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Israel-related events during the year of 2018
The following lists events in the year 2018 in
Israel .
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.
[1]
February
March
April
May
12 May:
Netta Barzilai performs the song
Toy , which wins the
Eurovision Song Contest .
14 May: The
Embassy of the United States is opened in Jerusalem.
June
July
September
October
November
December
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
Aharon Appelfeld
Ephraim Stern
Amos Oz
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).[
citation needed ]
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)
[19]
7 December –
Shmuel Flatto-Sharon , businessman and politician (b. 1930)
17 December –
Rona Ramon , activist and NGO founder (b. 1964)
[20]
28 December –
Amos Oz , writer, novelist and journalist (b. 1939)
[21]
29 December –
Zvi Levi , activist and NGO founder (b. 1948)
[22]
29 December –
Yehoshua Glazer , footballer (b. 1927)
[23]
See also
References
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"Israel: African migrants told to leave or face imprisonment" . BBC News . 2018-01-02. Retrieved 2018-05-01 .
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"TEN YOUTH DEAD IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL FLASH FLOODS" . Jerusalem Post .
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"Netanyahu: Iran Nuclear Deal Is Based on Lies – Here's the Proof" . Haaretz .
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"Trump pulls US out of Iran deal" . BBC News. 2018-05-08. Retrieved 2018-05-20 .
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"PROJECTILES FIRED TOWARDS ISRAELI FORWARD DEFENSIVE LINE IN THE GOLAN" . Jerusalem Post. 10 May 2018. Archived from
the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018 . Chamberlain, Samuel (9 May 2018).
"Iran forces launch missiles at Israel from Syria, IDF says" . Fox News . Associated Press. Retrieved 9 May 2018 .
^ Judah Ari Gross (10 May 2018).
" 'Operation House of Cards,' the IAF mission to cripple Iran's presence in Syria" . Times of Israel . Retrieved 20 May 2018 .
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Netta Barzilai brings Eurovision win to Israel , Ynet News, 13 May 2018.
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Israeli joy, Palestinian fury over U.S. embassy launch in Jerusalem , Reuters, 14 May 2018.
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Security Cabinet now authorized to declare war , Ynet News, 23 May 2018.
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"Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli PM, charged with fraud" . NBC News . Retrieved 2018-06-22 .
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"Prince William in Israel: All the Details on the First-ever Royal Visit" . Haaretz . 2018-06-25.
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New York Times: Israeli Law Declares the Country the ‘Nation-State of the Jewish People’
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"Israel opens high-speed rail link between Tel Aviv airport and Jerusalem" . Reuters. 2018-09-25.
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"Israel targets Hezbollah 'terror tunnels' " . BBC News. 4 December 2018.
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"Israel to withdraw from UNESCO, following US" . Ynet News. 22 December 2018.
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"Décès de l'écrivain israélien Aharon Appelfeld, survivant de la Shoah" . lemonde.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 January 2018 .
^ Sterni, Itai; Asheri, Mia (6 January 2018).
"מתה בתיה עוזיאל, אשת הטלוויזיה והאמנות" [Batya Uziel, the woman of television and art, died].
Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 14 May 2021 .
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פרופ' אפרים שטרן הלך לעולמו (in Hebrew)
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"השר לשירותי דת דוד אזולאי הלך לעולמו בגיל 64" . 30 October 2018.
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"Rona Ramon, widow of astronaut killed in Space Shuttle Columbia, dies at 54" . 17 December 2018.
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"Amos Oz, 'Israel's greatest writer,' advocate for peace, dies at 79" .
The Times of Israel .
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"Zvika Levy, Israel Prize-winning 'father of lone soldiers,' dies aged 70" .
The Times of Israel .
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"כדורגלן העבר שייע גלזר הלך לעולמו ביום הולדתו ה-91" . 29 December 2018.