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6 January – Michel Sabbah is consecrated as Roman Catholic Bishop of Jerusalem becoming the first Palestinian Arab to hold this position.[1]
15 January – In Jerusalem, police and Palestinian protestors clash at the Dome of the Rock; several police and at least 70 Palestinians are injured.[2]
17 January – Education Minister Yitzhaq Navon orders the mobilisation of high school students to assist in the citrus fruit harvest in a crisis caused by the absence of Palestinian Arab workers.[3]
18 February – Israeli authorities close Tari al-Sharara a Hebrew/Arabic newspaper published in Israel.[4]
25 February – A camera crew working for a US network film four Israeli soldiers breaking arms of two bound Palestinian Arabs.[5] On 15 March the IDF announced that one of the soldiers had been sentenced to 21 days in prison, a second to ten days.[6]
13 March – An estimated 200,000-250,000 Israelis demonstrate in support of Prime Minister Shamir's rejection of US peace proposals. The day before, 12 March, Peace Now held a demonstration of 50,000 in favour of the plan.[7]
25 April – In Israel, Ivan Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II. He was accused by survivors of being the notorious guard at the Treblinka extermination camp known as "Ivan the Terrible". The conviction was eventually overturned in 1993 by the Israeli Supreme Court.
1 November – In the Israeli election, Likud wins 47 seats, Labour wins 49, but Likud Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir remains in office.
22 December – Yitzhak Shamir presents his cabinet for a Knesset "Vote of Confidence". The 23rd 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 1988 include:
6 April – A 15-year-old Israeli girl is killed in the Palestinian village of Bayta in West Bank. First official announcements state that she had been stoned to death. A subsequent IDF investigation revealed that she had been accidentally shot by her group leader. Two Palestinian Arabs are killed in the incident.[11]
7 December – Yasser Arafat recognizes the right of Israel to exist.
Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
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7 March – Mothers' Bus attack: A squad of three Palestinian Arab militants, members of the Fatah organization, infiltrated Israel from Egypt. The militants hijacked a bus full of women returning from work at the Negev Nuclear Research Center near Dimona and threatened to kill the passengers one by one if Israel would not release Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons. After the militants executed one of the passengers, members of the elite civilian counter-terrorism unit Yamam broke into the bus, killing all three hijackers, but not managing to prevent another two Israeli passengers from being killed. See Mothers' Bus attack.
11 May – A car bomb near the Israeli Embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus, kills three and injures 15. A caller claims that the Abu Nidal organization carried out the attack.[12]
Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
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13 January – All refugee camps in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are put under curfew.[15]
19 January – With 38 Palestinians killed since 9 December, Defense Minister Yitzhaq Rabin announces a new policy using "might, power and beating" to quell demonstrations. A month later a team of US physicians estimated that over 1,000 Palestinians had suffered broken bones and other injuries.[16] In the same period three Palestinians had been beaten to death by members of the Israeli armed forces.[17]
14 February – A bomb kills three PLO officials in Limassol, Cyprus.[18]
23 March – The IAF rockets Palestinian targets in South Lebanon killing or wounding fifteen.[19] A second raid the following day kills or injures five.[20]
30 March – The Israeli High Court upholds an Israeli army order banning the international media from the West Bank.[21]
12 April – Israeli army Deputy Chief of Staff, Ehud Barak, announces that army reserve duty will be extended from 40 to 62 days. A day earlier he had said that there were 4,800 Palestinian activists being held in Israeli prisons, 900 of them under administrative detention.[22]
16 April – Abu Jihad is assassinated in his Tunis home, allegedly by an Israeli commando unit. His driver and two bodyguards are also killed. In demonstrations that follow in the West Bank and Gaza Strip at least fourteen Palestinian are killed by Israeli army gunfire.[23]
2 May – The Israeli government announces it will begin cutting water and electricity to towns in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that do not pay their bills.[24]
4 May – Operation Law and Order. Between 1,500 and 2,000 Israeli soldiers kill 40 Hizbullah fighters around the Lebanese village of Meidoun in a two-day offensive. Three Israeli soldiers are killed and 17 wounded.[25]
9 December – Operation Blue and Brown. A failed commando raid on a Palestinian base near Na'ameh, 10km South of Beirut, in which the commanding officer was killed.
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Events in the year 1988 in Israel 1987 1986 1985 1988 in Israel 1989 1990 1991Decades 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000sSee also History of Israel Timeline of Israel history List of years in Israel Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 2 1 Israeli Palestinian conflict 2 2 Unknown dates 3 Notable births 4 Notable deaths 5 Major public holidays 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksIncumbents EditPresident of Israel Chaim Herzog Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Shamir Likud President of the Supreme Court Meir Shamgar Chief of General Staff Dan Shomron Government of Israel 22nd Government of Israel until 22 December 23rd Government of IsraelEvents EditThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it July 2010 6 January Michel Sabbah is consecrated as Roman Catholic Bishop of Jerusalem becoming the first Palestinian Arab to hold this position 1 15 January In Jerusalem police and Palestinian protestors clash at the Dome of the Rock several police and at least 70 Palestinians are injured 2 17 January Education Minister Yitzhaq Navon orders the mobilisation of high school students to assist in the citrus fruit harvest in a crisis caused by the absence of Palestinian Arab workers 3 18 February Israeli authorities close Tari al Sharara a Hebrew Arabic newspaper published in Israel 4 25 February A camera crew working for a US network film four Israeli soldiers breaking arms of two bound Palestinian Arabs 5 On 15 March the IDF announced that one of the soldiers had been sentenced to 21 days in prison a second to ten days 6 13 March An estimated 200 000 250 000 Israelis demonstrate in support of Prime Minister Shamir s rejection of US peace proposals The day before 12 March Peace Now held a demonstration of 50 000 in favour of the plan 7 24 March An Israeli court sentences Mordechai Vanunu to 18 years in prison for disclosing Israel s nuclear weapons program to The Sunday Times 25 April In Israel Ivan Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II He was accused by survivors of being the notorious guard at the Treblinka extermination camp known as Ivan the Terrible The conviction was eventually overturned in 1993 by the Israeli Supreme Court 30 April Yardena Arazi represents Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Ben Adam Human Being achieving seventh place 8 18 June UK government expels Israeli diplomat and orders end of Mossad activities in UK following the killing of Naji al Ali 16 August Two prisoners are killed when 1 000 Palestinian Arab detainees riot at Ktzi ot Prison 9 19 September Israel launches Ofek 1 its first reconnaissance satellite into space 30 October Jericho bus firebombing Five Israelis are killed and five wounded in a Palestinian attack in the West Bank 10 1 November In the Israeli election Likud wins 47 seats Labour wins 49 but Likud Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir remains in office 22 December Yitzhak Shamir presents his cabinet for a Knesset Vote of Confidence The 23rd Government is approved that day and the members are sworn in Israeli Palestinian conflict Edit The most prominent events related to the Israeli Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1988 include 6 April A 15 year old Israeli girl is killed in the Palestinian village of Bayta in West Bank First official announcements state that she had been stoned to death A subsequent IDF investigation revealed that she had been accidentally shot by her group leader Two Palestinian Arabs are killed in the incident 11 7 December Yasser Arafat recognizes the right of Israel to exist Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it August 2010 Main article Palestinian political violence First Intifada 1987 1993 The most prominent Palestinian Arab terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1988 include 7 March Mothers Bus attack A squad of three Palestinian Arab militants members of the Fatah organization infiltrated Israel from Egypt The militants hijacked a bus full of women returning from work at the Negev Nuclear Research Center near Dimona and threatened to kill the passengers one by one if Israel would not release Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons After the militants executed one of the passengers members of the elite civilian counter terrorism unit Yamam broke into the bus killing all three hijackers but not managing to prevent another two Israeli passengers from being killed See Mothers Bus attack 11 May A car bomb near the Israeli Embassy in Nicosia Cyprus kills three and injures 15 A caller claims that the Abu Nidal organization carried out the attack 12 Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it December 2010 The most prominent Israeli military counter terrorism operations military campaigns and military operations carried out against Palestinian militants during 1988 include 2 January Israeli helicopters and fighter jets attack Palestinian targets in South Lebanon killing at least 19 wounding 14 13 11 January The Israeli army declares the Gaza Strip a closed military zone and imposes curfews on Khan Yunis Dayr al Balah Maghazi Nusyrat and Burayj refugee camps 14 13 January All refugee camps in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are put under curfew 15 19 January With 38 Palestinians killed since 9 December Defense Minister Yitzhaq Rabin announces a new policy using might power and beating to quell demonstrations A month later a team of US physicians estimated that over 1 000 Palestinians had suffered broken bones and other injuries 16 In the same period three Palestinians had been beaten to death by members of the Israeli armed forces 17 14 February A bomb kills three PLO officials in Limassol Cyprus 18 23 March The IAF rockets Palestinian targets in South Lebanon killing or wounding fifteen 19 A second raid the following day kills or injures five 20 30 March The Israeli High Court upholds an Israeli army order banning the international media from the West Bank 21 12 April Israeli army Deputy Chief of Staff Ehud Barak announces that army reserve duty will be extended from 40 to 62 days A day earlier he had said that there were 4 800 Palestinian activists being held in Israeli prisons 900 of them under administrative detention 22 16 April Abu Jihad is assassinated in his Tunis home allegedly by an Israeli commando unit His driver and two bodyguards are also killed In demonstrations that follow in the West Bank and Gaza Strip at least fourteen Palestinian are killed by Israeli army gunfire 23 2 May The Israeli government announces it will begin cutting water and electricity to towns in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that do not pay their bills 24 4 May Operation Law and Order Between 1 500 and 2 000 Israeli soldiers kill 40 Hizbullah fighters around the Lebanese village of Meidoun in a two day offensive Three Israeli soldiers are killed and 17 wounded 25 9 December Operation Blue and Brown A failed commando raid on a Palestinian base near Na ameh 10km South of Beirut in which the commanding officer was killed Unknown dates Edit The founding of the West Bank settlement of Beitar Illit The founding of the community settlement Givat Ela The founding of the moshav Kmehin Notable births Edit2 February Eliyahu Asheri Israeli civilian kidnapped and murdered by Palestinian Arab terrorists died 2006 29 February Nadav Ben Yehuda mountaineer and SAR specialist 2 May Beram Kayal footballer 11 May Eliad Cohen producer actor model and entrepreneur 22 June Omri Casspi the first Israeli basketball player in the NBA Notable deaths Edit18 August Ernst Simon born 1899 German born Israeli Jewish educator and religious philosopher 27 October Michael Reisser born 1946 Israeli politician 2 November Menachem Savidor born 1946 Russian Ukraine born Israeli civil servant and politician Major public holidays EditThis section is empty You can help by adding to it July 2010 See also Edit1988 in Israeli film 1988 in Israeli television 1988 in Israeli music 1988 in Israeli sport Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 Israel at the 1988 Summer OlympicsReferences Edit Journal of Palestine Studies Volume XVII No 3 67 Spring 1988 ISSN 0377 919X Page 221 Chronology compiled by Katherine M LaRiviere John Hohenberg 1 May 1998 Israel at 50 A Journalist s Perspective Syracuse University Press p 231 ISBN 978 0 8156 0518 8 JoPS 67 Page 225 Cites New York Times 1 18 Journal of Palestine Studies ISSN 0377 919X Vol XVII No 4 68 Summer 1988 Page 209 Chronology by K M LaRiviere JoPS 68 Cites Washington Post 2 27 JoPS 68 Page 220 Cites Washington Post 3 16 JoPS 68 Page 219 Cites New York Times 3 14 and Washington Jewish Week 3 17 Organised by Gush Emunim 1988 Israel Ben adam Diggiloo Thrush Retrieved 29 July 2021 B Tselem October 1992 Detained without trial http www btselem org Download 199210 Detained without Trial Eng doc Page 31 Names those killed as Ibrahim Samudi 27 As ad Jabri Shoo 19 Ami Ayalon 25 September 1990 Middle East Contemporary Survey Volume Xii 1988 The Moshe Dayan Center p 120 ISBN 978 0 8133 1044 2 JoPS 68 Page 230 Cites New York Times 4 9 JoPS 68 Page 241 Cites Washington Post 5 12 JoPS 67 Page 219 Cites Wall Street Journal Washington Post 1 4 JoPS 67 Page 223 Cites Al Fajr 1 17 JoPS 67 Page 223 Cites Al Fajr 1 17 JoPS 67 Page 238 Cites Washington Post 2 12 JoPS 67 Page 237 Cites New York Times 2 10 JoPS 67 Page 239 Cites New York Times 2 15 JoPS 68 Page 224 Cites New York Times 3 24 JoPS 68 Page 225 Cites New York Times 3 25 JoPS 68 Page 227 Cites Christian Science Monitor 3 31 JoPS 68 Page 231 Cites Christian Science Monitor 4 13 Washington Post 4 12 JopS 68 Page 233 Cites Washington Post 4 17 4 18 JoPS 68 Pages 237 238 Cites New York Times 5 3 JoPS 68 Page 238 Cites Washington Post 5 5 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1988 in Israel Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1988 in Israel amp oldid 1152756997, 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