1963 in Israel
Events in the year 1963 in Israel.
Incumbents
- Prime Minister of Israel – David Ben-Gurion until 26 June, Levi Eshkol
- President of Israel – Yitzhak Ben-Zvi until 23 April,, Zalman Shazar from 21 May
- President of the Supreme Court - Yitzhak Olshan
- Chief of General Staff - Tzvi Tzur
- Government of Israel - 10th Government of Israel until 26 June, 11th Government of Israel
Events
- 23 April – President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi dies in office and Kadish Luz, Speaker of the Knesset, becomes acting President pending the election of a new President.
- 21 May – In the 1963 presidential election, the Knesset elects Zalman Shazar as President of Israel, by a majority of 67 to 33 votes caste in favour of his opponent, Peretz Bernstein. Shazar assumes office immediately as the third president of the State of Israel.
- 16 June – David Ben-Gurion resigns as prime minister for what he describes as personal reasons and chooses Levi Eshkol as his successor.
- 26 June – Levi Eshkol is elected Prime Minister of Israel. The 11th Government is approved that day and the members are sworn in.
- 5 July – Diplomatic relations between the Israeli and the Japanese governments are raised to embassy level.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1963 include:Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
The most prominent Palestinian fedayeen terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1963 include:
Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations carried out against Palestinian militants during 1963 include:
Unknown dates
Births
- 12 January – Rami Heuberger, Israeli actor and entertainer.
- 2 May – Yoram Yosefsberg, Israeli actor and voice actor
- 2 July – Hagai Levi, Israeli film director
- 25 August – Avi Ran, Israeli footballer .
- 18 September – Uri Fink, Israeli comic book artist and writer.
- 4 October – Ronny Rosenthal, former Israeli footballer.
- 4 November – Lior Birkan, swimming champion.
- 5 November – Yair Lapid, Israeli journalist, author, TV presenter and politician.
- 20 December – Tal Friedman, Israeli comedian, actor and musician.
Notable deaths
- 13 February – Daniel Auster, Austro-Hungarian -born Israeli politician, the first Jewish Mayor of Jerusalem.
- 23 April – Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Russian -born Labor Zionist leader and the second President of Israel.
- 17 May – Ami Assaf, Israeli politician.
- 8 June – Haim Boger, Russian -born Zionist activist and Israeli politician.
- 23 July – Shlomo Lavi, Russian -born Zionist activist and Israeli politician.
- 9 October – Yehezkel Kaufmann, Russian -born Israeli philosopher and Biblical scholar.