2012 in Israel
Incumbents
Events
- January 5 – The former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert is charged with taking bribes in a property scandal.{{cite news |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-israel-olmert-idUKTRE8040JF20120105?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203023057/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-israel-olmert-idUKTRE8040JF20120105?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 3, 2016 |title=Ex-Israeli PM Olmert faces more corruption charges |publisher=Reuters |date=January 5, 2014 |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- January 31 – 2012 Likud leadership election: the incumbent Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu defeats Moshe Feiglin in the election for the leadership of the Likud party.[http://www.netanyahu.org.il/uploads/veida%20reviit/yor/yorkeuna.pdf]{{dead link|date=October 2013}}
- February 5 – An explosion hits the gas pipeline between Egypt, Israel and Jordan in the North Sinai Governorate west of Arish.{{cite news|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46266247#.Ty3Jd8UgpQE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208091427/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46266247 |url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-02-08 |title=Blast hits Egypt's gas pipeline to Israel – World news – Mideast/N. Africa |publisher=MSNBC }}
- February 13 – Attacks on Israeli diplomats: An explosive device is detonated in an Israeli diplomat's car in the vicinity of the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi. Two people were wounded in the New Delhi attack. In addition, explosives are discovered near the Israeli Embassy building in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi and the device is neutralized safely. Israel has accused Iran of being behind the attacks.{{cite news |author=Aviel Magnezi |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4188985,00.html |title=Israeli missions in India, Georgia targeted |publisher=Ynetnews |date=February 13, 2012 |access-date=2012-08-06}}
- February 28 – Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch retired from office and was replaced by justice Asher Grunis.{{cite news |author=Jonathan Lis |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/1.1577629 |script-title=he:בתוך שלוש דקות: חוק גרוניס אושר לקריאה שנייה ושלישית |language=he |trans-title=Within three minutes: Grunis Law approved for second and third readings |date=28 November 2011 |newspaper=Haaretz |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- March 27 – 2012 Kadima leadership election: Shaul Mofaz defeats Tzipi Livni in the election for the leadership of the Kadima party. Mofaz won the election 62.3% to 37.7% with a turnout of approximately 40%.{{cite news |author=Elad Benari |date=March 28, 2012 |url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/154231 |title=Mofaz Wins Kadima Leadership, calls on Livni to stay |publisher=Arutz Sheva |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- May 8 – Only a few hours before the Knesset was expected to approve its own dissolution and set September 4, 2012 as the date for the next elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached an agreement with the Head of Opposition Shaul Mofaz for Kadima to join the current government, thus canceling the early election supposed to be held in September.{{cite news |author=Attila Somfalvi |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4226125,00.html |title=No elections: Kadima to join government |publisher=Ynetnews |date=May 8, 2012 |access-date=2012-08-06}}
- May 17 – Israel national American football team played their first every game, in Petah Tikva against Maranatha Baptist University, losing 49-6.
- 22 May – The group Izabo represents Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Time” reaching the semi-final round.{{cite web|url=http://www.diggiloo.net/?2012il|title= 2012 Israel – Time|website=Diggiloo Thrush}}{{cite web | last=Friedman | first=Ron |title=Time's up for Israel's Izabo | website=The Times of Israel | date=2012-05-22 | url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/times-up-for-israels-izabo/}}
- June 21–29 – Israel men's national lacrosse team competed in the European Lacrosse Championships for the first time, finishing 8th.
- July 4 – Archaeologists in Israel discover a mosaic floor depicting the biblical figure of Samson and a Hebrew inscription in an ancient synagogue in the Galilee region.{{cite news |author=Joe Sterling |date=July 4, 2012 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/04/world/meast/israel-synagogue-samson/index.html?hpt=wo_t4 |title=Mosaic in Israel shows biblical Samson |publisher=CNN |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- July 10 – A Jerusalem court convicts former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on one count of breach of trust and acquits him on two counts of fraud.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/world/middleeast/ehud-olmert-cleared-of-two-counts-of-corruption.html?_r=1 | work=The New York Times | first=Isabel | last=Kershner | author-link=Isabel Kershner | title=Ehud Olmert Cleared of Two Counts of Corruption | date=July 10, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- July 17 – The Kadima party leaves Netanyahu's government due to a dispute concerning military conscription for ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-18870666 |work=BBC News |title=Kadima quits Israel government over conscription law |date=July 17, 2014 |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- July 18 – 2012 Burgas bus bombing: 7 people are killed and more than 30 others are injured after a suicide bomber exploded on an Israeli tourism bus, containing 42 Israeli tourists, parked in the parking lot of the Burgas Airport in Bulgaria.{{cite news |author=Ilan Ben Zion |author2=Michal Shmulovich |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/explosion-rocks-israeli-tour-bus-in-bulgaria/ |title=7 dead, 3 critical after attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria |publisher=The Times of Israel |date=2012-07-18 |access-date=2012-08-06}}
- August 1 – The Tal Law, which granted a sweeping exemption from military service to majority of the Israeli ultra-Orthodox population in Israel, expires. As a result, Defense Minister Ehud Barak orders the Israeli Defense Forces to prepare for a universal draft of ultra-Orthodox Jewish males in 30 days.{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/08/israel-to-drop-military-exemption-for-ultra-orthodox-jews/1#.UBmObS41lgE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804032358/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/08/israel-to-drop-military-exemption-for-ultra-orthodox-jews/1 |url-status=dead|archive-date=August 4, 2012 |title=Israel drops military exemption for ultra-Orthodox Jews |work=USA Today |date=August 1, 2012 }}
- August 5 – August 2012 Egypt-Israel border attack: Heavily armed gunmen assault an Egyptian checkpoint on the Egypt-Israeli border, killing 16 police officers. They commandeer two armored vehicles, one of which is then destroyed by the Israeli Air Force.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-19142882 |title=Egyptian police killed in attack on Israeli border |date=August 5, 2012 |work=BBC News |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- September 19–23 – Israel national baseball team competed in the World Baseball Classic qualifier for the first time
- September 21 – September 2012 Egypt-Israel border attack: Three Egyptian heavily armed militants, dressed as civilians, wearing explosive belts, and carrying rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, approached the Egypt-Israel border at an area where the separation barrier remained incomplete, and opened fire on a group of soldiers from the Israeli Artillery Corps. In the ensuing gunfight, the three militants and one Israeli soldier were killed.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-19673732 | title=Israeli soldier and militants killed in border clash | work=BBC News | date=September 21, 2012 | access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- October 6 – Israeli Air Force shot down a small UAV as it flew over northern Negev.{{cite news |author=Yaakov Lappin |date=October 6, 2012 |url=http://www.jpost.com/Video-Articles/Video/IAF-shoots-down-UAV-in-northern-Negev |title=IAF shoots down UAV in northern Negev |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=21 October 2014}} Hezbollah confirmed it sent drone.{{cite news |author=Mariam Karouny |date= October 11, 2014 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-israel-drone-idUSBRE89A19J20121011 |title=Hezbollah confirms it sent drone downed over Israel |publisher=Reuters |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- October 16 – In anticipation of upcoming elections, the Israeli Knesset has been unanimously dissolved.{{cite news |author=Lahav Harkov |date=October 15, 2014 |url=http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Knesset-dissolves-itself-paving-way-for-election |title=Knesset dissolves itself, paving way for election |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- October 21 – United States and Israel began their biggest joint air and missile defense exercise, known as Austere Challenge 12, involving around 3,500 U.S. troops in the region along with 1,000 IDF personnel.{{cite news |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/10/2012102195738284839.html |title=US and Israel launch joint military drill |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date=October 21, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2014}} Germany and Britain also participated.{{cite news |author=Tony Capaccio |date=October 15, 2012 |url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-15/u-dot-s-dot-israeli-military-exercise-sending-message-to-iran |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017063145/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-15/u-dot-s-dot-israeli-military-exercise-sending-message-to-iran |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |title=U.S.-Israeli Military Exercise Sending Message to Iran |publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- October 23 – In what was widely believed to be a long-range attack by the Israeli Air Force, an arms factory in Khartoum, Sudan, that was alleged to have participated in arms-smuggling to Hamas, exploded. The Israeli government refused to either confirm or deny its involvement.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sudan/9631769/Israeli-jets-bombed-weapons-factory-in-Khartoum-Sudan-claims.html |title=Israeli jets 'bombed weapons factory in Khartoum', Sudan claims |date=October 24, 2012 |access-date=November 20, 2012 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |first=David |last=Blair}}{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/oct/25/israeli-sudanese-factory-secret-war | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Ian | last=Black | title='Israeli attack' on Sudanese arms factory offers glimpse of secret war | date=October 25, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- October 25 – Prime Minister and Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu and the Foreign Minister and Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Lieberman announced the unification of their two parties, which would run as a single bloc for the upcoming elections. The joint party would be called "Likud Beiteinu" ("The Likud Is Our Home") and Netanyahu will be number 1 on the list, followed by Liberman who will be number 2 on the list.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-20090316 |title=Israel's Likud Party and Yisrael Beitenu to join forces |work=BBC News |date=October 26, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2014}}{{cite news |url=http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/likud-and-yisrael-beiteinu-join-forces/2012/10/25/ |title=Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu Join Forces |newspaper=The Jewish Press |date=October 25, 2012 |access-date=October 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027020534/http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/likud-and-yisrael-beiteinu-join-forces/2012/10/25/ |archive-date=October 27, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
- November 11 – a 120 mm mortar shell exploded near an Israeli post in the Golan Heights. As a result, the Israel Defense Forces fired an anti-tank missile at the source of the bombardment in Syria.{{cite news |author=Yoav Zitun |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4303853,00.html |title=IDF fires at Syria for first time since 1973 |publisher=Ynetnews |date=November 11, 2012 |access-date=2013-10-02}}{{cite news |url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/254439 |title=IDF: Warning Shots Deliberately Missed Syrian Post |date=November 11, 2012 |publisher=Arutz Sheva |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- November 12 – A second mortar shell from Syria has been fired at an Israeli military outpost in the Golan Heights. The Israel Defense Forces have responded with tank fire at the source of the bombardment in Syria, scoring several direct hits on artillery units belonging to the Syrian Army.{{cite news |author=Isabel Kershner |date=November 13, 2012 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/world/middleeast/israel-strikes-at-syria-again-in-response-to-mortar-attacks.html?_r=0 |title=Israel Strikes at Syria Again in Response to Mortar Attacks |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- November 26 – Ehud Barak announces that he will retire from politics after the next election in January 2013.{{cite web |url=https://www.news.com.au/world/israel-defence-minister-ehud-barak-retires-in-pre-vote-shock/news-story/a0ae567b5ce5680136403f2e2573ae3b |title=Israel defence minister Ehud Barak retires in pre-vote shock |last= |first= |date=November 27, 2012 |website=News.com.au |publisher= |access-date=May 27, 2021 |quote=}}
- December 14 – Avigdor Lieberman resigns as Foreign Affairs Minister and as Deputy Prime Minister following an indictment for fraud.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-20731396 | work=BBC News | title=Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman resigns |date=December 14, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2014}} Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes over the post of Foreign Minister, and announces that the Foreign Ministry will be held in reserve for Lieberman pending the outcome of his trial, with Lieberman allowed to resume his position as Foreign Minister if acquitted.{{cite news |author=Philip Podolsky |date=March 6, 2013 |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-can-hold-foreign-ministry-for-liberman-ag-says/ |title=Netanyahu can legally hold Foreign Ministry for Liberman |publisher=The Times of Israel |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
= Israeli–Palestinian conflict =
{{main|Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2012}}
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The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict that occurred during 2012 include:
- January 3 – Negotiators from Israel and the Palestinian Authority meet in the Jordanian capital, Amman, for the first time in 16 months.{{cite news |author=Herb Keinon |date=January 3, 2012 |url=http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Israeli-Palestinian-negotiators-to-meet-in-Amman |title=Israeli, Palestinian negotiators to meet in Amman |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- January 25 – IDF forces capture the Speaker of the Hamas-dominated Palestinian Parliament Aziz Duwaik near Ramallah, on charges of membership in an illegal organization.{{cite news |author=Mohammed Daraghmeh |agency=Associated Press |date=January 24, 2012 |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700218377/Israel-arrests-another-Hamas-lawmaker-in-West-Bank.html?s_cid=s10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101051143/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700218377/Israel-arrests-another-Hamas-lawmaker-in-West-Bank.html?s_cid=s10 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 1, 2014 |title=Israel arrests another Hamas lawmaker in West Bank |newspaper=Deseret News |access-date=October 21, 2014}} Following his capture, a military court in the Ofer Prison sentences him to six months in prison.{{cite news |author=Harriet Sherwood |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jan/24/israel-jails-palestinian-parliament-speaker |title=Israel jails Palestinian parliament speaker without trial |newspaper=The Guardian |date=January 24, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2014}}{{cite news |author=Khaled Abu Toameh |date=January 25, 2012 |url=http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Israel-has-declared-war-on-Hamas-in-West-Bank |title=Israel has declared war on Hamas in West Bank |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- March 9–16 – March 2012 Gaza-Israel clashes
- March 9 – March 2012 Gaza-Israel clashes: Secretary-general of the Popular Resistance Committees Zuhir al-Qaisi, a senior PRC member and two additional Palestinian militants were assassinated during a targeted killing carried out by Israeli forces in Gaza.{{cite news |author=Nidal al-Mughrabi |date=March 9, 2012 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-israel-gaza-idUSBRE8280W820120309 |title=Israel kills 10 Palestinian militants in Gaza strikes |publisher=Reuters |access-date=October 21, 2014}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-17319054 |work=BBC News |title=Israel launches deadly air strikes on Gaza |date=March 10, 2014 |access-date=October 21, 2014}} The Palestinian armed factions in the Gaza Strip, led by the Islamic Jihad and the Popular Resistance Committees, fired a massive number of rockets towards southern Israel in retaliation for three consecutive days. This would become the most serious escalation in the Gaza Strip since Operation Cast Lead.
- March 15 – A teenage Palestinian commits a stabbing attack on the Jerusalem Light Rail within Pisgat Ze’ev in Jerusalem, seriously wounding a 19-year-old female soldier before fleeing. The attacker was captured several hours later at the Kalandia crossing north of Jerusalem while trying to flee back to Palestinian Authority-controlled territories.{{cite news |author=Melanie Lidman |date=March 15, 2014 |url=http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Terrorist-stabs-female-soldier-in-light-rail-car |title=Terrorist stabs female soldier in light rail car |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- April 5 – A rocket fired from Egypt's Sinai desert hits the Israeli city of Eilat causing no injuries or property damage.{{cite news | url=https://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFL6E8F504820120405 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405061851/http://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFL6E8F504820120405 | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 5, 2012 | publisher=Reuters | title=Rocket from Egypt's Sinai hits Israeli city -police | date=April 5, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- April – Second flytilla
- June 1 – An Israeli soldier was killed in an exchange of fire with a Palestinian militant who was trying to infiltrate into Israel near the southern Gaza Strip.{{cite news |author=Guy Azriel | url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/01/world/meast/israel-gaza-violence/index.html | publisher=CNN | title=Soldier killed by Palestinian gunman, Israeli military says | date=June 1, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- June 6 – Hours after a bill to legalize settlement outposts is rejected, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders the construction of 300 new homes at the Jewish settlement of Beit El in the West Bank.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-18344116 | work=BBC News | title=Israeli PM orders 300 new homes at West Bank settlement | date=June 6, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- June 7 – An additional 550 settler homes are announced by Israeli construction minister Ariel Attias in addition to the 300 new settler homes ordered yesterday by the land's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Jewish settlement of Beit El in the West Bank.{{cite news |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/06/20126711518558607.html |title=Israel to build more West Bank homes |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date=June 7, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- June – Israeli transfer of Palestinian militant bodies: Israel hands over the bodies of 91 Palestinian suicide bombers and other militants as part of a goodwill gesture to PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas to help revive the peace talks and reinstate direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.{{cite news | url=http://www.france24.com/en/20120531-palestinian-territories-bodies-israel-return-conflict | title=Israel returns bodies of 91 Palestinians | publisher=France 24 |date=May 31, 2012 |agency=Agence France-Presse | access-date=June 1, 2012}}
- June 18 – A militant squad kill an Israeli construction worker and wound two of his colleagues in an attack carried out on the border between Israel and Egypt.
- November 14 – Operation Pillar of Defense: Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari is killed in a targeted air strike carried out by the Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet.{{cite news |author=Elior Levy |author2=Yoav Zitun |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4305343,00.html |title=IDF kills top Hamas commander; prepares for ground offensive |publisher=Ynetnews |date=2012-11-14 |access-date=2013-10-02}}
- November 15 – Operation Pillar of Defense: Three Israeli civilians are killed in Kiryat Malachi, Israel, in a further barrage of rocket attacks on southern Israel from Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Rockets have hit apartment buildings, schools and private houses so far.{{cite news |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/rockets-rain-down-on-south-after-israel-launches-operation-pillar-of-defense/ |title=Three dead in rocket attack on Kiryat Malachi |publisher=The Times of Israel |agency=Associated Press |date=November 14, 2014 |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- November 15 – Operation Pillar of Defense: Two rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip at Tel Aviv, with one landing in the sea and the other hitting an uninhabited area in the city's suburbs. Iranian backed Islamic Jihad has claimed responsibility for the incident, which was the first attack against the city since the 1991 Gulf War.{{cite news |author=Yaakov Lappin |date=November 16, 2012 |url=http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Gaza-terrorists-fire-two-rockets-at-Tel-Aviv |title=Gaza terrorists fire two rockets at Tel Aviv |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- November 16 – Operation Pillar of Defense: Palestinian militants fired a rocket aimed at Jerusalem setting off air raid sirens in the city.{{cite news |title=Hamas fires rocket at Jerusalem |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/hamas-fires-rocket-at-jerusalem-28922929.html |newspaper=The Belfast Telegraph |date=November 16, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- November 21 – Operation Pillar of Defense: A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, announced by Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, comes into effect at 7:00 pm local time.{{cite news | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ceasefire-elusive-as-israel-hamas-clash-rages-on-1.1172428 | publisher=CBC News | title=Ceasefire elusive as Israel-Hamas clash rages on |date=November 20, 2012 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=October 21, 2014}}{{cite news |url=http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/PM-Cease-fire-will-allow-Israelis-to-get-back-to-routine |title=PM: Cease-fire will allow Israelis to get back to routine |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |date=November 21, 2012 |agency=Reuters |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- November 29 – The 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly approves to upgrade Palestine's status from an "observer" to an "observer state", with 138 voting in favor, 9 against and 41 abstaining.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-20550864 | work=BBC News | title=Palestinians win upgraded UN status by wide margin | date=November 30, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2014}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235754/http://hosted2.ap.org/APDefault/%2A/Article_2012-11-29-UN-UN-Palestinians-Status/id-a691e9a4735f4941a34ecc7d4d3cc687 Associated Press]
- December 8 – Hamas leader Khaled Mashal arrived in Gaza for the first time ever to celebrate the organization's anniversary. In his speech, which Mashal gave at a mass rally attended by hundreds of thousands of supporters, he stated explicitly that the Palestinian people would never compromise with Israel's existence and that the organization will act decisively to gradually conquer and achieve full control over the territories which encompass both Israel and the Palestinian territories in order to establish one Islamic state in that area.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-20631933 | work=BBC News | title=Ghana election: Glitches force extension of voting | date=December 7, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2014}}{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/hamas-leader-khaled-meshal-denounces-israel-at-anniversary-rally-in-gaza/2012/12/08/b311c70c-4179-11e2-a2d9-822f58ac9fd5_story.html | work=The Washington Post | first=Joel | last=Greenberg | title=Middle East | date=December 8, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
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Notable deaths
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- January 1 – Yafa Yarkoni (born 1925), Israeli singer{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/culture/legendary-israeli-singer-yafa-yarkoni-dies-at-86-1.404925 |title=Legendary Israeli singer Yafa Yarkoni dies at 86 |newspaper=Haaretz |date=January 1, 2012 |agency=City Mouse Online |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- January 6 – Gabriel Cadis (born 1951), Israeli attorney, chairman of the Jaffa Orthodox Church Association{{cite news |author=Eli Senyor |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4172244,00.html |title=Christian community leader stabbed to death; 6 suspects detained |publisher=Ynetnews |date=January 7, 2012 |access-date=2012-08-06}}
- January 10 – Israel Getzler (born 1920), Israeli historian{{cite web |url=http://www.avelim.co.il/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%92%D7%A6%D7%9C%D7%A8-%D7%96%D7%9C/ |script-title=he:פרופסור ישראל גצלר ז"ל |language=he |trans-title=Professor Israel Getzler of blessed memory |publisher=Avelim |date=January 12, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- January 19 – Shraga Gafni (born 1926), Israeli children's book author{{cite news |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4178316,00.html |script-title=he:נפטר הסופר שרגא גפני, מחבר "דנידין" |language=he |trans-title=Author Shraga Gafni dies, author of "Danidin" |publisher=Ynet |date=2012-01-20 |access-date=2012-08-06}}
- January 23 – Yardena Cohen (born 1910), Israeli dancer and choreographer{{cite news |url=http://www.mouse.co.il/CM.articles_item,720,209,65941,.aspx |script-title=he:הרקדנית ירדנה כהן הלכה לעולמה |language=he |trans-title=Dancer Jordana Cohen dies |publisher=City Mouse |date=January 23, 2012 |access-date=2012-08-06}}
- February 1 – Yona Baltman (born 1929), Israeli jurist, State Attorney (1982–1988){{cite news |author=Jonathan Lis |date=February 2, 2012 |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/news/education/1.1631894 |script-title=he:מת פרקליט המדינה לשעבר יונה בלטמן |language=he |trans-title=Former state prosecutor Yona Blatman dies |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- February 11 – Aharon Davidi (born 1927), Israeli general and founder of the Sar-El volunteer program of the IDF{{cite news |author=Ahikam Moshe David |date=12 February 2012 |url=http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/335/926.html?hp=1&cat=875 |script-title=he:נפטר אהרון דוידי, ממקימי חטיבת הצנחנים |language=he |trans-title=Aharon Davidi dies, founder of the Paratroopers Brigade |publisher=nrg Maariv |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- March 4 – Shmuel Tankus (born 1914), Israeli general, fifth commander of the Navy{{cite news |author=Aviel Magnezi |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4198215,00.html |title=Former Navy commander Shmuel Tankus dies |publisher=Ynetnews |date=March 4, 2012 |access-date=2012-08-06}}
- March 5 – Yehuda Ben-Haim (born 1966), Israeli Olympic boxer{{cite news |date=March 6, 2012 |url=http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Former-Israeli-Olympic-boxer-Ben-Haim-dies |title=Former Israeli Olympic boxer Ben-Haim dies |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- March 6 – Jacky Mekaiten (born 1955), Israeli singer, lyricist and composer{{cite news |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4199317,00.html |script-title=he:ג'קי מקייטן הלך לעולמו |language=he |trans-title=Jacky Mekaiten dies |publisher=Ynet |date=March 6, 2012 |access-date=2012-08-06}}
- March 13 – Moshe Yehoshua Hager (born 1916), Israeli rabbi, 5th Rebbe of Vizhnitz, Bnei Brak{{cite news |date=March 14, 2014 |author=Elad Benari |url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/153741 |title=Vizhnitzer Rebbe Passes Away at 95 |publisher=Arutz Sheva |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- March 17 – Rina Litvin (born 1939), Israeli author and translator{{cite web|url=http://indiebookspot.com/2012/03/18/obituary-israeli-author-and-translator-rina-litvin/ |title=Obituary: Israeli author and translator Rina Litvin |publisher=Indie BookSpot |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323160257/http://indiebookspot.com/2012/03/18/obituary-israeli-author-and-translator-rina-litvin/ |archive-date=March 23, 2012 }}
- March 18 – Haim Alexander (born 1915), German-born Israeli composer{{cite news |url=http://www.iba.org.il/bet/?type=1&entity=828993|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205014/http://www.iba.org.il/bet/?type=1&entity=828993|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-10-29|publisher= Reshet Bet |script-title=he:המלחין חיים אלכסנדר הלך לעולמו |language=he |trans-title=Composer Haim Alexander dies}}
- March 20 – Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg (born 1910), Polish-born Israeli Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva.{{cite news |author=Elad Benari |date=March 21, 2012 |url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/153972 |title=Video: Funeral of Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg |publisher=Arutz Sheva |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- March 25 – Ben-Zion Leitner (born 1927), Israeli soldier, Medal of Valor recipient{{cite news |url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/235705 |title=Ben-Zion Leitner Passes Away at the Age of 85 |date=March 25, 2012 |publisher=Arutz Sheva |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- April 10 – Zvi Dinstein (born 1926), Israeli politician, MK (1965–1974), pulmonary embolism{{cite news |author=Amir Oren |date=April 11, 2012 |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/news/education/1.1683882 |script-title=he:מת צבי דינשטיין, שכיהן כסגן שר במשרדי הביטחון והאוצר |language=he |trans-title=Zvi Dinstein dies, was Deputy Minister of Defense and Finance |newspaper=Haaretz |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- April 13 – Avraham Goldberg (born 1913), American-born Israeli Talmud scholar{{cite web |author=Yitz Landes |url=http://thetalmudblog.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/prof-avraham-goldberg-זל/ |title=Prof. Avraham Goldberg ז"ל |publisher=The Talmud Blog |date=April 15, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- April 30 – Benzion Netanyahu (born 1910), Israeli historian specializing in the history of Jews in Spain; father of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.{{cite news |title=Ben-Zion Netanyahu dies at 102; father of Israeli prime minister |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-ben-zion-netanyahu-20120501-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=May 1, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2014 |first=Batsheva |last=Sobelman}}
- May 1 – Mordechai Virshubski (born 1930), Israeli politician, MK (1977–1992) and Deputy Speaker of the Knesset (1988–1992).{{cite news |author=Asher Zeiger |date=May 1, 2012 |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/former-mk-mordechai-virshubski-dies-at-82/ |title=Former MK Mordechai Virshubski dies at 82 |publisher=The Times of Israel |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- May 7 – Alexander Keynan (born 1921), Israeli microbiologist, co-founder and the first director of Israel Institute for Biological Research.{{cite news |author=Asaf Shtull-Trauring |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/news/education/1.1702566 |script-title=he:מת הפרופסור אלכסנדר קינן |language=he |trans-title=Professor Alexander Keynan dies |newspaper=Haaretz |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- May 17 – Gideon Ezra (born 1937), Israeli politician, MK (since 1996){{cite news |author=Attila Somfalvi |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4230417,00.html |title=MK Gideon Ezra dies at 74 |publisher=Ynetnews |date=May 17, 2012 |access-date=2012-08-06}}
- June 2 – Avraham Botzer (born 1929), Israeli general, Commander of the Navy (1968–1972).{{cite news |author=Amir Oren |date=June 3, 2012 |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/1.1722332 |script-title=he:מת האלוף אברהם (צ'יטה) בוצר |language=he |trans-title=General Avraham (Cheetah) Botzer dies |newspaper=Haaretz |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- June 24 – Yitzhak Galanti (born 1937), Israeli politician, MK (2006–09){{cite news |author=Eric Bender |date=June 24, 2012 |url=http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/380/283.html?hp=1&cat=404&loc=10 |script-title=he:הח"כ לשעבר יצחק גלנטי הלך לעולמו |language=he |trans-title=Former MK Yitzhak Galanti dies |publisher=nrg Maariv |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- June 30 – Yitzhak Shamir (born 1915), Prime Minister of Israel (1983–84, 1986–92).{{cite news |author=Attila Somfalvi |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4249308,00.html |title=Former PM Yitzhak Shamir dies at 96 |publisher=Ynetnews |date=June 30, 2012 |access-date=2012-08-06}}
- July 13 – Shlomo Bentin (born 1946), Israeli neuropsychologist and recipient of the 2012 Israel Prize in psychology.{{cite news |url=http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/07/14/uc-berkeley-professor-killed-in-crash-with-dump-truck/ |title=UC Berkeley Professor Killed In Crash With Dump Truck |date=July 14, 2014 |publisher=CBS San Francisco Bay Area |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- July 18 – Yosef Shalom Eliashiv (born 1910), Lithuanian-born Israeli rabbi, leader of Orthodox Jewry.{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/rabbi-elyashiv-venerated-leader-in-ultra-orthodox-community-dies-at-102-1.451991 |title=Rabbi Elyashiv, venerated leader in ultra-Orthodox community, dies at 102 |date=July 18, 2012 |access-date=July 18, 2012 |author=Yair Ettinger |publisher=Haaretz}}
- July 26 – Miriam Ben-Porat (born 1918), Israeli jurist, Supreme Court justice and State Comptroller.{{cite news |author=Greer Fay Cashman |url=http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Former-High-Court-justice-Ben-Porat-dies-at-94 |title=Former High Court justice Ben-Porat dies at 94 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |date=2012-07-26 |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- July 28 – Amos Degani (born 1926), Israeli politician{{cite web |url=https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=355|publisher=Knesset |title=Amos Degani |access-date=2012-07-30}}
- August 2 – Amos Hakham (born 1921), Israeli Bible scholar, first winner of the International Bible Contest (1958).{{cite news |url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/246534 |title=First Winner of Bible Contest Dies at 91 |publisher=Arutz Sheva |date=August 3, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- August 3 – Moshe Piamenta (born 1921), Israeli linguist and orientalist{{cite news |script-title=he:פרופ' משה פיאמנטה ז"ל |language=he |trans-title=Professor Moshe Piamenta of blessed memory |url=http://www.avelim.co.il/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4-%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%94-%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%94-%D7%96%D7%9C/|access-date=5 August 2012 |publisher=Avelim |date=3 August 2012}}
- September 4 – Abraham Avigdorov (born 1929), Israeli soldier, Medal of Valor recipient{{cite news |author=Boaz Fyler |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4277294,00.html |title=Hero of Israel laureate Avigdorov dead at 83|publisher=Ynetnews |date=September 5, 2012 |access-date=2013-10-02}}
- September 6 – Baruch Bracha (born 1946), Israeli jurist{{cite news |author=Yuval Yoaz |url=http://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1000783386 |script-title=he:פרופ' ברוך ברכה, מגדולי המומחים למשפט מינהלי, הלך לעולמו |language=he |trans-title=Professor Baruch Bracha, leading expert in administrative law, dies |date=2012-09-08 |access-date=2012-09-11}}
- September 6 – Dan Lachman (born 1941), Israeli writer and social activist.{{cite news |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4278327,00.html|script-title=he:דן לחמן, ממייסדי הוועד למלחמה באיידס, הלך לעולמו בגיל 71 |language=he |trans-title=Dan Lachman, a founder of the Committee to Fight AIDS, dies at age 71 |date=2012-09-06 |access-date=2012-09-11}} (Hebrew)
- September 18 – Haim Hefer (born 1925), Israeli songwriter, poet and writer{{cite news |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4282714,00.html |title=Songwriter Haim Hefer dies at 86 |publisher=Ynetnews |date=September 18, 2012 |access-date=2013-10-02}}
- September 19 – Itamar Singer (born 1946), Romanian-born Israeli Hittitologist{{cite web |author=Jim |url=http://zwingliusredivivus.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/sad-news-itamar-singer-has-died |title=Sad News: Itamar Singer Has Died |publisher=Zwinglius Redivivus |date=September 19, 2012 |access-date=2012-09-19}}
- September 21 – Yehuda Elkana (born 1934), Israeli historian and philosopher, President and Rector of the Central European University (1999–2009).{{cite web|url=https://www.ceu.hu/news/2012-09-24/ceu-mourns-death-of-yehuda-elkana |title=CEU Mourns Death of Yehuda Elkana |publisher=Central European University |access-date=2012-09-24 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027170854/https://www.ceu.hu/news/2012-09-24/ceu-mourns-death-of-yehuda-elkana |archive-date=October 27, 2012 }}
- September 22 – Gideon Gadot (born 1941), Israeli journalist and politician, member of the Knesset (1984–1992).{{cite news |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/former-knesset-speaker-gideon-gadot-dies-71/ |title=Former Knesset speaker Gideon Gadot dies, 71 |publisher=The Times of Israel |date=2012-09-23 |access-date=2012-09-23}}
- September 28 – Avraham Adan (born 1926), Israeli general{{cite news |author=Elior Levy |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4286715,00.html |title=General Avraham 'Bren' Adan passes away |publisher=Ynetnews |date=September 28, 2012 |access-date=2013-10-02}}
- October 1 – Moshe Sanbar (born 1926), Hungarian-born Israeli economist, Governor of the Bank of Israel (1971–1976).{{cite news |author= Ilan Ben Zion |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/moshe-sanbar-former-bank-of-israel-governor-dies-at-86/ |title=Moshe Sanbar, former Bank of Israel governor, dies at 86 |publisher=The Times of Israel |date=October 2, 2012 |access-date=2012-10-02}}
- October 6 – Shlomo Nitzani (born 1936), Israeli soldier, Medal of Valor and Medal of Distinguished Service recipient.{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/news/education/1.1837069 |script-title=he:מת מוני ניצני, בעל עיטור הגבורה ועיטור המופת |language=he |trans-title=Moni Nitzani dies, awardee of a medal of valor and medal of distinguished service |newspaper=Haaretz |author=Amir Oren |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- November 4 – David Resnick (born 1924), Brazilian-born Israeli architect and town planner.{{cite news |author=Yoel Goldman |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/architect-david-resnick-dies-at-88/ |title=Architect David Resnick dead at 88 |publisher=The Times of Israel |date=November 5, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2014}}
- November 16 – Eliyahu Nawi (born 1920), Israeli politician and jurist, Mayor of Beersheba (1963–1986).{{cite news |author=Greer Fay Cashman |date=November 18, 2012 |url=http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Longest-serving-mayor-of-Beersheba-dies-at-92 |title=Longest-serving mayor of Beersheba, dies at 92 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=2012-11-18}}
- November 17 – Lea Gottlieb (born 1918), Israeli fashion designer.{{cite news |url=http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Fashion/Article.aspx?id=292479|title=Lea Gottlieb, queen of Israeli fashion, dies at 94 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=2012-11-18}}
- December 9 – Anat Gov (born 1953), Israeli playwright and scriptwriter.{{cite news |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4317722,00.html |title=Playwright Anat Gov dies |publisher=Ynetnews |date=December 9, 2012 |access-date=2012-12-10}}
- December 11 – Mendel Weinbach (born 1933), rosh yeshiva, Yeshivas Ohr Somayach, Jerusalem.{{cite web |url=http://www.bhol.co.il/Article.aspx?id=47920 |script-title=he:ראש ישיבת 'אור שמח' • הגאון רבי מנדל וינבך זצ"ל |language=he |trans-title=Rosh Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – HaGaon Rabbi Mendel Weinbach, zt"l |publisher=Behadrei Charedim |first=Moshe|last=Weisberg |date=December 11, 2012 |access-date=December 11, 2012}}
- December 16 – Avraham Mor (born 1938), Israeli actor{{cite news |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4320748,00.html |title=Israeli actor Avraham Mor dies |publisher=Ynetnews |date=December 16, 2012 |access-date=2013-10-02}}
- December 19 – Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (born 1944), Israeli general and Chief of Staff of the IDF{{cite news |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4321987,00.html |title=Former IDF Chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak dies |publisher=Ynetnews |date=December 19, 2012 |access-date=2013-10-02}}
- December 28 – Emmanuel Scheffer (born 1924), Israeli football coach and manager{{cite news |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4325745,00.html |title=Former Israel national coach Sheffer dies |agency=Reuters |publisher=Ynetnews |date=December 28, 2014 |access-date=2013-10-02}}
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