Mishmar HaNegev. 6 October – The founding of the kibbutz Nirim. 6 October – The founding of the kibbutz Shoval. 23 October – The founding of the kibbutz Ein Tzurim. 30 October – The founding of the kibbutz Dovrat. 26 November – The founding of the kibbutz Yehiam. December – David Ben-Gurion appointed director of Jewish Agency for Israel security policy at the Zionist Congress in Basle. Unknown dates The founding of the kibbutz Regba. Notable births 1 January – Nissan Slomiansky, Israeli politician 7 January – Aviem Sella, Israeli fighter pilot 5 February – Amnon Dankner, Israeli newspaper editor and author (died 2013) 22 February – Motti Mizrachi, Israeli artist 26 February – Ephraim Sidon, Israeli author, playwright and satirist 12 March – Ya'acov Dorchin, Israeli sculptor and painter 15 April – Tsvi Misinai, Israeli computer scientist and researcher 18 April – Nahum Manbar, Israeli businessman convicted for selling arms to Iran 24 April – Benjamin Rawitz-Castel, Israeli classical pianist (died 2006) 26 April – Michael Reisser, Israeli politician (died 1988). 11 May – Moni Fanan, Israeli basketball team manager (died 2009). 2 June – Gideon Remez, Israeli journalist. 21 June – Ehud Adiv, Israeli anti-Zionist activist imprisoned for collaborating with Syria and the PLO 7 July – Amiram Levin, Israeli general and Mossad deputy director 1 September – Shalom Hanoch, Israeli singer 15 September – Yitzchak Dovid Grossman, Israeli rabbi, founder and dean of the Migdal Ohr educational NGO and member of the Chief Rabbinate Council 20 September – Dudu Topaz, Israeli TV personality, comedian, actor, screenwriter, playwright, author and radio and television host (died 2009) 4 October – Dov Weissglass, Israeli lawyer, businessman, and manager and office bureau chief for the Prime Minister 6 October – Menachem Zilberman, Israeli actor, comedian, and songwriter (died 2014) 8 October – Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian Arab scholar, legislator and political activist 16 October – Ya'akov Yosef, Israeli rabbi and politician (died 2013) 16 October – Israel Bartal, Israeli historian 18 October – Eliezer Moses, Israeli politician 20 October – Tsvia Walden, Israeli psycholinguist 17 November – Nehemiah Tamari, Israeli major general (Aluf) and head of IDF Central Command (died 1994) 18 November – Naomi Chazan, Israeli politician, academic, and political activist. 28 November – Nachman Shai, Israeli politician, military spokesman, and journalist. 20 December – Uri Geller, Israeli paranormalist 24 December – Uri Barbash, Israeli film director Full date unknown Esther