2019 in Israel
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The following lists events in the year 2019 in Israel.
Incumbents
[edit]- President – Reuven Rivlin
- Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu
- President of the Supreme Court – Esther Hayut
- Chief of General Staff – Aviv Kochavi
- Government of Israel – 34th government of Israel
Events
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January
[edit]- January 24 – 2019 Judo Grand Prix Tel Aviv began
March
[edit]- March 25 – U.S. President Donald Trump signs Proclamation on Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel.[1]
April
[edit]- April 9 – April 2019 Israeli legislative election[2]
- April 11 – Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashes on the moon.[3]
May
[edit]- 3–6 May – Gaza–Israel clashes (May 2019)[4]
- 14–18 May – The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 is held at the Expo Tel Aviv in Israel.
- 18 May – Kobi Marimi represents Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “ Home”.[5]
July
[edit]- 2–3 July – Ethiopian Jews protest in Israel
September
[edit]- September 17 – September 2019 Israeli legislative election
November
[edit]- 12–14 November – Gaza–Israel clashes (November 2019)[6]
December
[edit]- 12 December — Israel will need to hold its third general election in less than a year. this is totally unprecedented in Israel's history. this is because of the apparent inability of any of the major parties to be able to form a governing coalition that would be decisive under the laws of Israel's parliamentary system.[7]
- 20 December — International Criminal Court investigation in Palestine announced by ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to investigate alleged breaches by both sides in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict[8]
- 31 December – Israel started extraction from the Leviathan gas field.[9]
Deaths
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- 7 January – Moshe Arens (b. 1925), aeronautical engineer, diplomat and politician.[10]
- 25 January – Meshulam Riklis (b.1923), Turkish-born Israeli businessman.[11]
- 1 February – Yosef Sorinov (b. 1946), footballer.
- 6 February – Yechiel Eckstein (b. 1951), Israeli-American rabbi.[12]
- 14 February – Michael Nudelman(b. 1938), politician.
- 17 February – Ami Maayani (b. 1936), composer.
- 26 February – Yizhak Sadai [de] (b. 1935), composer.
- 11 March – Yona Atari (b. 1933), singer and actress.
- 11 March – Danny Ben-Israel (b. 1944), musician.
- 23 March – Rafi Eitan (b. 1926), spy and politician.[13]
- 2 May – Micha Lindenstrauss (b. 1937), judge and State Comptroller.
- 4 June – Nechama Rivlin (b. 1945), First Lady of Israel.[14]
- 7 July – Ora Namir (b. 1930), politician and diplomat.
- 18 October Meir Shamgar (b. 1925), jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
- 8 December – Herbert Pundik (b. 1927), Danish-Israeli journalist and author.[15]
- 18 December – Geulah Cohen (b. 1925), politician and activist.
See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2019 in Israel.
- 2019–20 Israeli constitutional crisis
- 2019–20 Israeli political crisis
- Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2019
References
[edit]- ^ Trump, Donald J. (March 25, 2019). "Proclamation on Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved March 25, 2019 – via National Archives.
- ^ Wootliff, Raoul (December 24, 2018). "Early elections called for April 9 as coalition agrees to dissolve Knesset". The Times of Israel. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- ^ "Israel's Beresheet spacecraft crashes on Moon". BBC. April 11, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- ^ "Palestinians report Gaza truce with Israel as violence ebbs". CNBC. May 6, 2019. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- ^ "Israel's Eurovision entry celebrates performance, despite disappointing finish". The Times of Israel. 2019-05-19.
- ^ "Israel kills top Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant in Gaza". BBC. November 12, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ^ Israel will hold unprecedented third election in a year, 12 December 2019, bbc.com.
- ^ Ahren, Raphael (23 December 2019). "The Hague vs. Israel: Everything you need to know about the ICC Palestine probe". Times of Israel. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Israel gets first gas from Leviathan with exports to follow". Reuters. 2019-12-31.
- ^ Aderet, Ofer (January 7, 2019). "Moshe Arens, Former Israeli Defense Minister and Liberal Likud Veteran, Dies at 93". Haaretz.
- ^ Haring, Bruce (26 January 2019). "Meshulam Riklis Dies: Pia Zadora Husband, Billionaire Involved In Golden Globes Scandal Was 95". deadline.com.
- ^ Interfaith bridge builder Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein dies of heart attack
- ^ "Rafi Eitan, ex-minister and legendary spy who captured Eichmann, dies aged 92". The Times of Israel. March 23, 2019. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
- ^ Aderet, Ofer (June 4, 2019). "Nechama Rivlin, Wife of Israeli President, Dies at 73". Haaretz.
- ^ Tidligere Politiken-chefredaktør Herbert Pundik er død (in Danish)
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