page_title: 1966 in Israel
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: 1966 in Israel / Events
caption_attribution_description: العربية: كنيست في القدس ، إسرائيل ، بمناسبة يوم الاستقلال ، ألتقطت في الجهة الخلفية للمبنى من المتحف الإسرئيلي English: The Knesset building, Jerusalem, Israel, on Independence Day. Taken from the south, from The Israel Museum. Français&#160;: Le bâtiment de la Knesset, Jérusalem, Israël, le Jour de l'Indépendance. Photo prise depuis le sud, depuis le Musée d'Israël. עברית: הכנסת
context_page_description: Events in the year 1966 in Israel.
context_section_description: 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 activist Abie 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.
  24 March – The beginning of the Israeli Educational Television broadcasts.
  16 May - Two Israelis were killed when their jeep hit a landmine, north of the Sea of Galilee and south of Almagor. Tracks led into Syria.
  14 July – Israeli and Syrian jet fighters clash over the Jordan River.
  15 August – Israeli and Syrian troops clash over the Sea of Galilee for three hours.
  16 August – The Iraqi fighter pilot Munir Redfa defects to Israel by flying a MiG-21 of the Iraqi Air Force to Israel. The MiG-21 fighter is evaluated by the Israeli Air Force. Knowledge obtained from analysis of the aircraft was instrumental to the successes achieved by the Israeli Air Force in its future encounters with Arab MiG-21s.
  30 August – The Knesset building is inaugurated.
  October – Shmuel Yosef Agnon receives the Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the first Israeli Nobel laureate.
  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.
caption: The Knesset building is inaugurated on 30 August.
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