Knesset 9-11

The Tenth Knesset

Election date: June 30th, 1981 – 28 Sivan, 5741
Duration: 3 years and 1 month

Issues on the agenda	Important Events during the 10th Knesset
Finance Minister Yoram Aridor’s “dollarization plan" debated following hyper-inflation	Start of Operation Peace for Galilee
Debate on grave financial state of local authorities	Defense Minister Ariel Sharon resigns position after findings of Kahan investigative committee on massacre at Sabra and Shatilla
Mediterranean-Dead Sea Canal and Lavi fighter plane projects	Israeli law applied in Golan Heights
Debate on release of Prisoners of Zion	Withdrawal from Sinai completed with evacuation of Yamit
Debate on increase in numbers of people emigrating from Israel	Bank shares transferred to government control following bank collapse
Special debate on foundations of Israeli parliamentary system	El Al stops flying on Saturday following demands of religious parties
	Murder of Peace Now activist Emil Grunzweig

The Ninth Knesset

Election date: May 17th, 1977 – 29 Iyar, 5737
Duration: 4 years and 1 month

Issues on the agenda	Important Events during the 9th Knesset
Frequent debates on Simcha Erlich’s foreign currency liberalization policy	Right-wing party headed by Menachem Begin forms government for first time
Phenomenon of "specialized" financial allocations for religious institutions established	New party: Democratic Movement for Change enters Knesset with 15 seats and gradually disintegrates during 9th Knesset term
Issue of Prisoners of Zion and assistance to them	Egyptian President Anwar Sadat visits Jerusalem and Knesset (November 1977)
Debates on displaced persons from Iqrit and Bir'am	Knesset approves Camp David Accords (September 1978)
	First Peace Agreement signed with Arab country (Egypt, March 1979)
	Litani Operation takes place
	Air Force bombs Iraq’s nuclear reactor
	Settlement movement in Judea, Samaria and Gaza Strip gains strength and number of Jews in territories rises to 8,300
	Peace Now movement founded

The Eleventh Knesset

Election date: July 23rd, 1984 – 23 Tamuz, 5744
Duration: 4 years and 3 months

Issues on the agenda	Important Events during the 11th Knesset
Amendment of several laws following election to Knesset of Rabbi Meir Kahane: lists contravening the Jewish democratic nature of the State of Israel banned from election to Knesset	Two National Unity governments formed, one headed by Shimon Peres, the other by Yitzhak Shamir
Order for the Prevention of Terror amended: unauthorized contacts with the PLO and other terrorist organizations prohibited	Shas first enters Knesset with four seats
Peres-King Hussein Agreement	IDF withdrawn from Lebanon
Reagan plan	Minister Ariel Sharon brings libel suit against Time Magazine
Proposal to introduce autonomy plan in Judea, Samaria and Gaza Strip	Intifada breaks out (end 1987)
	Taba returned to Egypt
	No. 300 bus affair
	Release of Jewish Underground members
	Demjanjuk trial
	Pollard affair
	Crisis in health system