1995 in Israel

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Events in the year 1995 in Israel.

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The monument at the site of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.

January 1 – Amnon Lipkin-Shahak is appointed as the 15th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.
January 17 – midair collision between two F-16 planes near the Palmachim Airbase.^[1]
April 5 – The Israeli reconnaissance satellite Ofek-3 is launched.
13 May – Liora Fadlon represents Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Amen”, achieving eighth place. ^[2]
July 18 - Three teenagers are crushed to death at the Arad Festival disaster.
November 4 – Israeli Prime Minister Rabin is assassinated by right-wing Israeli radical Yigal Amir at a peace rally in Tel Aviv.
November 8 – After a petition by Alice Miller, the Israeli Supreme Court rules that the Air Force must open its pilot training course to women.^[3]
November 11 – Population Census: 5,548,523 inhabitants in Israel.
November 22 – After serving as acting prime minister for 18 days, Shimon Peres presents his cabinet for a Knesset "Vote of Confidence". The 26th Government is approved that day, the members were sworn in and Peres begins his second term as Prime Minister of Israel.

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1995 include:

September 28 – The Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (also called the "Oslo II Agreement") is signed, which includes provision for the transfer of control of Bethlehem, Jenin, Nablus, Qalqilya, Ramallah, Tulkarm and some 450 villages to the Palestinian Authority.
December 12 – The city of Nablus passes from Israeli to Palestinian Authority control.
December 21 – The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian Authority control.

Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets

A monument commemorating the victims of the Beit Lid suicide bombing

The most prominent Palestinian militant acts and operations committed against Israeli targets during 1995 include:

January 22 – Beit Lid massacre: 19 Israelis, mostly soldiers, are killed and 62 others are injured when two Palestinian suicide bombers detonated themselves at the Beit Lid junction near Netanya. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad claim responsibility.^[4]
April 9 – Kfar Darom bus attack
July 24 – Ramat Gan bus 20 bombing
August 21 – Ramat Eshkol bus bombing

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 1995 include:

October 26 – Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta.

January 4 – Naomi Amir (born 1931), American-born Israeli neurologist.
May 11 – David Avidan (born 1934), Israeli poet, painter, filmmaker, publicist and playwright.
July 16 – Mordechai Gur (born 1930), Israeli politician and the 10th Chief of Staff of the IDF.
August 5 – Menachem Avidom (b 1908), Austro-Hungarian (Galicia)-born Israeli composer.
September 9 – Benjamin Mazar (born 1906), Russian (Poland)-born Israeli historian, archaeologist, and President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
September 27 – Sasha Argov (born 1914), Russian-born Israeli composer.
November 4 – Yitzhak Rabin (born 1922), Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Full date unknown – Zvi Sliternik (born 1897), Austro-Hungarian (Podolia)-born Israeli entomologist.

^ "Pilot killed in mid-air crash of two F-16s". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
^ "1995 Israel – Amen". Diggiloo Thrush. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ "Israeli Supreme Court Rules Women Can Be Air Force Pilots". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. March 20, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
^ "Bus stop bombers kill 19 in Israel – News". The Independent. UK. January 23, 1995. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2011.