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2020 in Israel

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Events in the year 2020 in Israel.

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23 January: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Fifth World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem.
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28 January: US President Donald Trump unveils his Middle East peace plan with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.

January

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March: Drive-through COVID-19 testing is set up (Tel Aviv site shown).
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2 March: Twenty-nine parties compete in the 2020 Israeli legislative election (party ballots shown).

February

  • 1 February – The Palestinian National Authority cuts all ties with the United States and Israel, including those relating to security, after rejecting a peace plan presented by U.S. President Donald Trump.[14]
  • 2 February – Islamist militants bomb a gas pipeline between Egypt and Israel in the northern Sinai Peninsula.[15]
  • 3 February – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says he is "studying" the possibility of opening an embassy in Jerusalem as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises to open an embassy in Uganda if such a move takes place.[16]
  • 6 February – Two Palestinians are killed and seven others are wounded by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank. In a separate incident, twelve Israeli soldiers are injured in a car-ramming attack by a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem in Jerusalem who then fled to and abandoned the vehicle in Beit Jala, a Bethlehem suburb. The driver was then arrested at the Gush Etzion Junction, south of Bethlehem, and handed over to the Shin Bet security service for questioning. An Israeli police officer was shot injured in a gunman attack at the Lion's Gate in Jerusalem's Old City and then shot dead. Israeli airstrikes were launched at the Gaza Strip.[17]
    • 12 militants killed in Israeli missile strikes near Damascus, Syria.[18]
  • 9 February – Israel blocks all Palestinian agricultural exports from the West Bank following Palestinian limitations on imports of Israeli cattle.[19][20]
  • 10 February – A court in Israel sentences Sheikh Raed Salah to 28 months in prison for "inciting to terror".[21]
  • 11 February – Israel announces it will install a new water system for use in maximum-security prisons, after discovering that some prisoners are wasting water on purpose.[22]
  • 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.[23]
  • 13 February – The Israeli Air Force launches an air raid on Iranian targets in Damascus, Syria with the Syrian Air Defense Force claiming the interception of several missiles.[24]
  • 21 February – The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel is confirmed when a female citizen tests positive for COVID-19 after returning from quarantine on the Diamond Princess cruise ship.[25]
  • 23 February – Six people with two IJMP militants killed in an Israeli airstrike Damascus, Syria.[26]
  • 24 February – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatens the Gaza Strip leadership with full-blown airstrikes if the rocket attacks continue.[27]

March

April

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20 April: Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu announce the formation of a coalition government, which collapses by December.

May

June

  • 12 June – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expresses his condolences for the shooting death of Iyad Halaq and says he "expects a full investigation into the matter" from Interior Security Minister Amir Ohana.[51]
  • 19 June – Iran condemns IAEA resolution of calling for the opening of two of its nuclear sites to international inspectors, claiming the country is in full compliance with inspections as part of 2015 nuclear deal and that it is "based on false allegations" from Israel.[52]
  • 22 June – Thousands of Palestinians and dozens of foreign diplomats attend a rally in Jericho to oppose Israel's plan to unilaterally annex the Jordan Valley and the settlements in the occupied West Bank.[53]

July

August

September

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15 September: At the White House, representatives of Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain sign agreements establishing diplomatic relations.

October

November

December

  • 4 December – A 13-year-old Palestinian is killed by Israeli troops during clashes in the West Bank.[94]
  • 7 December – Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family, purchases a 50% stake in Israeli Premier League club Beitar Jerusalem F.C., following the establishment of relations between the two countries this year.[95]
  • 9 December – The Supreme Court of Iran says it upheld a death sentence against dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam that was levied "more than one month ago", being found guilty of Mofsed-e-filarz ("corruption on earth") on charges of spying for Israel and France.[96]
  • 10 December – Morocco and Israel agree to establish diplomatic relations, and Morocco becomes the sixth Arab country to recognize Israel.[97]
  • 12 December – Bhutan establishes diplomatic relations with Israel.[98]
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  • 19 December – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became the first Israeli to receive the vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech and getting the shot on live television.[101]
  • 20 December –
    • COVID-19 vaccination begins with doses from both Pfizer and Moderna to first immunize healthcare workers, followed by the elderly and others at high-risk.[102]
    • Israeli Border Patrol bans entry of travelers from Denmark, South Africa, and the United Kingdom due to the discovery of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the latter country. Israeli citizens arriving from those countries will be required to quarantine at state-run quarantine hotels for up to 14 days.[103]
  • 22 December – El Al operates the first direct commercial flight between Israel and Morocco following the normalization agreement between the two countries on December 10. Senior Advisor to the U.S. President Jared Kushner and Israel's National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat are among the high-level officials on board the flight.[104]
  • 23 December – The 23rd Knesset is dissolved as the deadline to approve the 2020 state budget expires without agreement, requiring elections for the fourth time in less than two years.[105]
  • 27 December – A third national lockdown begins since the start of the pandemic in response to a resurgence of COVID-19 infections; most schools remain open.[106]
  • 26 December – The Israeli military (IDF) carries out several airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, in response to overnight rocket attacks in Israel. IDF says it targeted a rocket manufacturing site, underground infrastructure and a military post. Two minor injuries are reported. The attacks caused power outages in the eastern part of the strip. Hamas claims the strikes damaged a children's hospital, a centre for disabled people, and damaged the windows of several residential buildings. IDF claims that the damage was due to detonations of ground munitions.[107][108]
  • 30 December – Former American spy Jonathan Pollard and his wife arrive in Israel.[109]
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