page_title: 1979 in Israel
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: 1979 in Israel / Events
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Izraelský tank Merkava Mk. 1 na Šestém tankovém dni ve VTM Lešany English: Israeli tank Merkava Mk. 1 during the 6th Tank Day in Lešany Military Technical Museum, Czech Republic
context_page_description: Events in the year 1979 in Israel.
context_section_description: 22 March – The Knesset approves the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.
  26 March – In a ceremony at the White House, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel sign a peace treaty. Egypt thus becomes the first Arab country to officially recognize Israel.
  31 March – Milk and Honey, including Gali Atari, win the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 for Israel, with the song Hallelujah.
  April – nearly nine years after the decision to produce it was taken, the Israeli developed and produced battle tank Merkava was first introduced to the IDF forces.
  21 October – Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government. Dayan stated that he felt isolated from the Palestinian autonomy talks and was reduced to handling marginal foreign policy chores.
caption: April 1979 – The Israeli developed and produced battle tank Merkava was first introduced to the IDF forces.
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