2020 in Israel
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Events in the year 2020 in Israel.
Incumbents
- President of Israel: Reuven Rivlin
- Prime Minister of Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu
- President of Supreme Court of Israel: Esther Hayut
- Chief of General Staff: Aviv Kochavi
- Government of Israel: Thirty-fourth government of Israel and Thirty-fifth government of Israel
Events
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January
- 1 January
- Prime Minister Netanyahu asks for parliamentary immunity from the corruption charges against him.[1]
- Jordan receives its first shipment of natural gas from Israel.[2]
- 5 January – Greece and Israel sign an agreement to build the longest underwater gas pipeline in the world.[3]
- 6 January
- The Leviathan gas field begins full operations.[4]
- Ukraine withdraws from UN Committee on Palestinians.[5]
- 7 January – Israeli firm Armis is bought for over $1 billion by Insight Partners.[6]
- 23 January – The Fifth World Holocaust Forum is held in Jerusalem; President Reuven Rivlin is among many of the world leaders who deliver a speech at this occasion.[7]
- 27 January
- The 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp is commemorated around the world; Israeli President Reuven Rivlin attends the ceremony at the site of Auschwitz, along with the President of Poland and both leaders condemn the current resurgence of antisemitism.[8][9]
- President Rivlin meets with President Andrzej Duda of Poland, and discusses the role of individual Poles in the Holocaust.[10]
- 28 January
- At a White House press conference, US President Donald Trump formally unveils his Israeli–Palestinian peace plan, "Peace to Prosperity: A Vision to Improve the Lives of the Palestinian and Israeli People", alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.[11][12]
- President Rivlin visits Germany, meets with ordinary schoolchildren, as well as German officials including Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer.[13]
- 29 January – The Naama Issachar affair ends with a pardon from Russian President Vladimir Putin and her release from a Russian prison.[14]
February
- 11 February – Israel announces it will install a new water system for use in maximum-security prisons, after finding out that some prisoners are wasting water on purpose.[15]
- 12 February – The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) publishes a database of 112 business entities involved in Jewish settlements in the West Bank. It includes entities like Airbnb Inc., Bank of Jerusalem, Tripadvisor Inc., and Motorola Solutions Inc.[16][17]
- 21 February – The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel is confirmed after a female citizen tests positive for coronavirus after return from quarantine on the Diamond Princess cruise ship.[18]
March
- 2 March – The 2020 Israeli legislative election takes place; incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc of right-wing and religious parties again win 58 seats, three short of the majority in the next Knesset required to form a government.[19]
- 20 March – An 88-year-old Holocaust survivor in Jerusalem is the country's first fatality of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel.[20]
- 22 March – Eden Alene is chosen to represent Israel in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest.[21]
April
- 20 April – The leaders of the two largest parties in the Knesset, Benny Gantz (Blue and White) and Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud), announce that they have reached a coalition agreement to form the next government of Israel; Netanyahu will be Prime Minister until October 2021, after which Gantz will become prime minister unless Netanyahu should leave the premiership before then.[22]
May
- 17 May – The 35th government of Israel is formed.
July
- Thousands of Israelis protest in front of the Prime Ministers residence demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over his indictment on corruption charges as well as mismanaging the Coronavirus pandemic and economic crisis.[23]
August
- 13 August – The Israel–United Arab Emirates peace agreement is announced.[24]
September
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- 11 September – The Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement is announced, with the two countries agreeing to establish full diplomatic relations.[25]
- 15 September – Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sign the "Abraham Accords" establishing formal relations between Israel and the two Arab countries, at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.[26]
- 25 September – The government imposes a second, two-week long lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel, closing all but "essential" businesses, and strictly limiting movement and public gatherings.[27]
- 30 September – Israel’s parliament passes a law authorizing the "special coronavirus emergency" and continuing to limit public gatherings; the law is criticized in particular for limiting demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over alleged corruption and mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel.[28]
October
- 14 October – A delegation led by Udi Adiri, Director General of the Ministry of Energy commenced talks with Lebanon over their disputed maritime border under U.N. and U.S. facilitation.[29]
- 20 – 22 October – The 38th World Zionist Congress is conducted from Jerusalem by online sessions, with the participation of over 700 delegates and thousands of people from 35 countries to elect leadership positions and determine policy for the World Zionist Organization.[30]
- 23 October – The Israel–Sudan normalization agreement, whereby Israel and Sudan agree to normalize relations, is announced, making Sudan the fifth Arab country to establish formal relations with Israel.[31]
December
- 10 December – Morocco and Israel agree to establish diplomatic relations, and Morocco becomes the sixth Arab country to recognize Israel.[32]
- 20 December – Coronavirus vaccination begins with doses from both Pfizer and Moderna to first immunize healthcare workers, followed by the elderly and others at high-risk.[34]
- 23 December – The 23rd Knesset is dissolved as the deadline to approve the 2020 state budget expires without agreement, requiring elections automatically within 90 days, for the fourth time in less than two years.[35]
Deaths
- 7 January – Peter Wertheimer (b. 1947), wind-instrument musician.[36]
- 12 April – Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron (b. 1941), rabbi and Rishon LeZion.[37]
- 26 April – Gideon Patt (b. 1933), MK and Likud minister.[38]
- 2 May – Cheikh Mwijo (b. 1937), Moroccan Jewish and Arabic musician and songwriter.[39]
- 1 May – Reuben Perach (b. 1933), Olympic basketball player (1952).[40]
- 6 May – Nahum Rabinovitch (b. 1928), Orthodox rabbi and posek, head of Yeshivat Birkat Moshe.[41]
- 10 May – Abraham Yakin (b. 1924), Israeli artist.[42]
- 19 May – David Brodman (b.1936), Dutch-Israeli rabbi and peace activist.[43]
- 22 May – Lior Birkan (b. 1963), 17 times Israel woman's champion in swimming events.[44]
- 1 June – Daniel Levy (b. 1930) Israeli Olympic basketball player (1952).[45]
- 16 June – Tamar Bornstein-Lazar (b. 1927), children's books author and educator.[46]
- 21 June – Zeev Sternhell (b. 1935), academic and historian.[47]
- 5 July – Naama Tsal (b. 1981), editor and writer.[48]
- 2 August – Yael Ronen (b. 1947), writer and translator, winner of the Tchernichovsky Prize for Translation in 1994.[49]
- 7 August – Adin Steinsaltz (b. 1937), rabbi, teacher, philosopher, author, translator and publisher.[50]
- 10 August – Yisroel Moshe Friedman (b. 1955), sixth Hasidic Rebbe of Sadigura.[51]
- 15 August – Ruth Gavison (b. 1945), human rights expert, Professor of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and recipient of the Israel Prize.[52]
- 16 August – Gershon Shafat (b. 1927), politician, member of the Knesset (1984–1992).[53]
- 20 August – Zalman Nechemia Goldberg (b. 1931), rabbi, posek, rosh yeshiva, Encyclopedia Talmudit editor and Jerusalem Rabbinical High Court head.[54]
- 24 August – Avner Golasa (b. 1957), soccer player for (Hapoel Kfar Saba).[55]
- 10 September – Gerald Yakov Blidstein (b. 1938), author, academic, and professor emeritus of Jewish Philosophy, Israel Prize laureate in Jewish Philosophy, member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.[56]
- 20 September
- Meron Benvenisti (b. 1934), political scientist, author and deputy mayor of Jerusalem.[57]
- Moshe Sharoni (b. 1929), advocate for the rights of the elderly, member of the Knesset 2006–2009.[58]
- 21 September – Amos Lin (b. 1933), Israeli Olympic basketball player (1952).[59]
- 26 September – Moshe Efrati (b. 1934), choreographer, founder and artistic director of the Kol Demama Dance Company, and Israel Prize laureate for Dance.[60]
- 2 October – Victor Zalgaller (b. 1920), mathematician in the fields of geometry and optimization.[61]
- 4 October – Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer (b. 1955), Hasidic rabbi, third Rebbe of the Pittsburgh Hasidic Dynasty.[62]
- 7 October – Eitan Haber (b. 1940), journalist, author and publicist.[63]
- 8 October – Shlomo Gazit (b. 1926), Israel Defense Forces Major General, Military Intelligence Directorate head, president of Ben-Gurion University, and director-general of the Jewish Agency.[64]
- 9 October – David Refael ben Ami (b. 1950), singer and anthologist of Hasidic melodies.[65]
- 10 October – Amnon Freidberg (b. 1945), entomologist of taxa of flies.[66]
- 12 October – Yehoshua Kenaz (b. 1937), novelist.[67]
- 16 October – Itzhak Ilan (b. 1956), Israel Security Agency official, former deputy director of the Shin Bet.[68]
- 17 October – Michael Strauss (b. 1934), business man and industrialist.[69]
- 18 October – David Kushnir (b. 1931), Israeli Olympic long jumper (1956, 1960), footballer (Hapoel Balfouria), and athletics coach.[70]
- 20 October – Yehoshua Blau (b. 1919), scholar of Arabic language and literature, professor emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[71]
- 23 October – Yehuda Barkan (b. 1945), actor, screenwriter, film producer and director.[72]
- 6 November – Nathan Zach (b. 1930), academic, poet, Bialik Prize and Israel Prize recipient.[73]
- 8 November – Raphael Hadane (b. 1923), Ethiopian-Israeli religious leader, Kahen of Beta Israel.[74]
- 12 November – Jacob M. Landau (b. 1924), academic, professor emeritus of political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Israel Prize laureate.[75]
- 14 December – Moshe Mendelbaum (b. 1933), Israeli economist, Governor of the Bank of Israel 1982–1986.[76]
- 16 December – Yaakov Agmon (b. 1929), Israeli theatre producer, manager and director, founder of Beit Lessin Theater.[77]
See also
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- ^ Former Shin Bet deputy chief who led fight on West Bank terror dies of COVID-19
- ^ Israeli business magnet Michael Strauss dies at the age of 86
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- ^ Ethiopian High Priest Kes Raphael Hadane passes away
- ^ Passing of Prof. Jacob M. Landau
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- ^ Renowned director Yaakov Agmon dies at 91
