2019 in Israel explained

The following lists events in the year 2019 in Israel.

Incumbents

• 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

January

• January 24 – 2019 Judo Grand Prix Tel Aviv began

March

• March 25 – U.S. President Donald Trump signs Proclamation on Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel.^[1]

April

• April 9 – April 2019 Israeli legislative election
• April 11 – Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashes on the moon.^[2]

May

• 3–6 May – Gaza–Israel clashes (May 2019)^[3]
• 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”.^[4]

July

• 2–3 July – Ethiopian Jews protest in Israel

September

• September 17 – September 2019 Israeli legislative election

November

• 12–14 November – Gaza–Israel clashes (November 2019)^[5]

December

• 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.^[6]
• 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^[7]
• 31 December – Israel started extraction from the Leviathan gas field.^[8]

Deaths

• 7 January – Moshe Arens (b. 1925), aeronautical engineer, diplomat and politician.^[9]
• 25 January – Meshulam Riklis (b.1923), Turkish-born Israeli businessman.^[10]
• 1 February – Yosef Sorinov (b. 1946), footballer.
• 6 February – Yechiel Eckstein (b. 1951), Israeli-American rabbi.^[11]
• 14 February – Michael Nudelman(b. 1938), politician.
• 17 February – Ami Maayani (b. 1936), composer.
• 26 February – (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.^[12]
• 2 May – Micha Lindenstrauss (b. 1937), judge and State Comptroller.
• 4 June – Nechama Rivlin (b. 1945), First Lady of Israel.^[13]
• 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.^[14]
• 18 December – Geulah Cohen (b. 1925), politician and activist.

See also

• 2019–20 Israeli constitutional crisis
• 2019–20 Israeli political crisis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Proclamation on Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel. Trump. Donald J.. Donald Trump. March 25, 2019. National Archives. whitehouse.gov. March 25, 2019.
2. News: Israel's Beresheet spacecraft crashes on Moon. BBC. April 11, 2019. December 11, 2019.
3. News: Palestinians report Gaza truce with Israel as violence ebbs. CNBC. May 6, 2019. May 9, 2019.
4. Web site: Israel's Eurovision entry celebrates performance, despite disappointing finish . The Times of Israel . 2019-05-19 .
5. Web site: Israel kills top Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant in Gaza. November 12, 2019. BBC. November 13, 2019.
6. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50742232 Israel will hold unprecedented third election in a year
7. News: Ahren . Raphael . The Hague vs. Israel: Everything you need to know about the ICC Palestine probe . 25 December 2019 . . 23 December 2019.
8. News: Israel gets first gas from Leviathan with exports to follow. 2019-12-31. Reuters.
9. News: Moshe Arens, Former Israeli Defense Minister and Liberal Likud Veteran, Dies at 93. Ofer. Aderet. January 7, 2019. Haaretz.
10. Web site: Meshulam Riklis Dies: Pia Zadora Husband, Billionaire Involved In Golden Globes Scandal Was 95. Bruce. Haring. 26 January 2019. deadline.com.
11. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5459335,00.html Interfaith bridge builder Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein dies of heart attack
12. News: Rafi Eitan, ex-minister and legendary spy who captured Eichmann, dies aged 92. The Times of Israel. March 23, 2019. March 23, 2019.
13. News: Nechama Rivlin, Wife of Israeli President, Dies at 73. Ofer. Aderet. June 4, 2019. Haaretz.
14. https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/tidligere-politiken-chefredaktoer-herbert-pundik-er-doed Tidligere Politiken-chefredaktør Herbert Pundik er død