Holon is a city on the central coastal strip of Israel, south of Tel Aviv. Holon is part of the metropolitan Gush Dan area. In 2021 it had a population of 197,464, making it the tenth most populous city in Israel. Holon has the second-largest industrial zone in Israel, after Haifa. Its jurisdiction is 19,200 dunams and its population is about 194,273 residents as of 2018 according to CBS data.
Meir Pa'il was a colonel in the Israel Defense Forces, an Israeli politician, and military historian.
Avraham Hirschson was an Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Likud and Kadima between 1981 and 1984, and again from 1992 until 2009. He also held the posts of Minister of Communications, Minister of Finance and Minister of Tourism. He resigned following allegations of corruption, and was ultimately convicted of stealing close to 2 million shekels from the National Workers Labor Federation while he was its chairman.
Yisrael Yeshayahu Sharabi was an Israeli politician, minister and the fifth Speaker of the Knesset.
The Yadlin affair was a political corruption scandal that broke in Israel in 1976, involving senior members of the Labor Party. It is often seen as one of the reasons for the "revolution" of the 1977 elections.
Avraham Ofer was an Israeli politician, famous for committing suicide following the eruption of a corruption scandal.
Ilana Dayan-Orbach is an Israeli investigative journalist, anchorwoman, and attorney. She is best known as host of the investigative television program Uvda ("Fact") on the Israeli Channel 12.
Events in the year 1957 in Israel.
Events in the year 1947 in the British Mandate of Palestine.
Hanoch Kalai was a senior leader of Irgun and a co-founder of Lehi, and an expert on the Hebrew language. He was Deputy Commander in Chief of Irgun under David Raziel and spent three months as Commander in Chief after Raziel was imprisoned by the British authorities, until his own arrest. He was Avraham Stern's deputy until he left the organisation.
Rav Nitzav Yohanan Danino is an Israeli police officer who served from May 1, 2011, to June 30, 2015, as the 17th chief of the Israel Police. Among other posts, he has led the Unit of International Crime Investigations and the police's Southern Command. He was also involved in high-profile investigations against top politicians, including Ehud Olmert, Avraham Hirschson, and Avigdor Lieberman.
The Seafood Market attack was a Palestinian terrorist attack on the Seafood Market restaurant in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 5 March 2002. Palestinian terrorist Ibrahim Hasouna murdered three Israeli civilians, including a Druze policeman and wounded 35.
Rafael Vardi was Israel Defense Forces Major General and former head of the Manpower Directorate. Vardi was also the Chief Military Police Officer from 1960 to 1962.
Akhat Efes Efes is an Israeli police procedural drama television series, revolving around an eccentric Detective named Arik Arbel and his team, which conducts criminal investigations in Tel Aviv.
Ruth Zarfati-Sternschuss was an Israeli painter, sculptor and illustrator. She was a member of the Ofakim Hadashim art movement.
The April 2019 Israeli legislative election was held using closed list proportional representation. Each party presented a list of candidates to the Central Elections Committee prior to the election.
The Cops is an Israeli television drama series made by Keshet and originally aired on Israel's Channel 12 from 25 January 2021. The series was created by Rotem Shamir and Yuval Yefet. It was directed by Rotem Shamir and the lead screenwriter is Yuval Yefet. The series was filmed mostly in the northern Israel, and was inspired by real events that occurred during the "Avenging Cops" affair in Nahariya in 2006.
Avraham Abba Etz-Hadar (Sheinbaum) was one of the founders of the Shai, the father of pigeon contact and pigeons in the Haganah service.
