Israeli taxi driver Yehezkel Mizrahi is murdered by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip while taking his taxi to a garage known to be cheaper than Israeli garages for repairs.[2][3]
The Israeli government approves the establishment of three new settlements in the West Bank.[4]
February
9 February: The Israeli government seizes several thousand acres of land around Salfit for the purposes of expanding the settlement of Ariel.[5][6]
27 February: Israeli Prime Minister and Likud leader Menachem Begin visits the settlement of Elon Moreh for the first time since 1977, accompanied by several government ministers.[7]
March
13 March: The Israeli government expropriates several hundred acres of land in the West Bank for the purposes of expanding the settlement of Shavei Shomron.[8]
April
7 April: Palestinian Abdul Rahman Otman Mustafa Abu Hasnin dies following a controversial incident involving Israeli Border Police.[9]
22 April: The Israeli government indicates that it may be willing to back down from its controversial plans to takeover the Palestinian Jerusalem District Electricity Company.[10]
May
June
1 June: PLO representative in Belgium Naim Khader is assasinated in Brussels.[11]
12 June: Palestinian Mohammed Mustapha Jibril dies in an incident involving the Israeli military in Dheisheh.[12]
July
29 July: A group of Palestinian militants ambushes a civilian bus near Jerusalem, severely wounding 23-year-old Israeli Dvora Arent.[13] In response, the Israeli authorities impose a six-day curfew on several West Bank villages.[14][15]
August
29 August: The hardline Abu Nidal Organization perpetrates the 1981 Vienna synagogue attack in Austria. The attack is widely condemned by both nationalist and moderate Palestinian mayors in the occupied territories.[16]
September
October
23 October: 22-year-old Palestinian Fayez Tarairah dies in Israeli custody four months after his arrest in a controversial case.[15][17]
2 November:Balfour Day is marked by demonstrations across Palestine. The same day, the Israeli government also approves three new settlements in the Gaza Strip.[18] Both events inflame the outbreak of the protests against the Civil Administration.[19]
4 November: Israeli authorities order Birzet University closed for two months, additionally carrying out arrests of several of the university's administration and the student council.[20][21]
17 November:Yusuf Khatib, head of the Ramallah Village League, and his son are assassinated by Palestinian militants. Followng the assassination, the Israeli government begins distributing weapons to Village League members.[22][23]
December
2 December: The December 1981 Gaza general strike breaks out as part of the protests against the Civil Administration, sparked by the Israeli government's decision to appoint General Yosef Luntz as the head of the Civil Administration in Gaza.[24][25]
Palestinian terrorist Ziad Abu Ein is extradited from the United States to Israel.[26]
12United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Foreign Assistance Legislation for Fiscal Year 1983: Fiscal year 1983 foreign assistance requests for Europe and the Middle East. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983.Pages 410-433
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