The 1980s

TIMELINE 15 · THE 1980S

The 1980s

1980 to 1989 Conflict Rule and borders Diplomacy and law Settlement Faith and learning Literature and arts

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Begin and Peres lead the country. Israel destroys the Osirak reactor, the Lebanon War begins and the First Intifada starts in 1987.

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TURNING POINTS ALSO IN THIS DECADE

1982 Jun 6 The Lebanon War. Israel invades to drive

out the PLO, which

leaves Beirut in August. Israel stays in

southern Lebanon

until 2000. MAP 28

1980 Apr 7 Terrorists seize the nursery at Kibbutz Misgav Am. 1980 May 2 Gunmen kill six yeshiva students in Hebron. 1980 Jul 30 Territory: The Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law, which declares the united city the capital of Israel.

1981 Jun 7 Israel destroys Iraq’s Osirak reactor. 1981 Jun 30 Election: Likud wins 48 seats. 1981 Oct 6 Anwar Sadat is assassinated in Cairo. 1981 Dec 14 Territory: the Knesset applies Israeli law to the Golan Heights.

1982 Jun 3 An attack on the Israeli ambassador in London sparks the Lebanon War. 1982 Sep 16 to 18 Lebanese militias massacre Palestinians at Sabra and Shatila. 1982 Nov 11 A car bomb destroys the Israeli headquarters in Tyre. 1983 May Ofra Haza places second at the Eurovision Song Contest. 1983 May 17 Israel and Lebanon sign an agreement that is canceled in 1984. 1983 Oct 10 Yitzhak Shamir becomes prime minister.

1984 Apr 12 In the Bus 300 affair, two hijackers die in custody. 1984 Apr Security forces arrest the Jewish Underground. 1984 Jul 23 Election: Alignment 44 seats, Likud 41.

1984 to 1985 Operation Moses brings thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel.

1984 Sep 13 Shimon Peres becomes prime minister in a rotation with Shamir. 1985 May 20 Israel frees 1,150 prisoners for three captured soldiers. 1985 Jun 10 Territory: Israel pulls back to a security zone in southern Lebanon. 1985 Oct 1 Israeli jets bomb PLO headquarters in Tunis. 1985 Oct 5 An Egyptian policeman kills seven Israeli tourists at Ras Burqa. 1985 Oct 7 Hijackers seize the cruise ship Achille Lauro. 1985 Dec 27 Gunmen attack El Al counters at Rome and Vienna airports. 1986 Yaacov Agam’s Fire and Water Fountain is installed in Dizengoff Square. 1986 Sep 6 Gunmen kill 22 worshippers at the Neve Shalom synagogue in Istanbul. 1986 Oct 20 Shamir returns as prime minister in the rotation. 1986 Oct 16 Navigator Ron Arad is captured in Lebanon. 1987 Apr 11 Summit: Peres and King Hussein agree to the London Agreement. 1987 Nov 25 A hang glider attack from Lebanon kills six soldiers.

1988 Mar 7 Terrorists hijack a bus near Dimona and three civilians die. 1988 Apr 16 Abu Jihad is killed in Tunis. 1988 Jul 31 Territory: Jordan renounces its claim to Judea and Samaria. 1988 Nov 1 Election: Likud wins 40 seats. 1988 Nov 15 The PLO declares a state at its Algiers meeting. 1988 Dec 14 The United States opens a dialogue with the PLO. 1989 Mar 15 Territory: Israel returns Taba to Egypt after international arbitration. 1989 May 14 Shamir proposes elections in Judea and Samaria and Gaza. 1989 Jul 6 A terrorist drives Bus 405 into a ravine and 16 die.

1987 Dec 8 to 1993 Sep 13 The First Intifada.

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