2018 in Israel
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{{Year in Israel |2018}}
The following lists events in the year 2018 in Israel.
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Incumbents
Events
=January=
- 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.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42541515 |title=Israel: African migrants told to leave or face imprisonment |work=BBC News |date=2018-01-02 |access-date=2018-05-01}}
=February=
- 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=
- 30 March – Start of the 2018–2019 Gaza border protests
=April=
- 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.{{cite news|title=TEN YOUTH DEAD IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL FLASH FLOODS|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Multiple-youth-feared-dead-in-southern-Israel-flash-floods-552823|work=Jerusalem Post}}
- 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".{{cite news|title=Netanyahu: Iran Nuclear Deal Is Based on Lies – Here's the Proof|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/pm-expected-to-reveal-how-iran-cheated-world-on-nuke-program-1.6045300|work=Haaretz}} Shortly after President Trump withdrew the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44045957|title=Trump pulls US out of Iran deal|date=2018-05-08|publisher=BBC News |access-date=2018-05-20}}
=May=
File:ESC2018 - Israel 08.jpg performs the song Toy, which wins the Eurovision Song Contest.]]
File:Dedication ceremony of the Embassy of the United States in Jerusalem 2734 (41431914064).jpg is opened in Jerusalem.]]
- 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Shots-fired-towards-Israeli-communities-in-the-Golan-556017|title=PROJECTILES FIRED TOWARDS ISRAELI FORWARD DEFENSIVE LINE IN THE GOLAN|publisher=Jerusalem Post|date=10 May 2018|access-date=10 May 2018|archive-date=10 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510021308/https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Shots-fired-towards-Israeli-communities-in-the-Golan-556017|url-status=dead}}
{{cite news |last=Chamberlain |first=Samuel |date=9 May 2018 |title=Iran forces launch missiles at Israel from Syria, IDF says |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/israel-targets-iranian-forces-in-syria-after-rocket-attack-on-golan-heights |work=Fox News |access-date=9 May 2018 |agency=Associated Press }} In response, Israel launched an extensive strike against Iranian targets in Syria.{{cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/operation-house-of-cards-the-iaf-mission-to-destroy-irans-presence-in-syria/|title='Operation House of Cards,' the IAF mission to cripple Iran's presence in Syria|author=Judah Ari Gross|website=Times of Israel|date=10 May 2018|access-date=20 May 2018}} - 12 May – Netta Barzilai wins first place for Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Toy".[https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5258807,00.html Netta Barzilai brings Eurovision win to Israel], Ynet News, 13 May 2018.
- 14 May – The new embassy of the United States opens in Jerusalem.[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-usa/united-states-opens-its-israeli-embassy-in-jerusalem-idUSKCN1IF1Q7 Israeli joy, Palestinian fury over U.S. embassy launch in Jerusalem], Reuters, 14 May 2018.
- 23 May – The Knesset passed a law allowing the Security Cabinet to declare war.[https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5269100,00.html Security Cabinet now authorized to declare war], Ynet News, 23 May 2018.
=June=
- June 21 – Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was charged for an alleged fraud.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/mideast/sara-netanyahu-wife-israeli-pm-charged-fraud-n885271|title=Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli PM, charged with fraud|work=NBC News|access-date=2018-06-22|language=en-US}}
- 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/prince-william-in-israel-all-the-details-on-the-first-royal-visit-1.6202938|title=Prince William in Israel: All the Details on the First-ever Royal Visit|work=Haaretz|date=2018-06-25}}
=July=
- 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."[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/world/middleeast/israel-law-jews-arabic.html New York Times: Israeli Law Declares the Country the ‘Nation-State of the Jewish People’]
=September=
- September 17 – Syria missile strikes
- September 25 – Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway is officially inaugurated.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-train/israel-opens-high-speed-rail-link-between-tel-aviv-airport-and-jerusalem-idUSKCN1M520E|title=Israel opens high-speed rail link between Tel Aviv airport and Jerusalem|date=2018-09-25|publisher=Reuters}}
=October=
- October 7 – 2018 Barkan Industrial Park shooting
- October 30 – Israeli municipal elections
=November=
- November 11 – November Gaza–Israel clashes
=December=
- December 4 – The Israeli military launched Operation Northern Shield to destroy cross-border tunnels built by Hezbollah along Israel's border with Lebanon.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-46437629|title=Israel targets Hezbollah 'terror tunnels'|publisher=BBC News|date=4 December 2018}}
- December 21 – Israel announced its departure from UNESCO, citing bias.{{cite news|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5060657,00.html|title=Israel to withdraw from UNESCO, following US|publisher=Ynet News|date=22 December 2018}}
Deaths
File:Aharon Appelfeld, Aharon Appelfeld, Rencontre et entretien Marc Rettel-003.jpg]]
- 4 January – Aharon Appelfeld, novelist (b. 1932){{cite news |title = Décès de l'écrivain israélien Aharon Appelfeld, survivant de la Shoah |url= http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2018/01/04/deces-de-l-ecrivain-israelien-aharon-appelfeld-survivant-de-la-shoah_5237445_3382.html |website = lemonde.fr |language=fr |access-date=4 January 2018}}
- 6 January – Batya Ouziel, handicrafter (b. 1934){{cite news|last1=Sterni|first1=Itai|last2=Asheri|first2=Mia|title=מתה בתיה עוזיאל, אשת הטלוויזיה והאמנות|trans-title=Batya Uziel, the woman of television and art, died|url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/television/1.5600678|work=Haaretz|language=he|date=6 January 2018|accessdate=14 May 2021}}
- 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)[http://www.news1.co.il/Archive/001-D-401075-00.html פרופ' אפרים שטרן הלך לעולמו] {{in lang|he}}
- 24 March – Rim Banna, singer, composer and activist (b. 1966)
- 24 March – Frank Meisler, architect and sculptor (b. 1925).{{cn|date=November 2020}}
- 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){{Cite web|url=https://www.calcalist.co.il/local/articles/0,7340,L-3748793,00.html|title = השר לשירותי דת דוד אזולאי הלך לעולמו בגיל 64|date = 30 October 2018}}
- 7 December – Shmuel Flatto-Sharon, businessman and politician (b. 1930)
- 17 December – Rona Ramon, activist and NGO founder (b. 1964){{Cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/2018/12/17/obituaries/rona-ramon-widow-of-astronaut-killed-in-space-shuttle-columbia-dies-at-54|title = Rona Ramon, widow of astronaut killed in Space Shuttle Columbia, dies at 54|date = 17 December 2018}}
- 28 December – Amos Oz, writer, novelist and journalist (b. 1939){{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/famed-israeli-author-amos-oz-dies-aged-79/|title=Amos Oz, 'Israel's greatest writer,' advocate for peace, dies at 79|website=The Times of Israel }}
- 29 December – Zvi Levi, activist and NGO founder (b. 1948){{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/zvi-levy-israel-prize-winning-father-of-lone-soldiers-dies-aged-70/|title = Zvika Levy, Israel Prize-winning 'father of lone soldiers,' dies aged 70| website=The Times of Israel }}
- 29 December – Yehoshua Glazer, footballer (b. 1927){{Cite web|url=https://www.calcalist.co.il/sport/articles/0,7340,L-3753068,00.html|title = כדורגלן העבר שייע גלזר הלך לעולמו ביום הולדתו ה-91|date = 29 December 2018}}
See also
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