1985 in Israel

1985
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Israel

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Events in the year 1985 in Israel.

Incumbents

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Events

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Israeli–Palestinian conflict

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The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1985 include:

Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets

MS Achille Lauro

The most prominent Palestinian Arab terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1985 include:

  • 9 April – Sana'a Mouhadly of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party detonated herself in an explosive-laden vehicle in Lebanon, killing two Israeli soldiers and injuring two more, becoming the first reported female suicide bomber.[5]
  • 21 May – The Jibril Agreement – Israel releases 1,150 security prisoners being held in Israeli prisoners in exchange for three Israeli soldiers captured during the 1982 Lebanon War.
  • 25 September – An Arab terrorist cell takes over an Israeli yacht off the coast of Larnaca, Cyprus and kills its three Israeli occupants. An elite section of the PLO known as Force 17 claims responsibility for the attack.
  • 7 October – The Italian cruise ship MS Achille Lauro is hijacked in the Mediterranean Sea by Palestinian Arab militants. The hijackers' original aim was to use the ship to slip into Israel. However, crew members discover them cleaning weapons, and the group then seizes control of the ship; holding the passengers and crew hostage, they direct the vessel to sail to Tartus, Syria, and demand the release of 50 Palestinian Arabs then in Israeli prisons. During the incident, the militants kill the passenger Leon Klinghoffer, a 69-year-old wheelchair-using Jewish American, and throw him overboard.
  • 27 December – Palestinian Arab militants from Abu Nidal's militant group open fire at the counters of El Al in the airports of Rome and Vienna. 18 Israelis were killed and 40 were injured.[6]

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 1985 include:

  • 4 August – Defence Minister Rabin launches an Iron Fist policy in West Bank.[7]
  • 1 October – After three Israeli civilians were killed on board a yacht off the coast of Cyprus by the PLO's Force 17, the Israeli Air Force carried out Operation Wooden Leg, striking the PLO base in Tunis and killing 60 PLO members.

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Notable births

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Notable deaths

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Major public holidays

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Nissan Liviatan; Haim Barkai (18 January 2007). The Bank of Israel: Volume 2: Selected Topics in Israel's Monetary Policy. Oxford University Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-19-534579-7.
  2. ^ Israel-US Free Trade Area Agreement
  3. ^ "1985 Israel – Ole, ole". Diggiloo Thrush. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  4. ^ The Economy of Modern Israel: Malaise and Promise, Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka, p. 29-30
  5. ^ The Cult of the Suicide Bomber on YouTube
  6. ^ "Major Terror Attacks (1952–2003)."
  7. ^ Hiltermann, Joost R. (1991) Behind the Intifada. Labor and Women's Movements in the Occupied Territories. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-07869-6 p 114
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