Some 20,000 people protesting against the continued Israeli presence in Lebanon pack the Ahziv Park just south of the Lebanese border in a demonstration organized by the Yesh Guvl (There is a Limit) movement.
Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir survives challenges to his leadership of the Herut Party and forms a new coalition government, succeeding Begin as Israel’s Premier.
Finance Minister Yoram Aridor makes waves in Israel as he unveils a plan to link Israel’s currency exclusively to the U.S. dollar. The government survives a non-confidence motion on the deteriorating economic situation and Aridor is replaced by Yigal Cohen-Orgad who predicts Israel’s economic morass will end “within the very near future.”
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