1977 in Israel

Incumbents

• Prime Minister of Israel – Yitzhak Rabin until 21 June, Menachem Begin
• President of Israel – Ephraim Katzir
• Chief of General Staff - Mordechai Gur
• Government of Israel - 17th Government of Israel until 21 June, 18th Government of Israel

  Events

• 3 January – The Israeli Minister of Housing Avraham Ofer commits suicide after being suspected of corruption.
• 7 April – Yitzhak Rabin announces his retirement from the premiership of the Labor Party, following the Dollar Account affair.
• 7 April – Maccabi Tel Aviv wins its first European Championship, defeating Mobilgirgi Varese 78:77 in the final held in Pionir Hall, Belgrade and CSKA Moscow 91:79 in semifinal group game held in Virton, Belgium, an achievement that produced Tal Brody's famous sentence "We are on the map, not only in basketball".
• 10 May – Disaster of the 54: An IAF "Yasur" helicopter crashes in the Jordan Valley. 54 IDF soldiers on board are killed in the disaster.
• 17 May – The Likud Party, led by Menachem Begin, wins the elections in Israel, ending almost 30 years of rule by the left-wing Alignment and its predecessor, Mapai.
• 20 June – Menachem Begin presents his cabinet for a Knesset "Vote of Confidence". The 18th Government is approved that day and the members are sworn in.
• July – The 1977 Maccabiah Games are held.
• 19 November – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, seeking a permanent peace settlement.
• 20 November – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat gives a speech in the Knesset.
• 25 December – Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat.

  Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Unknown dates

• The founding of the kibbutz Beit Rimon.

  Notable births

• 12 January – Eithan Urbach, Israeli swimmer.
• 16 January – Ariel "Arik" Ze'evi, Israeli Judoka.
• 17 March – Rana Raslan, the first Israeli Arab to be crowned Miss Israel.
• 12 July – Yonit Levi, Israeli TV news anchorwoman.
• 12 September – Idan Raichel, Israeli musician.
• 12 October – Miri Bohadana, Israeli model and actress.

  Notable deaths

• 3 January – Avraham Ofer, Polish-born Israeli politician.
• 20 February – Baruch Uziel , Ottoman -born Israeli politician
• 6 March – Shmuel Stoller, Russian-born Israeli agronomist and an early member of the Zionist movement.
• 19 May – Aviad Yafeh, Israeli diplomat and politician.
• 6 July – Ödön Pártos Hungarian-born Israeli violist and composer.
• 11 July – Yitzhak Danziger, German-born Israeli sculptor.
• 13 November – Gertrud Kraus, Austrian-born Israeli choreographer and dance pioneer.
• 21 September – Ben-Zion Halfon, Libyan-born Israeli politician.

  Major public holidays