Events in the year1977 in Israel .
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3 January – The IsraeliMinister of Housing Avraham Ofer commits suicide after being suspected of corruption. 7 April –Yitzhak Rabin announces his retirement from the premiership of the Labor Party, following theDollar Account affair . 7 April –Maccabi Tel Aviv wins its firstEuropean Championship , defeatingMobilgirgi Varese 78:77 in the final held inPionir Hall ,Belgrade andCSKA Moscow 91:79 in semifinal group game held inVirton , Belgium, an achievement that producedTal Brody 's famous sentence "We are on the map, not only in basketball". 7 May –Ilanit representsIsrael at the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time, with the song “Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim ” ("Love is a Song for Two").[ 1] 10 May –Disaster of the 54 : An IAF"Yasur" helicopter crashes in theJordan Valley . 54 IDF soldiers on board are killed in the disaster. 17 May – TheLikud Party, led byMenachem Begin , wins a plurality of seats in the1977 Israeli legislative election . 20 June –Menachem Begin presents his cabinet for aKnesset "Vote of Confidence". The18th Government is approved that day and the members are sworn in, ending almost 30 years of rule by the left-wingAlignment and its predecessor,Mapai . July – The1977 Maccabiah Games are held. 19 November –Egyptian presidentAnwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel when he meets with Israeli prime ministerMenachem Begin , seeking a permanent peace settlement. 20 November –Egyptian presidentAnwar Sadat gives a speech in theKnesset . 25 December – Prime Minister of IsraelMenachem Begin meets in Egypt with President of Egypt,Anwar Sadat . [ edit ] The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1977 include:
Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
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The most prominentPalestinian Arab terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1977 include:
Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
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The most prominent Israeli militarycounter-terrorism operations (military campaigns andmilitary operations ) carried out againstPalestinian militants during 1977 include:
12 January –Eithan Urbach , swimmer. 16 January –Ariel "Arik" Ze'evi , Judoka. 10 February –Dudu Tassa , musician 17 March –Rana Raslan , the first Israeli Arab to be crownedMiss Israel . 5 April -Jonathan Erlich , tennis player 12 July –Yonit Levi , TV news anchorwoman. 13 July -Jonah Lotan , actor 6 September –Amos Tamam , actor 12 September –Idan Raichel , musician 19 September –Lior Lubin , basketball player and professional basketball coach (died2024 ) 12 October –Miri Bohadana , model and actress 17 October -Dudu Aouate , footballer 22 November –The Shadow , rapper 3 January –Avraham Ofer (born 1922), Polish-born Israeli politician. 20 February –Baruch Uziel (born 1901), Ottoman (Thessaloniki )-born Israeli politician 6 March –Shmuel Stoller (born 1898), Russian-born Israeli agronomist and an early member of the Zionist movement. 19 May –Aviad Yafeh (born 1923), diplomat and politician. 6 July –Ödön Pártos (born 1907) Hungarian-born Israeli violist and composer. 11 July –Yitzhak Danziger (born 1916), German-born Israeli sculptor. 13 November –Gertrud Kraus (born 1901), Austrian-born Israeli choreographer and dance pioneer. 21 September –Ben-Zion Halfon (born 1930), Libyan-born Israeli politician.
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