# 1958 in Israel

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Events in the year 1958 in Israel.

## Incumbents

* Prime Minister of Israel – David Ben-Gurion (Mapai)
* President of Israel – Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
* President of the Supreme Court – Yitzhak Olshan
* Chief of General Staff - Moshe Dayan until 29 January, Haim Laskov
* Government of Israel - 7th Government of Israel until 17 December, 8th Government of Israel

## Events

* 7 January – Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion presents his cabinet for a Knesset "Vote of Confidence". The 8th Government is approved that day and the members were sworn in.
* 29 January – Haim Laskov is appointed as the fifth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.
* 12 February – Israel's Knesset passes the Basic Knesset Law (חוק יסוד: הכנסת).
* 8 April – The founding of the moshav Aviezer.
* 22 April – Jordanian soldiers shot and killed two Israeli fishermen near Aqaba.
* 19 August – The first International Bible Contest is held - in the International Convention Center in Jerusalem.
* 17 November – Syrian militants killed the wife of the British air attaché in Israel, who was staying at the guesthouse of the Italian Convent on the Mount of Beatitudes.

### Israeli–Palestinian conflict

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1958 include:
Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
The most prominent Palestinian fedayeen terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1958 include:
* 11 February – Armed Palestinian Arab militants killed a resident of moshav Yanuv who was on his way to Kfar Yona, in the Sharon area.
* 5 April – Armed Palestinian Arab militants lying in an ambush shot and killed two Israeli civilians near Tel Lakhish.
* 26 May – Armed Palestinian Arab militants killed four Israeli police officers at Mount Scopus, in Jerusalem.
* 3 December – Armed Palestinian Arab militants killed a shepherd at Kibbutz Gonen.
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 1958 include:

### Unknown dates

* The Israeli motor vehicle manufacturer Autocars Co. presents the first Sussita (סוסיתא) car.
* The construction of the Negev Nuclear Research Center begins with French assistance.
* The founding of the moshav Givat Yeshayahu.
* The founding of the kibbutz Adamit.

## Notable births

* 6 January – Shlomo Glickstein, former Israeli tennis player.
* 5 May – Ron Arad, Israeli soldier classified as missing in action after being captured in Lebanon in 1986.
* 29 May – Juliano Mer-Khamis, Israeli actor, filmmaker and political activist of Jewish and Arab origin (died 2011).
* 1 June – Ahron Bregman, Israeli-English political scientist and journalist
* 8 July – Tzipi Livni, Israeli politician, the Israeli Opposition Leader between 2009 and 2012, former leader of the Kadima party.
* 4 August – Silvan Shalom, Israeli politician.
* 27 November – Anat Atzmon, Israeli actress and singer.

## Notable deaths

* 18 May – Jacob Fichman (born 1881), Romanian-born Israeli poet and essayist.
* 13 June – Siegfried Lehman (born 1892), German-born Israeli educator.
* 27 October – Joseph Klausner (born 1874), Russian (Lithuania)-born Israeli Jewish historian and professor of Hebrew Literature.