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The Zionist
Time Machine

Every year in Israel's history is a station. Turn the dial and hear what was on the air — original archival photos, voices from the radio, the story, and the song of that year.

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1960

Eichmann Captured

Mossad agents captured Adolf Eichmann in Argentina and brought him to trial in Israel.

  1. Prime Minister Ben-Gurion meets West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in New York.
  2. Mossad agents capture the Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires.
  3. From the Knesset rostrum, Ben-Gurion announces that Eichmann is under arrest in Israel and will stand trial.
  4. The Knesset enacts the Israel Lands Law.
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