2018 in Israel
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The following lists events in the year 2018 in Israel.
Incumbents
[edit | edit source]- President – Reuven Rivlin
- Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu
- President of the Supreme Court – Esther Hayut
- Chief of General Staff – Gadi Eizenkot
- Government of Israel – 34th government of Israel
Events
[edit | edit source]January
[edit | edit source]- 2 January – Israel announces plans to deport African migrants who reside in the country illegally, with 90 days given to either leave the country or face imprisonment.[1]
February
[edit | edit source]- 5 February – The fatal stabbing of Itamar Ben Gal in Ariel, West Bank
- 9–25 February – Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- 10 February – 2018 Israel–Syria incident
March
[edit | edit source]- 30 March – Start of the 2018–2019 Gaza border protests
April
[edit | edit source]- 26 April – Ten military cadets from a cadet academy die after being carried off by a surge in the Tzafit stream west of the Dead Sea amid floodings caused by intense storms that strike southern Israel.[2]
- 30 April – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Iran of not holding up its end of the nuclear deal with the P5+1 countries after presenting a cache over 100,000 documents detailing the extent of Iran's nuclear program. Iran denounced Netanyahu's presentation as "propaganda".[3] Shortly after President Trump withdrew the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.[4]
May
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- 4–27 May – 2018 Giro d'Italia cycling Grand Tour
- 10 May – Iran's Quds Force on the Syrian-held side of the Golan Heights fired around 20 projectiles towards Israeli army positions without causing damages or injuries.[5] In response, Israel launched an extensive strike against Iranian targets in Syria.[6]
- 12 May – Netta Barzilai wins first place for Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Toy".[7]
- 14 May – The new embassy of the United States opens in Jerusalem.[8]
- 23 May – The Knesset passed a law allowing the Security Cabinet to declare war.[9]
June
[edit | edit source]- June 21 – Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was charged for an alleged fraud.[10]
- June 25 – Prince William began a trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories, becoming the first British royal to visit the country in an official capacity.[11]
July
[edit | edit source]- July 12 – Start of the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship in Netanya
- July 19 – Israel incorporated in its basic laws a declaration of the country as the "nation-state of the Jewish people."[12]
September
[edit | edit source]- September 17 – Syria missile strikes
- September 25 – Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway is officially inaugurated.[13]
October
[edit | edit source]- October 7 – 2018 Barkan Industrial Park shooting
- October 30 – Israeli municipal elections
November
[edit | edit source]- November 11 – November Gaza–Israel clashes
December
[edit | edit source]- December 4 – The Israeli military launched Operation Northern Shield to destroy cross-border tunnels built by Hezbollah along Israel's border with Lebanon.[14]
- December 21 – Israel announced its departure from UNESCO, citing bias.[15]
Deaths
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- 4 January – Aharon Appelfeld, novelist (b. 1932)[16]
- 6 January – Batya Ouziel, handicrafter (b. 1934)[17]
- 13 January – Eliyahu Winograd, Israeli jurist and acting judge on the Supreme Court of Israel, chairman of the Winograd Commission (b. 1926)
- 20 January – Doron Rubin, military officer (b. 1944)
- 31 January – Dan Alon, fencer (b. 1945)
- 18 February – Ya'akov Ben-Yezri, Israeli politician, Minister of Health (b. 1927)
- 24 February – Shmuel Auerbach, Israeli Haredi rabbi and posek (b. 1931)
- 2 March – Haim Hanegbi, journalist and activist (born 1935)
- 5 March – Uri Lubrani, Israeli diplomat (b. 1926)
- 23 March – Ephraim Stern, archaeologist (b. 1934)[18]
- 24 March – Rim Banna, singer, composer and activist (b. 1966)
- 24 March – Frank Meisler, architect and sculptor (b. 1925).[19]
- 1 April – Avichai Rontzki, Israeli military Rabbi and rosh yeshiva (b. 1951)
- 4 May – Abi Ofarim, musician (b. 1937)
- 29 May – Eliezer Rafaeli, director of the University of Haifa (b. 1926)
- 20 August – Uri Avnery, peace activist (b. 1923)
- 30 October – David Azulai, politician (b. 1954)[20]
- 7 December – Shmuel Flatto-Sharon, businessman and politician (b. 1930)
- 17 December – Rona Ramon, activist and NGO founder (b. 1964)[21]
- 28 December – Amos Oz, writer, novelist and journalist (b. 1939)[22]
- 29 December – Zvi Levi, activist and NGO founder (b. 1948)[23]
- 29 December – Yehoshua Glazer, footballer (b. 1927)[24]
See also
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- Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2018
- 2018 Gaza-Israel conflict
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- ^ Netta Barzilai brings Eurovision win to Israel, Ynet News, 13 May 2018.
- ^ Israeli joy, Palestinian fury over U.S. embassy launch in Jerusalem, Reuters, 14 May 2018.
- ^ Security Cabinet now authorized to declare war, Ynet News, 23 May 2018.
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- ^ New York Times: Israeli Law Declares the Country the ‘Nation-State of the Jewish People’
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