2017 in Israel explained

The following lists events in the year 2017 in Israel.

Incumbents

• President – Reuven Rivlin
• Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu
• Government of Israel – 34th government of Israel
• President of the Supreme Court – Miriam Naor until 26 October, Esther Hayut
• Chief of General Staff – Gadi Eizenkot

Events

January

• January 8 – Jerusalem vehicular attack

February

• February 6 – The Knesset passed the Regulation Law 60 to 52

March

• March 15 – Israel finished in 6th place at the 2017 World Baseball Classic
• March 17 – Israel–Syria incident

April

• April 14 – Jerusalem Light Rail stabbing

May

• 13 May – Imri Ziv represents Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “I Feel Alive”.^[1]
• 15 May – Launching of Israeli Broadcasting Corporation with stations KAN 11 and Makan 33
• 22 May – Donald Trump the President of the United States visits the Western Wall^[2]
• 24 May – Celebration of the 50th Jerusalem Day

June

• June 4 – Opening of the Assuta Ashdod Medical Center
• June 16 – Jerusalem attack
• June 24 – Kick off of the 2017 Israeli Basketball Super League Final Four

July

• 4–17 July – The 20th Maccabiah Games are held with 10,000 athletes from Israel and Jewish communities throughout the world competing in 45 sports.^[3]
• July 14 – Temple Mount shooting
• July 21 – Halamish stabbing attack
• July 23 – Israeli embassy in Amman attack

August

• August 2 – 2017 Yavne attack
• August 19 – Israel at the 2017 Summer Universiade began
• August 31 – Israel hosted the EuroBasket 2017 Group B

December

• December 6 – The White House announces that Donald Trump will officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.^[4]

Deaths

• January 1 – Yaakov Neeman (born 1939), lawyer and politician, former Minister of Justice and Minister of Finance
• January 13 – Ari Rath (born 1925), journalist and editor, former editor of The Jerusalem Post
• January 22 – Moshe Gershuni (born 1936), painter and sculptor
• February 5 – Gila Goldstein (born 1947), actress, singer and activist
• March 2 – David Rubinger (born 1924), photographer who took a famous photograph of Israeli Paratroopers at the Western Wall
• March 24 – Avraham Sharir (born 1932), politician and government minister
• May 1 – Yisrael Friedman (born 1923), Romanian-born Israeli rabbi
• July 23 - Amir Fryszer Guttman (born 1976) Singer and Gay rights activist died while saving his niece from drowning.

See also

• 2017 in the Palestinian territories
• Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2017

Notes and References

1. Web site: Israel fails to wow at Eurovision as Portugal scores surprise win . The Times of Israel . 2017-05-13 .
2. Web site: Trump makes historic visit to Western Wall. Jeremy Diamond (journalist). Jeremy . Diamond. CNN. 2017-08-21.
3. Web site: Twentieth Maccabiah. Maccabiah 21.
4. News: Trump to go ahead with Jerusalem move despite 'red line' warning. 2017-12-06. ABC News. 2017-12-07. en-AU.