1993 in Israel

1993
in
Israel

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Events in the year 1993 in Israel.

Incumbents

March 24 – The Knesset elects Ezer Weizman as President of Israel, by a majority of 66 to 53, against Dov Shilansky.
May 13 – Ezer Weizman assumes office as the seventh president of the State of Israel.
July – The 1993 Maccabiah Games are held.
July 25 – Operation Accountability: IDF forces launch a week-long attack in Lebanon with specified three purposes: to strike directly at Hezbollah; to make it difficult for Hezbollah to use southern Lebanon as a base for striking Israel; and to displace refugees in the hopes of pressuring the Lebanese government to intervene against Hezbollah.
July 29 – The Israeli Supreme Court acquits accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
August 18 – The new Tel Aviv Central Bus Station opens to the public, after more than 25 years of construction.
November 4 – The Israeli commercial television channel Channel 2 begins its broadcasting.
December 30 – Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations.

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1993 include:

August 20 – The first agreement in the Oslo Accords is signed, between by Foreign Minister Shimon Peres for Israel, Mahmoud Abbas for the PLO and Secretary of State Warren Christopher for the United States.
September 13 – The Oslo Accords are officially signed at a public ceremony in Washington, DC in the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and US President Bill Clinton.

Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets

The most prominent Palestinian Arab terror attacks committed against Israeli targets during 1993 include:

April 16 – Mehola Junction bombing: A Hamas militant carries out the first suicide bombing by Palestinian Arab militants from the Palestinian territories against Israeli targets. A Palestinian Arab bystander and the bomber are killed in the attack and seven IDF soldiers and a Palestinian Arab are injured.^[1]

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 1993 include:

February 16 – Amos Gutman (b. 1954), Romanian-born Israeli film director.
April 30 – Frija Zoaretz (b. 1907), Libyan-born Israeli politician.
October 11 – Nathan Rotenstreich (b. 1914), Austro-Hungarian (Galicia)-born Israeli professor of philosophy.
December 18 – Emanuel Amiran (b. 1909), Russian-born Israeli composer.
Full date unknown – Benjamin Shapira (b. 1913), German–born Israeli biochemist.

1993 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