Timeline in 1992

Because the background of events leading to the Zionist settlement in Palestine is so wide, the geographical scope of this timeline includes events outside the immediate theatre of Palestine.


  1993
       1993: Israeli Minister of Labour approves importation of foreign workers to replace Palestinians


  1992
21 Dec 1992: Israeli troops open fire with mortars and live ammunition when Palestinian expellees attempt to march across the Zomriya crossing; three Palestinians are seriously wounded.
17 Dec 1992: Israel dumps 415 Palestinians in Lebanon
02 Dec 1992: Israeli academic meets PLO official

16 Nov 1992: Zionist terror attack on Butcher's Market in Old City of Jerusalem
05 Nov 1992: Tze'elim 2 training accident
   Nov 1992: AIPAC president resigns after revelation that he was negotiating with Clinton on senior appointments to new administration

04 Oct 1992: El Al Flight 1862 crashes on take-off from Schiphol Airport in Holland

30 Jul 1992: end of 32rd Zionist Congress, in Jerusalem   >>start date
26 Jul 1992: start of 32rd Zionist Congress, in Jerusalem   >>end date
13 Jul 1992: Yitzhak Rabin becomes prime minister of Israel for a second time

23 Jun 1992: 1992 Israeli general election

23 May 1992: Israeli girl is fatally stabbed in Bat Yam by a Palestinian from Gaza, an action which is used by Yitzhak Rabin as the basis for an election campaign pledge to 'take Gaza out of Tel Aviv'

17 Mar 1992: Attack on Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires


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