Events in the year 1964 in Israel.

Incumbents

• Prime Minister of Israel Levi Eshkol (Mapai)
• President of Israel Zalman Shazar
• Chief of General Staff - Tzvi Tzur until January 1, Yitzhak Rabin
• Government of Israel - 11th Government of Israel until December 22, 12th Government of Israel

Events

• January 1 Yitzhak Rabin is appointed as the seventh Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.
• January 5 Pope Paul VI arrives in Israel, marking the first visit to Israel by the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
• June 3 Israel wins the 1964 AFC Asian Cup. The finals were held in Israel from May 26 to June 9, 1964 and the Israeli national football team won the title with a perfect record of three wins, defeating the teams of South Korea, Hong Kong and India.
• June 10 The National Water Carrier of Israel was inaugurated.
• June 16 Israel's Knesset passes the The President of the State Law.
• July 9 The remains of the Revisionist Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky are transferred to Israel for burial in Jerusalem at Mount Herzl Cemetery from his original burial site in New York.
• December 22 Levi Eshkol presents his cabinet for a Knesset "Vote of Confidence". The 12th Government is approved that day and the members are sworn in.

Israeli Palestinian conflict

The most prominent events related to the Israeli Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1964 include:

• June 2 The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is founded in the West Bank with the stated goal of the "liberation of Palestine" through armed struggle.^[1] The original PLO Charter (issued on May 28, 1964^[2]) stated that "Palestine with its boundaries that existed at the time of the British mandate is an integral regional unit" and sought to "prohibit... the existence and activity" of Zionism.^[3] It also called for a right of return and self-determination for Palestinian Arabs. The PLO was considered by the United States and Israel to be a terrorist organization until the Madrid Conference in 1991.

Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
The most prominent Palestinian terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1964 include:

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 1964 include:

Notable births

• February 1 Eli Ohana, Israeli football manager and former football player.
• December 12 Bonni Ginzburg, Israeli goalkeeper.
• December 30 Keren Mor, Israeli actress.

Notable deaths

• January 16 Aharon Zisling (b. 1901), Russian (Belarus)-born Israeli politician and minister.
• April 10 Ze'ev Shefer (b. 1906), Russian (Ukraine)-born Israeli politician.
• August 6 Jeremiah Halpern (b. 1901), Russian-born Revisionist Zionist leader.
• August 20 Avraham Drori (b. 1919), Polish-born Israeli politician.

Major public holidays

See also

• 1964 in Israeli film
• 1964 in Israeli music
• 1964 in Israeli sport
• Israel at the 1964 Summer Olympics

References

External links

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