2017 in Israel
The following lists events in the year 2017 in Israel.
Incumbents
- President β Reuven Rivlin
- Prime Minister β Benjamin Netanyahu
- Government of Israel β 34th government of Israel
- President of the Supreme Court β Miriam Naor until 26 October, Esther Hayut
- Chief of General Staff β Gadi Eizenkot
Events
January
- January 8 β Jerusalem vehicular attack
February
- February 6 β The Knesset passed the Regulation Law 60 to 52
March
- March 15 β Israel finished in 6th place at the 2017 World Baseball Classic
- March 17 β IsraelβSyria incident
April
- April 14 β Jerusalem Light Rail stabbing
May
- 13 May β Imri Ziv represents Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song βI Feel Aliveβ.
- 15 May β Launching of Israeli Broadcasting Corporation with stations KAN 11 and Makan 33
- 22 May β Donald Trump the President of the United States visits the Western Wall
- 24 May β Celebration of the 50th Jerusalem Day
June
- June 4 β Opening of the Assuta Ashdod Medical Center
- June 16 β Jerusalem attack
- June 24 β Kick off of the 2017 Israeli Basketball Super League Final Four
July
- 4β17 July β The 20th Maccabiah Games are held with 10,000 athletes from Israel and Jewish communities throughout the world competing in 45 sports.
- July 14 β Temple Mount shooting
- July 21 β Halamish stabbing attack
- July 23 β Israeli embassy in Amman attack
August
- August 2 β 2017 Yavne attack
- August 19 β Israel at the 2017 Summer Universiade began
- August 31 β Israel hosted the EuroBasket 2017 Group B
December
- December 6 β The White House announces that Donald Trump will officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Deaths
- January 1 β Yaakov Neeman, lawyer and politician, former Minister of Justice and Minister of Finance
- January 13 β Ari Rath, journalist and editor, former editor of The Jerusalem Post
- January 22 β Moshe Gershuni, painter and sculptor
- February 5 β Gila Goldstein, actress, singer and activist
- March 2 β David Rubinger, photographer who took a famous photograph of Israeli Paratroopers at the Western Wall
- March 24 β Avraham Sharir, politician and government minister
- May 1 β Yisrael Friedman, Romanian-born Israeli rabbi
- July 23 - Amir Fryszer Guttman Singer and Gay rights activist died while saving his niece from drowning.