The following lists events in the year 2017 in Israel.

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

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Reuven Rivlin Reuven "Ruvi" Rivlin ( he, רְאוּבֵן "רוּבִי" רִיבְלִין ; born 9 September 1939) is an Israeli politician and lawyer who served as the tenth president of Israel between 2014 and 2021. He is a member of the Likud party. Riv ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

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Benjamin Netanyahu Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (; ; born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician who served as the ninth prime minister of Israel from 1996 to 1999 and again from 2009 to 2021. He is currently serving as Leader of the Opposition and Chairman of ...

* Government of Israel – 34th government of Israel * President of the Supreme Court –

Miriam Naor Miriam Naor ( he, מרים נאור) (26 October 1947 – 24 January 2022) was an Israeli judge who was President of the Supreme Court of Israel from January 2015 to October 2017. Naor retired at the end of October 2017 upon reaching the mandato ...

until 26 October,

Esther Hayut Esther Hayut (; born 16 October 1953) is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel. She was sworn in on 26 October 2017, and is expected to serve as Chief Justice until October 2023. Early life Esther "Esti" Avni was born in Herzliya, Is ...

* Chief of General Staff – Gadi Eizenkot

Events

January

* January 8 – Jerusalem vehicular attack

February

* February 6 – The Knesset passed the

Regulation Law The Judea and Samaria Settlement Regulation Law ( he, חוק להסדרת ההתיישבות ביהודה והשומרון), commonly known as the Regulation Law ( he, חוק ההסדרה) or sometimes the Regularization Law, is an Israeli law t ...

60 to 52

March

* March 15 – Israel finished in 6th place at the

2017 World Baseball Classic The 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, composed of 16 competing nations, held from March 6 to March 22, 2017. It was the fourth iteration of the World Baseball Classic. The first-round hosts ...

* 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”. * 15 May – Launching of Israeli Broadcasting Corporation with stations KAN 11 and Makan 33 * 22 May –

Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...

the

President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United Stat ...

visits the

Western Wall The Western Wall ( he, הַכּוֹתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי, HaKotel HaMa'aravi, the western wall, often shortened to the Kotel or Kosel), known in the West as the Wailing Wall, and in Islam as the Buraq Wall (Arabic: حَائِط � ...

* 24 May – Celebration of the 50th

Jerusalem Day Jerusalem Day ( he, יום ירושלים, ) is an Public holidays in Israel, Israeli national holiday that commemorates the "reunification" of East Jerusalem (including the Old City (Jerusalem), Old City) with West Jerusalem following the S ...

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 The 2017 Israeli Final Four was the concluding tournament of the 2016–17 Israeli Basketball Super League. It was the eight Israeli Final Four. The Event was held in the Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָב ...

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. * 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 Group B of EuroBasket 2017 consisted of , , , , and . The games were played between 31 August and 6 September 2017. All games were played at the Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv, Israel. Standings ''All times are local (UTC+3).'' Matches Ger ...

December

* December 6 – The

White House The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. ...

announces that

will officially recognize

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

as the capital of Israel.

Deaths

* January 1 – Yaakov Neeman (born 1939), lawyer and politician, former Minister of Justice and Minister of Finance * January 13 –

Ari Rath Ari Rath (‎; 6 January 1925 – 13 January 2017) was an Austrian-Israeli journalist and writer. Life Rath was born in Vienna and grew up there. After the ''Anschluss'' he came through a ''Kindertransport'' as a thirteen-year-old boy to M ...

(born 1925), journalist and editor, former editor of ''

The Jerusalem Post ''The Jerusalem Post'' is a broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, founded in 1932 during the British Mandate of Palestine by Gershon Agron as ''The Palestine Post''. In 1950, it changed its name to ''The Jerusalem Post''. In 2004, the paper w ...

'' * January 22 –

Moshe Gershuni Moshe Gershuni (11 September 1936 – 22 January 2017) was an Israelis, Israeli painter and sculptor. In his works, particularly in his paintings from the 1980s, he expressed a position different from the norm, commemorating The Holocaust in Is ...

(born 1936), painter and sculptor * February 5 –

Gila Goldstein Gila Goldstein ( he, גילה גולדשטיין; 18 December 1947– 5 February 2017) was an Israeli sex worker, actress, singer and transgender rights activist. She was one of the first activists of the Aguda, the oldest and largest LGBT organ ...

(born 1947), actress, singer and activist * March 2 –

David Rubinger David Rubinger ( he, דוד רובינגר; 29 June 1924 – 2 March 2017) was an Israeli photographer and photojournalist. His famous photo of three Israeli paratroopers after the recapture of the Western Wall has become an iconic image of th ...

(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 Israel Friedman of Ruzhyn ( he, ישראל פרידמן מרוז'ין) (5 October 1796 – 9 October 1850Assaf, ''The Regal Way'', p. 170.), also called Israel Ruzhin, was a Hasidic ''rebbe'' in 19th-century Ukraine and Austria. Known as ''Der He ...

(born 1923), Romanian-born Israeli rabbi * July 23 -

Amir Fryszer Guttman Amir Fryszer Guttman ( he, אמיר פרישר גוטמן; April 25, 1976 – July 23, 2017) was an Israeli singer, musician, choreographer, actor, theater director and LGBT rights activist. He died after being swept away with his niece, whom he h ...

(born 1976) Singer and Gay rights activist died while saving his niece from drowning.