Siege of Lod
Three militants of the Japanese Red Army (PFL) stage a machine-gun and hand-grenade attack at the Lod Airport in Israel
Role range: 1969-1974
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Golda Meir Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Golda Meir through 104 dated historical records for Israel.
Golda Meir, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1972–1973Years on this page
1972
Visit to Israel
German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel
Role range: 1969-1974
Black September
Black September gunmen entered the Olympic Village and took members of the Israeli team hostage. Prime Minister Golda Meir’s government confronted an international crisis as German authorities negotiated with the attackers.
Role range: 1969-1974
Black September
Meir appeals to other countries to "save our citizens and condemn the unspeakable criminal acts committed"
Role range: 1969-1974
Massacre
Massacre of 11 Israeli athletes
Role range: 1969-1974
Siege of Munich
Terror strikes the Munich Olympic games in West Germany as Arab guerrillas attack the Israeli delegation, Palestinian terrorists kill 2 athletes and take 9 others and their coaches hostage. Meir appeals to other countries to "save our citizens and condemn the unspeakable criminal acts committed"
Role range: 1969-1974
Black September
An attempted rescue at Fürstenfeldbruck air base ended with the deaths of the remaining Israeli hostages and a German police officer. The outcome intensified Israeli demands for action against the network behind the Olympic attack.
Role range: 1969-1974
Black September
Israeli planes bomb Palestinian targets in Syria and Lebanon
Role range: 1969-1974
Bombing of Lebanon
Israeli planes bomb Palestinian targets in Syria and Lebanon
Role range: 1969-1974
Bombing of Syria
Israeli planes bomb Palestinian targets in Syria and Lebanon
Role range: 1969-1974
Assassination of Ami Shehori
A Black September letter bomb kills Ami Shehori, a Israeli attache at the embassy in London
Role range: 1969-1974
Black September
A Black September letter bomb kills Ami Shehori, a Israeli attache at the embassy in London
Role range: 1969-1974
Black September
A letter bomb sent during a campaign targeting Israeli diplomatic missions killed embassy agricultural attaché Ami Shachori in London. The attack formed part of the violence attributed to the Black September Organization in the aftermath of Munich.
Role range: 1969-1974
Black September
After the killings in Munich, Golda Meir’s government authorized covert operations against people Israeli intelligence identified as involved in Palestinian militant attacks. The ensuing campaign became widely known as Operation Wrath of God.
Role range: 1969-1974
Black September
Israel responds to the Munich massacre with Operation Spring of Youth and Operation Wrath of God, a series of Israeli air strikes and assassinations of those Israel claimed were planners of the killings. Following the Munich attack, the Israeli Government, headed by Prime Minister Golda Meir, orders Mossad to hunt down those known to have been involved, Operation Bayonet
Role range: 1969-1974
Black September
The Munich attackers demand the release and safe passage to Egypt of 234 Palestinians and non-Arabs jailed in Israel, along with two German terrorists held by the German penitentiary system, Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof
Role range: 1969-1974
Bombing of PLO
Two days after the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Israel retaliated by bombing ten PLO bases in Syria and Lebanon
Role range: 1969-1974
Committee X
Golda Meir created Committee X, a small group of Government officials tasked with formulating an Israeli response, with herself and Defence Minister Moshe Dayan at the head.
Role range: 1969-1974
Committee X
She also appointed General Aharon Yariv as her Advisor on Counterterrorism; he, along with Mossad Director Zvi Zamir, took the principal role in directing the ensuing operation.
Role range: 1969-1974
Committee X
The committee came to the conclusion that, to deter future violent incidents against Israel, they needed to assassinate those who had supported or carried out the Munich massacre, and in dramatic fashion.
Role range: 1969-1974
Mossad
Following the Munich attack, the Israeli Government, headed by Prime Minister Golda Meir, orders Mossad to hunt down those known to have been involved, Operation Bayonet
Role range: 1969-1974
Munich Massacre
Israel responds to the Munich massacre with Operation Spring of Youth and Operation Wrath of God, a series of Israeli air strikes and assassinations of those Israel claimed were planners of the killings
Role range: 1969-1974
Operation Bayonet
Authorized by Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the autumn of 1972, the operation is believed to have continued for over twenty years.
Role range: 1969-1974
Operation Bayonet
Following the Munich attack, the Israeli Government, headed by Prime Minister Golda Meir, orders Mossad to hunt down those known to have been involved, Operation Bayonet.
Role range: 1969-1974
Operation Bayonet
Golda Meir created Committee X, a small group of Government officials tasked with formulating an Israeli response, with herself and Defence Minister Moshe Dayan at the head.
Role range: 1969-1974
Operation Bayonet
Operation "Bayonet", a covert operation directed by the Mossad to assassinate individuals suspected of being involved in the 1972 Munich massacre in which 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team were killed.
Role range: 1969-1974
Operation Bayonet
She also appointed General Aharon Yariv as her Advisor on Counterterrorism; he, along with Mossad Director Zvi Zamir, took the principal role in directing the ensuing operation.
Role range: 1969-1974
Operation Bayonet
The committee came to the conclusion that, to deter future violent incidents against Israel, they needed to assassinate those who had supported or carried out the Munich massacre, and in dramatic fashion.
Role range: 1969-1974
Operation Bayonet
The targets were members of the Palestinian armed militant group Black September and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) operatives.
Role range: 1969-1974
Operation Bayonet
Two days after the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Israel retaliated by bombing ten PLO bases in Syria and Lebanon.
Role range: 1969-1974
Operation Spring of Youth
Israel responds to the Munich massacre with Operation Spring of Youth and Operation Wrath of God, a series of Israeli air strikes and assassinations of those Israel claimed were planners of the killings
Role range: 1969-1974
Operation Wrath of God
Israel responds to the Munich massacre with Operation Spring of Youth and Operation Wrath of God, a series of Israeli air strikes and assassinations of those Israel claimed were planners of the killings
Role range: 1969-1974
Rule of Gaza
Israel establishes two army posts in Gaza, which later become the communities of Netzarim and Kfar Darom
Role range: 1969-1974
Siege of Munich
The Munich attackers demand the release and safe passage to Egypt of 234 Palestinians and non-Arabs jailed in Israel, along with two German terrorists held by the German penitentiary system, Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof
Role range: 1969-1974
1973
Pope Paul VI has an audience with Golda Meir at the Vatican
Pope Paul VI has an audience with Golda Meir at the Vatican. 1st Israeli head of state to be received by the Pope
Role range: 1969-1974
International Accord
Israel and Egypt sign a weapons accord
Role range: 1969-1974
Diplomatic Plan at Sinai
Israeli fighter planes shoot down a Libyan Airlines jet over the Sinai Desert, killing 108 people
Role range: 1969-1974
Libyan Airlines
Israeli fighter planes shoot down a Libyan Airlines jet over the Sinai Desert, killing 108 people
Role range: 1969-1974
Syria and Israel engage in a dogfight over the Mediterranean Sea
Syria and Israel engage in a dogfight over the Mediterranean Sea
Role range: 1969-1974
Nuclear Power
During the Yom Kippur War, Israel goes on nuclear alert for the first time, but succeeds using only conventional forces
Role range: 1969-1974
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.