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Today in Israeli History

Warship Eilat Is Sunk

October 20, 2020

The Israeli destroyer INS Eilat is sunk in the Mediterranean in international waters off Port Said by Soviet-made missiles launched by Egyptian missile boats.

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Buses Promoting Women of the Wall Are Attacked

October 19, 2020

Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) men hurl rocks at and slash the tires of buses bearing ads on their sides promoting female worship at the Western Wall.

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Politician Nir Barkat Born

October 18, 2020

Nir Barkat is born in Jerusalem. He serves as the city’s mayor from 2008 to 2018, then joins the Likud party to run for the Knesset.

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Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Kach

October 17, 2020

The Israeli Supreme Court upholds the Central Election Committee’s ban on the extremist right-wing political party Kach from the election for the 12th Knesset.

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Oil Weaponized Against Israel’s Allies

October 16, 2020

Oil ministers from Arab states cut exports by 5% and recommend an embargo of Israel’s allies in response to the U.S. airlift of military supplies to Israel during the Yom Kippur War.

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Terrorists Capture Flier Ron Arad

October 15, 2020

Ron Arad, the 28-year-old navigator of an Israeli F-4 Phantom II, is captured by the Shia terrorist group Amal after parachuting out of his burning aircraft over Lebanon.

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Political Cartoonist Ze’ev Dies

October 14, 2020

Yaakov Farkash, known by the pen name Ze’ev and considered the father of Israeli political cartoons, dies at age 79 near Tel Aviv.

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Intellectual Dov Sadan Dies

October 13, 2020

Israeli intellectual and former Knesset member Dov Sadan dies at the age of 87.

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Intellectual Dov Sadan Dies

October 13, 2020

Israeli intellectual and former Knesset member Dov Sadan dies at the age of 87.

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Allon Proposes Home Rule for West Bank

October 12, 2020

Deputy Prime Minister Yigal Allon, a former IDF general, reveals in remarks to the Foreign Press Association of Israel his plan for “home rule” for Arabs living in the West Bank.

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