1986 in Israel
Events in the year 1986 in Israel.
Incumbents
Events
- January 1 – The New Israeli shekel (NIS) replaces the old shekel as Israel's official currency.
- February 11 – After a period of imprisonment of nine years in a Siberian labor camp, the Soviet refusenik and human rights advocate Natan Sharansky and three low-level Western spies are exchanged for Czech spies held in the USA, a Soviet spy, a Polish spy and a GDR spy (the latter three held in Western Germany).
- April 16 - Beisky Commission publishes its report.
- June 4 – Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
- September 30 – Israeli Mossad agent Cheryl Bentov who befriended Israeli nuclear weapons whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu persuades him to fly to Rome with her on a holiday. Once in Rome, Mossad agents drug him and carry him to Israel on a freighter.
- October 5 – Israeli secret nuclear weapons are revealed by the British newspaper The Sunday Times, which publishes an interview with Mordechai Vanunu, a former Israeli nuclear technician who revealed details of the program.
- October 16 – IAF F-4 Phantom, piloted by Captain Aharon Achiaz, is inadvertently damaged midair and abandoned, resulting in the capture of flight navigator then-Captain Ron Arad by Amal, the Lebanese Shi'ite militia. To this day, the whereabouts of Arad has not been disclosed by his captors.
- October 20 – The twenty-first government is replaced by the twenty-second government, when Yitzhak Shamir replaces Peres as Prime Minister in accordance with the rotation agreement between the Alignment and Likud.
- October 23 – The beginning of experimental broadcasts of the Israeli Channel 2.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1986 include:
Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
The most prominent Palestinian militant acts and operations committed against Israeli targets during 1986 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 1986 include:
Unknown dates
Notable births
- January 7 – Daphne Leef, Israeli activist whom is the initiator of the 2011 housing protests in Israel.
- January 24 – Raviv Ullman, Israeli-born American actor.
- February 8 – Agam Rodberg, Israeli model and actress.
- March 3 – Michael Moshonov, Israeli actor.
- March 10 – Roni Duani, Israeli pop singer, actress, TV host, and model.
- August 28 – Gilad Shalit, Israeli soldier held as a hostage.
- September 1 – Shahar Zubari, Israeli windsurfer and Olympic bronze medalist.
Notable deaths
- February 8 – Yisrael Galili (b. 1911), Russian (Ukraine)-born Israeli politician.
- July 29 – Dan Pagis (b. 1930), Romanian (Bukovina)-born Israeli poet, lecturer and holocaust survivor.
Major public holidays
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1986 in Asia
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