12 January –
Levi Eshkol presents his cabinet for a
Knesset "Vote of Confidence". The
13th Government is approved that day and the members are sworn in.
28 February – Israeli
peace activistAbie Nathan flies his private plane to
Egypt and lands in the Egyptian city of
Port Said. Arrested upon landing, Nathan asks to meet Egyptian president
Gamal Abdel Nasser and to deliver a petition calling for peace between Israel and Egypt. His request is denied and he is deported back to Israel.
4 October – Israel applies for the affiliate membership of the
EEC.
8 November – The
martial law imposed on the
Israeli Arabs since the founding of the
State of Israel is lifted completely and Arab citizens are granted the same rights as Jewish citizens under law.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1966 include:
Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
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25 April – Explosions placed by terrorists wounded two civilians and damaged three houses in moshav
Beit Yosef, in the
Beit She'an Valley.
14 July – Armed Palestinian militants attacked a house in
Kfar Yuval.
19 July – Armed Palestinian militants infiltrated into Moshav
Margaliot on the northern border and planted nine explosive charges.
27 October – A civilian was wounded by an explosive charge on the railroad tracks to Jerusalem.
11 November – An Israeli border patrol vehicle carrying policemen drives over a
land mine near the Israeli-Jordanian
Armistice line, killing three policemen and wounding six;[2] the mine is reportedly planted by the
PLO subgroup,
Fatah.[3]
Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
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13 November –
Samu Incident: Following a series of sabotage acts committed against Israeli targets, in particular the deaths of the three Israeli policemen killed by a
land mine two days earlier,
IDF forces cross into
Jordan and raid the
West Bank village of
as-Samu, south of the city of
Hebron. During the operation 18 Jordanians soldiers and one Israeli soldier are killed.
Notable births
22 February –
Yahya Ayyash, Palestinian brigade leader and bombmaker (d.
1996)
7 April –
Zvika Hadar, Israeli actor, comedian and television host.