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The Zionist
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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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1962

End of a Chapter, a Desert Town

Adolf Eichmann was executed, and the town of Arad was founded in the Negev.

  1. Finance Minister Levi Eshkol announces the devaluation of the Israeli lira.
  2. Adolf Eichmann is executed at Ramla Prison, two days after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal.
  3. Yossele Schumacher, a boy who had been abducted and hidden, is found in New York.
  4. The town of Arad is founded in the Negev.
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