Events
- 3 January – The Israeli Minister of Housing Avraham Ofer commits suicide after being suspected of corruption.
- 7 April – Yitzhak Rabin announces his retirement from the premiership of the Labor Party, following the Dollar Account affair.
- 7 April – Maccabi Tel Aviv wins its first European Championship, defeating Mobilgirgi Varese 78:77 in the final held in Pionir Hall, Belgrade and CSKA Moscow 91:79 in semifinal group game held in Virton, Belgium, an achievement that produced Tal Brody's famous sentence "We are on the map, not only in basketball".
- 10 May – Disaster of the 54: An IAF "Yasur" helicopter crashes in the Jordan Valley. 54 IDF soldiers on board are killed in the disaster.
- 17 May – The Likud Party, led by Menachem Begin, wins the elections in Israel, ending almost 30 years of rule by the left-wing Alignment and its predecessor, Mapai.
- 20 June – Menachem Begin presents his cabinet for a Knesset "Vote of Confidence". The 18th Government is approved that day and the members are sworn in.
- July – The 1977 Maccabiah Games are held.
- 19 November – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, seeking a permanent peace settlement.
- 20 November – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat gives a speech in the Knesset.
- 25 December – Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat.
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On 17 May 1977 Menachem Begin led the Likud party to victory in the 9th Israeli legislative election
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