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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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1981

The Reactor in Baghdad

Eight Israeli Air Force F-16 jets destroyed the Iraqi nuclear reactor near Baghdad.

  1. In Operation Opera, Israeli Air Force jets attack and destroy the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq.
  2. In the elections to the Tenth Knesset, the Likud wins forty-eight seats, and Menachem Begin continues in office.
  3. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is assassinated in Cairo during a military parade.
  4. The Knesset applies Israeli law, jurisdiction and administration to the Golan Heights.
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