Israel's History:
1951

1951:
by Jackie Silberman, 2002-2003 EPA Israel Affairs VP

1951 in Israel is not very well known, most likely because none of the larger, more memorable events fell in this year. So, I've decided to list a few lesser-known events in Israel's history from 1951:

• April 12th, 1951
  The Knesset (Israel's Parliament) proclaimed Yom HaShoah U'Mered HaGetaot (Holocaust and Ghetto Revolt Remembrance Day) to be the 27th of Nissan. The name later become known as Yom HaShoah Ve HaGevurah (Devastation and Heroism Day) and even later simplified to Yom HaShoah.
• July 20th, 1951
  King Abdullah of Jordan arrived in Jerusalem to pray at the Al-Aqsa mosque. He was there to give a eulogy for Riad Bey al-Solh, the Lebanese Prime Minister who had been assassinated four days earlier in Amman. A shot was fired, and Abdullah was killed. The assassin was shot as well. Haj Ami al-Husseini, an exile living in Egypt, arranged the assassination.
• September 1st, 1951
  A resolution on the freedom of passage in the Suez Canal was issued.
• Fedayeen Raids
  These systematic raids against the Israeli population by Arab terrorist groups began in 1951 and continued until 1956. 1,300 Israeli civilians were killed and wounded by these raids, which operated from bases located in and controlled by Egypt, Lebanon, and Jordan.
• Arab Peace Plan
  In 1951, a UN Peace Plan was accepted by Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt, but rejected by Egypt.