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Events in the year 1958 in Israel.
Incumbents
[edit]- Prime Minister of Israel – David Ben-Gurion (Mapai)
- President of Israel – Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
- President of the Supreme Court – Yitzhak Olshan
- Chief of General Staff - Moshe Dayan until 29 January, Haim Laskov
- Government of Israel - 7th Government of Israel until 17 December, 8th Government of Israel
Events
[edit]- 7 January – Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion presents his cabinet for a Knesset "Vote of Confidence". The 8th Government is approved that day and the members were sworn in.
- 29 January – Haim Laskov is appointed as the fifth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.
- 12 February – Israel's Knesset passes the Basic Knesset Law (חוק יסוד: הכנסת).
- 8 April – The founding of the moshav Aviezer.
- 22 April – Jordanian soldiers shot and killed two Israeli fishermen near Aqaba.
- 19 August – The first International Bible Contest is held - in the International Convention Center in Jerusalem.
- 17 November – Syrian militants killed the wife of the British air attaché in Israel, who was staying at the guesthouse of the Italian Convent on the Mount of Beatitudes.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
[edit]The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1958 include:
Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
The most prominent Palestinian fedayeen terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1958 include:
- 11 February – Armed Palestinian Arab militants killed a resident of moshav Yanuv who was on his way to Kfar Yona, in the Sharon area.
- 5 April – Armed Palestinian Arab militants lying in an ambush shot and killed two Israeli civilians near Tel Lakhish.
- 26 May – Armed Palestinian Arab militants killed four Israeli police officers at Mount Scopus, in Jerusalem.
- 3 December – Armed Palestinian Arab militants killed a shepherd at Kibbutz Gonen.
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 1958 include:
Unknown dates
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- The Israeli motor vehicle manufacturer Autocars Co. presents the first Sussita (סוסיתא) car.
- The construction of the Negev Nuclear Research Center begins with French assistance.
- The founding of the moshav Givat Yeshayahu.
- The founding of the kibbutz Adamit.
Notable births
[edit]- 6 January – Shlomo Glickstein, former Israeli tennis player.
- 5 May – Ron Arad, Israeli soldier classified as missing in action after being captured in Lebanon in 1986.
- 29 May – Juliano Mer-Khamis, Israeli actor, filmmaker and political activist of Jewish and Arab origin (died 2011).
- 1 June – Ahron Bregman, Israeli-English political scientist and journalist
- 8 July – Tzipi Livni, Israeli politician, the Israeli Opposition Leader between 2009 and 2012, former leader of the Kadima party.
- 4 August – Silvan Shalom, Israeli politician.
- 27 November – Anat Atzmon, Israeli actress and singer.
Notable deaths
[edit]- 18 May – Jacob Fichman (born 1881), Romanian-born Israeli poet and essayist.
- 13 June[1] – Siegfried Lehman (born 1892), German-born Israeli educator.
- 27 October – Joseph Klausner (born 1874), Russian (Lithuania)-born Israeli Jewish historian and professor of Hebrew Literature.
Major public holidays
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Tidhar, David (1947). "1958 in Israel" ד"ר זיגפריד להמן. Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel (in Hebrew). Vol. 10. Estate of David Tidhar and Touro College Libraries. p. 3501.