1977 in Israel

1977
in
Israel

Decades:	1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1977 List of years in Israel Timeline of the region of Palestine Timeline of Israeli history

Events in the year 1977 in Israel.

Incumbents

January 3 – The Israeli Minister of Housing Avraham Ofer commits suicide after being suspected of corruption.
April 7 – Yitzhak Rabin announces his retirement from the premiership of the Labor Party, following the Dollar Account affair.
April 7 – Maccabi Tel Aviv wins its first European Championship, defeating Mobilgirgi Varese 78:77 in the final held in Pionir Hall, Belgrade and CSKA Moscow 91:79 in semifinal group game held in Virton, Belgium, an achievement that produced Tal Brody's famous sentence "We are on the map, not only in basketball".
May 10 – Disaster of the 54: An IAF "Yasur" helicopter crashes in the Jordan Valley. 54 IDF soldiers on board are killed in the disaster.
May 17 – The Likud Party, led by Menachem Begin, wins the elections in Israel, ending almost 30 years of rule by the left-wing Alignment and its predecessor, Mapai.
June 20 – Menachem Begin presents his cabinet for a Knesset "Vote of Confidence". The 18th Government is approved that day and the members are sworn in.
July – The 1977 Maccabiah Games are held.
November 19 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, seeking a permanent peace settlement.
November 20 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat gives a speech in the Knesset.
December 25 – Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat.

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 operations (military campaigns and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 1977 include:

January 3 – Avraham Ofer (b. 1922), Polish-born Israeli politician.
February 20 – Baruch Uziel (b. 1901), Ottoman (Thessaloniki)-born Israeli politician
March 6 – Shmuel Stoller (b. 1898), Russian-born Israeli agronomist and an early member of the Zionist movement.
May 19 – Aviad Yafeh (b. 1923), Israeli diplomat and politician.
July 6 – Ödön Pártos (b. 1907) Hungarian-born Israeli violist and composer.
July 11 – Yitzhak Danziger (b. 1916), German-born Israeli sculptor.
November 13 – Gertrud Kraus (b. 1901), Austrian-born Israeli choreographer and dance pioneer.
September 21 – Ben-Zion Halfon (b. 1930), Libyan-born Israeli politician.

1977 in Asia

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States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine Republic of China (Taiwan) South Ossetia

Dependencies and other territories	Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau