian paramilitary organization and political party. Yassin also served as the spiritual leader of the organization...
, the founder and spiritual leader of HamasHamasHamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...
, was arrested by Israel. Yassin was later on sentenced to life imprisonmentLife imprisonmentLife imprisonment is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime under which the convicted person is to remain in jail for the rest of his or her life...
for his involvement in attacks against Israelis.
Notable births
- July 11 – Liel KoletLiel KoletLiel Kolet is an Israeli singer, of Indian Jewish descent.-Biography:Liel Kolet was born on 11 July 1989 to Indian Jewish parents in the Kibbutz Kvutzat Kinneret where she also spent the rest of her childhood....
, Israeli singer, of Indian Jewish descent - August 11 – Ben SaharBen SaharBen Sahar is an Israeli football striker who currently plays for Ligue 1 side Auxerre on loan from Espanyol.At just 16, Sahar was already the equivalent of a second-year apprentice at Chelsea. He first caught Chelsea's eye in an Under-16 fixture against Ireland in 2004 and has since played for the...
, Israeli footballer
Notable deaths
- January 4 – Dvora NetzerDvora NetzerDvora Netzer was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai, the Labor Party and the Alignment between 1949 and 1969.-Biography:...
(b. 1897), Russian (Ukraine)-born Israeli politician. - February 21 – Moshe UnnaMoshe UnnaMoshe Unna was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the United Religious Front, Hapoel HaMizrachi and the National Religious Party between 1949 and 1969.-Biography:...
(b. 19021902 in Germany-National level:* Kaiser - Wilhelm II* Chancellor - Bernhard von Bülow-Kingdoms:* King of Bavaria - Otto of Bavaria* King of Prussia - Kaiser Wilhelm II* King of Saxony - Albert of Saxony to 19 June, then George of Saxony...
), German-born Israeli politician. - April 9 – Moshe ZifferMoshe Ziffer-Biography:Ziffer was born in 1902 in Przemyśl, Austro-Hungary. He emigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1919. In 1924-33, he studied sculpture in Vienna, Berlin and Paris. Stone sculptures by Ziffer are on display at the campuses of Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Ziffer...
(b. 1902), Austro-Hungarian (Galicia)-born Israeli sculptor. - June 22 – Menahem SternMenahem SternMenahem Stern was an internationally acclaimed Israeli historian of the Second Temple period.-Biography:Menahem Stern was born in 1925 in Białystok, Poland. His father was a Lithuanian misnaged while his mother came from a Hasidic family. In his childhood he studied Hebrew and religious texts, but...
(b. 1925), Polish-born Israeli historian. - October 14 – Dov SadanDov SadanProfessor Dov Sadan was an Israeli academic and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment between 1965 and 1968.-Biography:...
(b. 1902), Austro-Hungarian (Galicia)-born Israeli academic and politician. - October 20 – Dahn Ben-Amotz (b. 1924), Polish-born Israeli journalist and author.
- Full date unknown
- Manfred AschnerManfred AschnerManfred Aschner was an Israeli microbiologist and entomologist.- Biography :Aschner was born in Germany in 1901. He emigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1924 and joined in the efforts to eradicate malaria from the country.- See also :...
(b. 19011901 in Germany-National level:* Kaiser - Wilhelm II* Chancellor - Bernhard von Bülow-Kingdoms:* King of Bavaria - Otto of Bavaria* King of Prussia - Kaiser Wilhelm II* King of Saxony - Albert of Saxony* King of Württemberg - William II of Württemberg-Grand Duchies:...
) German (SilesiaSilesiaSilesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with smaller parts also in the Czech Republic, and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia's largest city and historical capital is Wrocław...
)-born Israeli microbiologist and entomologist. - Akiva VromanAkiva Vroman- Biography :Vroman was born in the Netherland in 1912, He emigrated to the then British Mandate of Palestine in 1940, having previously lived there in mid-1930s.- See also :*List of Israel Prize recipients*Vroman...
(b. 1912), Dutch-born Israeli geologist.
- Manfred Aschner
See also
- 1989 in Israeli film1989 in Israeli filmA list of films produced by the Israeli film industry in 1989.-1989 releases:-Unknown premiere date:-External links:* at the Internet Movie Database...
- 1989 in Israeli television
- 1989 in Israeli music
- 1989 in Israeli sport
- Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989