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2018 In Israel
The following lists events in the year 2018 in Israel. Incumbents * President of Israel, President – Reuven Rivlin * Prime Minister of Israel, Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu * Supreme Court of Israel, President of the Supreme Court – Esther Hayut * Chief of General Staff (Israel), Chief of General Staff – Gadi Eizenkot * Cabinet of Israel, Government of Israel – Thirty-fourth government of Israel, 34th government of Israel Events January * 2 January – Israel announces plans to deport African migrants who reside in the country illegally, with 90 days given to either leave the country or face imprisonment. February * 5 February – 2018 Ariel stabbing * 9–25 February – Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics * 10 February – February 2018 Israel–Syria incident, 2018 Israel–Syria incident March * 30 March – Start of the 2018 Gaza border protests April * 26 April – Ten youths from a pre-military academy die after being carried off by a surge in the Tzafit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea, and shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel also is bordered by the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively. Tel Aviv is the economic and technological center of the country, while its seat of government is in its proclaimed capital of Jerusalem, although Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem is unrecognized internationally. The land held by present-day Israel witnessed some of the earliest human occupations outside Africa and was among the earliest known sites of agriculture. It was inhabited by the Canaanites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
