This article outlines events which occurred in Israel in the year 1979.
April 1979 – The Israeli developed and produced battle tank Merkava was first introduced to the IDF forces.
Events in the year 1978 in Israel.
Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat with U.S. president Jimmy Carter at Camp David in 1978
Coastal Road massacre – The charred remains of the hijacked Egged coach, at the Egged museum in Holon.
Golda Meir