The 1970s

TIMELINE 14 · THE 1970S

The 1970s

1970 to 1979 Conflict Rule and borders Diplomacy and law Settlement Faith and learning Literature and arts

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The Yom Kippur War of 1973 and peace with Egypt frame the decade. It also brings the attacks at Lod, Munich and Ma’alot and the rescue at Entebbe.

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TURNING POINTS ALSO IN THIS DECADE

1972 May 30 Massacre at Lod Airport. Three Japanese gunmen working for a Palestinian group kill 26 people, most of them Puerto Rican pilgrims.

1973 Oct 6 to 25 The Yom Kippur War. Egypt and Syria attack on the holiest day of the

year and Israel repels them. Ceasefires take hold on October 22

and 25. MAP 20

1974 May Massacre at Ma’alot. Gunmen seize

a school in the north. Twenty-two schoolchildren are among the dead.

1978 Mar 11 The Coastal Road massacre. Gunmen land from the sea, hijack a

bus and kill 38 civilians, 13 of them

children.

1979 Mar 26 Peace with Egypt. The Camp David

summit of September 1978 leads to

the first peace treaty with an Arab state. Israel completes its return of

Sinai on April 25, 1982. MAP 21

1970 Feb 21 A bomb on a Swissair plane kills 47 after takeoff from Zurich.

1972 Terrorists kill 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics.

1973 Dec 31 Election: Alignment wins 51 seats.

1974 Jan 18 Territory: Israel and Egypt sign the first Sinai disengagement agreement.

1974 Apr 11 Gunmen kill 18 people in Kiryat Shmona.

1974 May 31 Territory: Israel and Syria sign a disengagement agreement on the Golan Heights. 1974 Jun 3 Yitzhak Rabin becomes prime minister for the first time.

1975 Jul 4 A bomb in Jerusalem’s Zion Square kills 15. 1975 Sep 4 Territory: the second Sinai agreement returns the Abu Rudeis oil fields and the passes.

1976 Jul 4 Commandos rescue the hostages of a hijacked Air France plane at Entebbe.

1977 Zubin Mehta becomes music director of the Israel Philharmonic. 1977 May 17 Election: Likud wins 43 seats. 1977 Jun 20 Menachem Begin becomes prime minister after Likud wins the May 17 election, the first time Likud takes power. 1977 Nov 19 to 21 Summit: Anwar Sadat visits Jerusalem and addresses the Knesset.

1978 Israel wins the Eurovision Song Contest. 1978 Mar 14 Operation Litani in southern Lebanon. 1978 Sep 5 to 17 Summit: Begin and Sadat meet with President Carter at Camp David.

1978 Dec Menachem Begin shares the Nobel Peace Prize with Anwar Sadat. 1979 Apr 22 Terrorists land by sea and attack Nahariya.

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