Knesset. Zionist leader in Europe, a partisan and a participant in the ghetto uprisings in Poland and Lithuania 27 August – Yair Rosenblum (b. 1944), Israeli composer. 25 December – Michael Bruno (b. 1932), German-born former governor of Israel's central bank and a Chief Economist of the World Bank. Major public holidays See also 1996 in Israeli film 1996 in Israeli television 1996 in Israeli music 1996 in Israeli sport Israel at the 1996 Summer Olympics Notes External links IDF History in 1996 @ dover.idf.il 1990s in Israel Israel Years of the 20th century in Israel Israel