Israel's History:
1982

1982:
by Nimrod Grinvald, Hagalil

• The Attache at Israel's embassy in Paris was killed by terrorists.
• Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Penninsula in accordance with the Israel-Egypt peace treaty, despite widespread protest.
• Shlomo Argov, Israel's ambassador in London, was severely wounded by terrorists.
• Operation Peace for Galilee
  Israel launches an operation against PLO terrorist strongholds in Lebanon used for attacks against northern Israel; the IDF withdraws from Lebanon in 1985, retaining a presence in a security zone in southern Lebanon.
• Protests Against the War
  Hundreds of thousands of Israelis demonstrate against the war in Lebanon. This will eventually lead to the resignation of Prime Minister Menachem Begin, who withdraws from the public eye and becomes a recluse in 1983.
• Sabra and Shatilla
  Christian Phalangist forces massacre Muslim refugees in Sabra and Shatilla in southern Lebanon. Five months later, in February 1983, the Kahan Commission concludes that while direct responsibility for the massacre lay with the Lebanese Phalangist forces, Israel - especially naming Minister of Defense Ariel Sharon - could have done more to prevent or limit the danger of revenge attacks.
• The IDF headquarters building in Tyre is destroyed by a massive bomb; 75 Israelis are killed.
• Sha'are Tzedek Hospital, founded in 1902, inaugurates its modern new building in Jerusalem.
• Israel's population exceeds four million.