Western Asia (so-called 'Near East' or 'Middle East' by colonial powers)
Democracy in the Middle East
Since 1948 democratic Israel:
Since 1948 Israel
, a country in Western Asia, located on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea, having land borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west, and Egypt to the southwest, containing geographically diverse features within its relatively small area, as Israel's economic and technological center is Tel Aviv, while its seat of today's democratically elected government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, one of the oldest cities in the world as the part of Jerusalem called the 'City of David' shows first signs of settlement in the 4th millennium BCE
in the Proto-Canaanite period
May 1948 declaration of the establishment of the democratic State of Israel:
14 May 1948 declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel by David Ben-Gurion, the Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization, Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, and soon the first PM of Israel
,
and official translation of the 14 May 1948 declaration, proclaiming the right of the Jewish people to national rebirth in its own country by survivors of the Nazi Holocaust in Europe, as well as Jews from other parts of the world
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Basic Laws of Israel, the constitutional laws of the State of Israel, as some of them can only be changed by a supermajority vote in the Knesset (with varying requirements for different Basic Laws and sections), and as many of these laws are based on the individual liberties that were outlined in the 1948 'Israeli Declaration of Independence'
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'Jewish and democratic state' is the Israeli legal definition of the nature and character of the State of Israel
1948 Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949), known as Israeli 'War of Independence':
1948 Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949), known as the 'War of Independence', began after the UN Partition Plan and the subsequent 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine in November 1947, proposing the establishment of Arab and Jewish states in Palestine, rejected by Arab sates - absolute monarchies, constitutional monarchies, dictatorships, presidential 'republics' without full multi-party systems - while the Jews had accepted the plan
May 1949 Israel admitted as a member of the UN by majority vote:
11 May 1949: Israel was admitted as a member of the UN by majority vote
,
but, as of 2013, 32 UN member states do not recognize Israel and question or deny its legitimacy or right to exist, icluding 18 UN members in the Arab League, by name Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, and Yemen, including 11 members of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, by name Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Chad, Guinea, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Mali, Niger, Pakistan, and further Bhutan, Cuba, and North Korea
Since 1948/1949 notable wars and violent events in the Arab–Israeli conflict:
Since 1948/1949 notable wars and violent events in the Arab–Israeli conflict
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Antisemitism in the Arab world increased greatly in the 20th century, related to the breakdown of the Ottoman Empire and traditional Islamic society, European influence, brought about by Western imperialism and Arab Christians, Nazi politics and propaganda, and the rise of Arab nationalism
2010/2011 Tunisian Revolution:
December 2010 - January
2011 Tunisian Revolution
, including a series of street demonstrations which led to the ousting of Ben Ali in January 2011, caused by high unemployment, food inflation, corruption, the lack of political freedoms (such as freedom of speech), poor living conditions, leading to a thorough democratisation of the country and later to free and democratic elections
Since 2010/2011 'Arab Spring':
'Arab Spring'
- Middle East and North Africa protests and revolutions since 2010
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Women in the Arab Spring
Arab Winter
, a term for the resurgence of authoritarianism and Islamic extremism evolving in the aftermath of the Arab Spring protests in Arab countries and the events across Arab League countries in the Mid-East and North Africa, including the Syrian Civil War, the Iraqi insurgency and the following civil war, the Egyptian Crisis, the Libyan Crisis, the Crisis in Yemen and the Crisis in Saudi-Arabia
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Refugees of the Arab Winter
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13 February 2014: Fearful of 'Arab Spring'-inspired unrest, dictatorship countries and Gulf monarchies have stepped up repression and efforts to monitor and control the media, Reporters Without Borders says
Consequences of the 2011-present Assad's war against the Syrian people, Iraqi Civil War, Hezbollah's, Iranian, Russian and Turkish interventions:
Consequences of the 2011-present
Assad's, Russian and Iranian regime's war
against the Syrian people
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Consequences of the
Iraqi Civil War 2014–present
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Since 2011 spillover of the Syrian Civil War is the impact of the Syrian Civil War in the Arab world. Since the first protests during the Arab Spring, the increasingly violent Assad's war against the Syrian people has been both a proxy war for the major Middle Eastern powers, Turkey, Iran, later Putin's Russia, and a potential launching point for a wider regional war
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Distant worldwide spillover locations
Since 2014 European refugee and migrant crisis:
European refugee and migrant crisis, beginning in 2014/2015 characterised by high numbers of people arriving in the European Union from across the Mediterranean Sea or overland through Southeast Europe following Turkey's migrant crisis
Since 2014 Second Libyan Civil War:
Since 2014
Second Libyan Civil War
Since 2015 Iranian regime backed Houthis' war in Yemen:
Since 2015, when
Iranian regime backed Houthis
established their regime in Sana'a,
war in Yemen
until today
Since 2018 Turkish military intervention in Syria:
Since 2018 Turkish military intervention in Afrin and
Turkish occupation of northern Syria
since 2019
2018–2020 Middle East and North Africa pro-democracy and economic protests:
2018–2020 Arab protests
, massive anti-government protests in several Arab countries,
including Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia and Egypt
, as economic protests also took place in the Gaza Strip, and sustained civil disobedience and protests in Sudan resulted in the overthrow of dictator Omar al-Bashir
January-Februay 2018 Tunisian economic protests:
January-Februay
2018 Tunisian protests
, after beginning in January protests erupted in multiple towns and cities across Tunisia over issues related to the cost of living and taxes, claiming at least one life in January, and reviving worries about the fragile political situation in Tunisia
May-June 2018 Jordanian economic protests:
May-June
2018 Jordanian protests
started with a general strike organized by more than 30 trade unions, as the government of Hani Mulki submitted a new tax law to Parliament, following IMF-backed austerity measures adopted by the government since 2016 that aimed to tackle Jordan's growing public debt, after its economy had taken a hit from the surrounding turmoil, from an influx of a large number of Syrian refugees into the country, and as Jordan also hosts a large contingent of Iraqi and Palestinian refugees, further straining its finances
Since December 2018 Sudanese Revolution and late-2019 Sudanese protests:
Since December 2018 Sudanese Revolution
, a major shift of political power in Sudan that started with street protests throughout Sudan in December 2018, and continued, with sustained civil disobedience against regime's vilolence and massacres, for about eight months, during which the 11 April 2019 Sudanese coup d'état deposed dictator al-Bashir after thirty years in power, until in July and August 2019 the TMC and the Forces of Freedom and Change alliance signed a Political Agreement and a Draft Constitutional Declaration legally defining a planned 39-month phase of transitional state institutions and procedures to return Sudan to a civilian democracy
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Late-2019 Sudanese protests
consist of street protests in Sudan starting from mid-September 2019 during the 2019 Sudanese transition to democracy, on issues that included the nomination of a new Chief Justice of Sudan and Attorney-General, killings of civilians by the Rapid Support Forces, the toxic effects of cyanide and mercury from gold mining in Northern state and South Kordofan, protests against a state governor in el-Gadarif and against show trials of Sudanese Professionals Association coordinators, and for officials of the previous government to be dismissed in Red Sea, White Nile, and South Darfur
6 January 2021 Sudan signs ‘Abraham Accords’ paving way for Israel normalization:
6 January 2021: Sudan signs ‘Abraham Accords’
in the Sudanese capital Khartoum
,
paving way for Israel normalization
Since Februay 2019 Algerian protests against undemocratic rule:
Since Februay 2019 Algerian protests
, six days after Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his candidacy for a fifth presidential term, as protests, without precedent since the Algerian Civil War, have been peaceful and led the military to insist on Bouteflika's resignation in April 2019, and as ongoing protests call more and more for democracy, liberties and the rule of law, goals which many protests argue are unrealized and which continue to attract millions of Algerians into the street
March 2019 Gaza economic protests:
March 2019
Gaza economic protests
September 2019 Egyptian protests against undemocratic rule:
September 2019
Egyptian protests
Since October 2019 Iraqi protests against corruption, unemployment, inefficient public services, and Iranian intervention in Iraq:
Since October 2019 Iraqi protests
, an ongoing series of protests that consisted of demonstrations, marches, sit-ins and civil disobedience, first set by civil activists on social media, spreading over the central and southern provinces of Iraq, to protest 16 years of corruption, unemployment and inefficient public services, before they escalated into calls to overthrow the administration and to stop Iranian intervention in Iraq.
Since October 2019 Lebanese protests against economic and political crisis:
Since October 2019 Lebanese protests
, a series of country-wide, non-sectarian protests, motivated by the Lebanese government's failure to find solutions to an economic crisis that has been looming because of corruption, wasting public money and stealing governmental entities, as in the long term, they constitute a reaction against sectarian rule, stagnant economy, unemployment, endemic corruption in the public sector, legislation (such as banking secrecy) to shield the ruling class from accountability and failures from the government to provide basic services such as electricity, water and sanitation
Since November 2019 Iranian protests against increase in fuel prices and dictatorship:
Since November 2019
Iranian protests
, a series of civil protests occurring in multiple cities across Iran, initially from a 50%–200% increase in fuel prices, but soon including the outcry against the dictatorship in Iran and 'Supreme Leader' Ali Khamenei
December 2019 'the politicians corruption has stolen and ruined the future of our youth':
22 December 2019: 'The politicians corruption has stolen and ruined the future of our youth', reads a huge banner in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, summing up the feeling across the Middle East and North Africa, as the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings were directed at long-ruling autocrats, the current economically driven uprisings are directed at an entire class of politicians and a system they say is broken and has failed to provide a decent life
December 2020 because of the failure of advanced capitalist powers 'Middle East' people say life has got worse since Arab spring:
17 December 2020: Life has got worse since Arab spring, say people across Middle East, as poll suggests a majority in 9 countries across the Arab world feel they are living in significantly more unequal societies today than before the Arab spring era of uprisings, civil wars and unsteady progress towards self-determination that commenced a decade ago in December 2010, and as pluralities in almost every country agreed their living conditions had deteriorated since 2010, when the self-immolation of Tunisian fruit seller Mohamed Bouazizi is credited with kicking off mass demonstrations and revolutions that spread across the region, and as new attempts and democratic opposition against
medieval traditions paired with worst capitalist imports from Europe and elsewhere
continued into 2019 with the overthrow of Sudan’s former dictator Omar al-Bashir and large protest movements in Lebanon, Algeria and Iraq and other regions
27 December 2020 Tunisian who sang duet with Israeli faces backlash, death threats:
27 December 2020: After
Tunisian president Kais Saied
, well-known for his
hardline views on normalization
, called establishing open ties with Israel 'treachery', Tunisian musician Nouman al-Shaari, who collaborated with Israeli singer Ziv Yehezkel on a song promoting religious tolerance between Muslims and Jews has faced serious backlash, including reportedly being fired from his job at a state broadcaster and death threats on social media, as song was penned by a Yemenite artist who wishes to remain anonymous for his own safety, as he lives in territory controlled by the pro-Iranian Houthi militias, as collaboration was arranged by the Arab Council for Regional Integration, which attempts to advance Arab-Israeli dialogue in the region, and as some fellow Tunisian artists, however, have come to the producer’s and musician's defense
Economy of the Middle East
Arab League boycott of Israel
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Economic effects and foreign reactions to the boycott of Israel
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Boycotts of Israel
-
British and French judgements on public calls for a boycott of Israeli products, incitement and discrimination
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Antisemitic boycotts and history
16 August 2020 phone service begins between Israel and UAE:
16 August 2020: Phone service begins between Israel and UAE, allowing access to Israeli websites, as normalization deal kicks in, and as Kuwait, competing with Iranian Mullah regime, says it will be ‘last’ country to normalize ties with Israel
6 January 2021 Sudan signs ‘Abraham Accords’ paving way for Israel normalization:
6 January 2021: Sudan signs ‘Abraham Accords’
,
paving way for Israel normalization
Economy of the menber states of the Arab League
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Economy of the Arab League
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List of Arab League countries by GDP (nominal)
2015 youth unemployment on the rise:
20 May 2015: Waged employment on the rise in the Middle East and North Africa but youth and women see further job losses, ILO says in its annual outlook
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23 May 2015: Mideast youth unemployment rises amid post-Arab Spring chaos, influx of refugees, prolonged conflict and low economic growth
June 2018 northern Sinai project:
18 June 2018: USA reportedly seeking to raise over $500 million from Gulf states to fund projects, including a power station and factories, aimed at improving the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, as funds would be used to develop an industrial area in the northern Sinai region, which abuts Gaza
15/19 April 2020 Middle East 2020 covid-19 recession, migrant workers:
15 April 2020: The Middle East, already wracked by high numbers of unemployed youth, unrest, conflict and large numbers of refugees, will sink into a recession this year sparked by the double shock of the covid-19 outbreak and low oil prices, IMF said
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19 April 2020: Crammed into work camps, stood down from their jobs, facing high rates of infection and with no way home, hundreds of thousands of migrant workers are bearing the brunt of the covid-19 pandemic in the Middle East, migrant advocates and diplomats say
27 April 2020 Mideast economies take massive hit with oil price crash:
27 April 2020: Mideast crude-dependent countries scramble to compensate for losses from a key source of state revenue, with several already plagued by social unrest
Middle East economic integration
Since
1950
(1953 first meeting) Economic and Social Council of the Arab League
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Since 1972 Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, a Kuwait-based pan-Arab development finance institution established by agreement of the Economic and Social Council of the Arab League, as all member-states of the Arab League are members of the AFESD
Since
1964
Council of Arab Economic Unity, founded by Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen, following an agreement by the Economic Council of the Arab League
Since
1981
Cooperation Council for the Arab States, originally (and still colloquially) known as the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC, a regional intergovernmental political and economic union consisting of all Arab states of the Persian Gulf except Iraq
September 2013:
7 September 2013: The Gulf Cooperation Council urges the international community to intervene immediately to rescue the Syrian people from their government's oppression
Water politics in the Middle East
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Integrated water resources management, defined by the Global Water Partnership as 'a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources'
Weather events in Asia
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Middle East heatwaves
Since 1960/1961
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC
, an intergovernmental organization of 15 nations founded in Baghdad by the first five members Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela, and headquartered since 1965 in Austria, accounting in September 2018 for an estimated 44% of global oil production and 81.5% of the world's 'proven' oil reserves, giving OPEC a major influence on global oil prices
December 2018:
3 December 2018: Qatar is to pull out of Opec after nearly 60 years of membership of the oil cartel, but will attend a meeting this week that will discuss cutting output
Corruption
in the Middle East
January 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 presents grim reality:
29 January 2019: Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 presents a grim reality in the Middle East and Northern Africa where, despite some incremental progress by a select few, most countries are failing in the fight against corruption, as at the very bottom of the region, Syria scores 13, followed by Yemen (14) and Libya (17), and as both Syria and Yemen are also in the bottom five of the entire index
Human rights in West Asia, the 'Middle East'
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Human rights in
Israel
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Human rights in
Islamic countries
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Middle Eastern society
by
country
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Israeli society
2016 470,000 Syrians so far murdered by Assad's alliance since 2011:
13 February 2016: While Western leaders are not criminally responsible for the
deaths of 470,000 Syrians so far murdered by the Assad regime since 2011, his helpers from Iran and Hezbollah and the Russian fighter jets
bombing from high, it has happened on their watch and to a large degree through their inaction, Israeli newspaper 'Haaretz' says
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23 February 2016: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights considers that
the silence of the International community for the war crimes and crimes against humanity
committed in Syria encourages the criminals to kill more and more Syrian people, because they have not found anyone that deter them from continuing their crimes
2018 Assad regime recorded its own atrocities, the world can’t ignore them:
27 August 2018: Assad’s Syria recorded its own atrocities, the world can’t ignore them, Channel 4 documentary's Sara Afshar says
History of human rights in Asia
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Capital punishment in the Middle East, as places with the death penalty in 2021 include Libya, Egypt, Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Syria, Gaza, Palestinian Authority, Lebanon, Jordan, Iran, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and the Sultanate of Oman
History of human rights in Israel:
History of human rights in Israel
Roman empire's conquests in West Asia, 1st century Pilate's Court, trial and execution of Jesus of Nazareth:
Roman empire's conquests in West Asia, 1st century Pilate's Court, rial and execution of Jesus of Nazareth
About 110 BCE - 10 CE religious leader, sage and scholar Hillel:
Views of c. 110 BCE - 10 CE religious leader, sage and scholar Hillel and the founder of the House of Hillel school of tannaim
Since 6 CE Jewish resistance to the census imposed for Roman tax purposes:
Judas of Galilee, or Judas of Gamala, was a Jewish leader who led resistance to the census imposed for Roman tax purposes by Quirinius in Judea Province around 6 CE
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Seit Beginn des 1. Jahrhunderts jüdischer Widerstand gegen die römische Fremdherrschaft, während der auch Judas der Galiläer und seine zwei Söhne, Simon und Jakobus, die wie ihr Vater ihr Leben in den Dienst der Rebellion gegen die römische Fremdherrschaft stellten, von dem römischen Prokurator Tiberius Alexander (46–48 n. Chr.) gekreuzigt wurden
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66 CE Battle of Beth Horon was a battle fought in 66 CE between the Roman army and Jewish rebels
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April–December 67 CE Galilee campaign, when Roman general Vespasian invaded Galilee under the orders of Emperor Nero in order to crush the Great Revolt of Judea
1st century views of Jesus of Nazareth
:
1. Jahrhundert Ansichten und Wirken von Jesus aus Nazareth in Judäa, bzw. Galiläa bis 26 – 36 AD
Women's rights
in the Middle East by country and subject
Women and women's rights in Israel:
Women in Israel
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Women's rights in Israel
Women and women's rights in Islam:
Women in Arab societies
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Women in Islam
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Women's rights in Islam
June 2018:
24 June 2018: Bahraini, Saudi women filmed crossing borders between Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi-Arabia after
Saudi driving ban lifted
Polygyny in Islam
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Islamic marital jurisprudence
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Gender roles in Islam
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Marriage in Islam
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Divorce in Islam
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Islam and domestic violence
Freedom of religion in Asia and Africa by country
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Islam and secularism
Childhood
in Asia by country
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Youth in Asia by country
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Childhood in Africa by country
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Youth in Africa by country
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Childhood in Israel
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Youth in Israel
Education in the Middle East and North Africa
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Education in the Middle East by country
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Education in Israel
Health by country and in the Middle East
February 2020 Chinese coronavirus fears grip Middle East:
25 February 2020: Chinese coronavirus fears grip Middle East as Iran denies cover-up, as shrine city of Qom believed to be virus hub, and as concern grows for region’s refugee population
March 2020 Persian Gulf countries scrambling to contain coronavirus:
13 March 2020: Persian Gulf countries have been scrambling to contain coronavirus as top Iran aide tests positive and outbreak has infected thousands of people in the country
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21 March 2020: Jordan goes on coronavirus lockdown, as several countries in the Middle East have closed schools, universities and nonessential businesses, and as Iran's death toll mounts, home to the region's worst outbreak and facing widespread criticism for its lagging response to the outbreak
Xenophobia and racism
in the Middle East
by country
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Racism in the Arab world
Terrorism in the Middle East
by country
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Terrorism in the Arab world by country
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Islamic terrorism
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Islamic terrorism by continent
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Islamic terrorism by country
28 December 2020 Iran-backed Hezbollah says its precision missiles doubled in a year can hit all of Israel:
28 December 2020: Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group has doubled the number of its precision missiles over the past year, the organization’s leader Hassan Nasrallah said in an interview, also claiming his Iran-backed Shiite group has the ability to accurately hit any part of Israel
Muslim attitudes toward terrorism
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Islamism
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Islamist groups
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Shia Islamist groups
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Sunni Islamist groups
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Islamism by country
Slavery in 21st-century Islamism
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History of slavery in the Muslim world
Religion in the Middle East
Judaism
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Jewish history
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Jewish–Roman wars, a series of large-scale revolts by the Jews of the Eastern Mediterranean against the Roman Empire between 66 and 135 CE ending with the destruction of Jerusalem, mass execution of Judean population and diaspora of survivors
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Roman destruction of Judea and Jewish diaspora
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Judaism by country
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Judaism and science
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Jewish views on evolution
Freedom of religion
in Asia and Africa by country
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Islam and secularism
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Liberalism and progressivism in the Muslim world
Islam
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Timelines of
Muslim history
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Muhammad (570-632)
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List of expeditions and battles of Muhammad comprising information about casualties, objectives, and nature of the military expeditions ordered by Muhammad
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Invasion and massacre of Banu Qrayza 627
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Violence in the Quran
Islam in the Arab world
Islam in Africa
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Islam in Asia
2012 Syria banned:
16 août 2012: La Syrie mise au ban de la communauté musulmane par l'OCI
June 2019 survey of 25,000 people in Middle East and North Africa:
24 June 2019: The Arab world is turning its back on religion and on USA relations, according to a public opinion survey of more than 25,000 people across 10 countries including Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen and the Palestinian territories, finding a rise in the proportion of people describing themselves as 'not religious' from 11% in 2012-2014 to 18% this year, that trust in religious leaders has plummeted, also expressing concern over rising disquiet in their home countries and that governments are not meeting the expectations of their citizen
Shi'a-Sunni relations
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Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict
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Iran and state-sponsored terrorism
August 2013:
9 August 2013: Muslims celebrate Eid across the world amid bomb blasts and threats of violence
Arab League
timeline since 1942/1944
, as official representatives from Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, North Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and Transjordan met in Egypt during World War II and agreed to form the League of Arab States
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Member states of the Arab League
History of the Arab League
and
Arab League summits since 1964
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Politics of the Arab League
2012:
28 March 2012: Arab League begins key Baghdad summit - water shortages and regional economy top the agenda at 21-nation bloc's first meeting since the Arab Spring uprisings
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23 juillet 2012: Au terme d'une réunion à Doha, la Ligue arabe presse Assad de partir en échange d'une sortie 'sûre'
2013:
26 March 2013: The Arab League is preparing for a two-day summit in Doha where opposition against Assad regime will represent Syria for the first time
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1 mai 2013: La Ligue arabe tente de relancer le processus de paix israélo-palestinien acceptant pour la première fois le principe d'un 'échange mineur de terre comparable et mutuellement accepté'
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27 August 2013: Arab League accuses Assad regime of chemical attack
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1 September 2013: Arab League urged the UN and the international community to take 'deterrent' action against the Syrian Assad regime over chemical attack
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8 September 2013: Arab ministers agree Syria chemical weapons attack crossed 'global red line'
2014:
9 March 2014: Arab League backs Abbas' refusal to recognize Israel as Jewish state
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26 March: Arab League rejects Israel as Jewish state
2015:
29 March 2015: Arab leaders gathered at a summit in Egypt will announce the formation of a unified regional force to counter growing security threats, as conflicts rage in countries such as Yemen and Libya
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7 April: Arab League calls the international community to intervene immediately to protect Palestinian refugees from ongoing infighting in Syria emphasizing that about 500,000 Palestinians are subject to inhuman attacks
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3 October 2015: Syrian Coalition calls for Arab League emergency meeting to respond to Russia’s aggression against Syrian people
2016:
11 January 2016: Arab League condemns Iranian meddling in Arab affairs
,
promising to support any measure against Iran to halt the regime’s terrorist acts
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11 March 2016: The Arab League declared Lebanon-based Shiite group Hezbollah a terrorist organization, decision supported by nearly all members, expect for Lebanon and Iraq, which expressed 'reservations'
September 2016:
26 September 2016: The Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Sunday condemns the killing of civilians in Aleppo and called for the international community to intervene directly to stop what was occurring in the city
December 2016:
20 December 2016: Arab League condemns Assad regime's and allies' atrocities in Aleppo
July 2017:
15 July 2017: Arab League scolds Israel for Temple Mount closure, failing to mention attack
,
after Hamas and Islamic Jihad praised the deadly shooting attack at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount on Friday, while Palestinian social media was rife with accolades for the killers
November 2017:
20 November 2017: Arab League delivers harsh criticism of Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah, saying they will 'brief' the UN Security Council on Tehran's destabilizing policies in the region, announcing only one concrete measure that would ban Iranian-financed television stations
May 2019:
10 May 2019: The Arab League condemned the military operations by Assad regime's and Russian forces targeting and killing civilians in in the provinces of Idlib and Hama
,
destroying several civilian buildings, including schools and hospitals, and forcing about 300,000 out of their homes
12 October 2019 Arab League condemns Turkey's military invasion into northern Syria:
12 October 2019: Arab League foreign ministers condemned Turkey's military invasion into northern Syria, calling on the UN Security Council to take action against Turkey
13 April 2020 SOC calls on Arab League to support action to punish Assad for chemical attacks:
13 April 2020: SOC sent a letter to the Arab League regarding the latest report issued by the OPCW confirming the responsibility of the Assad regime for three chemical attacks on Latamina in Hama countryside in 2017
21 June 2020 Arab League to hold urgent meeting on Libya on Monday:
21 June 2020: Arab League said it will hold an emergency meeting on Monday upon Egypt’s request to address the recently heightened tensions in the Libyan crisis, satellite Extra News reported
Environment
of the Middle East
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Environment of the Mediterranean
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'Environment and Climate in the Middle East' website - news, conferences, policy discussions and academic publications on environmental issues and climate change in the Eastern Mediterranean
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Arava Institute for Environmental Studies
Mediterranean climate
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Hot Desert climates
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Arabian Desert climate
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Hadley cell expansion and climate change
Environmental peacebuilding in the Middle East
2017:
11 August 2017: Israel, Jordan, PA to hold first-of-its-kind joint firefighting and rescue exercise in October, taking place in Israel and Jordan and including four European nations Croatia, France, Italy and Spain, to test cooperation in cases of major fires and disasters
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25 October 2017: Emergency response teams from Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority, as well as Spain, Italy and France, gathered in Israel to learn how to work together and to overcome the common enemy 'natural disasters' as part of an exercise sponsored by the European Union
Natural disasters
in the Middle East
Weather events in Asia and Middle East winter and winter storms:
Weather events in Asia
17 February 2021 heavy snowfall and gales sweep Middle East as winter storm hits:
17 February 2021: Snow blanketed parts of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel, blocking roads, disrupting traffic and postponing vaccination campaigns against covid-19 and even exams at some universities
Middle East heatwaves:
Weather events in Asia
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Middle East heatwaves
2015 extreme heatwaves could push Gulf climate including Iran’s coast beyond human endurance:
26 October 2015: Extreme heatwaves could push Gulf climate including Iran’s coast beyond human endurance if the world fails to cut carbon emissions, USA study shows
2016 drought since 1998:
3 March 2016: The recent drought that began in 1998 in the eastern Mediterranean Levant region is probably the worst in 900 years, according to a new NASA report
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10 August 2016: Record-shattering temperatures this summer have scorched countries from Morocco to Saudi Arabia and beyond, as climate experts warn that the severe weather could be a harbinger of worse to come
2017 heatwave:
10 August 2017: While Europe does battle with a heatwave named Lucifer, the Middle East including Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia, Syria etc., is enduring a summer so brutal that even those accustomed to Baghdad’s searing August are labelling it 'ungodly', reaching 48C or higher since weeks
4 September 2020 hottest day in Israeli history:
4 September 2020: Hottest day in Israeli history as Eilat and Jerusalem record unprecedented highs, as Red Sea resort temperature hits unprecedented 48.9°C, as capital bakes at 109°F, and as heatwave set to last through middle of next week and medics treat 186 people countrywide
Earthquakes in the Middle East:
Earthquakes in the Middle East
November 2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake:
12 November 2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake
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15 November 2017: Israel's government offered humanitarian assistance via the Red Cross to the victims of the devastating earthquake that has killed hundreds in Iran and Iraq, but was immediately rebuffed by the Iranian regime
Bahrain
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Geography of Bahrain
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History of Bahrain
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Demographics of Bahrain
Economy of Bahrain:
Economy of Bahrain
- main industries include petroleum processing and refining, aluminum smelting, iron pelletization, fertilizers, islamic and offshore banking, insurance, ship repairing, tourism
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List of companies of Bahrain
Energy in Bahrain:
Energy in Bahrain
Bahrain Petroleum Company and Banagas:
Bahrain Petroleum Company wholly owned by the government of Bahrain, a fully integrated oil company
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Banagas
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Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company
2017:
12 November 2017: Bahrain blames main oil pipeline explosion on Iran-backed 'terrorism', as residents close to the incident near Buri village near Manama were being evacuated to a safe shelter
Agriculture in Bahrain:
Agriculture
in Bahrain, before the development of the oil industry, date palm cultivation dominated Bahrain's agriculture, since 1980s a significant number of palm groves had been replaced by new kinds of agricultural activities, including vegetable gardens, nurseries for trees and flowers, poultry production, and dairy farms, of approximately 2,400 farmers 70% do not own the land they cultivate, approximately 800 owners and absentee landlords control about 60% of all cultivable land, the ruling Al Khalifa own the greatest number of plots, including the largest and most productive ones
Banking and banks in Bahrain:
List of banks in Bahrain
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Central Bank of Bahrain
Financial services companies of Bahrain:
Financial services companies of Bahrain
Labour relations in Bahrain:
Since September 2002 'Workers Trade Union Law', passed by Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain
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Labour relations and migrant workers in Bahrain
Trade unions in Bahrain:
Trade unions in Bahrain
2013:
12 January 2013: Firefighters locate remains of 13 people in three-storey building that caught fire
at labour camp in Manama
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12 January 2013: Eleven Bangladeshi workers were among the 13 killed in a fire that gutted a labour camp in Manama
Military of Bahrain:
Military of Bahrain
Politics of Bahrain:
Politics of Bahrain
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Since 2002 'King of Bahrain', after on 14 February 2002 the then-Emir of Bahrain Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa declared Bahrain a kingdom and proclaimed himself the first king
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Constitution of 1973 following Bahrain's independence from Britain in 1971
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Constitution of 2002
Cabinet of Bahrain:
Cabinet of Bahrain (the Council of Ministers) is appointed directly by the King
Political parties in Bahrain:
Political parties in Bahrain
Trade unions and human rights organisations in Bahrain:
Trade unions in Bahrain
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Human rights organisations based in Bahrain
Bahraini opposition:
Bahraini opposition
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Bahrain Freedom Movement
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February 14 Youth Coalition since 2011
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National Democratic Action Society
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Progressive Democratic Tribune
National Assembly of Bahrain and elections:
National Assembly of Bahrain - 40 royally-appointed members of the Consultative Council, the upper house
2010:
Bahraini general election December 2010
2014:
22 November 2014 Bahraini general election
November 2018 Bahraini general election:
24 November 2018 Bahraini general election for the 40 seats in the lower house, following a crackdown on dissent that included prohibiting members of dissolved opposition groups from running
10 November 2020 for first time ever Bahraini Jews mark anniversary of 1938 'Kristallnacht':
10 November 2020: For first time ever, Bahraini Jews mark anniversary of 'Kristallnacht', as Kingdom’s only synagogue lit up to remember 1938 assault by Nazis on Jews and their property in Germany, part of global ‘Let There Be Light’ campaign against anti-Semitism, racism
Protests, social and political movements and repression in Bahrain:
Protests in Bahrain
March/April 1965 uprising and independence of Bahrain in 1971:
March/April 1965 Intifada, uprising calling for the end of the British presence in Bahrain, sparked by the laying-off of hundreds of Bahraini workers at the Bahrain Petroleum Company on 5 March 1965, resulting in the independence of Bahrain in 1971
1990s uprising in Bahrain:
1990s uprising in Bahrainan between 1994 and 1999 in which leftists, liberals and Islamists joined forces to demand democratic reforms and the reinstatement of parliament
2011-present Bahraini protests and uprising:
Since 2011 Bahraini protests and uprising
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Timeline of the 2011/2012 Bahraini uprising
April 2011:
3 April 2011: Bahrein bans main opposition newspaper
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28 April: Bahrein sentences protesters to death
June 2011:
2 June 2011: Security forces attack Bahraini protesters
July 2011:
1 July: Saudi troops quietly pull out of Bahrain after crackdown on anti-government protests
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3 July: 200 German tanks 'Leopard' to Saudi-Arabia
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4 July: Saudi sources confirm German tanks deal - 44 tanks already bought
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Bahrain opposition to join dialogue process 2 July
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17 July: Opposition 'quits Bahrain-talks'
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Human Rights Watch report: Violence to stop protesters from receiving treatment - doctors and nurses targeted
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Protesters reject Bahrain dialogue results July 29
August 2011:
13 August: Bahrains's main opposition Al-Wefaq to boycott September 24 by-polls demanding a representative, elected parliament and civil rights
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31 August: 'Security forces' kill teenage boy dispersing protests
September 2011:
1 September: Thousands march at Bahraini boy's funeral
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2 September: Bahrain medics go on hunger strike over trials
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3 September: More detainees join Bahrain hunger strike
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8 September: Several Bahrain medics freed on bail
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17 September: Bahrain forces fire tear gas at funeral
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23 September: Again Bahrain forces fire tear gas on protesters
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29 September: Medics who treated protesters jailed for 5,10 and 15 years
October 2011:
2. Oktober 2011: Internationale Kritik an Sondergericht in Bahrain - verurteilte Ärzte fordern UN-Untersuchung
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3 October: 36 Bahrainis given prison sentences of between 15 and 25 years for taking part in rallies
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5 October: Bahrain retrial for 20 medics jailed over protests as 19 more activists are jailed over protests
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7 October: Police clash with funeral marchers - procession of thousands for 16-year-old Shia boy
November 2011:
4. November 2011: Panzerfahrzeuge und Tränengas gegen Trauerzug für einen nach Oppositionsangaben durch Polizeigewalt getöteten Mann
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22 November: Clashes on Tuesday between police and protesters mourning the death of 16-year-old Ali al-Badah, who was run over by police vehicles
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23 November: Commission says in a report accepted by government that Bahrain forces used 'excessive force' and tortured detainees in 2011
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24 November: Police fire tear gas and rubber bullets as around 2000 Bahrainis protest against monarchy in the wake of the report into government human-rights abuses
December 2011:
7 December: Injuries as Bahrain police attack protest
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16. Dezember 2011: Polizei in Bahrein setzt Tränengas gegen schiitische Demonstranten ein und nimmt wahllos Regimekritiker fest
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31 December: One reportedly killed in anti-regime demonstration in Bahrain after last month's probe revealed abuses by security forces
2012:
January-April 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix protests
January 2012:
2 January 2012: Shooting tear gas and stun grenades security forces clash with opposition protesters and mourners of a 15-year-old boy outside of Manama
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7 January 2012: Bahraini activist beaten by 'riot police'
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7. Januar 2012: Tausende trotzen dem Demonstationsverbot in Manama am Samstag
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10 January: Thousands Bahrainis protest outside the UN's office in Manama calling for intervention to protect civilians
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26 January: Bahrain confirms teen Mohammed Yaaqub died in police custody - opposition says cause of death war torture
February 2012:
4 February: Bahrain protests grow ahead of anniversary
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14 February: Bahrain police repel protesters in Manama
March 2012:
9 March: Tens of thousands of Bahrainis have demonstrated outside the capital Manama demanding reform and more democracy
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13 March: Bahrain added to web censorship blacklist
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23 March: Activists and opposition supporters demonstrate in locations across nation to demand equal rights for Shias
April 2012:
6 April: Thousands protest in support of hunger striker Abdulhadi al-Khawaja moved to army hospital after nearly two months
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18 April: Thousands of pro-democracy protesters marched through a village outside the Bahraini capital on Wednesday
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20 April: Thousands of Bahrain Formula One race protesters dispersed
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21 April: Protester Salah Abbas Habib killed during Bahrain clashes
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22 April: Bahrain Grand Prix held despite protests
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23 April: Funeral for killed Salah Abbas Habib and thousands of protesters as Bahrain court delays ruling in activists case
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30 April: Jailed opposition activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja is to have his case retried, an appeal court has ruled
May 2012:
4. Mai 2012: Tausende fordern in Bahrain Reformen und Wahl einer Regierung
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11. Mai 2012: Erneut Gewalt gegen Demonstranten, die die Freilassung inhaftierter Oppositioneller fordern
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19 May: Tens of thousands Bahrain protesters decry unity plans with Saudis
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28 May: Bahrain activist Al-Khawaja to end hunger strike following the release on bail of detained activist, Nabeel Rajab
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28 May: Bahrain activist Rajab released on bail
June 2012:
8 June: Police break up pro-democracy mass protests in Bahrain
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12 June: An 11-year-old boy chased down while playing in street and detained for nearly a month describes his time in custody, saying that police accused him of taking part in violent protests
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14 June: Bahrain court convicts medics for role in uprising
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27 June: Three policemen accused of killing three people during pro-democracy protests
July 2012:
10 July: Jail for Bahrain protest leader over tweet
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12 July: Huge crowds throng funerals for two Shia demonstrators killed by security forces in rallies following arrest of cleric
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20 July: Bahrain protesters renew clashes with police
August 2012:
3 August: Activists say Zainab al-Khawaja was held along with dozens of protesters demanding political reforms in Gulf kingdom
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7 August: Bahrain charges 15 policemen over abuses
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16 August: Bahrain activist Nabeel Rajab jailed for three years
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18 August: 16-year-old Husam al-Haddad died of injuries suffered after he was beaten by security forces in a confrontation late Friday night
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31 August: Tens of thousands join protest demanding release of prisoners and chanting anti-government slogans
September 2012:
4. September 2012: Manama Strafgericht verurteilt sieben bahrainische Regimegegner wegen ihrer Beteiligung an Strassenprotesten im Februar 2011 zu lebenslangen Haftstrafen
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8 September: Police fire tear gas at protesters calling for prisoner releases in Manama
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18 September: Seven lieutenants are charged with torturing Shia medics to obtain confessions
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29 September: Seventeen-year-old dies after police fire shotgun pellets at anti-government rally in Manama
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29 September: Police opens fire to disperse angry Shiite protesters following the funeral of the youth who was shot dead a day before
October 2012:
2 October: Bahrain medics jailed after losing appeal
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3 October: Rights activist Zainab al-Khawaja released from prison after a two-month jail term in an ongoing arbitrary political prosecution
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3 October: Protesters clashed with riot police after the funeral of a man jailed for taking part in last year's pro-democracy demonstrations
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6 October: Police use water cannon and tear gas to disperse mainly Shia protesters after memorial for Mohammed Ali Ahmed Mushaima who died in jail
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12 October: Police fire teargas and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing anti-government protesters
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30 October: Interior ministry imposed emergency-style rules
banning all protest gatherings and threatening legal action against groups considered backing escalating demonstrations and clashes
November 2012:
2 November: Small demonstrations in support of a jailed opposition leader break out three days after the monarchy forbids them
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11 November: Government deploys paramilitaries to patrol city
December 2012:
1 December: Bahraini police fired tear gas and stun bombs to break up protests overnight in Shiite-populated villages around Manama, leading to arrests and injuries
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10 December: A court has sentenced pro-democracy activist Zainab al-Khawaja to one month in prison
January-March 2013:
7 January: Bahrain's highest appeal court has upheld the sentences of 13 activists for their part in anti-government protests last year
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10 February: Bahrain crisis talks to begin as Shiite envoys remain wary of opening a process that they believe has no chance of reaching their goals: forcing the ruling monarchy to give up its monopoly on power and allow an elected government
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14 March 2013: Anti-government protesters clash with riot police, two years after Saudi-led force quelled Gulf island's uprising
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28 March: Defence lawyer says, 21 medical personnel have been cleared of charges linked to anti-government protests but cases remain open against two others
April 2013:
21 April: Ongoing pro-democracy protests against
Formula One Grand Prix 2013
May 2013:
10 May: The blogger Ali Abdulemam has been smuggled out of the troubled Gulf kingdom and taken refuge in the UK
2016:
2 avril 2016: Après le soulèvement de 2011 sur fond de printemps arabes, la répression dénoncée par les opposants se poursuit à Bahreïn
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13 June 2016: Bahrain detains rights activist Nabeel Rajab in raid that coincides with UN meeting in Geneva, as other activists were barred from attending and as UN official criticises repression
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18 July 2016: Bahraini authorities have stepped up their pressure on Nazeeha Saeed, the France24 correspondent who was detained and tortured 2011, now prosecuted for 'illegal reporting' on behalf of foreign media in what appears to be a renewed crackdown on free expression
2017:
26 January 2017: Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab accused at a court hearing, from which he and his lawyer were excluded, is facing a lengthy prison sentence simply for stating that journalists and international NGOs cannot enter Bahrain
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6 March 2017: Justice ministry files lawsuit to dissolve secular Wa’ad group, the main opposition party, and transfers many civilian judicial cases to a military court, amid fresh crackdown on dissent and human rights
Society, demographics, culture and human rights in Bahrain:
Bahraini society
Demographics and ethnic groups in Bahrain:
Demographics
of Bahrain
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Ethnic groups in Bahrain
-
Ethnic, cultural and religious groups of Bahrain
Bahrani people:
Bahrani people
Filipinos in Bahrain:
Filipinos in Bahrain
Indians in Bahrain:
Indians in Bahrain, today numbering at an estimated 400,000 people or 31% out of the country's total population of 1.3 million, making them the largest expatriate group in the country
Jews in Bahrain:
Jews in Bahrain
,
as history of the Jews in the Arabian Peninsula dates back to Biblical times
History of the Jews in Bahrain:
History of the Jews in Bahrain
10 November 2020 for first time ever Bahraini Jews mark anniversary of 1938 'Kristallnacht':
10 November 2020: For first time ever, Bahraini Jews mark anniversary of 'Kristallnacht', as Kingdom’s only synagogue lit up to remember 1938 assault by Nazis on Jews and their property in Germany, part of global ‘Let There Be Light’ campaign against anti-Semitism, racism
Pakistanis in Bahrain:
Pakistanis in Bahrain
Migrant workers in Bahrain:
As of 2011 there were more than 458,000
migrant workers in Bahrain
, many of whom experience prolonged periods of withheld wages, passport confiscation, unsafe housing, excessive work hours and physical abuse, according to Human Rights Watch
Culture of Bahrain:
Culture
of Bahrain
Religion and freedom of religion in Bahrain:
Religion and freedom of religion in Bahrain
Languages of Bahrain:
Languages of Bahrain
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Bahrani Arabic
Women and women's rights in Bahrain:
Women in Bahrain
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Polygamy - legal in Bahrain
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Women's rights in Bahrain
Education in Bahrain:
Education
in Bahrain
Health in Bahrain:
Health
in Bahrain
Media of Bahrain:
Media of Bahrain
Censorship in Bahrain:
Censorship in Bahrain, notorious for jailing journalists, deemed ‘Not Free’ in terms of Net Freedom and Press Freedom by Freedom House, and the 2016 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders ranked Bahrain 162nd out of 180 countries
Journalist arrests:
Journalist arrests, escalating during the uprisings of 2011
Newspapers in Bahrain:
Newspapers in Bahrain
Internet in Bahrain:
Internet
in Bahrain
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Internet surveillance and filtering
-
Arrested bloggers in Bahrain
Human rights in Bahrain:
Human rights in Bahrain
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Human rights organisations based in Bahrain
Since 2011 Human rights reports on the Bahraini uprising:
Since 2011 Human rights reports on the Bahraini uprising
2017 'grand prix' protest:
15 April 2017: If F1 can't help protect ordinary Bahrainis, stop the grand prix, Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy's Alwadaei says, as the race exacerbates the human rights abuses that take place in Bahrain, with any protest or criticism being silenced to protect financial interests
Crime in Bahrain:
Crime in Bahrain
Torture and police brutality in Bahrain:
Torture
in Bahrain
2012:
29 April 2012: Bahrain's police continues to beat and torture detainees including minors
,
Human Rights Watch says
2011/2016:
30 May 2011 - 20 January 2016: France 24 correspondent Nazeeha Saeed tortured for covering pro-democracy demonstrations
Prisons in Bahrain:
Prisons in Bahrain
Corruption in Bahrain:
Corruption
in Bahrain
Human trafficking in Bahrain:
Human trafficking
in Bahrain
Law of Bahrain:
Law of Bahrain
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Constitutions of Bahrain
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'Amiri Decree', the decree of an Emir in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates
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1974 'State Security' decree law in Bahrain
Judiciary of Bahrain:
Judiciary and court system of Bahrain
Court of Cassation (supreme court) in Bahrain:
Since 1989 Court of Cassation, established as a supreme court of appeal, as the judges for the court are appointed and removed by royal decree and the current Chief Justice of Bahrain and president of the Court of Cassation is Khalifa bin Rashid Al Khalifa, a cousin of King Hamad and the prime minister, and a member of the Al Khalifa ruling family of Bahrain
December 2018 rights activist Nabeel Rajab case:
31 December 2018: Bahrain’s supreme court, whose verdicts are final, upheld a five-year jail term against high-profile rights activist Nabeel Rajab for writing tweets deemed offensive to the state and who is already serving a two-year term in another case
Law enforcement in Bahrain:
Law enforcement in Bahrain
Prisons in Bahrain:
Prisons in Bahrain
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Capital punishment in Bahrain:
Capital punishment in Bahrain
July 2019 Bahrain executions:
27 July 2019: Bahrain executes 2 in terrorism case decried by activists, despite last minute appeals by UN's Agnès Callamard and Human Rights Watch, citing allegations of torture
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27 July 2019: Bahrain executes three people, despite human rights outcry
Foreign relations of Bahrain:
Foreign relations of Bahrain
International reactions to the 2011-2013 Bahraini uprising
Bahrain and the United Nations:
Bahrain and the
United Nations
July 2019:
26 July 2019: A last-minute appeal to stop the imminent execution of two men in Bahrain has been issued by the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, Agnès Callamard, also saying the men were allegedly tortured, prevented from attending their trial and sentenced to death in absentia, as pressure mounts on the country’s king to revoke the death sentences
Bilateral relations of Bahrain:
Bilateral relations of Bahrain
Bahrain/Argentina relations:
July 2019 Hezbollah a terrorist organization:
19 July 2019: Bahrain on Friday joined Israel in commending
Argentina
for branding the Hezbollah a terrorist organization and freezing its assets, 25 years to the day after a bombing blamed on the Iran-backed group destroyed a Jewish community center
Bahrain/India relations:
Bahrain/
India
relations
Indians in Bahrain:
Indians in Bahrain
Bahrain/Iran relations:
Bahrain/
Iran
relations
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Arab-Iran relations: Bahrain
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Safavid dynasty, Shia Islam state religion
and Safavid rule in Bahrain 1602–1717
Relations since 1979 Islamic regime in Iran:
Bahrain-Iran relations since 1979 Islamic regime in Iran and its intention to export its Islamic revolution throughout the Muslim world, especially in the Arab world
Bahrain/Israel relations:
Bahrain/
Israel
relations
2018:
7 January 2018: With rare Israel visit, Bahraini delegation - including Sunni and Shiite Muslims, as well as Buddhists, Christians, Hindus and Sikhs - seeks new dialogue for coexistence
June 2019 Bahrain backs Israel’s right to exist:
26 June 2019: Israel is here to stay, and we want peace with it, Bahrain FM says to 'Times of Israel', also saying Manama conference could be 'gamechanger’
12 September 2020 Bahrain normalizes ties with Israel:
12 September 2020: Bahrain normalizes ties with Israel weeks after UAE deal
Bahrain/Oman relations:
Bahrain/
Oman
relations
1717:
1717 Omani invasion of Bahrain
Bahrain/Pakistan relations:
Bahrain/
Pakistan
relations
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Pakistanis in the Middle East
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Pakistanis in Bahrain
Bahrain/Philippines relations:
Bahrain/
Philippines
relations
Filipinos in Bahrain:
Filipinos in Bahrain
Bahrain/Portugal relations:
Portuguese
rule in Bahrain 1521-1602
Bahrain/Saudi Arabia relations:
Bahrain/
Saudi Arabia
relations
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Bani Utbah federation of Arab tribes, which originated from Najd
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1783 Bani Utbah invasion of Bahrain
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House of Khalifa, the ruling family of Bahrain and belonging to the Utub tribe that migrated from Najd to Kuwait in the early 18th century
Bahrain/United Kingdom relations:
Bahrain/
United Kingdom
relations
1820 Bahrain British protectorate:
Signing the General Maritime Treaty with the United Kingdom in 1820, Bahrain became a British protectorate
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General Maritime Treaty of 1820
1971 Bahrain's declaration of independence:
After a plebiscite Bahrain declared independence on 15 August 1971
10 May 2019:
10 May 2019: I’m fasting in protest outside Royal Windsor Horse Show to save my father in Bahrain', Ali Mushaima says, whose father Hassan Mushaima, a major opposition party's leader and a lifelong campaigner for democracy in Bahrain, was arrested, tortured and jailed for life by military tribunal and is still denied medical care, as human rights groups have condemned his cruel and humiliating treatment and called for his release
Bahrain/USA relations:
Bahrain/
USA
relations
2012:
11 May 2012: USA partially resumes military supplies to Gulf Arab ally Bahrain
Environment of Bahrain:
Environment of Bahrain
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Geology of Bahrain
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Geography of Bahrain, consisting of Bahrain Island and 33 of the 37 Bahrain Islands, lying in the Arabian Gulf's Gulf of Bahrain off the north shore of Asia's Arabian Peninsula
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Climate of Bahrain, having an extremely hot summer and a relatively mild winter
Landforms of Bahrain:
Landforms of Bahrain
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List of islands of Bahrain
Water in Bahrain:
Water in Bahrain
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Bodies of water of Bahrain, groundwater and seawater are the only sources
Environmental concerns and issues of Bahrain:
Environmental concerns and issues of Bahrain include periodic droughts, dust storms, desertification resulting from the degradation of limited arable land, coastal degradation (damage to coastlines, coral reefs, and sea vegetation) resulting from oil spills and other discharges from large tankers, oil refineries, and distribution stations, lack of freshwater resources (groundwater and seawater are the only sources for all water needs
Iraq
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Geography of Iraq
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History of Iraq
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Demographics of Iraq
Wars against Iran
1980-1988
, against Kuwait
1990/1991
and war crimes:
Iraq/Iran war 1980-1988
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Iraks Krieg gegen Iran 1980-1988
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Irakischer Giftgaseinsatz, USA-Lieferungen u.a.
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USA support for Iraq during the Iraq/Iran war
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Gulf War 1990/91
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Iraks Angriff auf Kuwait, zweiter Golfkrieg 1990/91
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March/April 1991 (after the Gulf War) uprisings in Iraq held back from continued success by internal divisions as well as a lack of anticipated USA support
Iraq War
2003-2011
, Iraq/USA-United Kingdom relations and war crimes:
Category: Iraq War 2003-2011
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Irakkrieg seit 2003
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Besetzung des Irak 2003-2011
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"Iraq War Logs" (Tagebuch des Irakkriegs)
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16 December 2011: Alleged Wikileaks activist Bradley Manning due in court - wide criticism of inhuman detention conditions since May 2010
'We don't do body counts' (USA-General Franks):
"We don't do body counts" (US-General Franks)
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Kriegsverbrechen z.B. der USA
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Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
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17 March 2013: At least 112,000 civilians were killed in the 10 years since the USA-led 2003 invasion of Iraq, according to the Britain-based Iraq Body Count group
2004:
Second Battle of Fallujah
2005:
USA Haditha massacre 2005
2008:
4,5 millions Iraq War orphans in 2008
2011:
Iraq to chase $18bn of Iraqi oil money stolen after the 2003 USA-led invasion
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USA rights group (Human Rights Watch) seeks Bush 'torture' inquiry' July 2011
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Human Rights Watch: Getting Away with Torture
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2 August: USA urges 'quick Iraq decision' on troop stay
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6 August 2011: Abu Ghraib abuse ringleader of USA military guards released from military prison - for 'good conduct'
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21. Oktober 2011: USA-Truppen werden vollständig zum Jahresende 2011 aus dem Irak abgezogen
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29 December 2011: USA pushes ahead with arms deals to Iraq including $11bn worth of fighter jets and tanks and coming in the worsening political crisis of the USA war victim
2012:
5 January 2012: Last member of squad of the USA Marine Corps accused of ambushing Iraqi civilians appears in court, six years after the massacre
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Haditha massacre 2005
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24 January: USA 'change' - Marine sergeant Wuterich who told his troops to "shoot first, ask questions later" in a raid that killed unarmed Iraqi women, children and elderly pleaded guilty Monday in a deal that will carry no more than three months confinement
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25. Januar 2012: Das USA-Massaker von Haditha 2005 bleibt ungesühnt
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4. Februar 2012: Wikileaks-Informant über Kriegsverbrechen Manning muß vor Militärgericht
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30 July: More than $200m was wasted on a programme to train Iraqi police that the government in Baghdad neither needed or wanted, US auditors have found
2013:
29 January 2013: British troops in Iraq killed civilians including women, the elderly and children and committed 'terrifying acts of brutality', the British High Court heard today
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3 February: American way of death - 'Al-Shaitan Ramad' named America's deadliest Navy Seal sniper after killing and murdering 160 Iraqis during the Iraq War
shot dead at Texas gun range
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4 March 2013: The Al-Sweady Inquiry in London was shown gruesome photographs of bloodied corpses
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5 March: British troops alleged to have murdered up to 20 prisoners after a fierce battle in May 2004 in southern Iraq, and tortured five other captives
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9 mars 2013: Une enquête révèle que la torture était pratiquée en Irak pendant l'occupation américaine et accuse les États-Unis d’avoir couvert des actes de torture
Since 2003
sectarian violence, attacks, terrorism and continued war in Iraq:
List of suicide bombings in Iraq since 2003
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Terrorist incidents in Iraq by year
2006-2008:
Sectarian violence as part of the Iraq war, February 2006 – May 2008
May 2011:
Mai 2011: Bombenanschläge in Kirkuk Mai 2011
September 2011:
30. September 2011: Viele Tote bei Anschlag auf Trauerfeier in Hilla
November 2011:
26 Novemer: Bomb blasts in Baghdad kill at least 15 Iraqis
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22 December: Deadly series of attacks rock Baghdad
December 2011:
26 décembre: Attentat-sucide meurtrier contre le ministère de l'Intérieur
January 2012:
5 January: New bombings target mainly Shia area of the Iraqi capital
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5 January: Wave of bombings leave scores dead across the country
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10 January: Many deaths in series of Iraq attacks
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14 January: Suicide bomb kills dozens in Basra Shia pilgrim attack
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15 January: A series of car and roadside bombs strike Ramadi, targeting the police
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24 January: Deadly blasts in Baghdad's Sadr City
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26 January: Deaths in attacks on Iraq's Sunni districts
February 2012:
23 February: Car bombings, shootings and explosions target mostly Shia neighbourhoods, leaving at least 55 dead across the country
March 2012:
5 March: At least 27 security and police personnel killed, officials say, as gunmen storm checkpoints in city of Haditha
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20 March: Deadly explosions in series of attacks on Iraqi cities
April 2012:
19 April: Several blasts in Iraq capital and northern city leave several people dead and dozens injured
May 2012:
31 May: Six blasts across Baghdad kill at least 17
June 2012:
4 June: Blast strikes Shia charity office in Iraq
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13 juin: Série d'attentats à Bagdad et Hilla
July 2012:
23 July: Deadly attacks and series of explosions in various cities, including capital Baghdad
August 2012:
1 August: At least 19 killed and another 47 wounded in explosions targeting shopping area and passport office in Iraqi capital
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10 August: At least nine people killed in multiple blasts targeting Shia worshippers and security forces in northern Iraq
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NZZ 12. August: Sieben Tote bei Angriff auf Schiiten bei Amerili
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16 August: At least 13 people killed in separate explosions north of the capital Baghdad
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17 August: Bombs, attacks kill more than 50 in 15 cities and towns nationwide ahead of Eid
September 2012:
9 September: At least 73 people killed and more than 200 injured in attacks against Iraqi security forces across the country
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26 September: Bombings and shootings mainly targeting Iraqi security forces kill eight people, a day after a wave of attacks against members of the security forces left nine police officers and soldiers dead and 11 wounded
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30 September: Bomb and gun attacks in multiple cities kill at least 37 people and leave more than 90 wounded
October 2012:
28 October: Simultaneous bombs across Iraq target Shia Muslims leaving scores dead and wounding dozens
November 2012:
14 November: A series of car bombs and a roadside explosion have killed at least 20 people across Iraq
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29/30 November: Shia worshippers and security forces targeted in bombings that killed 48 and injured many more
across four provinces
December 2012:
17 December: Attacks against Iraqi security forces and Shiites kill at least 20 people
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31 December: Car bombing kills two people south of Baghdad
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31 December: At least 23 people have been killed and scores injured in shootings and bombings in several cities and towns
January 2013:
3 January: A car bomb has killed at least 20 Shia Muslim pilgrims and injured others in the Iraqi town of Musayyib
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16 January: At least seventeen people killed and many others injured in two car bomb attacks in Kirkuk and Tuz Khurmatu
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23 January: Targeting the funeral of a relative of a politician who was killed a day earlier a suicide bomb at the Shiite Sayid al-Shuhada mosque in Tuz Khurmatu in north Iraq killed at least 42 people
February 2013:
3 février: Plusieurs dizaines de morts dans une attaque contre la police à Kirkouk
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4 February: A suicide bomb targeting anti-Qaeda militiamen collecting their salaries north of Baghdad killed at least 22 people and wounded 44 others
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8 February: A spate of car bombs in Baghdad and central Iraq, including two explosions minutes apart at a popular bird market, killed 16 people and wounded dozens
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9 February 2013: Six people including a woman were killed and more than 25 wounded in a rocket attack on an Iranian dissident camp in Iraq's capital Baghdad
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12 February: A suicide car bomber and unidentified gunmen killed at least 12 people in the Iraqi city of Mosul
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16 February: Suicide bombers in Tal Afar and a sticky bomb near Baghdad kill an army intelligence officer and a senior judge
March 2013:
1 March: At least 22 people were killed in a series of blasts in Shi'ite neighbourhoods of Baghdad
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12 March: Attacks across Iraq killed 12 people, including three people who died in a suicide bombing at a police station near a school that also wounded 165 others
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14 March: At least 20 people killed and 50 others injured after after three car bombs and a suicide attack hit the Green Zone of Baghdad
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17 March: Car bomb kills ten people, wounding 16, near the outskirts of the south Iraq city of Basra
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19 March 2013: A series of coordinated car bombs and roadside blasts
hit Shi'ite districts across Baghdad and south of the Iraqi capital, killing at least 25 people and wounding 88 others ten years after the beginning of US-led invasion
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26 March: Explosion rips through armoured car, killing two local politicians in town of Tuz Khurmatu
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29 March: Four Shia mosques in Baghdad and one in Kirkuk struck by car bombs, with reports of at least 18 dead and dozens hurt
April 2013:
6 April: A coordinated attack involving a suicide bomber at an open-air election campaign meeting in Baquba in central Iraq kills 25 people
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12 April: A bomb exploded near a Sunni mosque north of Baghdad killing seven people, the latest in an uptick in violence in the run-up to elections next week
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15 April: Seven killed, 118 wounded in a series of car bomb blasts across the country
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23 April: Bomb attacks on Sunni mosques in Iraq killed 13 people and wounded dozens of other people
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24 avril: Après plusieurs jours de violences intercommunautaires où près de 125 personnes sont mortes, des hommes armés ont pris le contrôle de Souleimane Bek au nord de Bagdad
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26 April: Nearly 50 people were killed in clashes on Thursday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul
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27 April: Bomb blasts in Baghdad killed at least 20 more people on Friday
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29 April: Three car bombs exploded south of Baghdad on Monday, killing nine people and wounding 70 others
May 2013:
2 May: At least 22 people were killed in attacks across Iraq on Wednesday
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6 May: A series of attacks including a blast near an Internet cafe in a Sunni area killed nine people and wounded dozens on Sunday in and around Baghdad
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7 May: Shootings and bombings in Iraq, including one targeting a provincial council member, killed seven people and wounded two others
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15 mai: Des vendeurs dans des magasins d'alcool à Bagdad disent craindre pour leur vie au lendemain d'une attaque d'inconnus contre des échoppes vendant de la bière et des spiritueux qui a fait douze morts
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15 May: Bomb attacks in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad and in northern Iraq killed more than 30 people on Wednesday
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16 May: A suicide bomber attacked a Shiite place of worship in Kirkuk, killing 12 people
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18 May: Bombs targeting Sunnis, including two outside a mosque in Baquba
and one at a funeral procession, killed 67 people in Iraq on Friday, after dozens died in two days of attacks on Shiites
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18 May: Gunmen raid the house of an anti-terrorism police officer in the southern suburbs of Baghdad, killing five people including him and his sleeping family
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18 May: A string of attacks killed at least 16 people on Saturday, while gunmen abducted eight policemen guarding a post on Iraq's main highway to Jordan and Syria
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20 May: 10 Iraqi policemen killed by militants in attacks on checkpointsin the West of the country
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20 May: Wave of attacks hits Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq, killing at least 86 people
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21 May: Four bombings in a Turkmen Shiite area of Tuz Khurmatu and in Kirkuk killed five people and wounded 69 today
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27 May: More than 70 people were killed in a wave of bombings in markets in Shi'ite neighbourhoods across Baghdad
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28 May: Bombings and gunfire in central and northern Iraq killed at least 11 people and wounded 35 others on Tuesday
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30 May: Car bombs and roadside explosions hit mainly Sunni Muslim districts of Baghdad
and a northern city, killing at least 27 people
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31 May: Bombs kill 25 in Sunni-Shiite neighbourhoods across Iraq
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three policemen killed by gunmen in Fallujah
June 2013:
6 June: Iraqi officials say two car bomb explosions in Baghdad have killed at least six people and wounded more than two dozen
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7 June: Car bomb in Najaf kills 10 Iranian pilgrims
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10 June: At least 12 people have been killed in a series of bombings in a market north of Baghdad
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10/11 June: A wave of bombings and attacks rocked central and northern Iraq on Monday, targeting market-goers, police posts
including an assault on police headquarters in Mosul and killing more than 70 people
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16 June: At least 10 apparently coordinated car bombs and a shooting across Iraq have killed at least 24 and wounded dozens
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17 June: At least 12 people were killed in three bomb attacks in Iraq today, police said
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20 June: A suicide bombing in northern Iraq killed a provincial political party leader and four relatives, ahead of elections
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25 June: Baghdad car bombs kill 23, injures 81
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25 June: Suicide bombers target Iraqi Turkmen, killing eight
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29 June: A series of bombs near a bakery, at a funeral, inside a senior police officer's car and at a football stadium killed at least 22 people across Iraq
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29 June: Attacks in Sunni Arab areas of Iraq killed 10 people on Saturday
July 2013:
1 July: A bomb planted near a yard where people were playing soccer in Nahrawan, south of Baghdad, killed 12 and wounded 24 people on Sunday
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2 July: More than 2,500 people were killed in Iraq in the past three months, the UN said on Monday as new attacks left 41 people dead
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3 July: Suicide attacks, bombings and shootings erupted across Iraq today, killing at least 17 people
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8 July: In two days of violence 19 people were killed, including six family members shot dead while returning from a wedding
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12 July: Militants killed 25 Iraqi security forces in a wave of attacks, and 15 other people died in other attacks including 10 mourners in twin bombings
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13 July: Bomb attack on a tea house in Kirkuk kills 31 people
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14 July: Two bomb attacks near Sunni mosques in the Iraqi capital killed at least 23 people who had gathered to pray
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19 July: Suicide bomber kills 20 people in a Sunni mosque in the town of Wajihiya
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21 July: A wave of bombings
killed 65 people in Baghdad province and the commercial areas of the capital
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without a claim of responsibility for the attacks
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22 July: Gunmen raid Iraq's Abu Ghraib and Taji jails, as bombings and shootings kill 13 people on Sunday
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22 July: A suicide bomber attacks an army convoy in the eastern Kokchali district of Mosul, killing at least eight soldiers and two passers-by
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23 July: At least 500 escape in deadly assaults on Iraq prisons
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23 July: Bombs targeting worshippers gathered for evening prayers at three Sunni mosques in Iraq killed nine people on Tuesday
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25 July: Militants killed nine police in an attack with mortars and automatic weapons, while 14 people including six soldiers died in other violence
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25 July: 14 Shia truck drivers shot dead after being stopped by gunmen on main road leading north of Baghdad
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26 July: At least 28 people killed in bombings and shootings across Iraq, including a car bomb that exploded in a busy market killing 14 people in central Muqdadiya
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28 July: A suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into a Kurdish security patrol in northern city of Tuz Khormato killing eight people and wounding five more
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29 July: At least 22 killed and more than 100 injured in coordinated bombings targeting mainly Shia areas in Baghdad and Basra
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31 July: A Shiite and a Sunni mosque in Baghdad have been targeted in bombings that killed at least nine people, officials say
August 2013:
1 August: July deadliest month in Iraq since 2008, UN says
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4 August: Bombings and shootings across Iraq killed 19 people, including an ambush that targeted a military convoy
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7 August: A series of car bombs targeting busy markets and shopping streets in and around Baghdad killed at least 51 people and wounded more than 100 on Tuesday
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11 August: Baghdad car bombs kill dozens in attacks on Shia neighbourhoods
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15 August: Car bombs across Baghdad kill at least 33 people
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24 August: Suicide bombing in a park in northern Baghdad crowded by cafe- and restaurant-goers the bloodiest attack in a day of violence that killed at least 36 people across the country
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28/29 August: Baghdad bomb attacks extending the wave of sectarian bloodshed killed 86 people
and wounded 263, police and medical sources say
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30 August: Iraqi officials say bomb blasts at a market north of Baghdad and another on the outskirts of the capital have killed 23 people
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30 August: Two roadside bombs exploded on the edge of the north Iraq town of Tuz Khurmatu, killing at least 13 people, most of them children
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31 August: Gunmen killed five worshippers at a Sunni mosque in Baghdad on Saturday
September 2013:
3/4 September: A series of car bombs exploded across Iraqi capital
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killing nearly 60 people in predominantly Shi'ite districts
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10 septembre: Au moins 16 personnes ont été tuées, dont six alors qu'elles lavaient le corps d'un mort avant de l'enterrer
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12 September: Bombings at Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad kill at least 33
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13 September: A pair of roadside bombs exploded outside of a Sunni mosque in Baquba, killing at least 30 people as they left the building after Friday prayers
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15 September: A suicide bomb attack at a funeral held by members of Iraq’s Shabak ethnic minority near the city of Mosul in northern Iraq killed 26 people and left 46 others injured
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16 September: A wave of car bombings and other attacks in Iraq killed at least 58 people in mostly Shiite-majority cities in south and central Iraq
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22 September: At least 56 killed in Baghdad bombings
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23 September: A suicide bomber struck a Sunni funeral in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 12 people
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23 septembre: Au moins neuf personnes ont été tuées et 27 blessées lundi dans un attentat contre des funérailles sunnites à Adhamiya, dans le nord de la capitale
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25 September: Militants attacked local government and police buildings in Hawijah with suicide bombings and mortar fire, sparking clashes that killed 14 people, among 24 deaths nationwide
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26 September: Bombs ripped through outdoor markets in and near Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 21 people and wounding dozens
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29 September: At least 40 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shi-ite Muslim funeral in Mussayab, 60km south of Baghdad, on Sunday
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29 septembre: Au moins six personnes ont été tuées dans une série d’attentats à Erbil, au Kurdistan irakien
October 2013:
2 October: Militants shoot down military helicopter in the region of Kirkuk and Salahuddin province, killing all four crew members
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5 October: Gunmen killed two Iraqi journalists in the city of Mosul, as other violence including a suicide bombing at a cafe left 20 people dead
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8 October: Eight explosions in mainly Shi'ite districts in Baghdad, one explosion in a mixed area and another in the predominantly Sunni Muslim neighbourhood of Doura kill at least 38 people
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10 October: 20 people killed on Thursday, among them four anti-Al-Qaeda fighters shot dead by gunmen, eight militants killed by security forces, civilians and police killed by bombings in Baghdad and northeast of Baquba
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12 octobre: Une voiture piégée a explosé au nord de Bagdad, faisant au moins 12 morts
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13 October: More than a dozen bombs exploded in Iraq on Sunday, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 70 others
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15 octobre: Neuf personnes ont été tuées dans un attentat ayant visé mardi des fidèles à Kirkouk, après la prière marquant le début de l'Aïd al-Adha
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17 October: Seven car bombs exploded in Baghdad province, killing at least 24 people and wounding at least 70
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20 October: Dozens killed in bomb attack on Baghdad cafe while at least another 12 died in a spate of bomb attacks on security personnel and government buildings
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24 October: Iraqi journalist Bashar Abdulqader killed in Mosul
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26 October: Bombings in central Iraq that targeted a market, a cafe and the homes of police officers killed 13 people on Friday
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27 October: Ten bombings mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad province killed at least 41 people, while 20 died in bombings and shootings elsewhere in Iraq
November 2013:
5 novembre: Treize personnes, la plupart des membres des forces de sécurité, ont été tuées mardi en Irak
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8 November: Attacks in Iraq, including a double suicide car bombing targeting a military base in Tarmiyah, kill 30 people across the country
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10 novembre: Au moins sept morts dans des violences dans le nord du pays, principalement à Mossoul
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13 November: Violence across Iraq, including bombings against Shiites, kills twenty three people on the eve of rituals
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17 novembre: Au moins 17 morts dans des attaques à Bagdad
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22 November: A truck bomb tore through an outdoor vegetable market in Sadiyah, the deadliest of a series of attacks that killed at least 48 people
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26 novembre: Un attentat suicide à l'entrée d'une base de l'armée au nord de Bagdad a fait au moins 7 morts et 22 blessés
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29 November: Market bombings, attacks across Iraq kill 29 people
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30 November: 52 people dead in throwback to Iraq's sectarian bloodshed
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30 novembre: Sept personnes morts samedi dans de nouvelles attaques qui ont frappé la périphérie de Bagdad et les environs de Mossoul et Touz Khoumartou
December 2013:
7 décembre: Attaques contre des commerces de boissons alcoolisées, 9 morts
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8 December: 35 people killed in wave of Baghdad area bombings
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13 December: Oil workers massacred in Iraqi town of Muqdadiya in al-Qaida-style attack
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15 December: At least 17 people, most of them Shi'ite Muslims, killed in a wave of bombings and shootings across Iraq
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19 December: Suicide bombers, militant attack kill 41 across Iraq
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20 December: Two bombings in a market and another in a cemetery as people buried victims of the first blasts killed at least 11 people in Tuz Khurmatu
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21 December: At least 18 Iraqi military officers were killed in an ambush in the province of Anbar
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25 December: At least 34 people killed in bomb attacks in Christian areas of Baghdad on Wednesday, some by a car bomb exploding near a church after a Christmas service
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30 December: At least 18 people including soldiers were killed in attacks across Iraq on Sunday
2014-present Iraq War:
Iraq War (2014–present)
January 2014:
2 January: Violence in Iraq surged in 2013 to its worst level in five years, fuelled by discontent among the Sunni Arab minority and the civil war in neighbouring Syria
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2 January: Iraqi security forces and armed tribesmen battle al Qaeda-linked jihadist militants who reportedly seized swathes of the two Sunni-majority cities of Fallujah and Ramadi
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3 January: Clashes kill 62 Al Qaeda militants in the Ramadi area
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4 janvier: La ville de Fallouja est passée aux mains des islamistes
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5 janvier: Les autorités irakiennes veulent reprendre la cité de Fallouja à Al-Qaïda
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6 January: Residents are fleeing Fallujah
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13 January: Bomb attacks kill at least 18 in Baghdad and Tuz Khurmatu
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19 January: Attacks across Baghdad, including car bombs at an up-scale shopping mall and near a juvenile detention centre, kill 21 people
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25 January: Shelling against a Shiite Muslim village killed six people on Saturday, including a young boy
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30 January: Baghdad bombs and shooting kill at least 19 people
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31 January: Six suicide bombers burst into a Ministry of Transportation building, took hostages and killed at least 24 people including themselves
February 2014:
5 February: A string of rush-hour bombings has hit Baghdad, killing at least nine people
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13 February: At least 17 civilians and soldiers were killed in bomb attacks across Iraq on Wednesday
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13 February: Sunni Islamists overrun Iraqi town of Sulaiman Pek north of Baghdad after seizing city
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18 February: Bomb blasts in predominantly Shi'ite districts of Baghdad and in Hilla kill at least 49 people
March 2014:
1 March: UN says 703 Iraqis killed and 1,381 wounded in violence in February
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7 March: Shelling in Fallujah and a shooting targeting a local official killed eight people on Friday
April 2014:
2 April: Bombings around Iraq kill eight people ahead of elections
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6 April: An explosion at a booby-trapped house, clashes with militants and roadside bombings killed 21 soldiers in Iraq
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9 April: Six car bombs rocked mainly Shiite-populated areas of Baghdad, killing at least seven people and wounding 30
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15 April: Shelling in Fallujah killed five people and wounded 16, while mortar rounds and twin suicide bombings in Ramadi left one dead and eight wounded and a man was shot dead in the northern province of Kirkuk
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19 April: Two bombs planted on a street full of shoppers in Baghdad have killed four people and wounded eight
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25 April: Explosions at Iraq election rally in Baghdad kill 31 people
May/June 2014:
4 May: As officials count ballots from the general election, more than 30 people killed in 24 hours in Iraq violence
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12 May: Over 41 people were killed and 30 others injured across Iraq in separate attacks that mainly targeted security forces
June 2014:
8 June: A wave of car bombs exploded across Baghdad, killing more than 60 people, and militants stormed Anbar university campus
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2014 Northern Iraq Isis offensive since 5 June
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10 June: Isis insurgents seize control of Iraqi city of Mosul
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11/12 June: 500,000 people flee Iraq's second city of Mosul
after Islamist militants took control and Iraq army capitulates in more cities
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12 June: Isis forces take Tikrit, a day after 35,000 Iraq soldiers reportedly fled an Isis force of 800 in Mosul
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12 June: Iraqi Kurdish forces take Kirkuk after central government's army abandons posts and Isis captured towns
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13 June: Iraq's senior Shi'ite cleric urges followers to fight Sunni militants, who captured two more Iraqi towns
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14 June: Iraqi forces massing in Samarra
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15 June: Series of explosions kills 15 people, wounds 30 in Baghdad
as followers of Shia group heading to Baghdad to join the Iraqi army and fight against Sunni insurgents
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17 June: Residents flee as insurgents take the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar after a two-day battle with security forces
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17 June: Scores of Iraqis killed during battle for provincial capital of Baquba, that also shuts main oil refinery
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19 June: Iraqi forces battle Islamists for control of country's largest refinery Baiji, as 250-300 workers are evacuated
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20 June: Iraqi militants seize Saddam's top chemical weapons facility used to make chemical agents including sarin during the Iran-Iraq war, but any weapons found inside reportedly useless
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21 June: Sunni militants seize Syrian border crossing after killing some 30 Iraqi troops in a day of clashes
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24 June: Islamists launch push to seize Baiji oil refinery as Kerry visits Irbil and Maliki agrees to set up new government by 1 July
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24 June: Iraqi air strikes killed at least 32 people as security forces held off attacks on Haditha and Baiji
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26 June: Iraqi Kurds strengthen their positions while Isis advances
and Maliki insists that any new government must be based on an election he won
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26 June: With USA troops now deployed in Iraq, the Iraqi army is making a push to drive ISIS back from Baghdad and launches aerial assault against ISIS
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28 June: Thousands from a predominantly-Christian town south of Mosul flee from fighting between Isis and Kurdish forces
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28/29 June: Iraqi army makes push to retake Tikrit from Islamists
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claiming Tikrit retaken
July 2014:
4 July: Iraq army reportedly retakes Awja
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6 July: Iranian pilot killed fighting against Sunni Muslim militants in Samarra north of Baghdad
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9 July: The Islamic State extremist group, formerly known as ISIS, has taken control of a vast former chemical weapons facility northwest of Baghdad, where remnants of 2,500 degraded chemical rockets filled decades ago with the deadly nerve agent sarin are stored along with other chemical warfare agents, a threat now played down by the USA, invading Iraq 2003 for alleged threat of weapons of mass destruction
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11 July: Iraq's security forces and allied Shiite militias executed at least 255 Sunni prisoners as they fled a lightning jihadist-led advance last month, Human Rights Watch says
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12 July: Iraq battles assault on the city of Ramadi while the Kurds claim disputed oilfields
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18 July: The escalating violence in Iraq has killed more than 5,500 civilians over the first six months of 2014, UN says
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19 July: Baghdad bombings kill dozens
August 2014:
6 August: Kurds, Islamic State clash near Kurdish regional capital Arbil
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8 August: USA's Barack Obama orders air strikes against IS terrorists in northern Iraq, humanitarian aid drops to threatened people
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9 August: USA forces bomb IS/Isis militant positions targeting frontlines around Kurdish capital of Irbil, food for civilians dropped on Mount Sinjar to help encircled refugees
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10 August: Obama warns of long campaign as Iraq strikes continue against Isis, as minorities flee Islamist onslaught and British planes join relief effort
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10 August: Aided by USA air strikes, Peshmerga forces liberate Zamar, Makhmour
and al-Gweir areas northern Mosul, near Irbil
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11 August: USA conducts fourth food, water drop for civilians besieged by jihadists
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12 August: USA urges Abadi to form new government swiftly as fears grow for the besieged Yazidi community and the resistance movement against IS depends on solidarity and inclusion
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13 August: As UN's Ban Ki-moon urges countries to do more for threatened civilians in Iraq, USA sends more 130 troops to support the resistance in the Irbil area<
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14 August: USA team in Iraq assesses that there are far fewer Yazidis on Mount Sinjar than feared
adding that the USA will continue to provide humanitarian assistance
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14 August: Thousands of Iraqi refugees reportedly 'still at risk' despite ending of Mount Sinjar siege, as hundreds of thousands driven from their homes by IS terrorists
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15 August: IS militants reportedly murdered some 80 Yazidis in a village in Iraq's north
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17 August: As part of a joint Iraq-USA plan, USA air strikes targeting Islamic State militants near Iraq's Mosul dam
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17/18 August: Key facility retaken by Kurdish forces after major campaign of
USA airstrikes near Mosul Dam began
September/October 2014:
11 September: Obama announces expansion of USA campaign against terrorist 'Islamic State' in Iraq and Syria
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12 September 2014: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Gulf states
agree to join USA-led military campaign against Islamic State terror group
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16 September: USA begins expanded air strikes on Islamic State in Iraq
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30 September/1 October: Retaking lost ground in August, Iraqi Kurdish forces capture a strategic border crossing and several villages from Islamic State terrorists
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with new signs of cooperation in the border region of northern Iraq
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1 October: As Australia sends two unarmed planes to support USA air strikes in Iraq, British jets bomb Islamic State for first time
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11/12 October: At least 45 people killed in bombings in Baghdad and its rural outskirts as the government continues to fight against jihadists
and USA defense secretary says Iraqi forces are in full control of Baghdad
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12 October: Islamic State suicide bombers kill 28 Kurds in an attack on a Kurdish security headquarters and a provincial police chief
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14 October: Rights group accuses Iraqi government of supporting and arming groups of Shiite fighters carrying out kidnappings and killings against Sunni civilians in response to Islamic State
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16 October: Islamic State terrorists target Baghdad with deadly wave of car bombs and mortar attacks
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20 October: After seizing two Kurdish villages, Islamic State terrorists reportedly advanced on the Iraqi town of Qara Tappa disguised as Kurdish peshmerga fighters, new deadly attacks in Bagdad and Kerbala
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24 October: Iraqi forces must be trained, armed and ready before major advances, USA says
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25 October: Kurdish regional forces retook the northern Iraqi town of Zumar and several nearby villages
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26 October: Iraq government forces and militias take control of strategic town of Jurf al-Sakhar south of Baghdad, breaking the grip of Islamic State terrorists after months of fighting
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28 October: As a car bomb kills at least eight people in Baghdad and a suicide bombing left dead at least 14 pro-government fighters south of the capital, the US-led coalition carries out fresh air strikes against terrorists in Iraq and Syria
November/December 2014:
2 November: Islamic State terrorists executed 67 people from a pro-government Sunni tribe in the western Iraqi province of Anbar
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27 November: Iraqi forces backed by tribesmen hold off 'Islamic State' attack on Ramadi
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28 November: New series of USA military air strikes hit 'Islamic State' in Iraq and Syria
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4 December: 'Islamic State' cedes little ground despite coalition's air attacks
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17 December: Iraqi Kurdish forces launch offensive to retake 'Islamic State' held areas
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18 December: Iraqi Kurds backed by USA air strikes reportedly free 'vast area' of Mt Sinjar freeing trapped Yazidis
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21 December: Iraq Kurds deliver aid to Mt Sinjar, expand their offensive against 'Islamic State'
and push its militants out of a large area around Mt Sinjar, backed by USA-led air strikes
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28 December: Hundreds of executions by 'Islamic State', also killing its own members, in Syria reported, as Iranian general killed by sniper bullet in embattled Iraqi city
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29 December: Iraqi forces launch offensive on 'Islamic State' in Dhuluiyah
2015:
1 February: Iraq Kurdish forces retake oil field, villages in Kirkuk province from 'Islamic State' terrorists, freeing also 24 workers who had been taken captive
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8 February: At least 40 people killed in Baghdad bombings as decade-old nightly curfew ends, 'Islamic State' claims responsibility for one attack
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9 February: At least 13 civilians killed in a suicide bombing at a security checkpoint in western Baghdad's Shi'ite neighborhood of Kadhamiya
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14 February: Sunni tribal leader and seven others killed in Baghdad ambush
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20 February: Expected operation to retake Mosul from 'Islamic State' terrorists will likely begin in April or May
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24 February: Wave of bombings around Baghdad kills 28 people
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26 February: A USA-led coalition air strike near the Iraqi border town of Al-Qaim reportedly killed at least 17 'Islamic State' terrorists and nine civilians overnight
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28 February: Kurdish fighters rout 'Islamic State' terrorists from Tel Hamees in Syria’s northeastern Hassakeh region near Iraq
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28 February: Iraq bombs kill dozens in attacks north of Baghdad
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2 March: Iraqi forces begin assault on 'Islamic State' stronghold Tikrit
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3 March: USA-led coalition conducts more airstrikes on 'Islamic State' targets in Syria and Iraq
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as at least four Shi’ite militias will help try to liberate Mosul
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6 March: Islamic State terrorists 'bulldozed' ancient city of Nimrud, Iraqi ministry says
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9 March: Backed by coalition airstrikes, Kurdish forces attack 'Islamic State' terrorists around Kirkuk
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12 March: Iraqi forces enter 'Islamic State' held Tikrit after 10-day push
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14 March: Evidence that IS used chemical weapons, Iraqi Kurds say
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22 March: Iraqi Sunnis accuse Shi'ite paramilitaries of burning homes outside Tikrit
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1 April: Iraq's defense ministry declares 'magnificent victory' over Islamic State terrorists in Tikrit
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4 April: Shi'ite fighters leave Tikrit under government deal after looting
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14 April: A car bomb in a commercial area in Mahmoudiyah south of Baghdad killed at least seven civilians and wounded 13 others
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16 April: IS terrorists clash with security forces inside Iraq's largest refinery in Anbar province
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18 April: Iraqi forces reportedly retake most of Baiji refinery
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19 April: More than 90,000 people fleeing violence in Iraq's Anbar province as bombings and mortar fire targeting public places kill 14 people around the capital Baghdad, UN says
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28 April: 3 car bombs on busy streets and marketplaces in Baghdad kill at least 19 people, a day after a wave of bombings hit the capital
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1 May: Five car bombs exploded across Baghdad on Thursday evening, killing at least 17 people
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14 May 2015: Five members of one family, including a pregnant woman and girl aged eight, died in Fadhiliya in suspected USA-led air strike, as other victims of the anti-IS air campaign may go unrecorded
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18 May: Ramadi falls to IS terrorists after Iraq military forces have fled abandoning their weapons, dozens of army vehicles and Iraqi PM's calls for reinforcement
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18 May: About 500 people — both civilians and Iraqi soldiers — are estimated to have been killed and thousands fled as Ramadi fell to the IS terrorists
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24 May: Iraqi forces regain ground from Islamic State terrorists east of Ramadi
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29 May: Bombings targeting two top hotels in Baghdad kill 15 people, with another 42 wounded
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4 June: UN appeals for half a billion dollars in international aid to help tackle worsening humanitarian crisis in Iraq triggered by the conflict with Islamic State
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10 June: USA's Obama weighs sending several hundred more USA troops to Iraq
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11 June: USA's expanded military campaign will set up a new base in Anbar Province to advise Iraqi forces on how to plan and organize operations and help them reach out to Sunni tribes and bring them into the battle
12 June 2015 - present 'Battle of Mosul', offensive launched by the Iraqi government and Kurdish forces against 'Islamic State' terrorists
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15 June: Seventeen people killed in battles between 'Islamic State' terrorists and pro-government forces near Iraq's Baiji refinery
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6 July: Heavy fighting as Iraqi Shi'ite fighters and army troops try to surround Falluja
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13 July: Baghdad bombings in Shia Muslim neighbourhoods and blamed on 'Islamic State' terrorists, reportedly kill at least 21 and wound 62 during Ramadan
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13 July: Iraq says operation to retake the country's largest province Anbar from 'Islamic State' underway
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14 July 2015: Iraq conflict leaves nearly 15,000 civilians dead over last 16 months, as UN report estimates death toll is in addition to 30,000 wounded and multiple gross human rights abuses
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18 July: A car bomb claimed by 'Islamic State' terrorists killed at least 80 people including children in a busy market in Iraqi town of Khan Bani Saad
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about 20 miles northeast of Baghdad, while Muslims were celebrating
end of Ramadan
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22 July: At least 32 people killed in bomb attacks across Iraq, the deadliest incident in northeastern Baghdad
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11 August: Three explosions, two of them suicide bombings, killed at least 33 people near Baquba, the capital of Iraq's eastern province of Diyala
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13 August: 'Islamic State' terrorists' truck bomb attack in the Iraqi capital's Jameela market kills 58 people also wounding at least 89
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16 August: A series of bombings across Baghdad have killed at least 24 people on August 15
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26 August: Kurds launch new assault on 'Islamic State' terrorists in northern Iraq
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30 September 2015: Kurds take ground from Islamic State terrorists in north Iraq, driving them out of several villages near the oil city of Kirkuk
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10 October: Iraq says forces advancing in several areas north and west of Ramadi
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17 October: Iraqi forces in huge anti-terrorist push in Baiji as part of their biggest advance against the Islamic State
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22 October: In a raid by Kurdish troops and USA special forces in northern Iraq nearly 70 hostages facing 'imminent mass execution' have been rescued from an Islamic State terrorists' jail, also leading to the first USA combat death since 2011
November/December 2015:
November 2015 Sinjar offensive of Kurdish Peshmerga forces to recapture the city of Sinjar from the Islamic State terrorists
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12 November: Kurdish forces launch an extensive push to retake Sinjar city in northern Iraq, 15 months after it was seized by Islamic State terrorists
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13 November: Kurdish forces seize Iraq's Sinjar town from IS terrorists
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22 décembre: L'armée irakienne est entrée dans le centre de
Ramadi
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27 décembre: Les forces kurdes ont arrêté et tué plusieurs membres du groupe Etat islamique à Riyadh en Irak
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28 December: Iraqi forces seize key base in Ramadi from 'Islamic State' terrorists
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29 December: Iraq's army will need Kurdish fighters' help to retake Mosul, Iraqi Finance Minister Zebari says, adding that its liberation would mark the end of the caliphate proclaimed by the 'Islamic State' terrorists
2016:
4 January 2016: At least two Sunni Muslim mosques have been attacked in Iraq in apparent retaliation for the execution of a Shi'ite cleric in Saudi Arabia
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11 January 2016: Dozens dead in spate of attacks by 'Islamic State' terrorists suicide bombers and gunmen in Iraq
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19 janvier: L'Etat islamique continue à mener des actes qui pourraient constituer des crimes de guerre, contre l'humanité et potentiellement un génocide, selon un rapport de l'ONU, qui cible aussi des violations de tous les autres acteurs
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22 January 2016: Kurds and Shias face off over Kirkuk in vacuum left by Iraqi army
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28 February: Bombings claimed by the Islamic State terrorists killed at least 33 and wounded at least 79 people in a Shiite area of Baghdad on Sunday
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6 March: Devastating busy checkpoint crowded with traffic in Hilla, 'Islamic State' terrorists' truck bomb kills 47 people south of Baghdad
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25 mars 2016: Double offensive à Palmyre et Mossoul contre le groupe Etat islamique
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25 March: Suspected 'Islamic State' suicide bomber kills 29 at football match in Iskanderiyah near Baghdad, as Iraqi forces recapture territory in western and northern provinces
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11 mai 2016: Au moins 34 personnes ont été tuées et une cinquantaine blessées mercredi dans un attentat à la voiture piégée ayant visé un marché à Bagdad
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15 May: Bomb attacks against a state-run cooking gas factory in Baghdad's northern outskirts on Sunday killed at least 11 people, including policemen, and wounded 21 others
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17 May: Two bombs went off in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 13 people and wounding more than 40
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24 mai: Les forces irakiennes poursuivaient leur vaste offensive pour reprendre la ville de Fallouja au groupe Etat islamique, une bataille qui met la population civile en grave danger
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29 May: Fears for civilians trapped inside Fallujah and in northern Syrian Islamic State terrorists' areas
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29 May: Servicemen from the USA-led coalition are assisting Kurdish Peshmerga forces in a new offensive in Iraq that aims to retake a handful of villages from Islamic State terrorists east of their Mosul stronghold
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30 May: Iraqi army enters Falluja in attempt to drive out Islamic State terrorists
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5 juin: Les forces irakiennes impliquées dans les opérations pour la reprise de Fallouja au groupe terroriste Etat islamique ont découvert dimanche une fosse commune qui contiendrait des centaines de corps
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9 June 2016: Two separate terror attacks targeting commercial street and army checkpoint in Baghdad kill at least 22 and wound more than 70
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12 June: Iraqi forces gain ground against Islamic State terrorists south of Mosul
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17 June: Iraqi forces reportedly seized a tactically significant district in the embattled city of Falluja
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26 June 2016: Iraqi forces recaptured the last remaining district held by Islamic State terrorists in Falluja on Sunday, declaring the battle complete
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3 July 2016: At least 83 people were killed and 176 wounded in two separate bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital early Sunday, as one blast targets busy shopping center in Karada, killing 78 and wounding scores
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claimed by Islamic State terrorists
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8 July 2016: Islamic State terrorists claim a triple suicide attack on Thursday evening near a Shia mausoleum north of Baghdad that killed at least 35 people and wounded 60 others
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9 July: Shia militias rule after battle to free Falluja, a city of ghosts and graffiti and a uncertain future for the people
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24 July: A suicide bomber struck near a checkpoint in a Shiite area of northern Baghdad, killing at least 12 and wounding at least 22 people
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25 juillet: Un attentat-suicide à la voiture piégée a fait au moins 12 morts et 37 blessés lundi matin à l'entrée de la ville de Khales au nord-est de Bagdad
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31 July: Thousands are fleeing Shirqat controlled by Islamic State terrorists, as Iraqi forces eye the northern Iraqi town, one of the last steps before Mosul
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14 August: Kurdish peshmerga forces in fresh push to recapture Mosul from Islamic State terrorists
October 2016:
Since October 2016
Battle of Mosul
, a joint offensive by Iraqi forces with allied militias, Kurdish Peshmerga of Iraqi Kurdistan, and international forces to retake the city of Mosul from Islamic State terrorists
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following March-September 2016 Mosul offensive against the the so-called Islamic State in the region in a joint effort by Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga, limited USA ground forces, and USA and allied air support
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14/15 October 2016: Iraqi and Kurdish forces are finalising plans to attack the last urban stronghold Mosul of Islamic State terrorists in Iraq, which after a month-long buildup is now largely surrounded by a 60,000-strong force
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as terrorists have banned civilians from leaving the city, setting up checkpoints on roads out and blowing up the homes of those who do flee as punishment and to deter others
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15 octobre: Au moins 27 fidèles chiites, qui étaient rassemblés pour la fête de l'Achoura dans le quartier d'Al Chaab, dans le nord de la capitale irakienne, ont été tués dans un attentat-suicide revendiqé par 'l'Etat islamique'
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17 October 2016: Iraqi and Kurdish forces launch assault on Mosul, which has been in the hands of Islamic State terrorists since 2014
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19 October: Mosul residents who have fled Islamic State say a homegrown resistance, raised over the past six months, has made plans to launch coordinated attacks against the group as Iraqi and Kurdish forces close in
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20 October: After 'Islamic State' terrorist leaders reportedly have begun to flee Mosul, Iraqi army, special forces and Kurdish peshmerga launch 'large-scale' operation to retake Mosul
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21 October: Islamic State terrorists launch a commando raid on Kirkuk as concerns mount over fate of civilians in Mosul
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22 October: Nearly 1,000 people have been treated for breathing problems linked to toxic gases from a sulphur plant which Islamic State terrorists are suspected to have set on fire near the city of Mosul
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28 octobre: Au moins 232 personnes ont été exécutées par le groupe Etat Islamique il y a quelques jours, près de Mossoul, alors que les troupes irakiennes s'approchaient de cette ville, selon l'ONU
November/December 2016:
2 November 2016: Iraqi special forces are holding their positions in Mosul a day after entering the Islamic State-held city for the first time since 2014
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2 November: Mosul civilians flee heavy fighting and Islamic State terrorists
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4 November: Heavy fighting in Mosul as Iraqi forces launch assault
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7 November 2016: Peshmerga liberate Bashiqa
in the joint offensive to liberate Mosul and its countryside
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12 November 2016: As Iraqi troops battle IS terrorists in Mosul, UN reports terrorists's executions, over 47,000 displaced people, and USA-backed forces in Syria advance on jihadist bastion of Raqqa
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15 November 2016: In cleared areas of Mosul, Iraqi troops struggle to provide civilians with food
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24 November 2016: Dozens of people, many of them Iranian Shia pilgrims, have been killed by a suicide bombing claimed by Islamic State terrorists near the Iraqi city of Hilla, 60 miles south of Baghdad
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21 décembre 2016: Des combattants du groupe Etat islamique ont 'délibérément' attaqué des civils refusant de leur servir de 'boucliers humains' dans leur fuite face aux forces irakiennes à Mossoul
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29 December: Iraqi troops resume push to take Mosul from Isis after two-week lull
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31 December 2016: Two bombs explode in a busy market area in Baghdad's central al-Sinek neighborhood on Saturday, killing at least 18 people and wounding dozens
January/February 2017:
2 January 2017: Baghdad car bomb attack leaves at least 16 dead
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8 janvier 2017: Au moins 13 personnes ont été tuées et une cinquantaine blessées dans un attentat-suicide à Bagdad, revendiqué par l'EI
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19 janvier 2017: En retrait en Irak et en Syrie, le groupe djihadiste Etat islamique a perdu 23% de son territoire en 2016 et voit sa cohésion menacée
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19 February 2017: Iraq forces launch operation to retake west Mosul
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21 février: Les forces armées resserrent l'étau à Mossoul
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25 février: Les troupes irakiennes avancent dans Mossoul
March/April 2017:
4 March 2017: Thousands flee Iraq’s Mosul overnight, as fighting rages on to recapture it from Islamic State terrorists
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4 March 2017: UN raises fears of chemical attack in Mosul as patients exhibit 'severe signs associated with exposure to a blister agent'
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8 mars 2017: L'EI recule encore en Syrie et à Mossoul
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14 mars 2017: Les forces irakiennes progressent près de la Vieille ville de Mossoul
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24 March 2017: For almost a week desperate neighbours had scraped through the rubble, searching for shouting children and as many as 130 people who lay buried after three homes in a west Mosul suburb were destroyed by coalition airstrikes, raising fresh questions about USA rules of engagement
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25 March 2017: Iraq suspends Mosul offensive after USA-led coalition airstrike
atrocity
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28 March 2017: Residents in Mosul were instructed not to leave their homes ahead of airstrikes last week that are reported to have killed more than 150 civilians, rights group says
May/June 2017:
30 May 2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at a popular Baghdad ice cream shop killing 15 people and wounding 24
and claimed by 'Islamic State' terrorists
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30 mai 2017: Les forces irakiennes continuant de progresser dans l'ouest de Mossoul où quelque 200.000 civils piégés sont en grand danger selon l'ONU
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4 June 2017: Isil has surrendered the key town of Baaj in north-west Iraq, a known hideout of the terrorist group’s leader which had been under Islamist militants’ control throughout 14 years of war and insurgency
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13 June 2017: Contaminated food supplied by a UK charity has made hundreds of people severely ill at a camp for Iraqi civilians who have fled Islamic State terrorists and fighting in Mosul
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18 June 2017: Iraqi troops move into Mosul’s Old City, last Islamic State stronghold, as UN says over 100,000 civilians are trapped in battle zone, where terror group is using them as human shields
July/August 2017:
9 July 2017: After thousands of civilians have been killed in the battle for Mosul and after almost one million people have been displaced
in nearly nine months of bitter fighting to defeat the terrorist group in the city where it proclaimed its 'caliphate' in 2014, Iraq’s PM Haider al-Abadi declares victory over 'Islamic State' in devastated Mosul
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20 August 2017: Iraq begins battle to retake Tal Afar, Islamic State terrorists' bastion near Mosul
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27 août 2017: Forcés de fuir, les habitants de Tal Afar reviennent chez eux après la reprise de la ville
September/October 2017:
15 September 2017: More than 80 people dead after militants use car bombs and suicide vests to target checkpoint and restaurants near Nasiriyah
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5 October 2017: Iraqi army says it has recaptured Hawija, one of last Isis enclaves
October 2017 Battle of Kirkuk:
October 2017 Battle of Kirkuk, Iraqi offensive to retake Kirkuk Governorate from the Kurdish Regional Government
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13 October 2017: Kurdish and Iraqi government forces have squared off south of Kirkuk rushing troops and armour to the oil-rich city, two weeks after the country’s Kurds voted for independence from Baghdad and after Baghdad government forces, that failed to resist Islamic State terrorists 2013-2016, took positions on the city’s approaches, prompting fears of fresh violence in one of the most bitterly contested corners of Iraq
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16 October 2017: Iraqi federal troops have seized several parts of the disputed Kurdish-controlled province of Kirkuk, as Kurds claim Iraqi troops 'burnt houses and killed many' in battle for oil-rich Kirkuk
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supported by the Iranian-backed mainly Shiite Hashd al-Shaabi
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16 October 2017: USA military rushes to defuse looming crisis in Kirkuk after Iraqi army advances
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17 October 2017: Iraqi forces and Shia-led militia drive Kurdish fighters out of town of Sinjar
October 2017 recapture of Raqqa:
17 October 2017: Syrian Democratic Forces recapture Raqqa after gruelling four-month battle for de facto Isis capital
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18 October 2017: As Raqqa falls and Islamic State's caliphate is now on its last legs, underlying factors that fueled its rise in Iraq, Syria remain, and USA left picking up pieces of a shattered Middle East
October 2017:
26 October 2017: Iraq forces assault last IS bastion, advance on Kurds, as the autonomous Kurdish regional governmen says Iraqi forces and Iranian-backed PMF are shelling peshmerga positions, using heavy artillery
January 2018:
15 January 2018: A double suicide bombing killed 26 people in Baghdad targeting day laborers
in bustling Tayyaran Square on Monday, the second such attack in three days
February 2018:
9 février 2018: Human Rights Watch a accusé vendredi les forces de sécurité kurdes irakiennes d'avoir commis 'un crime de guerre' en 2017 en procédant à des 'exécutions massives' de présumés membres du groupe État islamique qu'elles détenaient
Economy of Iraq:
Economy of Iraq
- main industries are petroleum, chemicals, textiles, leather, construction materials, food processing, fertilizer, metal fabrication/processing
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Companies of Iraq by industry
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List of companies of Iraq
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Government-owned companies of Iraq
Energy and oil industry in Iraq:
Energy and oil industry
in Iraq
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Oil fields of Iraq
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Baba Gurgur (Kurdish Babagurgur) near the city of Kirkuk
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Majnoon oil field, Basra governorate in southern Iraq
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Rumaila oil field, 32 km from the Kuwaiti border
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West Qurna Field, near Basra
Oil and gas companies of Iraq:
Oil and gas companies of Iraq
2012:
30 mai 2012: Contrats d'exploration de sites pétroliers et gaziers mis aux enchères
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21 July 2012: Blast shuts down Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline
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16. August 2012: Der Irak mit einer täglichen Erdölproduktion von 3,2 Mio. Fass, die zweitgrösste Fördermenge innerhalb der Opec
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14 November 2012: Iraq investment concerns remain
August 2018:
27 August 2018: Oil flows freely but corruption fuels growing anger, as those calling for an end to a 'rotten system’ risk detention and death
Electricity sector in Iraq:
Electricity sector in Iraq - as of January 2016, the output of electricity sector in Iraq averages 13,000 MW, while the demand is 21,000 MW, lack of electricity tends to affect more severely the most vulnerable groups of Iraq’s society and increases their morbidity and mortality
2016:
25 January 2016: Though Iraq is a major OPEC oil producer, the country faces chronic electricity shortages, with its fragile grid struggling meet demand after decades of war, sanctions and neglect, now agreeing a $328.8 million deal with USA's General Electric to boost electricity production starting in 2017
Hydroelectric power stations in Iraq:
Hydroelectric power stations in Iraq
Agriculture in Iraq:
Agriculture in Iraq
, despite its abundant land and water resources, Iraq is a net food importer - in 2004 the main agricultural crops were wheat, barley, corn, rice, vegetables, dates, and cotton, and the main livestock outputs were cattle and sheep
Since 2008/2009 Green Mada'in Association for Agricultural Development
Mesopotamian Marshes, Central, Hawizeh and Hammar Marshes:
Mesopotamian Marshes
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Draining of the Mesopotamian Marshes
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Central or Qurna Marshes, a large complex of wetlands in Iraq that were part of the Tigris-Euphrates river system, along with the Hawizeh and Hammar Marshes
Water in Iraq:
Water in Iraq
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List of rivers of Iraq
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Dams in Iraq
Tigris–Euphrates river system:
Tigris–Euphrates river system - the Tigris and Euphrates with their tributaries form a major system in Western Asia, from sources in the Taurus mountains of eastern Turkey they flow by/through Syria through Iraq into the Persian Gulf
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Euphrates river
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Tigris, the eastern member of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates
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Shatt al-Arab of some 200 km in length, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris in the town of al-Qurnah in the Basra Governorate of southern Iraq
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Dams in the Tigris–Euphrates river system
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Dams in the Euphrates River basin
Water supply and sanitation in Iraq:
Water supply and sanitation in Iraq, characterized by poor water and service quality, combined with limited environmental awareness three decades of war have destroyed Iraq's water resources management system
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Ministry of Water Resources in Iraq
2012/2013:
20 July 2012: Farmer in south Iraq commits suicide over lack of water which has forced hundreds of families to abandon their homes in recent years
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12 February 2013: A large loss of fresh water reserves in the Tigris and Euphrates river basins since 2003 detected
March 2020 water scarcity is changing south Iraq:
19 March 2020: Water scarcity is changing south Iraq, as researchers find people are being forced from their homes because poor water supplies are leaving families unable to sustain themselves through agriculture
Tourism in Iraq:
Tourism in Iraq
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Visitor attractions in Iraq
World Heritage and archaeological sites in Iraq:
World Heritage Sites in Iraq
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Archaeological sites in Iraq
7 March 2015: Widespread outrage after 'Islamic State' bulldozes ancient Iraq city of Nimrud founded in the 13th century BC
Banking and financial services in Iraq:
Banking in Iraq
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Central Bank of Iraq
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Trade Bank of Iraq
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Industrial Bank of Iraq
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Agricultural Cooperative Bank of Iraq
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Iraq Stock Exchange
Infrastructure and investment in post-invasion Iraq:
Infrastructure of Iraq
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Reconstruction of Iraq
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Economic reform of Iraq since 2003
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Investment in post-invasion Iraq
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Development Fund for Iraq
External trade of Iraq:
External trade of Iraq
Unemployment in Iraq:
2015: Almost seven million Iraqis, 23% of the total population, live in poverty, rising from 7% in 1990, youth unemployment rate is 30% double the national average of 15%, far from the target of 4% in 2015 and Iraq's economy is unable to produce enough jobs to employ the 450,000 Iraqis entering the labour force each year
Poverty in Iraq:
6 July 2013: Poverty in Iraq - 95% of its exports are from oil, but like other resource-rich countries this abundance of profit potential has not translated to a higher standard of living for the average Iraqi citizen, economic progress and social development has been hindered by ethnosectarian violence, severe setbacks in infrastructure, and poor educational quality
2015/2016:
2 October 2015: Poverty in Iraq grows as budgets squeezed by war with Islamic State terrorists and as more shanty towns are appearing across Baghdad, adding a wave of refugees to those already living in dire poverty
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25 April 2016: Facing poverty and unemployment not being adressed by the authorities, Iraqi families sell organs to overcome poverty as gangs are offering up to $10,000 for a kidney increasingly targeting the country’s poor
Military of Iraq and budget:
Iraqi Armed Forces
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List of current equipment of the Iraqi Army
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Aircraft inventory
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Navy equipment
Military budget
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2012 military budget rank 35
2013:
30 December 2013: Iraq's security forces face rising criticism that, with violence at the highest level in years, their heavy-handed tactics and alleged abuses do more harm than good
Politics of Iraq:
Politics of Iraq
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Demographics of Iraq
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Political parties in Iraq
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Trade unions in Iraq
Iraqi budget:
2 March 2013: Rafi al-Issawi will be first senior Sunni member to leave cabinet after months of anti-government protests, further intensifying the country's political crisis nearly a decade after the USA-led invasion
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7 March 2013: Iraq's parliament approved a $118.6 billion national budget
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31 January 2016: Iraq needs US$1.56 billion this year to finance its emergency response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the war against Islamic State terrorists, after the conflict has displaced more than 3.3 million people since 2014, according to a government report
Elections in Iraq:
Elections in Iraq
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Iraqi governorate elections 20 April 2013
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20 April 2013: Iraq votes in test of stability as violence spikes
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21 April: Turnout for the provincial vote about 51 percent, but 14 candidates were killed in attacks ahead of the polls and a third of Iraq's provinces not voting due to security concerns and political disputes
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4 May: Iraq PM's group wins largest bloc in several areas
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Iraqi Kurdistan legislative election 21 September 2013
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21 September 2013: Iraq's Kurds vote amid rows, regional tensions
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28 September: Iraq president's party falls to third in Kurdish polls, with 95 percent of votes counted the KDP was first with 719,004 votes, the opposition Goran movement second with 446,095, and the PUK third with 323,867
Federal government and politics in Iraq:
Federal government of Iraq
2011:
18 December 2011: Political crisis in Iraq as US withdraws
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20 December: Iraq issues arrest warrant for vice-president
2012:
10 September 2012: Fugitive Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi found guilty in absentia of running death squads and is sentenced to death
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10 September: Iraq vice-president rejects death sentence, dismissing verdict as 'politically motivated'
2013:
2 March 2013: Rafi al-Issawi will be first senior Sunni member to leave cabinet after months of anti-government protests, further intensifying the country's political crisis nearly a decade after the US-led invasion
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7 March 2013: Iraq's parliament approved a $118.6 billion national budget
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5 November 2013: The Iraqi government has announced that the parliamentary elections will be held on April 30, 2014
December 2013:
8 December: Two long-time parliamentary allies are distancing themselves from Iraqi PM al-Maliki ahead of April elections, accusing him of a deeply flawed security policy and nepotism
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28 décembre: Les forces de sécurité ont arrêté à l'ouest de Bagdad un député sunnite connu pour son soutien aux manifestants anti-gouvernement, au prix d'un raid ayant coûté la vie à son frère et à cinq gardes
April 2014:
11 April 2014: Iraqis go to the polls as extremism and violence rage
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27 April: In the first national election since USA troops left in 2011 and amid deepening sectarian divisions
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Iraqis will vote on Wednesday
30 April 2014 Iraqi parliamentary election:
Iraqi parliamentary election 30 April 2014
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30 April: Iraqis stream to voting centres nationwide with a long list of grievances, ranging from poor public services to rampant corruption, high unemployment, and a deterioration in security
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30 April: Around 60 percent turnout in Iraq election, commission says
July 2014:
1 July: Iraqi parliament session collapses amid political standoff
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2 July: Control of rivers and dams reportedly has become a major tactical weapon for Isis and water supply one key to outcome of conflicts in Iraq and Syria
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8 July: Iraq’s new parliament postponed its next session for five weeks, extending the country’s political paralysis in the face of Sunni Islamist aggression
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10 July: Kurdish ministers boycott Iraqi cabinet meetings in response to prime minister Nouri al-Maliki's branding of Kurdish capital Irbil as haven for Isis militants
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16 July: Iraq's parliament elects new speaker al-Jabouri as Iraqi forces withdraw from Tikrit after heavy resistance
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25 July: USA congratulates Iraq on electing new president Fuad Masum, urging him to form a 'cohesive government' to help fight Islamic militants
August 2014:
10 August: Iraq parliament adjourns for 9 days with lawmakers unable to agree on a nominee for the post of PM
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11 August: USA stresses support for Iraq president after embattled PM al-Maliki accused him of violating the constitution
and fears of coup in Baghdad
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12 August: Coalition of Shia parties nominate Haider al-Abadi to replace defiant Maliki as PM in bid to end Baghdad deadlock
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15 August: Iraq PM al-Maliki steps aside
December 2014:
1/2 December: After Iraqi government investigation has found 50,000 'ghost soldiers' on army payroll
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Iraq PM sacks 24 senior officials announcing to tackle corruption
2015:
9 August 2015: In the face of mass protests against power cuts, corruption and bad government, Iraq’s cabinet approves wide-ranging reform plan that would abolish the three vice-presidential posts as well as the office of deputy PM in order to slash spending and improve its performance
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17 August: Iraq's parliament endorses a report calling for the trial of former PM Nuri al-Maliki and dozens of other top officials in connection with the fall of the northern city of Mosul to 'Islamic State' terrorists last year
2016:
16 April 2016: Iraqi government is teetering on the edge of collapse as PM Abadi tries to reshuffle his cabinet and rid the country of corruption, while members of Parliament continue to protest his efforts to appoint new leaders, calling for his ousting, and while Shiite clerics are pressuring Abadi to press forward with his reform movement
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30 April 2016: State of emergency declared in Baghdad after supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who demands to end corruption and political and sectarian quotas, stormed the Green Zone and entered the parliament building
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6 July 2016: Iraq’s interior minister Ghabban has resigned saying a deputy would take over his responsibilities, a few days after the deadliest of many car bombings in Baghdad since the Iraq war
May 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election:
12 May 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election
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13 May 2018: Updates in first Iraqi election since IS terrorists defeat
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as turnout was 44.52% with 92% of votes counted
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14 May 2018: With 95% of the votes counted in 10 of Iraq’s 18 provinces
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Iraq’s Sadr supporters gathered in Tahrir Square in Baghdad to celebrate and chanted against Iran and corruption and in support of the independence of the Iraqi decision, saying 'Iran is out, Baghdad remains free'
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19 May 2018: According to official results the political coalition led by Muqtada al-Sadr won the most seats in Iraq's national parliamentary elections, after Sadr led insurgencies against USA-led forces following the ouster of Saddam Hussein and is against Iranian and USA's influence in Iraq
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20 May 2018: Iraq’s election winner al-Sadr promises reforms but is constrained by the expansionist Iranian regime
June 2018:
10 juin 2018: Le Conseil judiciaire suprême irakien a chargé dimanche un groupe de magistrats de remplacer la commission électorale pour le recomptage des votes
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11 June 2018: Iraq election ballot warehouse catches fire in Baghdad ahead of recount
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12 June 2018: Manual recount of Iraq election expected to begin this week
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13 June 2018: Nationalist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced a surprise political alliance with pro-Iranian Hadi al-Amiri in a bid to lead Iraq over the next four years
September/October 2018:
15 September 2018: Iraq parliament elects nominee of pro-Iran list as speaker
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3 October 2018: Kurdish moderate Barham Saleh elected Iraq president in a parliamentary vote
26 December 2018:
26 December 2018: Both main blocs of Iraqi parliamentarians expressed outrage over Trump's unannounced visit to al-Asad Airbase in western Iraq, his first visit to troops in a war zone, and his vow that troops would remain in Iraq, saying Trump should not be allowed to arrive 'as if Iraq is a state of the United States'
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and calling for a vote to expel USA troops
4 October 2019 government admits 'legitimate demands' but kills protesters:
4 October 2019: After riot police have fired live rounds and tear gas every day to disperse protesters, leaving 33 people dead and hundreds wounded, Iraq’s premier Abdul-Mahdi said their 'legitimate demands' have been heard, now pledging to work on laws granting poor families a basic income and fight corruption
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4 October 2019: Police shot at a group of protesters in Baghdad on Friday after three deadly days of anti-government protest that left 44 dead and after authorities cut internet access in a desperate move to curb the rallies
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4 October 2019: Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani criticized the government, as well as the leaders of the two biggest parliament blocs, saying they failed to fulfill their promises to the people, calling on political leaders to take 'practical and clear steps' toward combatting corruption and on the government to 'carry out its duty' to diminish people’s suffering
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4 October 2019: Iraqi police open fire on protesters in Baghdad on fourth day of unrest
7 October 2019 Iraq military admits 'excessive force':
7 October 2019: Iraq military admits 'excessive force' used in deadly protests, after more than 100 people have been killed and over 6,000 wounded during a week of clashes, and after responsible PM Abdel Mahdi had insisted security forces were acting
'within international standards' in dealing with demonstrations
9 November 2019 Iraqi regime's violence:
9 novembre 2019: Les forces de sécurité ont chassé samedi les manifestants antigouvernementaux de plusieurs de leurs campements en Irak, après un accord politique qui prévoit le maintien du pouvoir en place quitte à recourir à la force pour en finir avec la contestation
11 November 2019 UN and AI condemn regime's violence:
11 November 2019: As Amnesty International said Iraq’s crackdown on anti-government protests has descended into a 'bloodbath', UN mission in Iraq proposes roadmap for ending upheaval, calling for release of jailed protesters, urging government to adopt electoral reform and series of anti-corruption measures
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and USA urges early Iraq elections
29 November 2019 Iraqi PM says he will resign:
29 November 2019: After more than 400 killed in 2 months of protests, Iraqi PM says he will resign, following sermon by top Shiite cleric calling for lawmakers to withdraw their support
December 2019 Iraqi PM resigns as protests continue:
1 décembre 2019: La démission du gouvernement d'Adel Abdel Mahdi a été acceptée par le Parlement irakien alors que les manifestations continuent dans le pays
7 December 2019 gunmen opened fire in Baghdad’s Khilani Square:
7 December 2019: Unidentified gunmen in cars opened fire Friday in Baghdad’s Khilani Square, leaving at least 15 people dead and 60 wounded, medical officials said. as at least two of the dead were policemen and protesters fearing for their lives ran from the plaza to nearby Tahrir Square and to mosques to take cover, a day after a string of suspicious stabbing incidents targeting demonstrators left at least 13 wounded in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square
26 December 2019 President Saleh refuses to designate the nominee of an Iran-backed parliamentary bloc for PM:
26 December 2019: Iraqi president Saleh refused to designate nominee Asaad al-Eidani of an Iran-backed parliamentary bloc for PM, saying he would rather resign than appoint someone to the position who would be rejected by protesters, 'to avoid more bloodshed and in order to safeguard civil peace'
2 January 2020 Iran-backed 'Hashed al-Shaabi' (Popular Mobilization Forces) influences Iraqi government:
2 January 2020: Iran-backed Hashed al-Shaabi force, that besieged the USA embassy in Baghdad, also with close relations to the Syrian Assad regime tries to exert its will on Baghdad government and to control events on the ground
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Since 2003 'Kata'ib Hezbollah' (Brigades of the Party of God), an Iraqi Shia paramilitary group which is part of the Popular Mobilization Forces supported by Iran, active in the Iraqi Civil War and Assad's war against the Syrian people since 2011
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Since 2014 'Hashed al-Shaabi' (Popular Mobilization Forces), an Iraqi state-sponsored umbrella organization composed of some 40 militias, trained and supported by military advisers from Turkey (for Sunni and Turkmeni troops), by Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah, including Qasem Soleimani, also said to have their own military intelligence, administrative systems, and a sort of 'media war team' that provides morale boosting, battlefield updates and propaganda videos, and a court of law, as PM Haider al-Abadi in 2015 placed the Popular Mobilization Forces under the direct command of PM's office, thus giving a further official status to the militia, and as chairman of the Popular Mobilization Committee in the Iraqi government is Falih al-Fayyadh, who is also the 'National Security Adviser'
3 January 2020 Iraq paramilitary chief slain alongside Soleimani was Iranian regime’s man in country:
3 January 2020: Iraq paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a sworn enemy of the USA, slain alongside Soleimani was Iranian regime’s man in country
1 February 2020 al-Sistani condemns use of force against anti-government protesters:
1 February 2020: Iraqi cleric al-Sistani condemns use of force against anti-government protesters, after 11 wounded by armed forces and 4 rockets fired at base housing USA troops, and as deadline nears for political blocs to agree on new premier
2 February 2020 Iraq protesters unconvinced after Mohammed Allawi named PM:
2 February 2020: Iraq protesters unconvinced as former communications minister Mohammed Allawi named PM, saying Allawi not the independent they had long demanded, after more than 480 people have died and nearly 30,000 been wounded during protests since October
February 2020 regime's campaign of kidnapping, intimidation, torture and killings:
18 February 2020: How a campaign of kidnapping, intimidation, torture and killings is being used to try to quell uprising in Iraq
2 March 2020 Mohammed Allawi will not form government:
2 mars 2020: Le Premier ministre irakien désigné Mohammed Allawi a annoncé qu'il renonçait à former un gouvernement, plongeant un peu plus dans l'inconnu son pays en crise
7 May 2020 former Iraqi intelligence chief approved as new PM:
7 May 2020: Former Iraqi intelligence chief Mustafa al-Kadhimi approved as new PM, as the country faces a severe economic crisis spurred by plummeting oil prices and the covid-19 pandemic
1 August 2020 Iraqi PM calls early election in 2021:
1 August 2020: Iraqi PM calls early election, accepting anti-government protesters' key demand
19 January 2021 Iraq's cabinet decided to postpone the general election to October 10:
19 January 2021: Iraq's cabinet decided on Tuesday to postpone the general election to October 10 from June, the state news agency said, as early elections were a key demand of anti-government protesters who staged mass demonstrations since October 2019, and as hundreds were killed by 'security' forces and gunmen suspected of links to militia groups
Social movements and protests in Iraq:
Protests in Iraq
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2011 Iraqi protests
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2012–14 Iraqi protests concerning corruption, unemployment, poor national security, poor public services, marginalization of Sunnis, unfair treatment of prisoners, poor salaries of Sahwa militia, abuse of De-Baathification laws, Iranian interference in Iraqi affairs
2011:
9 April 2011: Tens of thousands in Baghdad calling for an end to USA-presence
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26. Mai 2011: Zehntausende protestieren in Baghdad gegen die USA
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9 September 2011: Iraqis mourn murdered radio journalist Hadi al-Mehdi amid protests
2012:
22 January 2012: Iraq government abusing protesters and harassing journalists criticised by rights report
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19. März 2012: Bis zu einer Million Demonstranten und Anhänger von Moktada as-Sadr werfen Ministerpräsident Nuri al-Maliki Versagen bei der Bekämpfung der Armut vor
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26 December: Tens of thousands of protesters gather in Anbar province to denounce allegedly sectarian policies of PM Nouri al-Maliki
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28 December: In Anbar province tens of thousands of protesters in fresh rallies against the al-Maliki government
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30 December: Iraq protesters clash with official's guards in Ramadi
2013:
4 January: Tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims in Iraq have been staging anti-government protests
in Baghdad and other cities
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11 January: Tens of thousands of people continue to protest in numerous cities, including Ramadi, Samara and Mosul
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26 January: Amid heightened tensions after troops killed seven anti-government protesters on Friday gunmen killed two soldiers and kidnapped three others in a series of shootings in Fallujah
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26 January: Thousands of mourners gathered in the Iraqi city of Fallujah on Saturday at the funerals of Sunni protesters killed by army troops a day earlier
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1/2 February: Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis protesting against alleged discrimination and PM Nuri al-Maliki in new rallies
in Sunni-majority parts of the country
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22 February: Anti-al-Qaeda fighters targeted near Baghdad as fresh demonstrations are held against Maliki's Shia-led government
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24 April: After Iraqi forces raided a Sunni protest camp and deadly clashes between security forces and protesters in a wave of revenge attacks, gunmen seized control of Sulaiman Bek north of Baghdad
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31 August: Thousands of protesters in and around Baghdad and south Iraq angrily railed against lawmakers' lavish benefits
2014:
8 March 2014: Iraqi women protest bill permitting marriage of girls aged 9
2015:
8 February 2015: Baghdad residents are relieved following the end of their city's curfew after a decade
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1 August 2015: Several hundred Iraqis took to the streets of Baghdad to vent their anger at the electricity shortages, which they blamed on government corruption 12 years after Iraq's infrastructure was severely damaged during the 2003 USA-led invasion and chronic power shortages ever since
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5 August: Iraqis complain of poor government services as heat rises
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8 August: Thousands of demonstrators turned out on Friday in Baghdad and southern Iraq to protest against rampant corruption and abysmal electricity services, calling for officials to be held to account
2016:
26 April 2016: Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Baghdad to protest at a months-long political crisis and lack of reform
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21 May 2016: At least four anti-government protesters have been killed and 90 injured as police forces ejected them from Baghdad’s heavily fortified green zone, according to medical sources
2017:
11 février 2017: Les forces de sécurité irakiennes ont utilisé des gaz lacrymogènes contre plusieurs milliers de partisans du religieux chiite Moktada al Sadr qui manifestaient à Bagdad, les heurts ont fait au moins sept morts
Since July 2018 Iraqi protests:
July 2018 Iraqi protests
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14 July 2018: Iraq protests spread to several cities including Najaf, Nasiriya, Baghdad and Amara
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15 juillet 2018: Deux personnes ont été tuées dans le sud de l'Irak au cours d'un mouvement de contestation sociale qui gagne du terrain, poussant les autorités à décréter un couvre-feu à Bassora
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15 July 2018: Iraqis demanding better public services and jobs took to the streets again on Sunday in the southern oil-rich province of Basra, as authorities put security forces on high alert and blocked internet
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16 July 2018: Mass protests sweep Iraq, target pro-Iran militias and parties, as Baghdad government shuts Internet and sends USA-trained elite counter-terror units to quell economic unrest
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19 July 2018: Protests over widespread unemployment, pollution, dirty drinking water and electricity failures during a stifling heat wave spread through cities in Iraq's oil-rich Shia south, where residents are some of the country’s poorest
September 2018:
1 September 2018: Iraqis clash with security forces in southern oil hub of Basra in protest over neglect, demanding for better public services and an end to pervasive corruption
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5 September 2018: Seven dead, more than 30 wounded, as government forces respond to demonstrators in Basra because of lack of public services
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8 September 2018: Protesters in Basra have attacked or set fire to nearly every government building, including the headquarters of the ruling Da’wa Party, the offices of the state-run Iraqiya TV station, as well as the Iranian consulate and the headquarters of almost every Iranian-backed militia in the city
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25 September 2018: Masked gunmen shot dead human rights activist and mother of four Soad al-Ali, who has been involved in organizing protests demanding better services in the city, outside a supermarket in Basra on Tuesday
May 2019 'no to war' protests:
25 May 2019: Thousands of protesters and supporters of populist Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric, who once led Shi'ite militiamen against USA forces and is vocally critical of Iranian influence in Iraq, chant 'no to war' and 'yes to Iraq', urging political and factional leaders to stay out of any conflict between Baghdad's two biggest allies, Iran and the USA
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after Iranian proxies in Iraq reportedly fired rockets into Baghdad's USA, British, Australian and Egyptian embassies area
Since October 2019 protests:
October 2019 Iraqi protests, an ongoing series of protests that consisted of demonstrations, marches, sit-ins and civil disobedience, starting on 1 October 2019
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2 October 2019: Security forces fired in the air and used tear gas to disperse groups of demonstrators in Baghdad, killing one and wounding six in renewed protests after violent confrontations between protesters and police a day earlier, officials said
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3 October 2019: The death toll from mass rallies in Iraq against corruption and unemployment rose to 18 on Thursday, as the leaderless protest movement spread to virtually all of the south
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and as the internet is down across most of Iraq on the third day of protests that were called for on social media, with a monitor saying 'intentional restrictions' have caused the near-blackout, and as Iraqi authorities don't comment on the blackout following a similar pattern in 2018
6 October 2019 UN demands end of government's violence:
6 October 2019: 'Five days of reported deaths and injuries', this must stop, said UN’s Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, calling for an end to government's violence that left nearly 100 people dead, as police forces broke up a mass rally in the east of Baghdad, where protesters faced volleys of tear gas and live rounds
25 October 2019 protests and killed protesters:
25 octobre 2019: Quatre manifestants ont été tués vendredi par balles à Nassiriya, dans le sud de l'Irak, où les manifestants ont incendié le siège du gouvernorat lors de la reprise de la contestation antigouvernementale, selon des sources médicales et policières
26 October 2019 protests and killed protesters:
26 October 2019: Renewed anti-government protests across Iraq left more than 40 people dead on Friday through tear gas, live rounds and fires, a watchdog and security sources told AFP, as twelve people died in the southern city of Diwaniyah alone, while setting fire to the headquarters of the powerful Iran-backed Badr organization, and several died while trying to storm the offices of Asaib Ahl al-Haq, another Iran-backed armed faction, and as World Bank says one of five Iraqis still lives in poverty and youth unemployment amounts 25%, in OPEC’s second-biggest oil producing and the 12th most corrupt nation in the world
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26 octobre 2019: Des centaines d'Irakiens manifestent samedi à Bagdad sous les gaz lacrymogènes, peu avant une réunion du Parlement
27 October 2019 protests and killed protesters:
27 October 2019: Death toll rises as Iraqis rage against government in renewed protests, as at least 49 protesters killed in last two days, including several hit by gas canisters, and as powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr joins protests, upping pressure on Baghdad
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27 October 2019: Video of a protester holding an Iraqi flag while apparently being gunned down went viral over the weekend
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27 October 2019: Anti-government protesters defy bloody crackdown in Iraq, as hundreds refuse to leave Tahrir square in Baghdad despite further deadly clashes with security forces
28 October 2019 school and university students protest:
28 October 2019: Iraqi security forces on Monday fired tear gas at school and university students who defied a warning from the PM and joined anti-government protests that have left about 231 people dead over the past month
29 October 2019 protests and regime violence:
29 October 2019: 18 protesters killed in Iraq as pressure on government mounts, and as more than 800 protesters are wounded when security forces open fire on crowds in Karbala in one of worst attacks since demonstrators began anti-government rallies rejecting corruption, lack of services, unemployment and other grievances
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29 October 2019: Iraq's young protesters count cost of a month of violence, as more than 250 people have died and thousands injured in anti-government protests
31 October 201 after Iranian visit snipers shot demonstrators:
31 October 2019: The day after Iranian regime's Qassim Soleimani’s visit, the clashes between the protesters and security forces in Iraq became far more violent, with the death toll soaring past 100 as unidentified snipers shot demonstrators
1 November 2019 protest against government and Iranian regime:
1 November 2019: Iraqis pour into streets for biggest protest day since Saddam
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1 November 2019: The protest movement in Iraq has pressed its demand for the removal of the government, staring down an embattled political elite and the widespread influence of the Iranian regime, which has not faced a threat to its authority of this scale in Iraq
2 November 2019 Gulf port Umm Qasr protests:
2 November 2019: Thousands of protesters were blocking all roads leading to Iraq's main Gulf port Umm Qasr on Saturday, after security forces used live rounds and tear gas on them overnight, security sources said, after thousands were demonstrating on Friday in Basra, the nearest big city to the port
3 November 2019:
3 November 2019: Iraqi protesters blocked roads in Baghdad on Sunday to raise pressure on the government to resign after more than a week of renewed mass demonstrations
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3 November 2019: Iran’s determination to shore up Iraq’s unpopular government does not augur well for democracy in the Middle East
4 November 2019 3 Iraqi protesters against Iranian regime shot dead:
4 November 2019: 3 Iraqi protesters were shot dead and 19 were wounded overnight during a demonstration outside the Iranian consulate in Iraq’s city of Karbala, as health officials in Karbala say security forces used live ammunition to disperse angry demonstrators, spray-painting 'Karbala is free, Iran out, out!' on the concrete blocks surrounding the imposing Iranian consulate, saying 'they intend to kill, not disperse', and asking 'why are they killing their own countrymen for another country?'
5 November 2019 more protesters killed:
5 November 2019: At least 3 anti-government protesters have been killed in clashes with security forces in southern Iraq, officials said Tuesday, as authorities tried to reopen the country's main port, which had been blocked by demonstrators for three days
6 November 2019 protests:
6 November 2019: Mainly directed at Iraq’s own political leaders, Iraqi protests reveal long-simmering anger at Iranian regime and resentment at its influence in the country as protesters in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square are using their shoes again, slapping them against banners depicting Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
9 November 2019 Iraqi regime's violence:
9 novembre 2019: Dans la ville de Bassora, trois manifestants ont été tués et des dizaines blessés par les forces de l'ordre qui ont tiré à balles réelles sur les protestataires, selon des sources médicales, alors que les forces de sécurité ont chassé samedi les manifestants antigouvernementaux de plusieurs de leurs campements en Irak, après un accord politique qui prévoit le maintien du pouvoir en place
10 November more killed and wounded protesters:
10 November 2019: Iraqi regime's forces killed 6 anti-government protesters and wounded more than 100 others on Saturday, pushing them back from three flashpoint bridges in central Baghdad, medical and security officials said, as in the southern city of Basra 3 more protesters were killed overnight, raising the death toll there to 8, and as the regime continues to release promises, blocking access to the internet
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10 novembre 2019: Malgré un accord pour un 'retour à la vie normale', les forces du régime ont intensifié la répression
14 November 2019 many protesters killed and wounded:
14 November 2019: In clashes between Iraqi protesters and security forces in central Baghdad four people were kille and 62 wounded 62 on Thursday, Iraqi medical and security officials said
15 November 2019 protest and killed protesters:
15 November 2019: A fresh wave of shootings by Iraqi security forces has left at least three people dead in central Baghdad after protesters demanded widespread changes
17 November 2019 protest:
17 November 2019: Iraq anti-government protesters block roads amid strike call, as at least 320 Iraqis have been killed and thousands wounded since October over widespread corruption, lack of job opportunities and poor basic services despite the country’s oil wealth
18 November 2019 Umm Qasr protests:
18 November 2019: Anti-government demonstrators in southern Iraq blocked roads leading to the Umm Qasr port, responsible for the bulk of the country’s commodities imports, on Monday, while the country’s central bank reduced working hours because of ongoing demonstrations, security officials said
21 November 2019 protests and regime's violence:
21 November 2019: Renewed clashes overnight in Baghdad between anti-government demonstrators and regime's armed forces killed four protesters shooting live fire and tear gas canisters at protesters, aimed directly at the head
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Iraqi and hospital officials said Thursday, as the altercations on two key bridges in the Iraqi capital also left at least 44 people wounded
24 November 2019 Nassiriya protests and regime's violence:
24 November 2019: Regime's forces opened fire on protesters in the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya late on Saturday, killing at least three people, using live ammunition, as more than 50 others were wounded, mainly by live bullets and tear gas canisters in clashes in the city, police and medical sources said
27 November 2019 three protesters killed:
27 November 2019: Three protesters were killed and 35 wounded by security forces in southern Iraq, when armed forces fired live ammunition and threw tear gas canister, after the previous day’s sit-ins and road closures, according to officials speaking on condition of anonymity
28 November 2019 at least 13 protesters killed by regime:
28 November 2019: At least 13 Iraqis have been killed and another 70 people were injured in a fresh wave of protests in the southern city of Nasiriya, as armed forces opened fire and used tear gas against protesters, taking to the streets to demand more jobs, an end to corruption, and better public services since 1 October
29 November 2019 Iraqi armed forces have shot dead at least 45 protesters:
29 November 2019: Iraqi armed forces have shot dead at least 45 protesters after demonstrators stormed and torched an Iranian consulate in Najaf, in what could mark a turning point in the uprising against the Iranian regime backed authorities
30 November 2019 protesters continue blocking bridges:
30 November 2019: Three-day mourning continues in Iraqi cities as protesters continue blocking bridges
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and as protesters say Adel Abdel Mahdi’s announced resignation is ‘only the first step’ in rooting out government corruption
1 December 2019 Iraqi anti-government protests:
1 December 2019: Iraqis press anti-government protests as PM steps down and as 3 anti-government protesters were shot dead and at least 58 others wounded in Baghdad and southern Iraq on Saturday
4 December 2019 protests:
4 December 2019: Demonstrators torch Iranian consulate in the Iraqi city of Najaf as building was empty, and as politicians in Baghdad continue talks on a new PM and widespread protests continue, decrying corruption, poor services, lack of jobs and calling for an end to the political system that was imposed after the 2003 USA invasion>
22 December 2019 thousands rally in Iraq against Iran’s political influence:
22 December 2019: Thousands took to the streets in Iraq’s capital and across the south against Iran’s political influence, as ahead of deadline for choosing new PM, protesters rail against candidacy of Qusay al-Suhail, who officials say is Tehran’s preferred pick
24 December 2019 les Irakiens contre une classe politique qu'ils accusent d'être corrompue, incompétente, et inféodée à l'Iran:
24 décembre 2019: En dépit de près de 460 morts et 25'000 blessés dans la répression des manifestations, les Irakiens coupent de nouveau mardi des routes et maintiennent la plupart des administrations fermées dans le sud de l'Irak pour protester contre toute nomination d'un Premier ministre ayant déjà été aux affaires
25 December 2019 protests following deadly attack:
25 décembre 2019: La mort d'un manifestant visé par un attentat et la tentative d'assassinat d'un célèbre satiriste font gronder la colère des Irakiens, qui poursuivent mercredi leur mobilisation en dépit du vote d'une réforme électorale qu'ils réclamaient
26 December 2019 demonstrations against Iran-backed PM pick:
26 December 2019: Demonstrators slam choice of government insider to replace leader who resigned, as protests regain momentum
3 January 2020 Iraqis demonstrators broke into song after a USA strike killed top Iranian commander Soleimani:
3 January 2020: Iraqis, who have demonstrated for months against a government they see as beholden to Iran, broke into song and dance Friday after a USA strike killed top Iranian commander Soleimani, cheering in Baghdad’s iconic Tahrir Square, the epicentre of their movement, 'Oh Qasem Soleimani, this is a divine victory', an AFP photographer said
8 January 2020 anti-Iran and anti-government protests:
8 January 2020: Anti-government protesters in Iraq have set fires and closed streets near Baghdad's Tahrir Square during a demonstration against the Iranian missile strike that targeted two military bases in Iraq housing USA troops, shouting 'Iran out, out' before they were dispersed by regime forces
18 January 2020 protester killed in Baghdad:
18 January 2020: Protester killed in Baghdad clashes as demonstrators try to cross key bridge
19 January 2020 anti-regime protests:
19 January 2020: Clashes, demonstrations erupt throughout Iraq shutting down roads and bridges, as the January 20 deadline for authorities to meet the demands of the people approaches, and after protesters on Saturday burned the Iran-backed Hezbollah headquarters in Iraq
20 January 2020 Iraqi armed forces fire tear gas and live rounds:
20 January 2020: Iraqi armed forces fired tear gas and live rounds during clashes with anti-government protesters overnight and on Monday morning in Baghdad, wounding at least 13 demonstrators
25 January 2020 Iraqi armed forces set fire to anti-government protest tents:
25 January 2020: Iraqi armed forces set fire to anti-government protest tents in the country's south early Saturday and re-opened key public squares in Baghdad that had been occupied by demonstrators for months
26 January 2020 armed forces shot live rounds against protesters:
26 January 2020: Armed forces shot live rounds to clear protest hotspots in Baghdad and southern Iraq for a second day Sunday, sparking skirmishes with demonstrators determined to keep up their movement
29 January 2020 more protesters killed:
29 janvier 2020: La répression des manifestations qui secouent l'Irak a fait de nouveaux morts mardi tandis qu'une chaîne de télé a été interdite de diffusion
27 July 2020 2 anti-government protesters killed and 21 injured in Baghdad:
27 July 2020: Two anti-government protesters were killed and 21 were injured in Baghdad in new clashes between demonstrators and Iraqi armed forces, human rights monitors and officials said, as since October 2019 over 600 demonstrators have been killed during protests due to live fire and tear gas used by armed forces
25 October 2020 protesters gather on anniversary of protest movement:
25 October 2020: Protesters gather on anniversary of protest movement
in Baghdad and other cities in southern provinces, demanding reforms and end to corruption
Iraqi society, culture, religion and human rights in Iraq:
Iraqi society
Human rights in Iraq:
Human rights in post-invasion Iraq
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Human rights in Iraq
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Law of Iraq
Governorates and districts of Iraq:
Governorates (provinces) of Iraq
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Districts of Iraq
Baghdad Governorate:
Baghdad Governorate
Baghdad city:
City of
Baghdad city
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Neighborhoods of
Baghdad
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History of Baghdad
2014 growing slums:
6 May 2014: Iraq faces challenge to find solution for growing slums
2015 end of their city's curfew after decade:
8 February 2015: Baghdad residents are relieved following the end of their city's curfew after a decade
February 2015 Baghdad’s first female mayor Zekra Alwach:
21 February 2015: Baghdad’s first female mayor Zekra Alwach to take reins
November 2015 Baghdad's slums and political parties:
11 November 2015: Baghdad's slums, fertile recruiting ground for political parties
Basra city and port:
Basra city
located on the Shatt al-Arab, with an estimated population of 2.5 million in 2012, as Basra is Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is handled at the port of Umm Qasr
Timeline of Basra since 638 CE:
Timeline of Basra since 638 CE
November 1914 Battle of Basra in World War I:
November 1914 Battle of Basra, a battle of World War I which took place south of the city of Basra between British and Ottoman troops, resulting in the British capture of Basra
March-April 1991 uprising in Basra:
March-April 1991 uprising in Basra, the beginning of the unrest in Iraq following the Gulf War, as uprising started after demoralized troops throughout Iraq began to rebel against Saddam Hussein and Basra became a chaotic battlefield between military defectors and Iraqi Republican Guard, with most of Basra had been retaken by mid March amid a crackdown against civilians and suspected supporters of the uprising, following USA's withdrawl abandoning the Iraqi democracy and the opposition against Saddam Hussein's dictatorship
Basra in the 21st century:
Timeline of Basra in the 21st century
March-April 2003 Battle of Basra started by the United Kingdom and USA:
March-April 2003 Battle of Basra, one of the first battles of the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United Kingdom and USA
April 2003 aerial bombing by the invading forces:
April 2003 aerial bombing by the invading forces using cluster bombs and also using heavy metals, such as lead and mercury
Since April 2003 aftermath of Battle of Basra, health issues and withdrawl of victimised Red Cross:
Since April 2003 aftermath of Battle of Basra and health issues, as the Red Cross, itself victimised by bombings, withdrew from Basra in October 2003, exacerbating ongoing health issues
December 2007 UK troops 'return' Basra to Iraqis:
17 December 2007 UK troops 'return' Basra to Iraqis
Al Anbar Governorate:
Al Anbar Governorate
, geographically the largest Iraqi governorate
Population of Al Anbar
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2015 Al-Karmah offensive
2015 planned reforms against corruption and sectarian and party quotas for government positions:
13 August 2015: Iraq's Anbar governor announces to implement a package of reforms as part of PM's campaign to combat corruption and end sectarian and party quotas for government positions
Nineveh Governorate:
Nineveh Governorate
Mosul:
Mosul
, a major city in northern Iraq located some 400 km north of Baghdad, standing on the west bank of the Tigris, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank
History of Mosul:
History of Mosul
2016-2017 Battle of Mosul:
2016-2017 Battle of Mosul, a major military campaign launched by the Iraqi Government forces with allied militias, the Kurdistan Regional Government, and international forces to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State terrorists
March 2019 ferry disaster:
21 March 2019 Mosul ferry sinking
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21 March 2019: At least 94 people, including 19 children, have drowned after a ferry overloaded with revellers celebrating the Kurdish new year and Mother’s Day capsized in the Tigris river near Mosul in Iraq
Demographics and minorities in Iraq:
Demographics of Iraq
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Ethnic groups in Iraq
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Minorities in Iraq
Arabs in Iraq:
Arabs in Iraq
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Arabs have been the majority in Mesopotamia since the Sasanian Empire 224-637, from the eighth century following the Muslim conquest of Persia Arabic became the dominant language of Iraqi Muslims
Assyrians in Iraq:
Assyrians in Iraq or Iraqi-Assyrians are an ethnoreligious and linguistic minority in present-day Iraq with significant populations in Baghdad, Dohuk and Nineveh Governorates
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History of the Assyrian people
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Assyrian homeland
Jews in modern Iraq:
History of the Jews in modern Iraq
Kurds in Iraq:
Kurds in Iraq, the largest ethnic minority in Iraq, comprising between 15% and 20% of the country's population, as Sunni Islam became the dominant religion of the Kurdish people Kurds made sure to keep spiritual identity separate from national identity and today many Muslim Kurds do not consider themselves particularly religious but secondary practices of Islam have a stronghold in Kurdish culture
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History of the Kurdish people
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Iraqi Kurdistan
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Disputed territories of Northern Iraq
2016:
8 September 2016: Iranian Kurdish rebel group Kurdistan Freedom Party received military training in weapons and explosives from USA and European advisers as part of the international program backing Kurds in the war against Islamic State terrorists in Iraq
2017:
September 2017 Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum, scheduled to be held on 25 September 2017
Palestinians in Iraq:
Palestinians in Iraq, most of whom have been residing in Iraq after they were expelled from their homeland in 1948, before 2003, there were approximately 34,000 mainly concentrated in Baghdad, however, since the 2003 Iraq war, the figure lies between 10,000 - 13,000
Iraqi Turkmens:
Iraqi Turkmens are a Turkic ethnic group, mainly residing in northern Iraq, and the third largest ethnic group in Iraq after Arabs and Kurds
Yazidis:
Yazidis are an ethnically Kurdish religious community indigenous to northern Mesopotamia
2016:
17 September 2016: Yazidi Nadia Murad Basee Taha, who survived rape and abuse as a sex slave of Islamic State terrorists, became a UN goodwill ambassador for the dignity of survivors of human trafficking, calling for justice for the victims of the terrorists and argued that the 2014 attack on the Yazidis should be recognised as a genocide
Religion in Iraq:
Religion in Iraq
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Freedom of religion in Iraq
Shia–Sunni relations in modern Iraq:
Shia–Sunni relations in modern Iraq
June 2017:
22 June 2017: In another devastating blow to Iraq’s heritage, Islamic State terrorists blows up Mosul’s iconic leaning minaret and the adjacent mosque, that had stood for over 840 years, and where al-Baghdadi in 2014 declared himself 'caliph'
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as Iraqi PM said that the destruction of the Grand Nouri mosque is an admission by the militants that they are losing the fight for the country’s second-largest city
History of the Jews in Iraq:
History of the Jews in Iraq
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Talmudic Academies in Babylonia
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History of the Jews in modern Iraq
Culture and languages of Iraq:
Culture of Iraq
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History of Mesopotamia
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Architecture of Mesopotamia
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Languages of Iraq
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Modern Standard Arabic
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Kurdish languages
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Syriac language
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Armenian language
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Neo-Aramaic languages
Mesopotamian Arabic
Women in Iraq:
Women in Iraq
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Women's rights
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Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq
2014:
6 February 2014: Iraqi security forces are detaining thousands of women illegally and subjecting them to torture and abuse, Human Rights Watch says
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8 March 2014: Iraqi women protest bill permitting marriage of girls aged 9
Children in Iraq:
2016:
30 June 2016: 3.6 million children in Iraq face risks of death, injury, sexual violence and recruitment, and a third of all Iraqi children need humanitarian aid, with conditions only getting worse following ongoing conflicts
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Unicef says
2017:
5 July 2017: Years of living under Islamic State has left the children of Mosul with such dangerous levels of psychological damage they are unable to show emotion or play and are haunted by waking nightmares, according to 'Save the Children', based on discussions with children who had escaped to the Hammam al-Alil camp for displaced persons
Youth in Iraq:
Youth in Iraq, Iraqis between 15–24 years old represent 19.6% of Iraq’s population of 32 million, the population continues to rise, but the youth population have experienced poor health from the effects of both malnutrition and poverty and securing employment is difficult for youth in Iraq
2014:
22 October 2014: Youth make up a major part of Iraq's population and almost 1 million of them aged 15-24 are registered as unemployed, Unesco says
Education in Iraq:
Education in Iraq
Schools in Iraq:
List of schools in Iraq
2017:
29 July 2017: Schoolgirls in Iraq’s Mosul aim to catch up on lost years after years of war, IS rule and despite difficult conditions
Universities in Iraq:
Universities in
Iraq
Violence against academics in post-invasion Iraq:
Violence against academics in post-invasion Iraq since 2003
Health in Iraq:
Health in Iraq
Water supply, quality and sanitation in Iraq:
Water supply and sanitation in Iraq
Medical outbreaks, disasters and man-made disasters in Iraq:
Medical outbreaks in Iraq
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Disasters in Iraq
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Man-made disasters in Iraq
2007 Iraq cholera outbreak:
2007 Iraq cholera outbreak
Since February 2020 covid-19 pandemic in Iraq:
Since February 2020 covid-19 pandemic in Iraq
Since February 2020 timeline of the covid-19 pandemic in Iraq:
Timeline of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Iraq
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Overview of confirmed covid-19 cases in each Governorate of Iraq
14 April 2020 Iraq reports 1,378 covid-19 cases and 78 victims:
14 April 2020: Iraq reports 1,378 covid-19 cases and 78 victims
14 April 2020 Iraq suspends Reuters' licence over covid-19 but agency contradicts:
14 April 2020: Iraq has suspended the licence of the Reuters news agency after it published a story saying the number of confirmed covid-19 cases in the country was higher than officially reported, but Reuters said it stood by the story, which it said was based on multiple, well-placed medical and political sources, and fully represented the position of the Iraqi health ministry
Healthcare in Iraq:
Healthcare
in Iraq
-
Childbirth in Iraq
List of hospitals in Iraq:
List of hospitals in Iraq
-
Medical education in Iraq
Media of Iraq:
Media of Iraq
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Media in Iraq by city
-
News agencies based in Iraq
-
Media in Iraqi Kurdistan
Media in Baghdad, Basra, Erbil, Mosul and Sulaymaniyah:
Media in Baghdad
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Economy and media of Basra
-
Media in Erbil
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Media in Mosul
-
Media in Sulaymaniyah
2003 media coverage of USA/United Kingdom's Iraq War:
2003 media coverage of the Iraq War, as USA's und UK's invasion involved unprecedented USA media coverage, especially cable news networks, and the coverage itself became a source of controversy, as media outlets were accused of pro-war bias, reporters were casualties of both Iraqi and invaders' gunfire, and claims of censorship and propaganda became widespread
Newspapers in Iraq:
Newspapers in Iraq
Broadcastingin Iraq:
Radio in Iraq
-
Television in
Iraq
-
28 April 2013: Iraqi authorities announced that they had revoked the operating licenses of pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera and nine other satellite TV channels, alleging that they are promoting a sectarian agenda as the country grapples with a wave of violence
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24 October 2013: Iraqi journalist Bashar Abdulqader killed in Mosul
Internet in Iraq:
Internet in Iraq
-
Iraqi news websites
December 2019 social media sets rules of media coverage:
24 December 2019: Armed with cameras, Iraqi protesters are shaping the nation's memory, as social media now sets the rules after the modest part it had in the 2011 uprising, providing videos showing Iraqis fleeing bullets fired by regime's armed forces and Shi’ite militias
Crime in Iraq:
Crime in Iraq
-
War crimes in Iraq
Religiously motivated violence in Iraq:
Religiously motivated violence in Iraq
December 2019 Iranian-backed militia stabbed Iraqis in Baghdad:
5 December 2019: More than a dozen people have been stabbed in a Baghdad square that has become a focal point for anti-government and anti-Iran protests after supporters of an Iranian-backed militia flooded the area
Terrorism in Iraq:
Terrorism in Iraq
-
Terrorist incidents in Iraq by year
-
Since October 2003 suicide bombings in Baghdad
Since 2004 chlorine bombings in Iraq:
Chlorine bombings in Iraq began as early as October 2004, when terrorists in Al Anbar province started using chlorine gas in conjunction with conventional vehicle-borne explosive devices
2013 terrorists planned to produce chemical poisons:
2 June 2013: A suspected al Qaeda cell captured that planned to produce chemical poisons such as mustard gas, government says
Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2016:
Terrorist incidents in Iraq in
2016
Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2017:
Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2017
Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2018:
Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2018
Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2019:
Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2019
21 January 2021 Baghdad bomb terrorist attack:
21 January 2021 Baghdad bombings, a terrorist attack carried out by two suicide bombers at an open-air market in central Baghdad
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21 January 2021: Two suicide bombers kill 28 shoppers in first Baghdad strike in three years, and dozens of civilians were wounded, as bomber in secondhand clothes market pretends to be ill before detonating device as people come to help
23 January 2021 deadly Baghdad attack:
23/24 janvier 2021: Onze combattants du Hachd al-Chaabi, une coalition de paramilitaires désormais intégrés à l’État irakien, ont été tués samedi soir dans une embuscade du groupe jihadiste État islamique au nord de Bagdad, ont rapporté à l’AFP
Attacks on buildings and structures in Iraq:
Attacks on buildings and structures in Iraq
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Attacks on diplomatic missions in Iraq
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Marketplace attacks in Iraq
-
Attacks on religious buildings and structures in Iraq
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Attacks on buildings and structures in Baghdad
May 2020 Katyusha rocket struck Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone:
19 May 2020: A Katyusha rocket struck Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, the seat of Iraq's government, the first attack on the area since new PM was sworn in earlier this month
'Islamic State' terrorists:
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
-
Timeline of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant events in 2014
-
2014 ISIL beheading incidents
2014:
25 September 2014: ISIS kill lawyer Samira Salih al-Nuaimi for 'apostasy' when she criticised them on Facebook for being religious bigots
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4 October 2014: Isis video shows murder of British hostage Alan Henning, who had gone to Syria to help victims of conflict by joining an aid convoy and was taken captive on December 26
2015:
18 February 2015: Iraq accuses Islamic State of harvesting organs, demanding UN investigation into reports of bodies with surgical incisions found in mass graves
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8 March 2015: Nigeria's Boko Haram reportedly pledges allegiance to 'Islamic State' terrorists
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8 décembre 2015: Les transferts irresponsables d'armes effectués vers l'Irak depuis des décennies sont à l'origine du redoutable arsenal utilisé par le groupe Etat islamique, provenant d'au moins 25 pays dont une bonne partie de Russie, selon un ONG rapport
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8 décembre 2015: Le nombre de combattants djihadistes présents en Syrie et en Irak, originaires de 86 pays différents, a plus que doublé en un an et demi pour atteindre au moins 27'000, selon un Soufan Group rapport
2016:
18 avril 2016: Les revenus de l'EI ont chuté de 30% en 9 mois
May 2016:
17 May 2016 Baghdad bombings, killing at least 101 people and injuring 194
July 2016:
On 3 July 2016, coordinated IS bomb attacks were carried out in Baghdad, resulting in mass civilian casualties
14 July 2016: 'Islamic State' terrorist group admits 'minister for war' Omar the Chechen is dead
2017:
Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2017
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16 February 2017: 51 people killed in Islamic State's car bombing in Shi'ite area, a crowded street full of garages and used car dealers, of Baghdad
Persecution of Yazidis and Assyrians by the 'Islamic State':
Persecution of Yazidis by Islamic State
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Persecution of Assyrians by the Islamic State
2014:
22 October 2014: UN's Ivan Simonovic says evidence strongly indicates that the Islamic State's assault on Yazidis is 'an attempt to commit genocide'
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23 December 2014: Yazidi women and girls tortured, raped, sold into sexual slavery under 'Islamic State' control, report says
2016:
17 September 2016: Yazidi Nadia Murad Basee Taha, who survived rape and abuse as a sex slave of Islamic State terrorists, became a UN goodwill ambassador for the dignity of survivors of human trafficking, calling for justice for the victims of the terrorists and argued that the 2014 attack on the Yazidis should be recognised as a genocide
Destruction of cultural heritage by 'Islamic State' terrorists:
Destruction of cultural heritage by Islamic State terrorists
June 2017:
22 June 2017: In another devastating blow to Iraq’s heritage, Islamic State terrorists blows up Mosul’s iconic leaning minaret and the adjacent mosque, that had stood for over 840 years, and where al-Baghdadi in 2014 declared himself 'caliph'
,
as Iraqi PM said that the destruction of the Grand Nouri mosque is an admission by the militants that they are losing the fight for the country’s second-largest city
Capital punishment in Iraq:
Capital punishment
in Iraq
-
7 October 2012: Bringing the number of executions this year to at least 113, Iraq executes 11 people
despite international outcry
-
27 March 2013: Iraq executed 18 people this month, despite global condemnation over its ongoing executions
-
16 April: Iraq executes 21 in one day on 'terror' charges
Torture in Iraq:
Torture in Iraq
-
6 March 2013: Dozens of families in Fallujah say their relatives sentenced to hang on anti-terrorism charges have been tortured
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1 June 2013: Britain must investigate torture in Iraq, Afghanistan, UN says
Corruption in Iraq:
Corruption in Iraq
2014:
6 September 2014: Corruption remains a salient feature of the political and economic landscape of Iraq and poses and threatens its full economic and social development, USA's office says
-
12 October 2014: More than $1bn earmarked for the reconstruction of Iraq was stolen and spirited to a bunker in Lebanon as the USA and Iraqi governments ignored appeals to recover the money, investigator Stuart Bowen says
2016:
3 April 2016: Iraq to investigate claims Of Unaoil corruption against top officials including former oil minister Hussein al-Shahristani
2017:
31 décembre 2017: La corruption a l'ampleur d'un 'dinosaure' en Irak même si les autorités jurent vouloir les combattre, mais le phénomène a explosé après l'intervention américaine en 2003
Human trafficking in Iraq:
Human trafficking in Iraq
Law and law enforcement in Iraq:
Law of Iraq
- the Republic of Iraq's legal system is in a period of transition following the 2003 invasion
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Legal history of
Iraq
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Constitution of Iraq, the current constitution was drafted and approved in 2005
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October 2005 Iraqi constitutional referendum
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Amendment to the Constitution of Iraq - the government of Iraq has established a committee to consider a proposed amendment
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Federalism in Iraq
Judiciary of Iraq:
Judiciary
of
Iraq
-
Supreme Court of Iraq
Law enforcement in Iraq:
Law enforcement in Iraq
Iraqi Police
-
Facilities Protection Service
-
Iraqi Intelligence Service
Refugees of Iraq:
Throughout the past 30 years, there have been a growing number of refugees of Iraq due to war or persecution
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Homelessness in Iraq
-
Iraqi diaspora
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Iraqis in Jordan
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Iraqis in Lebanon
-
Iraqis in Syria
-
Iraqis in Turkey
-
Iraqi diaspora in Europe
2007:
27 October 2007: Homeless in Iraq, the country's growing insecurity is illustrated by the number of people fleeing their homes
2014:
2014 UNHCR's Iraq operations profile
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22 June 2014: Displaced by ISIS militants, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis seek shelter
Iraqi Kurdistan:
Iraqi Kurdistan
-
Geography
-
Kurdish population
-
Demographics
-
Kurdish language
-
Kurdish culture
Iraqi–Kurdish conflict 1918-2003, disputed territories and regional government:
Iraqi–Kurdish conflict 1918-2003
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16 March 1988 Halabja poison gas attack, genocidal massacre against the Kurdish people
Disputed territories of Northern Iraq
-
Kurdistan Regional Government
Peshmerga:
Peshmerga, the military forces of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan
Economy of Iraqi Kurdistan:
Economy of Iraqi Kurdistan - main industries include petroleum, petroleum refining, natural gas, hydrocarbons, construction materials, light weapons and small arms and ammunition, electrical equipment, auto assembly, radio equipment, pharmaceuticals, textiles, clothing and footwear, food processing
Kirkuk–Ceyhan Oil Pipeline:
Kirkuk–Ceyhan Oil Pipeline
2015 Financial and economic crisis in the Kurdistan region:
2015 Financial and economic crisis in the Kurdistan region
2015:
4 December 2015: Iraqi Kurdistan's cash crisis hits banks
Iraqi Kurdistan society, politics and human rights:
Iraqi society
-
Human rights in Iraqi Kurdistan
Elections and politics in Iraqi Kurdistan:
Iraqi Kurdistan legislative election 25 July 2009
Iraqi Kurdistan legislative election 21 September 2013
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21 September 2013: Iraq's Kurds vote amid rows, regional tensions
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28 September: Iraq president's party falls to third in Kurdish polls, with 95 percent of votes counted the KDP was first with 719,004 votes, the opposition Goran movement second with 446,095, and the PUK third with 323,867
2012/2013:
28 July 2012: Kurd leader Massoud Barzani warns against budget cuts by Iraq
-
10 January 2013: Syrian Kurds find refuge in northern Iraq - camp Domiz is home to about 30.000 Syrian Kurds who are allowed to move freely and work in the region
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14 mai: Les premiers rebelles du PKK arrivent en Irak après leur retrait de Turquie
-
11 June 2013: More than 1,000 Kurdish career soldiers in the Iraqi army have deserted and want to be integrated into the Kurdish former rebel peshmerga militia
-
26 June 2013: A Kurdish bloc won the most seats in one of two provinces that held delayed elections last week, surprisingly beating out the governor's Sunni Arab party
-
28 July: A suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into a Kurdish security patrol in northern city of Tuz Khormato killing eight people and wounding five more
-
18 août 2013: Des milliers de Kurdes syriens affluent dans la région autonome du Kurdistan irakien en quête d'un peu de répit, loin des privations et des combats contre les jihadistes
2014/2015:
4 July 2014: With large parts of Iraq in militant hands, Iraqi Kurdistan's Barzani calls for independence referendum
-
1 August 2015: Iraq's Kurdistan laments caught in middle of Turkey-PKK fight, calling for both sides to return to a ceasefire
-
1 August 2015: Kurdish regional government, desiring to protect civilians from Turkish airstrikes, demands withdrawal of PKK
2016:
22 January 2016: The president of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish north Massoud Barzani calls on global leaders to acknowledge that the Sykes-Picot pact that led to the boundaries of the modern Middle East has failed, and urges them to broker a new deal paving the way for a Kurdish state
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17 March 2016: A delegation of Iraqi Kurds will visit Moscow in April to discuss Russian regime's weapons supplies, according to Iraqi Kurd representation office in Russia
September 2017:
September 2017 Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum, scheduled to be held on 25 September 2017
-
19 September 2017: Curfew imposed by Iraqi authorities in the northern city of Kirkuk before Kurdish independence vote
-
25 September 2017: Iraqi Kurds vote in historic independence referendum
-
26 September 2018: Kurds overwhelmingly back independence as first votes in referendum tallied, as Erdogan regime in neighboring Turkey threatens military action
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26 September 2017: Kurds declare victory in independence vote, as Barzani calls on world powers 'to respect the will of millions of people'
October 2017 Battle of Kirkuk:
October 2017 Battle of Kirkuk, Iraqi offensive to retake Kirkuk Governorate from the Kurdish Regional Government
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29 octobre 2017: Massoud Barzani a annoncé dimanche qu'il ne sera plus président 'après le 1er novembre', sur fond de crise avec Bagdad
September 2018 Iraqi Kurdistan general election:
30 September 2018 Iraqi Kurdistan general election
-
30 September 2018: Voting began across Iraq’s Kurdistan for a new parliament in the autonomous region, which is mired in an economic crisis a year after an independence referendum that infuriated Baghdad
Foreign relations of Kurdistan Region:
Foreign relations of Kurdistan Region
-
Bilateral foreign relations of Kurdistan Region
Iraqi Kurdistan/Israel relations:
Iraqi Kurdistan/
Israel
relations
November 2019 Israeli aid to the Kurds in northern Syria:
7 November 2019: Israel has been providing aid to the Kurds in northern Syria since the USA withdrawal from the area, a senior Israeli official said, warning that their defeat would allow Iran to further entrench itself in the area, as Deputy FM Tzipi Hotovely says they provide a bulwark against spread of Iranian influence in area
Kurdistan Region/Syria relations:
Kurdistan Region/
Syria
relations
Foreign relations of Iraq:
Foreign relations of Iraq
Iraq/Arab League relations:
Iraq/
Arab League
relations: 28 March 2012 - Arab League begins key Baghdad summit - water shortages and regional economy top the agenda at 21-nation bloc's first meeting since the Arab Spring uprisings
Iraq/OPEC relations:
OPEC
(Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) membership
-
OPEC quotas and production of petroleum
-
World oil reserves
-
Key oil producing countries and petroleum politics
Iraq/Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) relations:
Member states of the
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
2014:
17 June 2014: Crises and situations in Iraq, Syria, in Central Africa, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria and Mali on the agenda of the OIC Foreign Ministers Conference, 41st session in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) 18/19 June 2014
Iraq/United Nations relations:
United Nations
Security Council and the Iraq War
2013:
10 February 2013: UN condemns attack on Iranian exile camp and demands investigation by Iraqi authorities into deadly attack on dissident base that left at least six dead
-
27 avril 2013: L'ONU appelle à la 'retenue' en Irak après au moins 200 personnes sont mortes ces quatre derniers jours, principalement dans des heurts entre forces de l'ordre et manifestants sunnites hostiles au PM chiite al-Maliki
2014:
12 June 2014: UN official to Iraq briefs Security Council saying there is no immediate threat to Baghdad
-
2 July: UN and USA sharply criticised Iraqi leaders, warning time is running out after chaos in parliament despite calls for unity in the face of Isis offensive
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15 August: Iraq PM al-Maliki's decision to step down welcomed by UN's Ban Ki-moon, who urges meeting on nuclear-free Mideast
-
20 September 2014: UN urges global support for Iraq to fight terror, reaffirms support for its force in Golan
-
24 September 2014: As USA-led coalition's campaign against 'Islamic State'
continues in Iraq and Syria
,
a UN Security Council committee blacklists more than a dozen foreign extremist fighters, fundraisers and recruiters tied to militant groups in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Tunisia and Yemen
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18 October 2014: UN Security Council urges the international community to further strengthen support for the Iraqi government including Security Forces in the fight against Islamic State
2015:
18 February 2015: Accusing Islamic State of harvesting organs, Iraq demands UN investigation into reports of bodies with surgical incisions found in mass graves
12 November 2019 firing live ammunition at protesters justice minister says 'we refuse':
12 November 2019: Countries at mandatory review in Geneva expressed alarm over 'excessive use of force’ by Baghdad, after over 300 killed in protests, prompting Iraq’s justice minister Ameen Othman to voice regret before the UN Monday over the hundreds killed during a crackdown on anti-government protesters, saying 'we refuse the use excessive force and live fire', as Iraqi forces fired live ammunition at protesters over the weekend
February 2018 Kuwait International Conference for Reconstruction of Iraq:
February 2018
Kuwait International Conference
for Reconstruction of Iraq
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12 février 2018: L'Irak cherche à récolter 88 milliards de dollars pour se reconstruire, un chantier titanesque entamé lundi avec l'ouverture d'une conférence internationale à Koweït
-
15 February 2018: Donor conference pledges $30bn to help Iraq rebuild after the ravages of Islamic State terrorists, about a third of what the country estimates it will need long term
Bilateral relations of Iraq:
Bilateral relations of Iraq
Iraq/Bahrain relations:
Iraq/
Bahrain
relations
June 2019:
28 June 2019: Iraqi protesters of the 'Islamic Resistance Groups', a term usually used by Iranian-backed Shiite militias, storm Bahraini embassy, take down flag over USA-led meeting in Bahrain on Israeli-Palestinian peace, saying 'we strongly reject normalizing relations with the Zionist occupiers and will never abandon our support of Palestinians'
Iraq/Canada relations:
Iraq/
Canada
relations
-
8 March 2015: Canadian soldiers wounded and killed after ignoring an order to stay in their car and showing up at the frontline unannounced, Kurdish peshmerga say
Iraq/PR of China relations:
Iraq/
PR of China
relations
March 2015:
11 March 2015: China says Muslim Uighurs
have gone overseas to fight with Islamic State, which controls sections of Syria and Iraq, and returned to take part in plots at home
Since February 2020 Chinese 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Iraq:
Since February 2020 Chinese 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Iraq
Iraq/Egypt relations:
Iraq/
Egypt
relations relations
-
31 August 2013: Qaeda in Iraq urges Egyptians to rise against army
Iraq/Iran relations:
Iraq/
Iran
relations
-
Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam - conversion in Iraq
-
Iraq/Iran war 1980-1988
2012:
22 août 2012: L’Iran s’appuierait sur l’Irak pour contourner les sanctions internationales
2013:
9 February 2013: Six people including a woman were killed and more than 25 wounded in a rocket attack on Iranian dissident camp in Iraq's capital Baghdad
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10 February: UN condemns attack on Iranian exile camp and demands investigation by Iraqi authorities into deadly attack on dissident base that left at least six dead
-
15 June: Two people killed in a mortar attack on Iranian dissident camp in the Iraqi capital
-
6 September 2013: US intercepts an order from an Iranian official
instructing Shi'ite militants in Iraq to attack US interests in Iraq
-
27 December: Rockets struck near Baghdad airport in what an exiled Iran opposition group said was an attack on their camp that left three dead and around 50 wounded
2014-present Iranian intervention in Iraq:
Iranian intervention in Iraq (2014–present)
2014:
25 February: Iraq broke UN embargo on Iran by purchasing weapons worth $195 million
-
25 June: Gunmen kill three Iranian security guards in an ambush near the Iraqi border
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6 July: Iranian pilot killed fighting against Sunni Muslim militants in Samarra north of Baghdad
2015:
22 September 2015: The eight-year Iraq-Iran war looms large in Iran with 8,000 Iranian soldiers still unaccounted for
2017:
23 July 2017: Iran and Iraq signed an agreement on Sunday to boost cooperation in a host of military fields, including training and logistical, technical and military support
September 2018:
7 September 2018: Iraqis set Iran consulate in southern city of Basra ablaze, decrying Iranian regime’s interference and holding Iranian-backed political parties responsible for mismanagement and the poor services in the city
Iraq/Israel relations:
Iraq/
Israel
relations
-
History of the Jews in Iraq
2014:
21 June 2014: Israel accepts first delivery of disputed oil from Iraqi Kurdistan's pipeline
2017:
25 July 2017: Yazidi survivor of Islamic State captivity Nadia Murad urged the Knesset to recognize the terror organization’s crimes against Iraq’s Yazidi minority as a genocide, and lawmaker Ksenia Svetlova pledged to seek official Israeli recognition through Knesset legislation
Iraq/Japan relations:
Iraq/
Japan
relations
-
Haruna Yukawa and Kenji Goto the first Japanese nationals to be held hostage by 'Islamic State' terrorists 2014-2015
-
21 January 2015: Japan's PM Abe rushes home from the Middle East to take charge of response after 'Islamic State' terrorists threatened to kill two nationals unless Japan pays ransom
-
25 January: Reported execution of journalist Haruna Yukawa by 'Islamic State' condemned by Japan's PM Abe
-
1 February 2015: Japan mourns slain hostage Kenji Goto as caring, courageous reporter remembering him for devotion to world’s refugee camps and orphanages
Iraq/Jordan relations:
Iraq/
Jordan
relations
-
22 June 2014: ISIS militants capture Iraqi border crossing with Syria, Jordan
-
28 January 2015: Secret talks in Jordan try to secure release of 'Islamic State' hostages
-
3 February: 'Islamic State' terrorists burn Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh alive
-
4 February: Jordan executes two Iraqi militants in response to 'Islamic State' murder of pilot following Jordan's offer to swap Sajida al-Rishawi for the pilot
Iraq/Kuwait relations:
Iraq/
Kuwait
relations
-
Rumaila oil field
-
Invasion of Kuwait 1990/91
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Kuwait–Iraq barrier
Iraq/Russia relations:
Iraq/
Russia
relations
-
9 October 2012: Iraq's Maliki in Russia for huge arms deal
-
11 November: Iraq's defence minister denies reports that $4.2bn arms deal with Russia has been scrapped over corruption fears
-
17 October: Iraq receiving arms from Russia under a historic $4.3-billion deal it signed last year but then scrapped amid corruption allegations
-
29 June 2014: While USA has begun sending military advisers to Iraq once more and is flying armed drones over Baghdad, Iraq receives Russian jets
-
15 April 2015: Israel's PM Netanyahu urges Russia's Putin in vain not to supply Iran with the S-300 missile system, warning it will boost regime’s aggression
Iraq/Saudi-Arabia relations:
Iraq/
Saudi Arabia
relations
-
Saudi–Iraqi neutral zone since 1922
-
Saudi support 1980-1982 for Iraq during the Iran–Iraq war
-
Battle of Khafji January 1991
-
Operation Southern Watch 1992-2003
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Proposed Saudi–Iraq barrier since 2006
-
21 November 2013: Six mortar bombs at Saudi Arabia in an attack by an Iranian-backed Iraqi Shi'ite militia, saying it was warning the kingdom to stop meddling in Iraqi affairs
-
3 July 2014: Saudi Arabia deploys 30,000 soldiers to Iraq border after Iraqi soldiers abandoned the area, but Iraq's government says the frontier is remaining under its full control
Iraq/Switzerland relations:
Iraq/
Switzerland
relations
-
10 October 2013: Iraq and a Swiss company signed a $6 billion deal for the construction and operation of an oil refinery
Iraq/Syria relations:
Iraq/
Syria
relations
-
Euphrates river
-
12 juillet: L'ambassadeur de Syrie à Bagdad rejoint les rangs de l'opposition
-
20 July: Democratic forces seize control of Syria's border crossings with Iraq
-
8 September: Mortar rounds or rockets fired from Syria killed a young Iraqi girl and wounded four people in a border town in western Iraq
2013/2014:
23 December 2013: Iraqi crude from Egypt was Assad's secret lifeline in the last nine months, documents reveal
-
26 June 2014: Al-Maliki confirms and welcomes Assad airstrikes carried out against ISIS in Iraq
2016:
7 September 2016: Iraqi Shi'ite Militia Sends Over 1,000 Fighters to Aleppo to fight alongside Assad's army, Hezbollah, Iranian forces and other militias against insurgents battling to topple Syrian dictator Assad
Iraq/Turkey relations:
Iraq/
Turkey
relations
-
Euphrates river
Since 1992 Turkish military operations in Northern Iraq:
Since 1992 List of Turkish Armed Forces operations in Northern Iraq
-
Cross-border operations of Turkey into Iraq
2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq
2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq
August 2011 Turkey-Iraq cross-border raids:
August 2011 Turkey-Iraq cross-border raids
2012:
21 July 2012: Blast shuts down Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline
-
10 October: Russia warms up to Iraq with arms deal - don’t drag NATO into Syria, Baghdad warns Ankara
2013/2014:
17 November 2013: Iraqi Kurdish president in Turkey to back PM's peace effort
-
11 June 2014: Isis militants kidnap Turkish diplomats after seizing consulate in Mosul
2015:
29 July 2015: Turkey launches heaviest airstrikes on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq since campaign began last week
-
29 July: Turkey steps up bombing of Kurdish targets in Iraq, after Nato members urged proportionate response to security threat, alleged by Turkey
-
1 August 2015: Iraqi Kurdistan urges Turkey to halt PKK bombardment
-
1 August: Iraq's Barzani condemns Turkish bombing he says killed civilians
-
8 September 2015: Turkish troops cross into Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish PKK rebels
-
19 September 2015: Turkish jets hit Kurdish militant camps in Iraq, killing at least 55 people
-
5 December 2015: Iraq tells Turkey to 'immediately' withdraw forces, including tanks and artillery, it has deployed in the country’s north without Iraq’s consent
April 2017 Turkish airstrikes in Syria and Iraq:
April 2017 Turkish airstrikes in Syria and Iraq targeting the People's Protection Units (YPG), the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) and the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS), killing and injuring dozens of Kurds
January/February 2018:
4 February 2018: Iraqi FM condemns ongoing Turkish military operation in Afrin
July 2019 Turkish diplomat shot in Erbil:
17 July 2019: A gunman has killed a senior Turkish diplomat and a civilian in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region, in a daytime attack inside a restaurant
Iraq/United Kingdom relations:
Iraq/
United Kingdom
relations
1920:
Iraqi revolt against the British 1920
-
Alleged British use of gas in Mesopotamia 1920
-
The 'Guardian' 2003: Our last occupation - Gas, chemicals, bombs: Britain has used them all before in Iraq 1920
1922-1988:
RAF Iraq command 1922-1941
-
AHQ Iraq command 1941-1955
-
Britische Herrschaft und Königreich 1920-1958
-
British support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war 1980-1988
British/USA-led Iraq War (2003-2011) and aftermath:
Iraq War (2003-2011)
-
Category: Iraq War since 2003
-
Bush and Blair determined to go to war regardless of the facts - memo of the meeting 31 January 2003
-
Besetzung des Irak seit 2003
-
"Iraq War Logs" (Tagebuch des Irakkriegs) - 104.924 recorded Iraqi deaths including 66.081 civilian deaths until 2009
-
20 October 2012: The families of two soldiers killed in Iraq have been told they can sue the Ministry of Defence for negligence
-
21 December: Britain has paid out $22.7m to Iraqis who accused UK troops of illegally detaining and torturing them following the 2003 invasion
-
29 January 2013: British troops in Iraq killed civilians including women, the elderly and children and committed 'terrifying acts of brutality', the High Court heard today
-
17 March 2013: At least 112,000 civilians were killed in the 10 years since the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq, according to the Britain-based Iraq Body Count group
-
1 June 2013: Britain must investigate torture in Iraq, Afghanistan, UN says
2014:
27 February 2014: Iraq commemorates 1920 uprising against British occupation in new museum
13 September 2014: British aid worker David Cawthorne Haines captured by ISIL in 2013 and later executed by beheading on 13 September 2014
-
4 October: Islamic State beheads British man Alan Henning, who had gone to Syria to help victims of conflict by joining an aid convoy and was taken captive on December 26
Iraq/USA relations:
Iraq/
USA
relations
-
Category: Iraq War 2003-2011
-
9 mars 2013: Une enquête révèle que la torture était pratiquée en Irak pendant l'occupation américaine et accuse les États-Unis d’avoir couvert des actes de torture
-
31 octobre 2013: Le Premier ministre irakien Nouri al-Maliki, en visite aux Etats-Unis, réclame une "troisième guerre mondiale" contre le "virus" Al-Qaïda
United States/Bradley Manning trial since 3 June 2013:
2013 United States v. Bradley Manning
-
July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike - release of 39 minutes of classified cockpit gunsight footage in 2010
2014:
17 June 2014: Despite Obama's vow, USA to deploy 275 military personnel in Iraq
-
29 June 2014: While USA has begun sending military advisers to Iraq once more and is flying armed drones over Baghdad, Iraq receives Russian jets
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27 September: USA-led coalition forces hit IS oil targets seeking to destroy the jihadists’ business as Britain, Belgium and Denmark promise warplanes to join the USA-led air armada battering IS targets in Iraq
and as Turkey's Erdogan signals more active role in anti-IS fight
,
calling for no-fly zone over Syria
October 2014:
22 October 2014: After seven years four Blackwater employees were tried and convicted in USA federal court, one of murder
and the other three of manslaughter of a group of unarmed civilians at a crowded Baghdad traffic junction in September 2007
April 2015 unable Iraq's PM seeks billions in USA military aid IS terrorists took equipment in 2014:
12 April 2015: Iraq's prime minister to seek billions in military aid and modern USA arms with deferred payment, after Islamic State terrorists took equipment in 2014
27 December 2019 Iranian-backed Kata'ib Hezbollah militia's deadly rocket attack on air base in Kirkuk province:
27 December 2019 Iranian-backed Kata'ib Hezbollah militia's rocket attack on the K-1 Air Base in Kirkuk province in Iraq with more than 30 rockets, killing a USA civilian contractor, injuring four USA service members and two Iraqi security forces personnel
1 January 2020 USA defend embassy in Baghdad against Iran-backed violence:
1 January 2020: USA troops fired tear gas on Wednesday as Iran-backed militiamen and others gathered outside the USA Embassy in Baghdad for a second day set fire to the roof of a reception area inside the embassy compound
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1 January 2020: Pro-Iran rioters reportedly fully withdraw from USA embassy in Baghdad, shouting 'we burned them!'
3 January 2020 USA airstrike against Iranian war criminal IRGC Qasem Soleimani near Baghdad airport:
3 January 2020 USA airstrike against Iranian convoy near Baghdad International Airport carrying Iranian IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
12 March 2020 Iranian-backed Shia militia groups believed behind rocket attack:
12 March 2020: With USA believing Iranian-backed Shia militia groups behind assault, USA, UK troops among 3 dead in Iraq rocket attack, as barrage fired at a military base just north of Baghdad sets buildings ablaze
14 March 2020 rocket attack hits base housing USA troops:
14 March 2020: After Iran-backed Shiite militia groups vowed to exact revenge for Friday’s USA strikes
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rocket attack hits base housing USA troops days after a similar attack killed 3 servicemen
17 March 2020 rockets hit Iraqi base hosting USA-led coalition and NATO troops:
17 March 2020: A pair of rockets hit an Iraqi base hosting USA-led coalition and NATO troops, Iraq’s military said Tuesday, the third attack on installations hosting foreign forces inside a week
18 March 2020 rockets struck Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone near the USA Embassy:
18 March 2020: At least three rockets struck Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone near the USA Embassy late Tuesday, a day after an attack on a training base south of Baghdad and the fourth such attack in the span of a week
26 March 2020 rockets hit inside Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone:
26 March 2020: Iraq’s military said at least two rockets hit inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, home to the USA Embassy and seat of Iraq’s government
16 February 2021 rocket attack on USA airbase in Iraq kills civilian contractor:
16 February 2021: Rocket attack on USA airbase in the Kurdish region of Iraq kills civilian contractor, as eight others injured in blast expected to be first serious test of Joe Biden’s Iran policy, as rare attack on Erbil was claimed by Shia group calling itself Saraya Awliya al-Dam, or Guardians of Blood, one of several newly formed organisations believed to be fronts for prominent factions funded and directed by Iran
Environment of Iraq:
Environment of Iraq
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Natural history of Iraq
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Geology of Iraq
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Geography of Iraq
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Geography of Iraqi Kurdistan
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Ecology of Iraqi Kurdistan
Climate of Iraq:
The climate of Iraq, mainly a hot desert climate or a hot semi-arid climate to the northernmost part, averages high temperatures are generally above 40°C during summer months while averages low temperatures can drop to below 0°C during winter, most of the rainfall occurs from December through April and averages between 100 and 180 millimeters annually
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Climate of Iraqi Kurdistan
Landforms of Iraq:
Landforms of Iraq
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Mountain ranges of Iraq
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Mountains of Iraq
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Deserts of Iraq
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Arabian Desert
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Syrian Desert
Mesopotamian Marshes, Central, Hawizeh and Hammar Marshes:
Mesopotamian Marshes
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Draining of the Mesopotamian Marshes
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Central or Qurna Marshes, a large complex of wetlands in Iraq that were part of the Tigris-Euphrates river system, along with the Hawizeh and Hammar Marshes
Water in Iraq:
Water in Iraq
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List of rivers of Iraq
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Dams in Iraq
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Water supply and sanitation in Iraq
Tigris–Euphrates river system:
Tigris–Euphrates river system - the Tigris and Euphrates with their tributaries form a major system in Western Asia, from sources in the Taurus mountains of eastern Turkey they flow by/through Syria through Iraq into the Persian Gulf
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Euphrates river
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Tigris, the eastern member of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates
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Shatt al-Arab of some 200 km in length, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris in the town of al-Qurnah in the Basra Governorate of southern Iraq
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Dams in the Tigris–Euphrates river system
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Dams in the Euphrates River basin
Environmental issues in Iraq:
Environmental concerns in Iraq include dust storms, sandstorms, floods
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Environmental issues
in Iraq include inadequate supplies of potable water, development of Tigris-Euphrates Rivers system contingent upon agreements with upstream riparian Turkey, air and water pollution, soil degradation (desalination) and erosion, desertification, government water control projects have drained most of the inhabited marsh areas east of An Kshatriya by drying up or diverting the feeder streams and rivers, a once sizable population of Shi'a Muslims, who have inhabited these areas for thousands of years, has been displaced, furthermore, the destruction of the natural habitat poses serious threats to the area's wildlife populations
Climate change in Iraq leading to crises:
Climate change in Iraq, leading to excessive heat amid limited air conditioning, drought and erratic precipitation, falling water levels, increasing salinity of the water supply in southern Iraq, and security risks
4 August 2020 record temperatures, pending supply deals inflame Iraq’s power woes:
4 August 2020: Record temperatures reaching 52 degrees Celsius, pending supply deals inflame Iraq’s power woes, as poor electricity infrastructure leaves many Iraqis unable to cool off in the scorching summer heat, while country’s dependency on Iran for energy is complicating ties with USA
Natural disasters in Iraq - heatwaves, droughts, flooding:
2012/2013 floods and loss of fresh water:
29 December 2012: Iraq sees worst flooding in years - residents blame corruption and political infighting for poor civic amenities as Baghdad is inundated with water
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12 February 2013: A large loss of fresh water reserves in the Tigris and Euphrates river basins since 2003 detected
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17 February 2013: NASA images reveal Middle East water woes - vanishing rivers and increase in well drilling cause drastic loss of region's freshwater resources
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20 novembre 2013: Des inondations ont fait onze morts en Irak dans les régions de Bagdad, Nassiriyah, Diwaniyah et Hilla
2015 heatwave:
4 August 2015: Middle East swelters in heatwave as temperatures top 50C
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2 November 2015: Iraq's government declared an emergency in areas overwhelmed by heavy rain that has caused widespread flooding and multiple deaths
2016 heatwave:
22 July 2016: Middle East locations Mitribah in Kuwait and Basra in Iraq hit 129 degrees, hottest ever in Eastern Hemisphere
2017 heatwave:
10 August 2017: While Europe does battle with a heatwave named Lucifer, the Middle East is enduring a summer so brutal that even those accustomed to Baghdad’s searing August are labelling it 'ungodly', reaching 48C or higher since weekes
Earthquakes in Iraq:
Earthquakes in Iraq
November 2017 Kermanshah earthquake:
12 November 2017 Kermanshah earthquake on the Iran–Iraq border, just inside Iran in the Kermanshah Province
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13 November 2017: A powerful magnitude-7.3 earthquake has rocked the northern border region between Iran and Iraq, killing more than 328 people in Iran and seven in Iraq and injuring thousands more
Israel
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Geography of Israel
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History of Israel
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Demographics of Israel
Economy of Israel:
Economy of Israel
- main industries are high-technology products (including aviation, communications, telecommunications equipment, computer hardware and software, computer-aided design and manufacturing, medical electronics, fiber optics), pharmaceuticals, potash and phosphates, metals products, chemical products, plastics, diamond cutting, petroleum refining, textiles
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List of companies of Israel
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Companies of Israel by industry
Manufacturing companies of Israel:
Manufacturing companies
of Israel
Motor vehicle manufacturers of Israel:
Motor vehicle manufacturers of Israel
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Since 1932 Ha'argaz, an Israeli cooperative founded in Tel Aviv and one of Israel's oldest industrial companies, since 2009 the company moved its bus factory from Tel Aviv to an industrial zone near Kiryat Mal'akhi
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Since 1949 Merkavim Transportation Technologies Ltd., the largest bus manufacturing company in Israel
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Since 1966 Automotive Industries
Electronics companies of Israel:
Electronics companies of Israel
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Semiconductor companies of Israel
January 2019:
29 January 2019: Intel confirms Kiryat Gat plant plan, saying it is expanding its operations in Israel and will invest nearly $11 billion in a new plant, expected to bring thousands of jobs to the south
Science and technology in Israel:
Science and technology in Israel
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Israeli inventions
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List of Israeli inventions and discoveries
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Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space in Haifa
Technology companies of Israel:
Technology companies of Israel
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Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Information technology and software companies of Israel:
Information technology companies of Israel
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Information technology in Israel
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Software companies of Israel
Medical technology companies of Israel:
Medical technology companies of Israel
High technology in Israel:
High technology in Israel
Aircraft manufacturers of Israel:
Aircraft manufacturers of Israel
Since 1953 Israel Aerospace Industries:
Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.
,
producing aerial systems for both military and civilian usage and wholly owned by the government of Israel, founded 1953
Since 1997 Aeronautics Defense Systems:
Since 1997 Aeronautics Defense Systems, an Israeli company specializing in the manufacturing of Unmanned Aerial Systems, commonly known as drones
Space program of Israel:
Space program of Israel
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Since 1982 Ministry of Science, Technology and Space
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Since 1983 Israel Space Agency
Satellites of Israel:
Satellites of Israel
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Communications satellites of Israel
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Earth observation satellites of Israel
Since 19 September 1988 launch history of Israeli reconnaissance satellites:
Since 19 September 1988 launch history of Israeli reconnaissance satellites
Januar 2008 launch of TecSAR satellite:
21 Januar 2008 launch of TecSAR satellite, fitted with a large dish-like antenna to transmit and receive radar signals that can penetrate darkness and thickness of clouds, ranking among the world's most advanced space systems
2014 plans for unmanned spacecraft to moon:
31 January 2014: Israel plans to land an unmanned spacecraft on the moon as early as 2016
September 2016 launch of Ofek-11:
13 September 2016 launch of Ofek-11, part of the Ofeq family of reconnaissance satellites designed and built by Israel Aerospace Industries for the Israeli Ministry of Defense
2017 Israel launches first environmental research satellite Venµs:
2 August 2017: Israel launches first environmental research satellite Venµs in a joint venture between ISA and its French counterpart CNES, to obtain high-resolution photographs of specific sites to track environmental issues such as desertification, erosion, pollution, natural disasters, and other phenomena linked to climate change
February 2019 Launch of Beresheet lunar lander:
22 February 2019 Launch of Beresheet lunar lander which will measure the Moon's local magnetic field to help understand how it formed, also bringing a digital 'time capsule'
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22 February 2019: 'Beresheet' spacecraft could make Israel the fourth country to land on the moon, but for many engineers involved in the project just the launch of the spacecraft, that will now travel before reaching the moon on 11 April, is a great success
,
even more as the project is almost entirely funded by donations
5 March 2019: Israeli spacecraft snaps Earth 'selfie' with flag from 37,600 kilometers away, as plaque on its side features phrases 'Am Yisrael Chai' and 'small country, big dreams'
July 2020 Israel launches satellite Ofek-16:
6 July 2020: With Iran in its sights, Israel launches new spy satellite Ofek-16, an ‘optoelectronic reconnaissance satellite with advanced capabilities', into orbit, undergoing tests after entering orbit
Defense industry of Israel:
Defense industry of Israel
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Elbit Systems Ltd. Israel-based international defense electronics company engaged in a wide range of programs throughout the world, founded 1996
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Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. producing aerial systems for both military and civilian usage and wholly owned by the government of Israel, founded 1953
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Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. develops and produces weapons, military, and defense technologies for the IDF and for export abroad, founded 1948
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Israel Military Industries Ltd. manufactures firearms, ammunition and military technology mainly for Israeli security forces, in Ramat HaSharon and founded 1933
2015:
24 May 2015: Weapons industry exports to Africa up 40% in 2014 compared to 2013, sales worldwide drop by nearly $1 billion, Asian and Pacific countries acquired Israeli military technology and arms worth $3 billion in 2014
Energy in Israel:
Energy in Israel
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Power companies of Israel
Solar power in Israel:
Use of solar energy began in Israel in the 1950s with the development of a solar water heater to address the energy shortages that plagued the new country, today Israel's objective is to produce 10% of the country's energy from renewable sources by 2020
Since 1987 Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center:
Since 1987 Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center at Midreshet Ben-Gurion, the national alternative energy research institute of Israel to study promising alternative and clean energy technologies, particularly those involving solar power
Solar energy companies in Israel:
Solar energy companies of Israel
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Arava Power Company since 2006
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Enlight Renewable Energy since 2008
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GreenSun Energy since 2009
March 2015:
30 March 2015: Knesset unveils solar field on roof producing up to 1/3 of parliament’s power
June 2018:
26 June 2018: Israel has approved a plan to build a solar field in Israel to pump power into the Gaza Strip and ease the electricity crisis in the Palestinian enclave, according to a Yedioth Ahronoth daily report, saying the panels would be set up near the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel as a unilateral measure, without the involvement of the Hamas terror group
Wind engery in Israel:
'Enlight Renewable Energy', a publicly traded company, headquartered in Israel, that builds and operates solar and wind power facilities
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Golan Heights wind farm, a wind farm located 1050 m above sea level on Mount Bnei Rasan 5 km south of Quneitra
January 2020 Israel will build wind turbines farms in the Golan Heights:
1 January 2020: Israel will fund development of technology that will make it possible to build wind turbines farms in the Golan Heights without disrupting the activity of the IDF and the air force in the area
Oil and gas companies of Israel:
Oil and gas companies of Israel
Since 2007 Grand Technion Energy Program:
Grand Technion Energy Program since 2007
March 2013 Israel begins gas delivery from offshore Tamar field:
30 March 2013: Israel begins gas delivery from offshore Tamar field
November 2019 Israeli scientists demand climate change action:
19 November 2019: Contrary to the image the gas companies try to cultivate, natural gas is very damaging to the environment and to public health, scientists argue, as over 100 leading Israeli scientists demand climate change action
Agriculture in Israel:
Agriculture in Israel
- crops grown in the country include wheat, sorghum, corn, vegetables include tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, zucchini, fruit include citrus, avocados, kiwifruit, guavas, mangoes, grapes, melons, bananas, dates, apples, pears, cherries, furthermore, grape vineyards are found across the country
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Israeli wine industry
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Kibbutz
2016 nearly half of Israel's farmland threatened by over-processing and climate change:
24 April 2016: Nearly half of Israel's farmland threatened by over-processing and climate change
February 2020 in pilot Israeli dairy won’t separate calves from mothers:
11 February 2020: In first pilot of its kind, Israeli dairy won’t separate calves from mothers
December 2020 Kibbutz life attracts a new generation of urban refugees:
4 December 2020: Kibbutz life attracts a new generation of urban refugees, as covid-19 is accelerating the growing interest in the quiet, spaciousness and low costs of rural living, with the old burdens of collectivism no longer a consideration
Irrigation in Israel:
Irrigation in Israel
Agricultural research in Israel:
Agricultural research in Israel
Israel Land Administration and Authority:
Israel Land Administration, an Israeli government authority responsible for managing land in Israel which is in the public domain, it manages 93% of the land in the country
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Israel Land Authority, created as a part of a reform in Israel to replace the Israel Land Administration
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Jewish National Fund
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Israeli land and property laws
Forests in Israel:
Forests of contemporary Israel are mainly the result of a massive afforestation campaign by the Jewish National Fund
Afforestation in Israel:
Afforestation in Israel
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'Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael' Jewish National Fund's forestry and ecology research
Fishing in Israel:
Fishing in Israel
Water in Israel:
Water in Israel
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Bodies of water of Israel
Rivers of Israel:
Rivers of
Israel
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The Kishon River flows into the Mediterranean Sea near the city of Haifa
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The Yarkon River flows west through Gush Dan and Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park into the Mediterranean Sea
Jordan River, Sea of Galilee and Dead Sea:
The Jordan River, a 251-kilometre long river is an important water resource for Israel and, to a much lesser extent, for Jordan, flowing to the
Dead Sea
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Sea of Galilee, a freshwater lake in Israel partly fed by underground springs although its main source is the Jordan River which flows through it from north to south
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Water politics in the Jordan River basin
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Jordan Valley
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Jordan Rift Valley
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Water politics in the Jordan River basin
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Israeli–Palestinian Joint Water Committee
Water supply and sanitation in Israel:
Water supply and sanitation in Israel
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National Water Carrier of Israel
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Israel's water economy and 'Water Authority', the government's executive branch in charge of Israel's water economy
1964-1967:
1964-1967 'Battle over Water' refers to a series of confrontations between Israel and its Arab neighbors over control of water sources in the Jordan River drainage basin, contributing to the June 1967 Six-Day War
2015:
29 August 2015: Israel and the Palestinian territories are projected to be among the countries most prone to acute water shortages and resultant conflict in the coming decades, according to a new report
July 2016:
19 July 2016: Desalination of water is helping reduce conflict in the Middle East
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29 July 2016: One of the driest countries on Earth proves the desalination era is here, as Israel now makes more freshwater than it needs
September 2016:
6 September 2016: Israel's water crisis isn’t over, as Dead Sea, Lake Kinneret and aquifer levels are all down and continued drought, over-pumping and the needs of a growing population are playing havoc with the country’s ecology
2017:
4 June 2017: Water flow into Sea of Galilee at lowest level in a century, as with ongoing drought more water has evaporated than entered the Kinneret, leading to rising salinity rates, says Water Authority
2018:
26 February 2018: The use of desalinated water has significantly improved the quality of effluent (treated wastewater), leading to a dramatic increase from 32% to 80% in the proportion of effluent that is suitable for all types of irrigation over the last decade, according to Israel’s Water Authority on water quality
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10 June 2018: Israeli government approved a $30 million emergency drought recovery program in an effort to rehabilitate seven streams in northern Israel, taking the unprecedented step of bringing desalinated water directly to the Sea of Galilee, which is dangerously low
June 2019:
27 June 2019: Plan to pump desalinated water to Sea of Galilee may open diplomatic floodgates, as technology has doubled the amount of water available to Israelis, and a new NIS 1 billion plan to bring treated water to the northern freshwater lake will increase it even further
Transport in Israel:
Transport
in Israel
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Roads in Israel
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Bus service
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Rail transport in Israel
Ports and harbors in Israel:
Ports and harbors
in Israel
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Port of Haifa
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Port of Ashdod
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Port of Eilat
Air transport in Israel:
Air transport in Israel
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Aviation in Israel
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Israeli airports
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Ben Gurion Airport
July 2014:
Airlines stop flights after a Hamas rocket landed about a mile from Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport 22 July 2014
Tourism in Israel:
Tourism in Israel
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National parks and nature reserves of Israel
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World Heritage Sites in Israel
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Jerusalem old city
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Archaeology of Israel
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Masada
July 2014:
22 July 2014: The fighting with Hamas in Gaza is badly slowing the flow of foreign tourists into Israel, but Israelis, it turns out, have decided to wait out the turmoil
July 2018:
10 July 2018: Some 2.1 million tourist entries were recorded between January and June, the most for any half-year period and the first time the 2 million threshold was passed, according to the Tourism Ministry
External trade of Israel:
External trade
of Israel
2012/2013:
6 March 2012: Asia - main markets India and China - overtakes USA as target market for Israeli exports, as EU remains primary market for Israeli goods
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2012/2013 Israel-USA trade facts
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28 March 2013: The Israeli and the Palestinian national committees of the ICC signed an agreement to establish a center for arbitration between Palestinian and Israeli businesses, as the commerce between Israel and the Palestinians is about $20 billion annually
Banking in Israel:
Banking in Israel
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Banks of Israel
December 2014 Bank Leumi admits to helping USA taxpayers hide assets:
23 December 2014: Israel’s Bank Leumi Group has agreed to pay a total of some $400 million to USA and New York authorities to settle a criminal probe, after admitting to helping USA taxpayers hide assets
March 2019 Israeli bank Mizrahi-Tefahot to pay $195m penalty for USA tax-avoidance scheme:
13 March 2019: Major Israeli bank to pay $195m penalty for USA tax-avoidance scheme, as Mizrahi-Tefahot one of three banks targeted by Justice Department for helping USA citizens avoid paying taxes by stashing their assets in offshore accounts, and as Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank Ltd. and two subsidiaries acknowledged guilt in a deferred prosecution agreement
March 2020 Israeli Bank Hapoalim pays $870 million for helping USA clients evade taxes:
19 March 2020: After competitors Bank Leumi and Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank charged in similar cases in recent years, Bank Hapoalim, Israel’s largest bank, said it would pay $870 million to end an investigation against it by USA tax authorities, as bank is accused of helping USA clients evade taxes
Financial services in Israel:
Financial services in Israel
Binary options trading in Israel:
Binary options trading in Israel - binary options comprises 63%, or $1.25 billion, of Israel's $2 billion securities and derivatives industry, which contributed 0.7% of the country's gross domestic product during 2016
2016:
23 March 2016: An industry turning over hundreds of millions of dollars, employing thousands of people, is cynically cheating naive would-be investors worldwide via a range of corrupt practices, doing terrible harm to its victims, the 'Times of Israel' reports
June 2017:
18 June 2017: The Israeli cabinet approved a bill to ban the entire binary options industry, a multi-billion dollar, widely fraudulent, Israel-based enterprise, whose activities have been exposed in a series of articles by the 'Times of Israel' since March 2016
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24 September 2017: FBI arrests Israeli binary options CEO Elbaz as she disembarks in New York, charged with wire fraud
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange:
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
27 July 2020 business magnates relegated from index as technology companies do better:
27 July 2020: Business magnates Yitzhak Tshuva, David Fattal, Chaim Katzman and Idan Ofer will see their holding companies relegated from the leading Israeli index, as companies belonging to various technology sectors such as cleantech, life sciences, information technology, electronics, optics, semiconductors do better
Economic history of Israel and economic cycles:
Economic history
of
Israel
1949-1959 Austerity in Israel:
1949-1959 Austerity in Israel
1983 Israel bank stock crisis and 1985 Economic Stabilization Plan:
1983 Israel bank stock crisis
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1985 Israel Economic Stabilization Plan
Since the 1980s Kibbutz crisis:
Since the 1980s Kibbutz crisis, that intensified after the Israeli economic stabilization program of 1985 during which the inflation stopped, and that was characterized by the accumulating of large debts from the kibbutzim and in low return, also accompanied by a social crisis and a demographic crisis
1990s-2010 change of Kibbutz movement:
The status of kibbutzim today
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7 January 2010: After 100 years, the Kibbutz movement has completely changed, as only a quarter of kibbutzim still function as equalized cooperatives, while the rest have begun paying salaries to their members
2014 Hamas rocket attacks, conflict in Gaza and economic impact:
9 July 2014: After June kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers and ongoing heavy Hamas rocket fire into Israel, business in Israel's south hurting, workers, shoppers stay home, factories cut back production, malls are empty and tourists cancel hotel reservations
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15 July 2014: Israeli retailing dropped in first week of Protective Edge, decline in number of Israeli Arabs shopping in Jewish-area malls
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15 July 2014: Government says fighting is costing Israel $32.1 million a day at present, but Finance Minister Lapid says Israel can cover costs of extended conflict in Gaza
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16 July 2014: Hamas rocket attacks finally slam into Israeli business as the impact now is being felt in all sectors, from tourism to farming
2 April 2020 shekel weakens sharply and Netanyahu enters quarantine:
2 April 2020: Israel's shekel is weakening sharply today against the dollar and against the euro amid fincancial and economic impact of covid-19 pandemic
,
as Netanyahu, Mossad chief enter quarantine after health minister diagnosed with coronavirus
16 April 2020 IMF sees Israeli economy shrinking 6.3% in 2020:
16 April 2020: IMF sees Israeli economy shrinking 6.3% in 2020 and ending 2020 with 12% unemployment and 2021 with 7.6% unemployment
May 2020 up to 70,000 Israeli businesses forecast to vanish amid covid-19 crisis, recession in Q1:
14 May 2020: Up to 70,000 Israeli businesses forecast to go under amid covid-19 cisis, as 2020 is likely to be the first year in a decade in which the number of businesses in Israel contracts
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25 May 2020: Israel’s economy contracted by 7.1% on an annualized basis in Q1 of 2020, CBS reported in its first estimate
23 June 2020 Israel’s employers expect to lay off workers and not to hire new ones in Q3:
23 June 2020: Israel’s employers expect to lay off workers and not to hire new ones in the third quarter of 2020, as manpower survey shows manufacturers see job cuts of 17%; finance, business services, restaurants, hotels 11% to 16%, construction 9%; retail, wholesale 5%
12 July 2020 number of jobless rises:
12 July 2020: Number of jobless rises and employment Service reports 1,593 newly unemployed since Thursday, as data shows 847,968 people jobless, of whom 576,164 are on unpaid leave, with unemployment at 21%
16 August 2020 Israel's economy contracted at 28.7% in Q2:
16 August 2020: Israel's economy contracted at 28.7% in Q2, shrank 10.1% in the first half of 2020, due to government restrictions to halt the spread of covid-19
18 October 2020 Israeli economy shrank at 10.1% in H1 2020:
18 October 2020: Israeli economy shrank at 10.1% in H1 2020, after GDP contracted by 28.7%, on an annualized basis, in the second quarter of 2020, according to the third and revised estimate
11 February 2021 Israeli startups raised record $1.44b in January:
11 February 2021: Analysis by Israeli NGO Start-Up Nation Central has found that January 2021 saw investments of $1.44 billion in Israeli startups, a record amount raised during a single month, beating the $1.2 billion raised in September 2020
Labor in Israel:
Labor in Israel
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Israel Central Bureau of Statistics'
monthly labour force survey
2012-2018 Israel Employment Rate:
2012-2018 Israel employment rate, measuring the number of people who have a job as a percentage of the working age population, averaged 60.50% from 2012 until 2018 and reached 61.60% in June 2018
2012-2017 distribution of employment in Israel by economic sector:
2012-2017 distribution of employment in Israel by economic sector, as in 2017 1.07% of the employees in Israel were active in the agricultural sector, 17.3% in industry and 81.63% in the service sector
November 2019 unemployment falls to 3.7% in Israel:
3 November 2019: The unemployment rate in Israel among those age 15 or higher fell from 3.9% in the second quarter of 2019 to 3.7% in the third quarter
March 2020 unemployment rate in Israel is skyrocketing amid pandemic:
22 March 2020: Israel’s jobless rate surges to 16.5% as virus puts 500,000 out of work, as employment Service says new applications slowing after ebbing of initial wave of layoffs in travel, service industries, but expects more unemployment as pandemic affects other industries
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25 March 2020: Unemployment continues to rise, reaching 19.6% with a total of 657,876 new registrants since the start of the month
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26 March 2020: Unemployment in Israel surges past 20%, as almost 700,000 jobless sign up in March, as more sectors ravaged by pandemic and figures show majority of people who lost their job are women, and as official says first NII payment expected before Passover
29 March 922,016 unemployed, rate of 22.15%, as 90% of those who registered in March were on unpaid leave:
29 March 2020: INES has announced that 764,165 new jobseekers have registered since the beginning of March, making a total of 922,016 unemployed and an unemployment rate of 22.15%, as 90% of those who registered in March were on unpaid leave
31 March 2020 nearly a quarter of Israel’s workforce unemployed:
31 March 2020: There are now 969,693 Israelis seeking unemployment benefits, counting the 160,000 who were already on unemployment before the crisis caused by covid-19, leading to government and employers decisions
,
as Finance Minister Kahlon announced an economic rescue package worth approximately $22.5 billion, saying 'we won’t let the economy collapse', and as 5,000 self-employed people and small business owners protested in Jerusalem hours ahead of the announcement of the plan, saying the proposals would not prevent the collapse of small- and medium-sized businesses and that proposed payments to independent workers would not cover the expenses of many
5 April 2020 Israelis without unemployment benefits before Passover:
5 April 2020: Israelis will not receive unemployment benefits and stipends before Passover, as NSI says it is overloaded by the massive surge in claims brought on by the covid-19 pandemic and will be unable to transfer unemployment benefits and emergency stipends before Passover holiday
24 September 2020 fifth of Israel's workforce registered as unemployed with 472,734 of them on unpaid leave:
24 September 2020: Current numbers indicate that a total of 802,314 people are registered as unemployed nationwide, constituting about a fifth of the workforce, with 472,734 of them on unpaid leave
October 2020 number of Israel's unemployed near 1 million:
5 October 2020: With 6,637 Israelis having registered as unemployed since Sunday, the total number of unemployed Israel rises to 942,678, as some 600,458 of those registered as unemployed are on unpaid leave
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18 October 2020: There are currently 980,370 unemployed Israelis with 628,344 of them having been furloughed due to the covid-19 pandemic, as just over 5,000 more people lost their jobs in the past day with over a 250,000 joining the ranks of the unemployed since the beginning of September
Palestinian workers in Israel:
Palestinian workers in Israel
2013 work permits:
17 September 2013: The Israeli government approved 5,000 additional work permits to Palestinians from the West Bank, raising the number of permanent work permits to 48,000, another 3,000 Palestinians have permission to work temporarily in Israel, 27,000 more Palestinians work in industrial zones in the West Bank and in settlements, and at least another 30,000 work in Israel illegally, and thus about 100,000 Palestinians rely on jobs in Israel for their livelihood
2018:
12 January 2018: The Israeli government is likely to approve 7,500 additional permits for Palestinians to work in Israel, as some 100,000-110,000 Palestinians currently work in Israel, including 30,000-40,000 laborers without permits, while 30,000 work in West Bank settlements, and as according to the World Bank, unemployment in the West Bank in 2016 stood at around 18%
Standard of living and poverty in Israel:
Standard of living in Israel
2013 poverty high despite strong economy:
8 December 2013: Israel
poverty
high despite strong economy, OECD says
2017 poverty:
6 December 2017: Some 1.8 million Israelis, including 842,300 children, were living in poverty in 2016, according to the National Insurance Institute
November 2019 Israel’s economic inequality worsened in 2018:
26 November 2019: Israel’s economic inequality worsened in 2018, for first time in 5 years, as unemployment is at 40-year low of 3.4%
December 2019 2,306,000 Israelis reportedly live in poverty:
9 December 2019: According to the Latet organization's Alternative Poverty Report, 2,306,000 Israelis live in poverty
December 2020 poverty rose from 20.1% to 29.3% in 2020:
9 December 2020: The number of Israeli households living under the poverty line has grown by nearly 50% during covid-19 pandemic, according to an anti-poverty organization's report, saying the number of Israeli households living in poverty rose from 20.1% to 29.3% in 2020, also saying an estimated total of 850,000 households in Israel lack essential housing, education, healthcare and food, with 268,000 falling into poverty since the start of the pandemic
Pensions in Israel:
Pensions
in Israel, consisting of a state old age pension system, a private pension system which employees are legally required to participate in and that is supervised and regulated by the government, and a pension system for civil servants
Taxation in Israel:
Taxation
in Israel
Government budget in Israel:
Israel Government Budget
30 July 2020 Israel quietly raises more debt overseas:
30 July 2020: Israel quietly raises more debt overseas, as Ministry of Finance has lowered its profile in recent weeks on its debt raising activities, and as the state has estimated financing requirements in 2020 of NIS 250 billion, at least double the regular amount of the State's financial needs in recent years including servicing the deficit and recycling debt that is set for repayment, and as the covid-19 pandemic has pushed Israel into a double-digit budgetary deficit, which will reach an estimated 12%-13% of GDP, or more than NIS 150 billion
11 January 2021 Israel ended 2020 with an 11.7% fiscal deficit:
11 January 2021: Israel ended 2020 with an 11.7% fiscal deficit or NIS 160.3 billion, as deficit has widened to the biggest figure since the 1980s because of the economic crisis caused by the covid-19 pandemic
Israel Defense Forces:
Israel Defense Forces
History of the Israel Defense Forces:
History of the Israel Defense Forces
-
Military history of Israel
-
Military history of Jerusalem
-
Sieges of Jerusalem since 597 BC
November 1917 third Battle of Gaza:
November 1917 third Battle of Gaza fought between the
German and Ottoman empire
and the United Kingdom and allies
-
1915-1918 Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the Middle Eastern theatre of SPD supported World War I, fought by the Arab Revolt and the British Empire, against the Ottoman Empire and its Imperial German allies, starting with an Ottoman attempt at raiding the Suez Canal in 1915, and ending with the Armistice of Mudros in 1918, leading to the cession of Ottoman Syria and Palestine
November/December 1917 'Battle of Jerusalem':
17 November – 30 December 1917 'Battle of Jerusalem' on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea north of Jaffa, into the Judean Hills and around Jerusalem fought between the German and Ottoman empire and the United Kingdom and allies
Since 1920/1923 Mandatory Palestine, Yishuv and British 'White Paper':
Mandatory Palestine established between 1920 and 1923 as part of the Partition of the Ottoman Empire under the terms of the British Mandate for Palestine
-
Yishuv, Jewish residents in the land of Israel prior to the establishment of the State of Israel 1948, during World War II 1939-1945
-
Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine, as tensions between Jewish militant underground organizations and the British mandatory authorities rose from 1938 and intensified with the publication of the White Paper of 1939, which outlined new government policies to place further restrictions on Jewish immigration and land purchases and declared the intention of giving independence to Palestine, with an Arab majority
1939-1945 World War II, participation of 'Haganah' against Nazi general Erwin Rommel threat:
1939-1945 World War II and participation of
'Haganah' Jewish paramilitary organization
1921–1948 in the British Mandate of Palestine, amid British fears of an Axis breakthrough in North Africa and the Middle-East led by
Nazi general Erwin Rommel
1944-1946 Jewish Infantry Brigade Group:
1944-1946 Jewish Infantry Brigade Group, a military formation of the British Army in World War II recruited among Yishuv Jews from Mandatory Palestine and commanded by Anglo-Jewish officers, serving in the latter stages of the Italian Campaign, after World War II some members of the Brigade assisted Holocaust survivors to emigrate illegally to Mandatory Palestine as part of Aliyah Bet
-
Fighters against Nazis Medal
28 December 1949 first Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel:
28 December 1949 first Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel following a decision of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel that an annual memorial should take place, the day was marked by the burial in a Jerusalem cemetery of ashes and bones of thousands of Jews brought from the Flossenbürg concentration camp and religious ceremonies held in honor of the victims
3 May 1951 first officially organized Holocaust Remembrance Day:
3 May 1951 first officially organized Holocaust Remembrance Day event, held at the Chamber of the Holocaust on Mount Zion, as the Israel Postal Service issued a special commemorative envelope, and a bronze statue of Mordechai Anielewicz, the leader of the Warsaw Ghetto revolt in 1943, was unveiled at Yad Mordechai, a kibbutz named for him
29 November 1947 UN Partition Plan and 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine:
29 November 1947 UN Partition Plan for Palestine
-
30 November 1947 – 14 May 1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine
14 May 1948 Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel:
14 May 1948 Israeli Declaration of Independence, formally the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel by David Ben-Gurion, the Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization, Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, and soon to be first PM of Israel
-
Jewish Agency for Palestine 1929–1948
1948-1949 Arab–Israeli War:
15 May 1948 – 10 March 1949 Arab–Israeli War fought between the newly declared State of Israel and a military coalition of Arab states over the control of former British Palestine, forming the second and final stage of the 1947–1949 war in former Mandatory Palestine
2015:
13 February 2015: Even after four decades of a declining defense burden, Israel spends more on arms relative to the size of its economy and population than any of 11 major world economies
-
21 November 2015: Israel has 115 nuclear warheads, USA research institute says
2018 Israel and Iranian regime's growing military presence and influence in the Middle East:
27 April 2018: 'Haaretz' looks at the IDF's responses to mounting tension on Israel's borders
amid Iranian regime's growing military presence and influence in the Middle East
February 2020 IDF began the rollout of its sweeping Momentum Plan:
13 February 2020: Israel Defense Forces this week began in earnest the rollout of its sweeping Momentum Plan, a multifaceted and multiyear effort to restructure and refocus the military for the types of threats it believes it will face in the near future, and a plan which calls for large-scale acquisitions of new missiles, drones, armored vehicles, air defense batteries, helicopters, and ships alongside the upgrading of existing equipment
25 October 2020 IDF launched large-scale exercise simulating war against the Hezbollah terror group:
25 October 2020: IDF launched a large-scale exercise simulating war against the Hezbollah terror group, aimed at improving the military’s offensive capability, it said, as the multi-day drill will predominantly focus on how various headquarters and command centers work together and communicate in wartime, also set to include physical maneuvers by ground forces, naval vessels and aircraft
Military equipment of Israel:
Military equipment
of Israel
Israeli Air Force, equipment and defense missile systems:
Israeli Air Force
-
History of the Israeli Air Force
-
Israel Air Forces equipment
Air defense missile systems
-
Iron Dome
2012:
26 November 2012: A new Israeli air shield against rockets more powerful than those intercepted by Iron Dome in the Gaza conflict passed its first field test
2018:
19 February 2018: Israel carried out a successful test of its long-range Arrow 3 missile defense system
-
5 July 2018: Israel successfully tests missile defense systems, saying tests on Iron Dome, Magic Wand, and Arrow 3 designed to 'counter emerging threats in the region'
-
6 July 2018: IDF reportedly boosts Iron Dome deployment in Gaza vicinity after security assessment in Southern Command
January 2019:
22 January 2019: Israel and the USA carried out a successful test of their advanced Arrow 3 missile defense system, two days after Israel’s Iron Dome battery intercepted an incoming projectile reportedly launched by Iranian forces in Syria
March 2019:
4 March 2019: USA military deployed in Israel for the first time its most advanced missile defense system as part of an exercise, saying the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense THAAD was meant to drill dispatching the system quickly across the world and working together with Israeli air defenses against threats such as long-range ballistic missiles
August 2019 anti-drone technology:
28 August 2019: An anti-drone technology recently developed in Israel can seize control of enemy drones and land them anywhere, Haaretz reports
February 2020 Israeli laser defense system:
12 February 2020: Israeli laser defense system successfully intercepts multiple drone targets
21 February 2021 new cooperation in defense industry:
21 February 2021: Israeli defense contractor and tech firm join forces over ‘battlefield of the future’, as Israel Aerospace Industries and Matrix Defense will work together to bring AI to ballistic missiles in new research and development center
Structure and internal organization of the Israel Army:
Structure and internal organization
of the Israel Army
-
Military units and formations of Israel
-
Military Intelligence Directorate
General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces:
General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, the supreme command of the Israel Defense Forces based in the Kirya compound (Rabin Camp) in Tel Aviv
-
Since 1947 list of Chiefs of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, appointed once every three (four) years
-
Since 15 January 2019 Lieutenant General Aviv Kochavi Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
Israeli Planning Directorate:
Israeli Planning Directorate, the central body in the Israel Defense Forces' General Staff which deals with strategic and tactical planning, the building of military forces, and military organization. It also serves as a planning body for the Ministry of Defense
Since 1999 Operations Directorate:
Since 1999 Operations Directorate branch in the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
Technological and Logistics Directorate:
Since 1947 Technological and Logistics Directorate
Since 1950 Military Intelligence Directorate in Israel:
Since 1950 Military Intelligence Directorate in Israel
Conscription in Israel, reserve duty and women in the Israel Defense Forces:
Conscription
in Israel
-
Reserve duty
-
Women in the Israel Defense Forces
Israeli military personnel:
Israeli military personnel
March 2017:
30 March 2017: The family of Yosef Avrahami, one of two IDF soldiers murdered in a lynching in Ramallah 17 years ago, said that it was not informed by either the military or the government that one of the culprits was released after reaching a plea deal in a retrial
April 2018:
13 April 2018: Since Israel's last Memorial Day, 71 more Israel Defense Forces soldiers have died serving their country, the number of those killed since 1860 defending Israel and the pre-state community is 23,645, according to the Defense Ministry
Members of the Israel Defense Forces who are missing in action:
Members of the Israel Defense Forces who are missing in action
2006-2011:
Gilad Shalit captured by Hamas militants in a cross-border raid via underground tunnels near the Israeli border on 25 June 2006, held captive for over five years, until his release on 18 October 2011 in exchange for 1,027 Palestinians as part of a prisoner exchange deal
Exemption from military service in Israel:
Exemption from military service in Israel
2014:
2 March 2014: Ultra-Orthodox Haredim protest at law ending Israeli military exemption
Refusal to serve in the IDF:
Refusal to serve in the IDF
Israeli security forces:
Israeli security forces
Israeli Intelligence Community:
Israeli Intelligence Community
-
Mossad
-
Israel Security Agency, the Shin Bet (abbreviation of the name), Israel's internal security service
-
Military Intelligence Directorate
Since May 1960 Adolf Eichmann abduction in Argentina and trial in Israel:
On 11 May 1960
Adolf Eichmann
abducted in Argentina
, smuggled to Israel
and tried
-
Since 1945 protection of Adolf Eichmann and other German officials by an international Nazi protection network including carmaker Mercedes-Benz in Argentina
1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann:
1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann
, interrogated by Chief Inspector Avner Less of the national police, using documents provided primarily by Yad Vashem and Nazi hunter Tuviah Friedman, as Less was often able to determine when Eichmann was lying or being evasive, and when additional information, brought forward forcing Eichmann into admitting what he had done, was answered by Eichmann insisting he had no authority in the Nazi hierarchy and was only following orders, not seeming to realise the enormity of his crimes and showing no remorse
Foreign relations of Israel:
Foreign relations of Israel
Treaties of Israel:
Treaties of Israel
International recognition of Israel:
International recognition of Israel
Jewish global population by country, following the Roman empire's destruction of Judea in 66–136 CE and the Jewish diaspora:
Jewish global population by country
following the Roman empire's destruction of Judea in 66–136 CE, resulting in the Jewish diaspora
2015 world’s Jewish population:
28 June 2015: The world’s Jewish population has grown to be nearly as large (16.5 million) as it was on the eve of the second world war before the Holocaust, Jewish People Policy Institute says in its annual report
Since 19th century and 1933-1945 Aliyah and immigration to Israel:
Immigration to Israel
-
Aliyah - the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to the land of Israel
-
The 'One Million Plan' was an official policy formulated by David Ben-Gurion in 1943–44 to bring one million Jews from Europe, North Africa and the Middle East to Mandatory Palestine in order to establish a state in the territory
-
Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries
-
Palestinian migration to Israel
-
1990s Post-Soviet aliyah
2014 immigration to Israel figures hit five-year high up 28% from last year:
22 September 2014: Immigration to Israel figures hit five-year high up 28% from last year primarily due to an influx from France and Ukraine
Israel's membership in international organizations:
Israel's membership in international organizations
Israel and the United Nations:
Israel and the
United Nations
Since 1948 Mixed Armistice Commissions and UN Truce Supervision Organization:
Since 1948 Mixed Armistice Commissions, an organisation for monitoring the ceasefire along the lines set by the General Armistice Agreements, composed of United Nations Military Observers it was part of the UN Truce Supervision Organization peacekeeping force in the Middle East
-
Since 1948 United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
Permanent Representatives of Israel to the UN:
Permanent Representatives of Israel to the United Nations
Israel, Palestine and the United Nations:
Israel
,
Palestine
and the UN
Since 1947 List of the UN resolutions concerning Israel and Palestine:
Since 1947 List of the UN resolutions concerning Israel and Palestine
-
Since 1947 List of UN resolutions concerning Israel
-
Since 1947 List of UN resolutions concerning Palestine
2012 Israel ends contact with 'UN Human Rights Council':
26 March 2012: Israel ends contact with so-called 'UN Human Rights Council' after it decided to investigate Jewish settlements in the West Bank
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3 December 2012: UN's Ban Ki-moon warns Israel of 'fatal blow' to peace
-
20 December 2012: UN Security Council members, except for the US, call for immediate halt to plans to build homes in occupied territories
2013 Iranian Mullah regime's 'window of opportunity' against Israel:
29 January 2013: Remembering a decision last year to investigate Jewish settlements in the West Bank Israel boycotts UN rights council in unprecedented move
-
31 January 2013: UN inquiry concludes all Israeli settlement activity in West Bank is unlawful and must cease 'immediately'
,
and calls for sanctions against Israel over West Bank settlements
-
26 February 2013: The United Nations has called for an independent inquiry into the death of Palestinian Arafat Jaradat in Israeli custody
-
2 October 2013: Iran now has a window of opportunity to prove its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, UN's Ban Ki-moon reportedly told PM Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in New York
-
29 October 2013: Israel returns to UN rights forum after 1.5 year boycott
2014 amid present aggessions and nuclear threats Israel condemns UNESCO decision against exhibition tracing 3,500 years of Jewish history:
19 January 2014: Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu condemns UNESCO decision to postpone an exhibit tracing 3,500 years of ties between the Jewish people and Israel, following pressure from Arab countries
-
28 February 2014: Israel urges IAEA to issue full report on Iran nuclear research
-
13 March 2014: UN's Ban Ki-moon strongly deplores heavy rocket barrage on Israel from Gaza
-
22 June: UN envoy Robert Serry denies claim he tried to funnel $20m to Hamas behind Israel's back
-
17 July: 20 missiles found in UN-run school in Gaza, confirming Israel’s oft-repeated claim that Hamas and other Gazan terror groups use civilian infrastructure to hide weapons
-
20 July 2014: 'United' Nations agency UNRWA handed 20 missiles found in Gaza school back to Hamas, not to International Criminal Court
-
22 July 2014: For the second time in less than a week, rockets have been found in a school in Gaza operated by the UNRWA
-
23 July 2014: UN's Ban Ki-moon is 'alarmed' to hear that rockets placed in UN-run school in Gaza now 'have gone missing', demanding a full review
-
24 July 2014: In Geneva the UN human rights council voted to launch an international inquiry to investigate violations of international human rights and humanitarian law in Gaza, with the USA opposing the move and 17 countries abstaining
-
14 August: Having no faith in the planned UN investigation into the Gaza war, IDF conducting own inquiry into Gaza civilian deaths
-
22 October 2014: UN's Ban Ki-Moon debriefing Security Council will push forward on an investigation into the destruction in Gaza also of UN-buildings, including incidents when Hamas weapons were found in UN schools
2015 Israel asks UN to condemn Iran Holocaust cartoon contest:
21 February 2015: Israel asks UN to condemn Iran Holocaust cartoon contest, as upcoming Tehran competition to offer first place prize of $12,000 for best drawing
on Shoah denial
-
8 April 2015: Some 100 representatives from Arab and Muslim states expected in Jerusalem next week for summit on banning nuclear testing sponsored by the UN and organized by CTBTO
-
26 April 2015: After 20 years, Israeli delegation will attend UN nuclear disarmament summit to encourage negotiations with 'moderate countries'
-
6 June 2015: UN agencies in Israel and the Palestinian territories reported an alarming number of child victims in last year's war in the Gaza Strip but were split on whether Israel should be put on a list of violators of children's rights
August 2015 Israel calls for the UN to condemn Syrian-Iranian rocket fire on Israel:
22 August 2015: Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Ron Prosor calls for the UN to condemn Syrian-Iranian Thursday’s rocket fire on Israel, and not simply make do with a general statement regarding both sides
2016 Russian request not to vote for war crimes investigative mechanism at the UN, Obama and Netanyahu:
21 December 2016: 'International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Those Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011' resolution, adopted by a recorded vote of 105 in favour and 15 against, with 52 abstentions, with Israel’s absence at the UN General Assembly on this resolution A/71/L.48
-
24 December 2016: Israel rejects 'shameful' UN resolution, demanding a halt to all Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem after Obama administration refused to veto
-
28 December 2016: PM Netanyahu, who reportedly acceded to Russian request not to vote for war crimes investigative mechanism at the UN General Assembly, days before anti-settlements resolution passed at UN Security Council with Moscow’s help, loses confidence
2017 amid PA's payments to terrorists Israel cuts UN payment again by $2 million over 'anti-Israel’ bias:
30 March 2017: Israel cuts UN payment again by $2 million over 'anti-Israel’ bias following votes critical of Israel at the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, and condemns the 'obsessional discrimination against Israel on the part of the United Nations and its agencies'
-
14 April 2017: Israel's PM and president send condolences to family of British Hannah Bladon after a Palestinian East Jerusalem resident, said to be a mentally ill, killed the exchange student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on tram in capital
-
27 May 2017: The mother of USA yeshiva student Ezra Schwartz, who was shot to death in November 2015 by a Palestinian terrorist in the West Bank, told a UN forum that the perpetrator 'and his family should not be compensated for murdering innocent people (in) just another way to glorify and encourage terrorism', as Israel's UN envoy said that the Palestinian Authority paid out nearly $130 million to terrorists in prisons in Israel and another $175 million to the families of terrorists killed during their attacks, who are recognized as martyrs
-
30 May 2017: Denial of Israel’s right to exist is anti-Semitism, UN's Guterres says, rejecting efforts to deny Jewish history in the Holy Land
-
13 October 2017: Netanyahu orders diplomats to start preparing for Israel's departure from UNESCO, saying that 'UNESCO has become a theater of the absurd'
,
after USA announced departure from UNESCO over anti-Israel bias
December 2019 ICC lacks jurisdiction in Palestinian territories and in relation to Israel:
20/21 December 2019: Shortly before ICC's chief prosecutor announced ‘basis’ for war crimes probe, Israel’s AG Mandelblit issues legal opinion saying court lacks jurisdiction in Palestinian territories and in relation to Israel
,
as terror group Hamas praises ICC for readying probe of alleged war crimes by Israel, ignoring prosecutor’s announcement that there are grounds to probe the group for targeting civilians
May 2020 Israel’s Benny Gantz apologises for the police’s fatal shooting of an unarmed Palestinian man:
31 May 2020: Israel’s defence minister Benny Gantz has apologise for the police’s fatal shooting of an unarmed Palestinian man who had autism, after the shooting of Iyad Halak in Jerusalem’s Old City drew broad condemnation and revived complaints alleging excessive force by Israeli security forces
17 August 2020 Israel lodges protest with UN against Hezbollah border breach:
17 August 2020: Israel lodges protest with UN against Hezbollah border breach, as Israel’s new ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan presents evidence showing how Hezbollah fighters infiltrated into Israel last month
14 October 2020 Israel's Gilad Erdan slams UN after Russia, China, Pakistan, Cuba won seats in 'UN Human Rights Council':
14 October 2020: Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan assailed the international body on Tuesday after its members elected several countries widely criticized for their human rights records to the premier UN body tasked with defending human rights, as China, Russia, Cuba and Pakistan were among the 15 countries that won seats in a secret-ballot vote carried out by the 193-member General Assembly
6 February 2021 PM Netanyahu says ICC investigation of Israel would be ‘pure anti-Semitism’:
6 February 2021: ICC investigation of Israel would be ‘pure anti-Semitism’, according to PM Netanyahu, saying 'court set up to prevent atrocities like Nazi Holocaust against the Jews now targets the one state of the Jews’, after court said it has jurisdiction for war crimes probe, but Netanyahu forgets that he himself courted Russia's regime of former KGB agent Putin and therefore its complicity with Iranian Mullahs, Hezbollah, Hamas and other terrorists, misusing the Palestinians and causing their inability for construction work
6 February 2021 Israel's Benny Gantz says ICC ruling 'tool in hands of Israel's enemies:
6 February 2021: Israel's Benny Gantz says ICC ruling 'tool in hands of Israel's enemies
Since 2000 Israeli membership in the WEOG and UN council memberships:
After years of discussions marked by opposition from key European nations reportedly led by Ireland, Spain and France, since 2000 Israeli membership in the Western European and Others Group WEOG, one of five unofficial Regional Groups in the UN that act as voting blocs and negotiation forums formed since 1961 to encourage voting to various UN bodies from regional groups
-
As of May 2014 192 of the 193 UN member states are divided into five regional groups including the African Group, with 54 member states, the Asia-Pacific Group, with 53 member states, the Eastern European Group, with 23 member states, the Latin American and Caribbean Group, with 33 member states and the Western European and Others Group WEOG, with 28 member states, plus 1 member state USA as an observer state
-
List of members of the UN Security Council and members of Regional Groups
-
List of members of the UN Economic and Social Council
Bilateral relations of Israel:
Bilateral relations of Israel
and
relations by continent
Foreign policy of Israel:
Foreign policy
and international relations of Israel
-
Treaties of Israel
-
Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, a permanent Knesset committee which oversees key Foreign and Defense issues of the State of Israel, including the drafting of legislation, supervision over related government ministries and the approval of their budgets, and is regarded as one of two most important Knesset committees as the other being the Finance Committee
Since 13 August 2020 'Abraham Accords':
Since 13 August 2020 'Abraham Accords', named after
the patriarch of the Israelite people Abraham (originally Abram), associated with the 'Abrahamic religions' including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
and the 'Book of Genesis', the first book of the Hebrew Bible, its account of the creation of the world, the early history of humanity and Israel's ancestors, and the origins of the Jewish people
,
as hundreds of years later during the history of slavery, roman militarism and the fall of the Roman Empire the Hebrew Bible was claimed as the 'Christian Old Testament'
23 December 2020 after making friends with Gulf, Israel brings in influencers to reach its people:
23 December 2020: After making friends with Gulf, Israel brings in influencers chosen for their social media followings to reach its people, as young people from UAE and Bahrain visit Jewish state as part of new group, Sharaka (Arabic for partnership) which aimed to put a human face on normalization, and that grew out of a similar trip to the Gulf recently made by a group of Israel Defense Forces veterans, many of whom are part of both groups
Israel/Afghanistan relations:
Israel/
Afghanistan
relations
November 2005 Afghan president and formal relations with Israel:
2 November 2005: Afghan president Karzai hinted at a desire to establish formal relations with Israel, calling Shimon Peres a 'dear man, a real warrior for peace', as warming of ties between Afghanistan and Israel sets Kabul's policies in sharp contrast to those of neighboring Iran, calling at 'A World Without Zionism' conference in Tehran for the destruction of the state of Israel
Israel/Africa relations:
Israel/
Africa
relations
-
Since 1948 Israel-Africa relations, as ties with the Sub-Saharan African countries date from the mid-1950s, and first contacts with some of them had taken place even before they achieved independence
History of the Jews in East Africa:
History of the Jews in East Africa
Jews in East Africa:
Jews in East Africa, including Jewish Egyptian history, Jewish Eritrean history, Jewish Ethiopian history, Jewish Kenyan history, history of the Jews in the Middle East, Jewish Sudanese history, Jewish Ugandan history
African diaspora in Israel:
African diaspora in Israel
-
Illegal immigration from Africa to Israel
2013-2015 African migrants flee new Holot detention center:
16 December 2013: African migrants flee new Holot detention center, as hundreds of demonstrators, prevented from boarding buses to Jerusalem, begin walk to capital to protest their detention
-
19 December 2014: African migrants speak out about life in Israel's detention centres still open, after in September the supreme court ruled that Holot detention centre should close within 90 days
-
25 July 2015: Several weeks after his release from Holot detention facility, Sudanese asylum seeker Mutasim Ali is still not sure why he was freed but his 1,700 peers remain incarcerated
2016 'Innovation Africa':
6 March 2016: 'Innovation Africa', the Israeli organization led by Israeli women and employing Israeli technologies, has brought solar energy, improved irrigation and cleaner water to as many as 1 million people to better the lives of rural villagers in Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa and elsewhere
2018 asylum seekers in Israel:
2 April 2018: Hours after announcing it, Netanyahu suspends
a deal with the UN refugee agency to send more than 16,000 African migrants and refugees to western countries including Canada, Italy and Germany
,
with the remaining 16,250 to remain in Israel
-
4 April 2018: Israel releases asylum seekers jailed for refusing deportation to Rwanda
May 2018 twelve African countries joining celebrations of USA embassy move to Jerusalem:
15 May 2018: Twelve African countries (Angola, Cameroon, Congo Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia) among 32 countries joining in Israel's celebrations of USA embassy move to Jerusalem
Israel/Algeria relations:
Israel/
Algeria
relations
Since 1962 history of Israel-Algeria relations:
History of Israel-Algeria relations, as shortly after Algeria gained its independence in 1962, Israel recognized the country's independence
Since 2020 Israel-Algeria relations:
Since 2020 history of Israel-Algeria relations, as amidst Gulf states' call to normalise relations, and the Hirak political renewal impact on the country's internal affairs, some voices were calling on reviewing the country's bilateral relations in a way that benefits the country
Israel/Angola relations:
Israel/
Angola
relations
Israel/Arab countries relations:
Since May 1948 Arab–Israeli conflict, referring to the political tension, military conflicts and disputes
between
Arab countries
and Israel
-
Israel/North Africa and Middle East relations
-
Arab League boycott of Israel
-
Arab–Israeli peace projects
6 October 2019 Israel's initiative to sign non-aggression pact:
6 October 2019: FM Israel Katz confirms initiative to sign 'historic' non-aggression pact with Arab states from Gulf countries in bid to 'end the conflict and enable civilian cooperation until the signing of peace agreements’
Since 13 August 2020 'Abraham Accords':
Since 13 August 2020 'Abraham Accords', named after
the patriarch of the Israelite people Abraham (originally Abram), associated with the 'Abrahamic religions' including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
and the 'Book of Genesis', the first book of the Hebrew Bible, its account of the creation of the world, the early history of humanity and Israel's ancestors, and the origins of the Jewish people
,
as hundreds of years later during the history of slavery, roman militarism and the fall of the Roman Empire the Hebrew Bible was claimed as the 'Christian Old Testament'
Israel/Armenia relations:
Israel/
Armenia
relations
History of the Jews in Armenia dating back more than 2,000 years:
History of the Jews in Armenia dating back more than 2,000 years, as by 360–370 AD there was a massive increase in Jewish Hellenistic immigration into Armenia, and many Armenian towns became predominately Jewish
Armenians in Israel and Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter:
Armenians in Israel, some of whom hold Israeli citizenship, as in 1986 an estimated 1,500 Armenians lived in the city of Jerusalem, as according to a 2006 survey, 790 Armenians lived in Jerusalem's Old City, and as in 2015 the 'Times of Israel' published an article with an estimate of up to 10,000 Armenians living across Israel
-
Dating back to the 4th century AD, Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter, one of the four quarters of the walled Old City of Jerusalem, that occupies an area of 0.126 km² or 14% of the Old City's total, with a population of 2,424 citziens (6.55% of Old City's total) in 2007
Since 4th/5th century history of Jewish-Armenian relations after Roman empire's destruction of Jerusalem:
History of Jewish-Armenian relations since the early 4th century, as kingdom of Armenia became the first country to adopt Christianity as a state religion, and as a large number of Armenian monks are recorded to have settled in Jerusalem, destructed by the Roman empire, as early as the 4th century, as Jerusalem is thus considered the oldest living 'diaspora' community outside the Armenian homeland, but the first written records are from the 5th century
1914-1918 German and Ottoman empires' World War I and Armenians in Palestine mostly in Jerusalem:
1914-1918 German and Ottoman empire'a World War I, British and Jordanian periods, and 2,000–3,000 Armenians in Palestine, mostly in Jerusalem
1947 around 1,500 Armenians from Palestine repatriated to Soviet Armenia:
In 1947 around 1,500 Armenians from Palestine repatriated to Soviet Armenia as part of the Soviet government's efforts to boost Armenia's population by a large-scale repatriation of ethnic Armenians, mostly from the Middle East
1959-2020 increase and decline of Armenia's Jewish population:
In 1959 the Jewish population peaked in Soviet Armenia at approximately 10,000 people, and another wave of Jewish immigrants arrived in the country between 1965 and 1972 mostly from Russia and Ukraine, however with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 many of them left due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as between 1992 and 1994, more than 6,000 Jews immigrated to Israel because of Armenia's political isolation and economic depression, and as today the country's Jewish population has shrunk to around 750
January 2005 mounting anti-Semitism in Armenia:
26 January 2005: Armenia’s tiny Jewish community is growing concerned by what it says is mounting anti-Semitism in the South Caucasus country, as virtually not existenting in the past the issue has emerged over the past year amid a rise in anti-Jewish propaganda and the desecration of a Holocaust memorial in Yerevan, and as Armenian government has so far done little to address the Jewish community's concerns
April 2015 Israel sends delegation to Armenian genocide ceremony:
22 April 2015: Israel sends delegation to Armenian genocide ceremony over the weekend, marking the remembrance of the mass murder of Armenians by Turkish forces during World War I
September 2020 Armenia–Israel economic relations:
Armenia–Israel economic relations, as Armenia receives 4.8% of its imports from Israel, while Israel receives 7.1% of Armenia's exports
,
according to September 2020 CIA World Factbook concerning Armenia
2 October 2020 Armenia recalls ambassador from Israel to protest sale of weapons to Azerbaijan:
2 October 2020: Armenia recalls ambassador from Israel to protest sale of weapons to Azerbaijan, as clashes between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces continued for a fifth straight day on Thursday, in the biggest escalation in years of a decades-old conflict that has killed dozens and left scores of others wounded
Israel/Australia relations:
Israel/
Australia
relations
February 2013:
13 février 2013: Le suicide d'un Australien présenté comme un agent du Mossad qui était détenu dans le plus secret en Israël selon une télévision australienne
confirmé par Israel sans révéler son identité ni les charges pesant contre lui
December 2018:
15 December 2018: Australia officially recognizes West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, according to PM Morrison, saying that a contentious embassy shift from Tel Aviv will not occur until a peace settlement is achieved, but that Australia will establish a defense and trade office in Jerusalem
September 2019 Israel honors WWI Australian Aborigine fighters:
26 September 2019: Israel honors WWI Australian Aborigine fighters at center near Sea of Galilee, remembering battle of Tzemach against German and Ottoman Empire
Israel/Austria relations:
Israel/
Austria
relations
History of the Jews in Austria:
History of the Jews in Austria
1938-1945:
The Holocaust in Austria
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Nazi concentration camps in Austria
2014:
24 July 2014: Israeli footballers assaulted by pro-Palestinians during match in Bischofshofen
Israel/Azerbaijan relations:
Israel/
Azerbaijan
relations, as Azerbaijan and Israel
have engaged in intense cooperation since 1992
History of the Jews in Azerbaijan:
History of the Jews in Azerbaijan
Since early 1990s Israeli–Azerbaijani relations:
Since early 1990s Israeli–Azerbaijani relations, as in January 2019, the State Border Service of Azerbaijan has purchased Sky Striker kamikaze from Israel and Azerbaijan became the first foreign buyer of Sky Striker
Since 1990s Israeli–Azerbaijani trade relations and cooperation against Iran:
Since early 1990s Israeli–Azerbaijani trade relations and cooperation against Iran
Israel/Bahrain relations:
Israel/
Bahrain
relations
2018:
7 January 2018: With rare Israel visit, Bahraini delegation - including Sunni and Shiite Muslims, as well as Buddhists, Christians, Hindus and Sikhs - seeks new dialogue for coexistence
June 2019 Bahrain backs Israel’s right to exist:
26 June 2019: Israel is here to stay, and we want peace with it, Bahrain FM says to 'Times of Israel', also saying Manama conference could be 'gamechanger’
20/21 October 2019 security conference in Bahrain:
20 October 2019: A senior Israeli FM official working on regional security and counter-terrorism is confirmed to attend a security conference in Bahrain on Monday
12 September 2020 Bahrain normalizes ties with Israel:
12 September 2020: Bahrain normalizes ties with Israel weeks after UAE deal
15 November 2020 Israel ratifies normalization deal with Bahrain:
15 November 2020: Israeli cabinet ratifies normalization deal with Bahrain
Israel/Belgium relations:
Israel/
Belgium
relations
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May 2014 Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting
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25 May: An Israeli couple and two museum workers killed in the terror attack at the Jewish Museum
in Brussels
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25 May: Israel's Netanyahu offers to aid Belgium probe of Jewish Museum attack
Israel/Brazil relations:
Israel/
Brazil
relations
Since 16th century history of the Jews in Brazil:
Since 16th century history of the Jews in Brazil
1939-1945 Brazilian support for the Jewish people:
1939-1945 Brazilian support for the Jewish people during World War II
October 2013 Israel to join Brazilian Jews’ aid program in Africa:
26 October 2013: Israel to join Brazilian Jews’ aid program in Africa
January 2019 Bolsonaro, who targets indigenous groups, descendants of slaves, courted by Netanyahu:
1/2 January 2019: After Israeli PM Netanyahu was the first person he embraced following his inauguration
,
Brazil’s Bolsonaro - euphemistically dubbed the Trump of the Tropics - targets indigenous groups, descendants of slaves, curbs land rights for indigenous groups on 1st day in office
,
as senior Israeli official reportedly criticizes USA's Trump for appearing to give Iran free rein to further entrench militarily in Syria
31 March 2019 human rights attacking Bolsonaro welcomed by Netanyahu:
31 March 2019: As Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a welcoming ceremony upon his arrival in Israel, at Bolsonaro's behest Brazil military commemorates 1964 coup that led to dictatorship, underscoring Bolsonaro's support for a military regime that executed hundreds, tortured thousands, shuttered Congress and left most Brazilians (51%) with deprecating memories, as the country unlike South American neighbors Argentina and Chile, that also endured brutal, USA-backed military regimes during the Cold War, has never tried anyone for the murders, torture and other abuses carried out during its dictatorship
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28 March 2019: Bolsonaro backtracks on Jerusalem embassy move, says he may open 'business office' instead
April 2019 Israeli President, Yad Vashem rebuke Brazil's Bolsonaro:
13 April 2019: Israeli President, Yad Vashem rebuke Brazil's Bolsonaro for saying Holocaust crimes can be forgiven
Israel-Brazil economic relations:
Brazil-Israel economic relations
Israel/Bulgaria relations:
Israel/
Bulgaria
relations
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18 juillet: Explosion mortelle d'un bus transportant des touristes israéliens vers l'aéroport bulgare de Bourgas
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21 July: Police struggle to identify Bulgaria bomber, who was 'not a Bulgarian citizen'
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5 February 2013: Bulgaria blames Hezbollah for bombing that killed five Israelis, in a move that may open way for EU to join in branding Iranian-backed Hezbollah a terrorist organization
Israel/Bhutan relations:
Israel/
Bhutan
relations
12 December 2020 Israel inks deal establishing diplomatic relations with Bhutan:
12 December 2020: Israel inks deal establishing diplomatic relations with Bhutan, as Israeli envoy to India hosts signing ceremony with Bhutanese ambassador, and as small Himalayan kingdom maintains full ties with just over 50 countries
Israel/Cameroon relations:
Israel/
Cameroon
relations
Israel/Canada relations:
Israel/
Canada
relations
Israel/Central African Republic relations:
Israel/
Central African Republic
relations
Israel/China relations:
Israel/
China
relations
February 2020 Israelis were confirmed to have caught coronavirus:
16 February 2020: Israelis were confirmed to have caught coronavirus for the first time on Sunday, as the Health Ministry reported that 3 Israeli passengers on 'Diamond Princess' cruise ship off Japan’s coast had tested positive
12 April 2020 Israel’s HMO Clalit will not work with Chinese firm over privacy fears:
12 April 2020: Amid covid-19 pandemic and as lockdown of virus-hit Jerusalem neighborhoods takes effect
,
Israel’s largest HMO will not work with Chinese firm on coronavirus testing to prevent it from accessing its information database, deciding it must prevent BGI Group, and by extension the Chinese government, from accessing sensitive information about its 4.9 million patients
Israel/Czech Republic relations:
Israel/
Czech Republic
relations
27 September 2020 Czech Republic inks deal with Israel to buy air defense system:
27 September 2020: Czech Republic inks deal with Israel to buy air defense system, as sale worth hundreds of millions of dollars of surface-to-air missile battery is meant to update Prague’s aging, Soviet-era anti-aircraft weapons
Israel/Egypt relations:
Israel/
Egypt
relations
2011:
20 August 2011: Israel apologises to Egypt for killing troops after Cairo threatened to withdraw its ambassador and protests in the city
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10. September 2011: Demonstranten stürmen israelische Botschaft in Kairo
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24. Oktober 2011: Auch Israel und Ägypten vereinbaren Gefangenenaustausch
2012:
22 April 2012: Egypt terminates gas deal with Israel
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18 June: An Israeli civilian and at least one militant have been killed in an exchange of fire near the southern border with Egypt, officials said
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6 August: The Israeli army has found the bodies of five gunmen who attacked a checkpoint on the border with Egypt, killing 16 Egyptian policemen
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21 September 2012: One Israeli soldier and three armed men killed in clashes along the Israel-Egypt border
2013:
10 August: An Israeli drone strike killed five suspected Islamic militants and destroyed a rocket launcher in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula
2005-2014 Rocket attacks on Eilat and Aqaba:
Rocket attacks on Eilat and Aqaba 2005-2014
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17 April 2013: Islamist militants in Sinai claim responsibility for a rocket attack on the Israeli Red Sea resort of Eilat on Wednesday
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13 August: Iron Dome battery successfully intercepts rocket targeting Eilat
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31 January 2014: Iron Dome intercepts rocket over Eilat
2015:
19 March 2015: Israel to sell $1.2 billion of natural gas to private customers in Egypt
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30/31 August 2015: Egypt gas find
could shake up Israel's energy plans
May 2016:
10 May 2016: Israel foiled an attempt to smuggle ammonium chloride into Gaza at the Nitzana Crossing, used for rocket fuel
21 February 2021 Egyptian minister makes rare visit to Israel to talk energy cooperation:
21 February 2021: Egyptian minister makes rare visit to Israel to talk energy cooperation
Israel/Ethiopia relations:
Israel/
Ethiopia
relations, as both countries re-established diplomatic relations in 1992
History of the Jews in Ethiopia:
History of the Jews in Ethiopia
Ethiopian Jews in Israel:
Ethiopian Jews in Israel are immigrants and descendants of the immigrants from the Beta Israel communities in Ethiopia who now reside in Israel, as to a lesser, but notable, extent, the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel is also composed of Falash Mura, a community of Beta Israel which had converted to Christianity over the course of past two centuries, but were permitted to immigrate to Israel upon returning to Israelite religion, this time largely to Rabbinic Judaism
3 December 2020 hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants welcomed to Israel:
3 December 2020: Over 300 members of Ethiopia’s Jewish community arrived in Israel in a special airlift from Gondar headed by Israeli minister Pnina Tamano-Shata, marking the opening phase of a plan to bring some 2,000 members of the community to Israel from Ethiopia
Israel/European Union relations:
Israel/
European Union
relations
2012:
27 March 2012: Two EU ambassadors called to foreign ministry over their support for UN inquiry into impact of West Bank settlements
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3 December: UK, France and Sweden have summoned Israeli ambassadors over the plan to build 3.000 more homes on Palestinian land
2013:
27 février 2013: L'Union européenne condamne la colonisation israélienne à Jérusalem-Est occupé et annexé
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16 July 2013: Israel condemns EU exclusion rules over settlements
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26 novembre: Accord UE-Israël sur la coopération scientifique
2014:
13 February 2014: Knesset walkout during speech of EU Parliament chief Schulz
and comments about Palestinians of this German SPD-politician
,
accused of selective hearing and 'false' claims
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9 March 2014: EU's Catherine Ashton, on visit in Tehran and meeting Rohani and Zarif, told by Israel's Netanyahu to ask Iran about its Gaza-bound arms boat
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7 August 2014: Israel ready to consider European proposal calling for international mechanism to demilitarize Gaza Strip, ease restrictions on movement, trade and fishing
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17 December: Israel expects the EU to put Hamas back on the terror blacklist immediately, PM Netanyahu says
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17 December 2014: After an EU court's decision, body led by EU foreign Policy chief Federica Mogherini releases statement saying that the EU upholds the 'Quartet principles' that bans engagement with Hamas until it forswears terrorism
Israel/France relations:
Israel/
France
relations
March 2012 3 children and teacher killed by Toulouse gunman buried in Jerusalem:
21 March 2012: The three children and teacher killed by a gunman in Toulouse have been buried in Jerusalem
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22 March: French gunman who shot dead 3 Jewish children in Toulouse killed in siege
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18 novembre 2012: Laurent Fabius en route pour Israël pour obtenir un 'cessez-le-feu'
2013 Israel, France and Iran:
17 novembre 2013: French president Hollande visits Israel amid stalled Iran nuclear talks
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18 novembre 2013: François Hollande a appelé devant le Parlement israélien à un partage de Jérusalem et au maintien des sanctions contre l'Iran
2015 Jerusalem solidarity with victims of Charlie Hebdo offices attack in Paris:
8 January 2015: Demonstrators rally at French Consulate in Jerusalem in support of victims of the attack at Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris
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22 April: On Independence Day, Israel sees upsurge in emmigration from France and Ukraine
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24 December 2015: A record number of French Jews moved to Israel this year, an immigration official says, citing anti-Semitic violence and economic insecurity in the European country as causes
June 2016: Paris summit a ‘missed opportunity':
3 June 2016: Paris summit was a ‘missed opportunity,’ Israel says
July 2016 anger over meeting between French FM Ayrault and Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah:
13 July 2016: Israel responds with anger to a reported meeting between French FM Ayrault and members of the Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah, suggesting the move was comparable to meeting with representatives of the Islamic State group
February 2018 French Total and Russian Novatek signed contract with Lebanon for oil and gas disputed by Israel:
9 February 2018: Consortium comprising energy giants French Total, Italy's ENI, and
Russian Novatek
signed its first contract with Lebanon to drill for oil and gas off its coast, including in a block disputed by Israel, as Israel warns against 'provocative behavior'
July 2018 Israel and EU signed agreement on fighting organized crime:
17 July 2018: Israel and EU signed agreement on fighting organized crime, cybercrime and terrorism, as Europol inks first-ever agreement with the police force of a non-EU member state
August 2018 EU’s financial support package for Iran a 'big mistake':
24 August 2018: Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu slams the European Union’s financial support package for Iran as a 'big mistake' and said it was like a 'poison pill to the Iranian people and to the efforts to curb Iranian aggression in the region and beyond the region', as Iranian regime attempted to conduct a terror attack on European soil just weeks ago
August 2019 Netanyahu urges Macron:
30 August 2019: Israeli PM called French president Macron, saying that, with Iranian regime increasing its regional aggression and threatening Israel and others, 'now is precisely not the time' to hold conciliatory talks with the regime
22 January 2020 Macron yells at Israeli security in Jerusalem:
22 January 2020: Macron yells at Israeli security to leave French church during Jerusalem visit, as the French tricolor, once the symbol of the French revolution since 1789, today also flowing over the Church of St. Anne in Jerusalem's walled Old City since it was gifted by the Ottomans to French Emperor Napoleon III in 1856
,
following the French led 'First Crusade' since 1096 to capture the 'Holy Land', devastated by the Roman empire and its war crimes against the Jews
since its first siege of Jerusalem in 63 BC
Israel/Germany relations:
Israel/
Germany
relations
1952 BND knew Eichmann in Argentine:
CIA-Akten 2006: Aufenthaltsort Adolf Eichmanns dem BND und CIA bereits 1958 bekannt - BND-Akten: Aufenthaltsort Eichmanns sogar schon 1952 bekannt
1953-1963 Nazi-jurist Globke director of the Federal Chancellory of West Germany:
1953-1963 CDU-member and racist Nazi-jurist Hans Globke director of the Federal Chancellory of West Germany, 1933-1945 high-profile Nazi-jurist in NSDAP-Germany, drafting the law for the 'Protection of the German Blood' and serving as chief legal advisor in the Office for Jewish Affairs in the Ministry of Interior, the section headed by Adolf Eichmann that implemented the Holocaust bureaucratically, knowing 'that the Jews were being put to death en masse'
1961 Adolf Eichmann's trial before the Jerusalem District Court:
April-December 1961 Adolf Eichmann's, one of the major organisers of the Holocaust, trial before the Jerusalem District Court after capture in Argentina in 1960
2012 Gunter Grass' 'poem', claiming that Israel is a threat to world peace:
8 April 2012: Interior Minister Eli Yishai condemns Gunter Grass' 'poem' (claiming that Israel is a threat to world peace) and says that he is declared a persona non grata in Israel for wearing SS uniform in the past
2013/2014:
5 September 2013: At Munich massacre memorial ceremony Jewish leaders criticized the bungled rescue, the former IOC president Brundage, who announced 1972 the continuation of the Munich Olympics, and the lack of commemoration during the 2012 London Olympics
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14 June 2013: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, visiting the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, says the Jewish state would act - alone if necessary - to prevent a repetition of the Holocaust
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22 February 2014: Israel’s ambassador to Germany Yakov Hadas-Handelsman invites Jews in Europe who feel unsafe in the wake of recent anti-Semitic attacks to come to Israel at any time
2016 Bavarian republication of Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' and submarine graft case for purchasing German submarines:
2016 Bavarian republication of Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' in Germany
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9 January 2016: New Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' Bavarian publication in 2016
'a slap in the face to Holocaust survivors'
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15 January 2016: This Day in Jewish History 1919 - communist revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg together with her co-founder murdered by Ebert regime's 'Freikorps' in Berlin
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20 November 2016: Yair Lapid calls for Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to order a criminal investigation into a multi-billion shekel deal for Israel to purchase German submarines, which was pushed by PM Netanyahu and in which his personal lawyer Shimron is alleged to have an interest
2018 Merkel says Germany has 'everlasting’ duty to fight anti-Semitism:
1 March 2018: Lost music of Nazis’ prisoners to be heard at concert in Jerusalem in April, in first public performance of songs written in concentration camps and tracked down over decades
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4 October 2018: At Yad Vashem, Merkel says Germany has 'everlasting’ duty to fight anti-Semitism, adding Nazi violence and persecution of European Jews 'broke with civilization’
December 2019 submarine graft case:
4 December 2019: Charges in massive submarine graft case expected in coming days, as prosecutors said seeking indictments against former Navy chief, Thyssenkrupp agent, and others in alleged bribery scheme surrounding naval deal worth billions of shekels
21 January 2020 75 Holocaust survivors featured in a common commemorative photo project in Essen:
21 January 2020: 75 years after Auschwitz was liberated, 75 Holocaust survivors featured in a commemorative photo project that Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial produced along with award-winning German portrait photographer, opening Tuesday at Ruhr Museum in Essen
21 April 2020 Israeli Holocaust event in Germany 'zoom bombed' with anti-Semitic slurs:
21 April 2020: Israeli Holocaust event in Germany held by the Israeli embassy 'zoom bombed' with anti-Semitic slurs, as online testimony by survivor disrupted with images of Hitler and anti-Semitic slogans and had to be suspended, embassy says, voicing concern over Independence Day events next week
7 May 2020 Netanyahu's son becomes star of German neo-Nazi linked AfD party:
8 May 2020 60/75 years on Israeli prosecutor Gabriel Bach recalls Eichmann trial and German AfD lawmaker calls 8 May a 'day of absolute defeat':
8 May 2020: 60 years on, Israeli prosecutor Gabriel Bach recalls Eichmann trial after the world learnt that a key architect of Adolf Hitler’s 'Final Solution' to exterminate Europe’s Jews had been seized in Argentina by Israeli secret agents
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7 May 2020: Neo-Nazi linked AfD party's Gauland, describing the 8 May 1945 when World War II ended in Europe following Nazi Germany’s surrender, called this day a 'day of absolute defeat', saying end of conflict marked a 'loss of the possibility to shape things’
Israel/Greece relations:
Israel/
Greece
relations relations
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Maccabean Revolt 167–160 BCE against the Seleucid Empire by refusing to worship the Greek gods
Since 1999:
Greek island affair since 1999
2014:
14 December 2014: UN security council condemns attack on Israeli embassy in Athens
2015/2016:
Energy Triangle refers to the joint natural gas extraction between Cyprus, Israel and Greece to begin in 2015
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EuroAsia Interconnector is a proposed interconnector to link Greek, Cypriot and Israeli power grids via the world's longest submarine power cable expected 2016
Israel/Guatemala relations:
Relaciones Israel/
Guatemala
1948:
Guatemala e Israel mantienen relaciones diplomáticas desde 1948
2017:
25 December 2017: Guatemala says it is moving embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
Israel/Guinea relations:
Israel/
Guinea
relations
2017:
4 August 2017: Senegal and Guinea are sending their first-ever ambassadors to Israel next week, as Israel continues to expand its outreach to Africa
Israel/Haiti relations:
Israel/
Haiti
relations
Since 16th century history of the Jews in Haiti:
History of the Jews in Haiti stretches from the very beginning of the European settlement on the new island
1683 expelling of Jews by the French colonial forces:
In 1683, the Jews were expelled from Haiti and all of the other French colonies, due to the 'Code Noir', which not only restricted the activities of free black people, but forbade the exercise of any religion other than Roman Catholicism (it included a provision that all slaves must be baptized and instructed in the Roman Catholic religion), and in turn ordered all the Jews out of France's colonies
1937 saving of persecuted Jewish families by Haiti:
In 1937, Haiti was responsible for saving about 70 Jewish families (an estimated total of up to 300 lives) during the Holocaust (according to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee), by issuing passports and visas to Jews escaping Nazi persecution, some were Austrian Jews, Polish Jews, German Jews, and a trickle of Romanian Jew and Czech Jewish descent
1947 Haiti's support to create the State of Israel:
In 1947, Haiti voted in favor of the United Nations’ partition of Palestine that helped create the State of Israel
April 2010:
23 April 2010: 'There has never been any anti-Semitism in this country', GB Group's Bigio told JTA, saying 'the Haitians always had admiration for Israel, and now more so than ever' as Haiti’s Jews also try to pick up the pieces of the Haitian earthquake
January 2019:
13 January 2019: Canaan, founded in 2010 in Haiti after the earthquake and built by residents without government help, is one of the world's newest cities, inspired by the Israelites and Moses, who led them through the desert and took them out of slavery
Israel/Hungary relations:
Israel/
Hungary
relations
History of the Jews in Hungary and the Holocaust in Hungary:
History of the Jews in Hungary since the Middle Ages
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The Holocaust in Hungary following Anti-Jewish Laws since 1938
2012-2014:
17 July 2012: Hungarian president assures Netanyahu of his opposition to anti-Semitism
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5 mai 2013: Le Congrès juif mondial a entamé l'assemblée générale à Budapest en solidarité avec la communauté juive de Hongrie où les actes antisémites se sont multipliés depuis 2012
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8 November 2013: Hungary Jews struggle with rising anti-Semitism, according to a recent EU Fundamental Rights Agency survey
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26 January 2014: Holocaust survivor and historian Randolph L. Braham returns award to Hungary in protest of country's attempt to 'rewrite history'
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27 January 2014: Hungarian President Ader addresses Holocaust after accusations Hungary 'whitewashed' past
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9 February: Hungary Jews call boycott of Holocaust memorial year accusing PM Orban's government of ignoring the sensitivities of survivors
2017:
2 July 2017: Two weeks before Israeli PM Netanyahu is due to join a diplomatic summit in Budapest, tension erupted between Israel and Hungary over a speech by Hungarian PM Orban in which he praised Horthy, the leader of Hungary during the Holocaust
Israel/India relations:
Israel/
India
relations
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25 December: Dozens of members of the Bnei Menashe tribe in India said to be lost descendants of ancient Israelites have emigrated to Israel after the government lifted a visa ban
Israel/Iran relations:
Israel/
Iran
relations
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Antisemitism in Iran
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Israel
2006:
2006 Iranian 'International Holocaust Cartoon Competition'
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Tehran Holocaust denial conference December 2006: 'International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust'
2011:
NZZ 5. November 2011: Israels Präsident Peres weist auf die internationale Verpflichtung hin für Israel bedrohliche iranische Atombestrebungen zu stoppen - schwere Aufgabe für die IAEA, bevorstehender Bericht
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6 November: French FM Juppé says hardening sanctions preferation to the irreparable consequences of a military attack on Iran
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7 novembre: Moscou met en garde contre une intervention israélienne
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9 November: IAEA says Iran worked on nuclear weapons
2012:
14 February 2012: Israel blames Iran for embassy attacks in India and Georgia
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25 April: Iran undecided on nuclear bomb, Israel military chief Benny Gantz says
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19 July: Israelis killed in Bulgaria bus blast - PM Netanyahu called blast 'an Iranian terror attack'
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17 août: La 'tumeur cancéreuse' d'Israël va bientôt disparaître, dit Ahmadinejad à Téhéran à l'occasion de la Journée d'al-Qods
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28 September: Netanyahu says in UN speech
,
that a 'red line' should be drawn to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb
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8 octobre: Drone abattu en Israël le 6 octobre - Tel-Aviv voit la main du Hezbollah et de Téhéran
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11 October: Hezbollah admits launching drone over Israel
2013:
14 June 2013: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, visiting the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, says the Jewish state would act - alone if necessary - to prevent a repetition of the Holocaust
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2 August 2013: In Quds Day remarks broadcast on state TV and in one of his last public speeches Iran's outgoing President Ahmadinejad warns Israel will be 'uprooted'
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2 August: After Israeli criticism, Iran's media changed their version of Rohani remarks, that Israel had inflicted a 'wound' on the Muslim world and that the Israeli wound 'must be cleansed', now taking out the reference to 'cleansing'
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19 September: Rohani says Iran wants peace, but slams Israel as 'occupier that does injustice to the people of the region'
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25 septembre: Plusieurs membres du gouvernement israélien ont jugé mercredi que la condamnation par le président iranien Hassan Rohani des "crimes des nazis envers les juifs" n'était pas suffisante, réclamant qu'il désavoue les dirigeants de son pays ayant nié l'Holocauste
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2 October: PM Netanyahu at UN makes strongest-ever Israeli public threat to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities
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2 October: Iran now has a window of opportunity to prove its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, UN's Ban Ki-moon reportedly told PM Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in New York
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24 November: Israel slams 'bad' deal between Iran, world powers
2014:
5 March: Israel seizes ship in the Red Sea with medium-range missiles heading from Iran to Gaza
as USA military was prepared to get involved in the seizure
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9 March: Israeli troops in Eilat unload 40 short-range rockets from Gaza-bound ship
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10 March: Israel displays seized Iranian weapons shipment, inviting foreign journalists to exhibit and press conference
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5 May: Senior military aide of Khamenei boasts West's failure in Syria is Iran's victory, saying that Iran's frontline has now reached Israeli border
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25 July 2014: Keep arming Palestinians until Israel is destroyed, Iran's Khamenei says
2015:
19 January: Six Iranians killed in Israeli strike in Syria, including commanders and Revolutionary Guards general, as well as six members of Hezbollah
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8 February: Israel no foe of Iranian people, but regime must never get nukes, Israel's Isaac Herzog tells security conference in Munich
2016:
28 February 2016: Israel's PM Netanyahu said that Israel welcomes the cease-fire in Syria but stressed that the agreement must include halt to 'Iranian aggression against Israel from Syrian territory'
2017:
6 August 2017: Israel will allow entry to Iranian journalist Neda Amin, fleeing persecution in her home country, and who could face the death penalty in Iran after writing op-eds for an Israeli news site, according to Interior Minister Arye Dery
November 2017:
8 November 2017: Israel tells its envoys to back a diplomatic campaign against Iran and Hezbollah that includes backing Saudi Arabian claims that the two Shiite allies were behind a missile attack on Riyadh International Airport over the weekend
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17 November 2017: In an interview to Saudi Media Israel's General Gadi Eisenkot
said moderate Arab states must collaborate to ‘deal with’ Iranian regime and to counter its threatening influence in the region
January/February 2018:
2 January 2018: 'We must prevent Iran from establishing itself in Syria', Israel's Chief of the General Staff Eizenkot says
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18 February 2018: Brandishing drone fragment in Munich, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu issued a stark warning to Iran, saying his nation was prepared to go to war if the Iranians continue to test Israeli red lines in Syria
April 2018:
18 April 2018: The Israeli military targeted an advanced Iranian air-defense system at the T4 base in Syria on 9 April 2018 and not just attack drone deployment
,
according to the Wall Street Journal
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22 April 2018: Satellite photos indicate precision of raid on Iranian military base in Syria reportedly limited to arsenal of Iranian weapons stored at T-4
May 2018:
30 April/1 May 2018: Iran 'brazenly lied’ about nuclear program, continued work after deal, Israeli PM Netanyahu says
,
adding that Israel's Mossad in 2016 obtained 100,000 documents from Tehran, proving 2015 pact with world powers based on 'Iranian deception'
,
as Iranian regime dismisses Netanyahu’s nuclear exposé as 'childish' and 'ridiculous'
while threatening it can enrich 'ridiculous' uranium to higher levels than before nuclear deal
10 May 2018:
May 2018 Iran/Syria-Israel clashes
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10 May 2018: Some 20 rockets were fired at Israeli military bases by Iranian forces from southern Syria just after midnight, sparking the largest ever direct clash with Israeli jets targeting numerous Iranian-controlled sites across Syria, including the Shayrat air base targeted by the USA last year for its role in a chemical attack, the Tha’lah air base in southwest Syria, which has been tied to Hezbollah, and the Mezzeh military air field outside Damascus
,
also destroying five Assad regime's antiaircraft batteries
June 2018:
10 June 2018: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu releases a video in which he offers Israel’s water expertise to an Iran he says faces an environmental disaster due to persistent drought, saying 'The Iranian regime shouts, ‘Death to Israel!', 'In response, Israel shouts, Life to the Iranian people!', as Iran’s meteorological organization says that nearly 96% of the country suffers from some levels of drought
January/February 2019:
15 January 2019: PM Netanyahu on Tuesday warned Israel would press ahead with its campaign against Iranian entrenchment in Syria, days after a rare acknowledgement of a bombing raid in Damascus, rejecting claims from Tehran that it did not have a military presence in Syria but only advisers
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12 February 2019: Before boarding a flight to Poland for a conference focused on Iranian regime’s activities in the Middle East, PM Netanyahu confirmed that Israel had carried out a military strike on targets in the deserted Syrian city of Quneitra just across the border on the Golan Heights the night before, further breaking from Israel’s previous policy of ambiguity around its activities against Iran in Syria
25 August 2019 Iranian threats:
25 August 2019: As Iranian regime is building alliances and foot-holds across the Middle East aimed at destroying Israel, Israel’s security cabinet warned that regime should not feel safe 'anywhere' after Israel took responsibility for an airstrike in Syria it said thwarted an Iranian plan
to attack the Jewish state with explosive drones
,
and after SOHR said an Iranian combatant and two Hezbollah terrorists were among the fatalities in the strike, later raising death toll to 5
28 August 2019 IDF’s new Persian social media accounts:
28 August 2019: IDF’s new Persian social media accounts gain thousands of followers in days, as army says new Farsi presence on Twitter, Instagram, Telegram will enable Iranians ‘to see for themselves that they are not the enemy; the oppressive Iranian regime is’
November 2019 Israeli FM expressed support for Iraqi protests against Iranian interference:
4 November 2019: Israeli FM Israel Katz on Monday expressed support for Iraqi protesters accusing Iran of being the primary sponsor of the corrupt, inefficient system they want to overthrow, coming the day after Iraqi security forces shot dead three protesters and wounded 19 during a nighttime attack on the Iranian Consulate in Karbala
25 December 2019 airstrikes:
25 December 2019: At least 5 pro-Iranian militants were killed in strikes by unidentified aircraft in eastern Syria's Boukamal region, according to SOHR, reporting back-to-back attacks on Hezbollah, Shiite groups near Iraqi border, where Israel has allegedly conducted a number of strikes
3 January 2020 Israeli lawmakers united in praising the USA against Iranian 'arch-terrorist’ Qassem Soleimani:
3 January 2020: Israeli lawmakers from across the political spectrum united in praising the USA strike that killed Iranian ‘arch-terrorist’ Qassem Soleimani, the powerful head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, with the exception of the Joint List, which primarily represents Arab Israelis, which denounced the operation
14 January 2020 in Israeli army’s annual intel assessment Iranian regime remains the primary foe in the Middle East:
14 January 2020: In Israeli army’s annual intel assessment, Iranian regime remains the primary foe in the Middle East, as military intelligence believes the killing of Iranian general Soleimani represents a significant opportunity to counter regime’s growing aggressiveness in the region
15 January 2020 3 pro-Iranian terrorists killed in an airstrike on a military base in central Syria:
15 January 2020: 3 pro-Iranian fighters were killed in an airstrike on a military base in central Syria, according to SOHR, as Assad regime's news agency accuses Israeli jets of attacking T-4 base, where the terrorist Mullah regime is believed to maintain a permanent military presence
24 January 2020 terrorist headquarter in al-Qaim attacked near Syrian border:
24 January 2020: Unidentified aircraft reportedly strike Putin linked Hezbollah terrorist group headquarters in al-Qaim, near Syrian border. as Israel's army views Iran and it proxies as its greatest threat
7 June 2020 drone airstrikes kill 12 pro-Iranian militia members in Deir Ezzor region:
7 June 2020: Twelve people, said to be Afghan and Iraqi members, were killed overnight Saturday in drone airstrikes targeting pro-Iranian militia in the Deir Ezzor region in eastern Syria, according to Syrian watchdog group SOHR
14 November 2020 Israeli agents in Iran killed al-Qaida's top lieutenant:
14 November 2020: Al-Qaida’s second-in-command was killed in Iran in August by Israeli operatives acting at the behest of the USA, the New York Times has reported, citing intelligence officials
26 January 2021 Israel's IDF chief Kohavi says he’s ordered fresh military plans to thwart Iran’s nuke program:
26 January 2021: Israel's IDF chief Kohavi says he’s ordered fresh military plans to thwart Iran’s nuke program
30 January 2021 note at Israel embassy blast scene cites Fakhrizadeh, Soleimani deaths:
30 January 2021: Letter found close to the scene of a blast outside the Israeli embassy in New Delhi cited the killings of an Iranian commander and nuclear chief, according to Indian media, as Siasat Daily said that a letter found near the scene of the explosion spoke of the deaths of 'martyrs' including IRGC Qassem Soleimani, killed in a January 2020 USA drone strike, and Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the architect of Iran’s nuclear program, killed in a November 2020 attack
11 February 2021 Iranian weapons of mass destruction expert reportedly killed in November by Israeli 1-ton automated gun:
11 February 2021: UK’s Jewish Chronicle, citing unnamed intel sources, claims Fakhrizadeh was hit by Mossad team without USA involvement, says killing likely set back nuke weapons program by years
Israel/Iraq relations:
Israel/
Iraq
relations
-
Israeli–Kurdish relations
-
History of the Jews in Iraq
2014 oil delivery and Iraqi Kurdistan:
21 June 2014: Israel accepts first delivery of disputed oil from Iraqi Kurdistan's pipeline
-
30 June: Netanyahu calls for Kurdish independence from Iraq
2017:
25 July 2017: Yazidi survivor of Islamic State captivity Nadia Murad urged the Knesset to recognize the terror organization’s crimes against Iraq’s Yazidi minority as a genocide, and lawmaker Ksenia Svetlova pledged to seek official Israeli recognition through Knesset legislation
July 2019 Iranian sites in Iraq hit:
30 July 2019: Israel said to hit Iranian sites in Iraq, expanding strikes on missile shipments
November 2019 Israeli FM expressed support for Iraqi protesters:
4 November 2019: Israeli FM Israel Katz on Monday expressed support for Iraqi protesters, Jerusalem’s first public backing for the anti-government rallies that broke out across Iraq last month, coming the day after Iraqi security forces shot dead three protesters and wounded 19 during a nighttime attack on the Iranian Consulate in Karbala
Israel/Iraqi Kurdistan relations:
Israel/
Iraqi Kurdistan
relations
November 2019 Israeli aid to the Kurds in northern Syria:
7 November 2019: Israel has been providing aid to the Kurds in northern Syria since the USA withdrawal from the area, a senior Israeli official said, warning that their defeat would allow Iran to further entrench itself in the area, as Deputy FM Tzipi Hotovely says they provide a bulwark against spread of Iranian influence in area
Israel/Italy relations:
Israel/
Italy
relations
Since 2008:
Enlight Renewable Energy since 2008
2017:
25 October 2017: Israeli Minister urges Italy to crack down on racism after anti-Semitic soccer scandal of Lazio supporters
Israel/Jordan relations:
Israel/
Jordan
relations
-
1949 Armistice Agreements
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Israel–Jordan Treaty of Peace 1994
Jordan River
-
Water politics in the Jordan River basin
2013/2014:
10 December 2013: Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian officials agree to share and increase water resources in the arid region, including measures to save the Dead Sea
-
11 March 2014: Israeli government expresses regret to Jordan after judge killed by Israeli fire at the Allenby crossing and agrees to let Jordan join investigation
July 2017:
24 July 2017: Israeli government says, Israeli Embassy guard is protected from arrest and investigation by Vienna Convention, as Jordan won’t let him leave the country
after he shot dead a Jordanian man who attacked him with a screwdriver
at Israel’s embassy compound in Amman
-
25 July 2017: Jordan investigation concludes Jordanian teen attacked Amman security officer, who then shot his assailant, killing him and another Jordanian national by accident
March 2018:
19 mars 2018: Le 'canal de la paix', un projet conjoint de la Jordanie, d'Israël et de la Palestine vise à relier la mer Rouge à la mer Morte, menacée d'assèchement
November 2018:
3 November 2018: Israel mulls advancing Red Sea - Dead Sea canal project to mend relations with Jordan
December 2018:
30 December 2018: After years of delay, the Israeli government is set to approve a highly touted joint project with Jordan for a canal linking the Red Sea and Dead Sea, according to an Israeli TV report
Israel/Kenya relations:
Israel/
Kenya
relations
-
2002 Mombasa attacks
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22 septembre: Des forces spéciales israéliennes seraient entrées dans le centre commercial de Nairobi, assiégé par des islamistes shebab, afin de secourir et d'évacuer les otages et les blessés
Israel/North Korea relations:
Israel/
North Korea
relations - Israel considers North Korea and its nuclear missile program as a major threat to global security, as Israel has been the subject of fiery threats from North Korean state media and North Korea has never recognized the state of Israel, recognising since 1988 the sovereignty of the State of Palestine over all of Israel, except for the Golan Heights, which it recognises as part of Syria
Weapons sales between North Korea and Iran and global military cooperation:
Weapons sales between North Korea and Iran and military cooperation
2010:
12 May 2010: Israel says seized North Korean arms, including rockets and rocket-propelled grenades, were for Hamas, Hezbollah
2017:
20 March 2017: North Korean regime's military exports directly threaten Israel, latest arms convoy to Hezbollah struck by IDF in Syria contained North Korean missiles
Israel/South Korea relations:
Israel/
South Korea
relations since 1962
Israeli-South Korean economic relations:
Israeli-South Korean economic relations
July 2019 cooperation agreement:
15 July 2019: Israel's Reuven Rivlin and South Korea's Moon Jae-in, during an official visit to the East Asian country, signed agreements for increased cooperation in the fields of energy and education, as Israeli president was accompanied on his trip to South Korea by two delegations from Israel’s business and academic sectors
Israel/Kosovo relations:
Israel/
Kosovo
relations
1 February 2021 Kosovo-Israel relations:
1 février 2021: Le Kosovo, territoire européen majoritairement musulman, a normalisé lundi ses relations avec Israël et ouvrira à terme son ambassade dans la ville disputée de Jérusalem, ont indiqué de hauts responsables lors d’une cérémonie par visioconférence
Israel/Kurdistan relations:
Israel/
Kurdistan
relations
History of the Jews in Kurdistan:
History of the Jews in Kurdistan, the ancient Eastern Jewish communities, inhabiting the region known as Kurdistan in northern Mesopotamia, roughly covering parts of northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, northeastern Syria and southeastern Turkey, living as closed ethnic communities until their immigration to Israel in the 1940s and early 1950 and largely speaking Aramaic and Kurdish dialects
Kurdish Jews in Israel:
Kurdish Jews in Israel, immigrants and descendants of the immigrants of the Kurdish Jewish communities, who now reside within the state of Israel, numbering around 200,000 inhabitants, mainly in Jerusalem, also Tel Aviv and many other places
Since 2011 Israeli aid to the Kurdish people:
Israeli aid to the Kurdish people during the 2010s and since September 2014, following the offensive of Islamic State terrorists in North Iraq, including assistance to Christians and Yezidis
15 October 2019 Turkish military invasion against Kurds in northeast Syria:
15 October 2019: The world is watching with alarm as the Turkish army commences its military invasion of the Kurdish stronghold in northeast Syria, with many observers warning of imminent war crimes
29 October 2019 Kurdish lesson for Israel:
29 October 2019: The Kurdish lesson for Israel
November 2019 Israeli aid to the Kurds in northern Syria:
7 November 2019: Israel has been providing aid to the Kurds in northern Syria since the USA withdrawal from the area, a senior Israeli official said, warning that their defeat would allow Iran to further entrench itself in the area, as Deputy FM Tzipi Hotovely says they provide a bulwark against spread of Iranian influence in area
Israel/Latvia relations:
Israel/
Latvia
relations
31 October 2012 Latvia calls for development of economic relations and support for Latvia's OECD membership:
31 October 2012: Latvia's FM Rinkevics calls for development of economic relations and support for Latvia's OECD membership
Israel/Lebanon relations:
Israel/
Lebanon
relations
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Hasbani River
Israel–Lebanon border
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Green Line (Israel and its neighbours since 1949)
2006:
2006 Israel–Hezbollah War
-
Russian and Iranian weapons for Lebanese Hezbollah, classified as a terrorist organization by the governments of the USA, Netherlands, France, Gulf Cooperation Council, UK, Australia, Canada, the European Union and Israel
2010:
2010 Israel–Lebanon border clash
2012:
18 August 2012: Hizbollah leader Nasrallah threatens punishing missile strikes deep inside Israel in case it attacks Iran
2013:
25 avril 2013: L'armée israélienne abat un drone et accuse le Hezbollah
-
22 August 2013: Two rockets from Lebanon explode in northern Israel, Iron Dome intercepts third
-
23 August: Israel strikes terror site near Na'ameh
following the firing of at least three rockets into Israel on Thursday
-
16 December: Israeli soldier killed by a Lebanese soldier who opened fire across the border into Israel, Israel complains to the UN force
-
16 December: After Israeli killed on border Israeli army shoots two Lebanese soldiers
-
29 December: Two missiles fired from southern Lebanon into Israel
prompt Israel shelling
2014:
25 February: Israeli planes attack Hezbollah targets on Lebanon-Syria border
-
27 February: Israel faces military dilemma as Hezbollah amasses weapons
-
28 February: Israel warns Lebanon to curb Hezbollah threats
-
5 March: Israel army opens fire at Hezbollah fighters on Israel-Syria border, trying to plant bomb
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14 July 2014: Rockets fired at Israel from southern Lebanon, drawing retaliatory artillery fire from Israeli forces, in the third such rocket attack from Lebanon since Friday
2015:
28 January 2015: At least 5 Kornet missiles fired in Hezbollah ambush of IDF soldiers on a road in the village of Ghajar killing two IDF soldiers and injuring seven, the IDF used artillery guns and tanks to fire at Hezbollah targets following the incident
2016:
7 December 2016: Israeli defense ministry acknowledges that Israel was responsible for recent attacks in Syria, saying that they were meant to prevent 'advanced weapons, military equipment and weapons of mass destruction' from reaching Hezbollah
January 2018:
9 January 2018: After reported airstrikes on targets in Syria
,
Israeli PM and Mossad chief warn against advanced Iranian munitions reaching Hezbollah terror groups
December 2018:
4 December 2018: Israel launches operation on Lebanon border to destroy Hezbollah attack tunnels
,
saying it uncovered first Hezbollah tunnel, preparing to destroy it
-
21 December 2018: Israeli army begins destroying Hezbollah tunnels on Lebanon border, saying it 'will continue its mission according to plan'
1 September 2019 Hezbollah attack and response:
1 September 2019: Terror group Hezbollah has launched an attack on Israeli military positions and drawn heavy return fire in the first cross-border clash for years
15 April 2020 Israel said to hit Hezbollah vehicle carrying arms near Lebanon border:
15 April 2020: Israel reportedly carried out a strike on a Hezbollah vehicle in Syria, close to the Lebanese border, as Channel 13 news said a number of Hezbollah terrorists were killed in the strike on a vehicle transporting weaponry from Syria to Lebanon
26 August 2020 after shots from Lebanon toward Israeli soldiers IDF strike Hezbollah observation posts:
26 August 2020: After shots were fired from Lebanon toward IDF soldiers, Israeli aircraft strike Hezbollah observation posts
1 October 2020 Lebanon and Israel confirm talks this month over disputed maritime border:
1 October 2020: Lebanon and Israel confirm talks this month over disputed maritime border, as indirect negotiations focused on drilling rights will be brokered by USA, held at UN facility in Lebanese town
14 October 2020 Israeli-Lebanese first border negotiations in 30 years in Naqoura:
October 2020 Israeli-Lebanese talks
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14 October 2020: Israeli and Lebanese officials hold first border negotiations in 30 years in the southern Lebanese border town of Naqoura, as in meeting hosted by UN and mediated by USA, delegates from two sides were said to sit in the same tent but not talk directly to each other
1 February 2021 Israeli drone crashes in southern Lebanon as Hezbollah terror group says it shot it down:
1 February 2021: An Israeli drone crashes in southern Lebanon, as the Hezbollah terror group says it shot it down
List of Lebanese rocket attacks on Israel:
List of Lebanese rocket attacks on Israel
Israel/Lithuania relations:
Israel/
Lithuania
relations
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14 March 2015: Israel opens its first embassy in Lithuania, pre-war home to 250,000 Jews
Israel/Malawi relations:
Israel/
Malawi
relations
History of the Jews in East Africa:
History of the Jews in East Africa
1933-2012 Jews escaping the Holocaust and their route to Nyasaland:
1933-2012: As the rise of the Nazis in Germany in the 1930s saw thousands of Jews attempting to find safe havens in other European countries, Palestine, China, Australia, England and the Americas, several hundred Jews found their way to British Cyprus in June 1941 also under threat of German invasion, and the British decided to evacuate all non-Cypriot civilians from the island, including 442 Jewish civilians who were evacuated to Palestine, but considering the limitations instigated under the notorious White Paper of 1939 270 of the Jewish evacuees were subsequently shipped to British protectorates in East Africa—Nyasaland and Tanganyika, where they remained throughout the war
March 1959 Polish-Jewish families in Nyasaland during Axis powers's World War II and later:
25 March 1959: During Axis powers's World War II, 60 Polish-Jewish families went to Nyasaland, after they were evacuated from Iran, as today there are only about 12 Jews in all of the East African trouble spot Nyasaland
6 September 2020 Malawi's new president will open a diplomatic office in Jerusalem:
6 September 2020: Malawi's new president Chakwera announced plans to open a diplomatic office in Jerusalem following declarations made by the respective leaders of Serbia and Kosovo on Friday, also announcing a series of reforms that would include upgrading the country’s Foreign Ministry and its network of embassies worldwide
Israel/Mexico relations:
Israel/
Mexico
relations
2017:
29 January 2017: Mexico chides Israel's PM Netanyahu for apparently endorsing USA president Trump’s plan to build a wall along its border with the USA
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29 January 2017: Facing Mexico’s fury, spokesperson says Netanyahu’s statement declaring USA southern barrier a 'great idea’ is not a comment on USA-Mexico relations, after Netanyahu also declared that USA's Trump was 'right' in pushing for a wall along the USA-Mexico border to block illegal immigration
-
29 January 2017: Mexican Jews alarmed by Netanyahu tweet on Trump’s wall
-
30 January 2017: Mexico calls on Netanyahu to apologize for tweet about USA border wall, after Israeli PM praised Trump’s executive order at weekend
-
31 January 2017: Jewish community south of the USA border pans Israel's PM Netanyahu as Trump’s 'lackey', condemning his support for Trump’s border wall as disappointing and shameful
Israel/Morocco relations:
Israel/
Morocco
relations
History of the Jews in Morocco:
History of the Jews in Morocco, as Moroccan Jews constitute an ancient community in the territory, and before the founding of Israel in 1948, there were about 250,000 to 350,000 Jews in the country, which gave Morocco the largest Jewish community in the Muslim world, but by 2017 only 2,000 or so remain
During 20th century and World War II history of the Jews in Morocco:
During 20th century and World War II history of the Jews in Morocco
Since 1997 Museum of Moroccan Judaism:
Since 1997 Museum of Moroccan Judaism, a Jewish museum in the Oasis neighborhood of Casablanca, the only museum devoted to Judaism in the Arab world as the museum, whose building originated in 1948 as a Jewish orphanage that housed up to 160 Jewish youth, was renovated in 2013
10 December 2020 Israel and Morocco agree on full ties:
10 December 2020: Israel and Morocco agree on full ties 'as soon as possible’, as normalization accords will include embassies and direct flights
11 December 2020 Israir expects 150,000 Israeli tourists to visit Morocco in 2021:
11 December 2020: El Al, Israir, Arkia plan daily Morocco flights, as Israir expects 150,000 Israeli tourists to visit Morocco in 2021
22 December 2020 Israel-Morocco flight to sign deals including on aviation, tourism, health, water, agriculture:
22 December 2020: First Israel-Morocco flight takes off for Rabat to seal normalization deal, as joint USA-Israeli delegation leaves on whirlwind trip to sign bi- and trilateral deals, including on aviation, tourism, health, water, agriculture
28 December 2020 Moroccan team arrives in Israel to prepare for reopening of liaison office:
28 December 2020: Moroccan team arrives in Israel to prepare for reopening of liaison office in a move coming ahead of expected senior delegation from Rabat next month, as ties between two countries rapidly expand
Israel/Myanmar relations:
Israel/
Myanmar
relations
2017:
6 September 2017: Human rights groups have found that more than 100 tanks, as well as boats and light weapons, have been sold to the Burmese government by Israeli arms companies, and that TAR Ideal Concepts has also trained Burmese special forces in northern Rakhine state, where much of the violence against the country's Rohingya Muslim minority is taking place
-
26 September 2017: Israel's government refuses to stop arms sales to Myanmar (Burma), despite recent reports and UN data on massacres the country’s military has perpetrated against the Rohingya minority, as well as systematic rape, torture and expulsions
August 2018:
29 August 2018: Reports of human rights violations in Myanmar have not kept the Israeli government from cooperating with those suspected of war crimes
Israel/New Zealand relations:
Israel/
New Zealand
relations
2016:
24 December 2016: Israeli ambassador to New Zealand recalled in protest at UN vote role, demanding a halt to all Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem
Israel/Oman relations:
Israel/
Oman
relations
October 2018:
27 October 2018: Israeli PM Netanyahu visited Oman, which has no diplomatic ties with Israel, in first such meeting since 1996, discussing ways to achieve 'peace and stability in the Middle East'
Israel/Pakistan relations:
Israel/
Pakistan
relations
2016:
25 December 2016: Pakistan makes nuclear threat to Israel
,
in response to fake news featuring non-existent quote concerning Syria by ex-Israeli defense chief Ya’alon, who left ministry in May and was replaced by current minister Liberman
Israel/Papua New Guinea relations:
Israel/
Papua New Guinea
relations
October 2013:
20 October 2013: Papua New Guinea's Peter O'Neill plants a tree in Jerusalem, saying 'planting a tree symbolizes that the world has a future and that we all have life'
Israel/Paraguay relations:
Israel/
Paraguay
relations
Since 16th century:
History of the Jews in Paraguay since the arrival of migration flows mainly from Europe, the first waves of Jewish immigration to Paraguay began in 1904, amid rising anti-Semitism in Europe
-
History of the Jews in Latin America and the Caribbean
2016:
7 January 2016: Israel aiding Paraguayans displaced by worst flooding in 50 years
-
29 June 2016: Israel delivers drip irrigation systems to help relieve drought in Paraguay
May 2018:
9 May 2018: Paraguay confirms relocation of its embassy to Jerusalem, following USA
,
as more Latin American countries support moving their embassies to Jerusalem including Guatemala and Honduras
,
and as European states including Germany said boycotting Foreign Ministry event celebrating new USA embassy next week
Israel/Philippines relations:
Israel/
Philippines
relations
History and economic relations:
History of Israel–Philippines relations
Since the 16th century history of the Jews in the Philippines:
Since the 16th century history of the Jews in the Philippines
Filipinos in Israel:
Filipinos in Israel constitute one of the largest groups of immigrant workers in Israel, as the country is home to a population of almost 300,000 foreign workers, of which 30,000 to 50,000 are Filipinos
August/September 2018:
31 August 2018: Philippines' Duterte, who regularly brags about murdering civilians and has compared himself to Adolf Hitler, is set to arrive in Israel on Sunday for a visit that has been widely criticized
Israel/Poland relations:
Israel/
Poland
relations
-
History of the Jews in Poland - Poland was a centre of Jewish culture thanks to a long period of statutory religious tolerance and social autonomy ending with the Partitions of Poland which began in 1772
1939-1945 German war crimes and the Holocaust in occupied Poland during World War II:
German war crimes in occupied Poland during World War II 1939-1945
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Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Poland
-
The Holocaust in occupied Poland 1939-1945
-
Rescue of Jews by Poles during the Holocaust
October 1940 to May 1943 Warsaw Ghetto:
1940-1943 Warsaw Ghetto, the largest of all the Jewish ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II, the death toll among the Jewish inhabitants of the Ghetto, between starvation, disease, deportations to extermination camps, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and the subsequent razing of the ghetto, is estimated to be at least 300,000
1944–1946:
Anti-Jewish violence in Poland, 1944–46
-
Kielce Pogrom against the Jewish community July 1946
2017:
27 October 2017: Israel asks Poland to change bill denying compensation for most Holocaust survivors
2018:
1 February 2018: Israel condemns passing of Polish Holocaust law
,
as Yad Vashem criticizes the Polish Senate’s approval of a contentious Polish Holocaust bill that would outlaw blaming the Polish state or nation for crimes of the Holocaust committed in Poland and vowed to continue supporting research into the 'Polish population’s attitudes toward Jews during the Holocaust'
-
Efraim Zuroff, the director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Israel office, welcomes Israel's opposition to the Polish complicity bill, but laments that other countries including Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Croatia and Hungary have been getting away with much worse for decades
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8 February 2018: Holocaust survivors entered the Polish embassy compound in Tel Aviv protesting the Polish complicity bill
January 2020 Israel snubs Poland's president ahead of World Holocaust Forum:
5 January 2020: Poland's Andrzej Duda threatens to boycott the World Holocaust Forum set for later this month in obsequious Israel after he was not given an opportunity to speak at the event, ahead of an expected address by an individual, who has recently waged a campaign against Poland accusing it of responsibility for World War II
,
Russian regime's war criminal Putin
-
7 January 2020: Polish president will skip Holocaust Forum in Israel, as organizers would not allow him to speak there, even though others including Russian war ciminal Putin would, saying he does not approve of the fact that representatives of Russian regime, Germany, France, Britain, and the USA will be able to speak at the event while Poland won't be able to
14 January 2020 Polish Jewish community backs president’s decision to skip Holocaust event in Jerusalem:
14 January 2020: Calling Russian Putin regime's attempt to blame Poles for cooperation with Hitler 'a provocation', Poland’s largest Jewish communal group expressed its support for Polish president Duda’s decision to withdraw from Holocaust memorial event in Jerusalem on 23 January
after being left off speakers’ list and as representatives of
France
,
the successor state of the pre-1945 German Reich (!)
,
Russia
,
the UK
,
the USA would all speak at the memorial
22 January 2020 Auschwitz Museum's Piotr Cywinski slams holding of World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem:
22 January 2020: Director of Auschwitz Museum Piotr Cywinski slams holding of World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem accusing organizers of trying to replace annual ceremony in Poland, as Jerusalem event co-organized by people in Israel influenced by Moscow-born Moshe Kantor, who is said to be close to Russian regime's war criminal Vladimir Putin, allied with Hezbollah terrorists, Iranian and Syrian regime
Israel/Qatar relations:
Israel/Qatar relations
2014:
23 July 2014: Israel singles out Qatar as key Hamas terror sponsor
2017:
7 August 2017: Israeli government moves to impose ban on the Qatari state-funded al-Jazeera news network
,
as broadcaster slams move, saying that minister Kara undermines Israeli claims to be the Middle East's sole democracy, and that it will take legal action
Israel/Russia relations:
Israel/
Russia
relations
-
History of the Jews in Russia - Russian Empire at one time hosted the largest population of Jews in the world
-
Antisemitism in the Russian Empire
-
Jewish agricultural colonies in the Russian Empire
-
The Holocaust in Russia
-
Antisemitism in Russia
Since 1985:
Russian and Iranian weapons for Lebanese Hezbollah, classified as a terrorist organization by the governments of the USA, Netherlands, France, Gulf Cooperation Council, UK, Australia, Canada, the European Union and Israel
-
10. Juni 2012: Israel: 'Russland im schlimmsten Fall Mittäter in Syrien'
-
29 May 2013: Israel warns Russia of action if it delivers missiles to Syria
-
1 November: Israel reportedly destroyed Hezbollah-bound missile shipment in Syria
,
targeting Russian-made SA-125 missiles
2014/2015:
14 April 2014: After Russian regime's annexation of Crimea Israeli government finds itself seemingly in a dilemma
-
20 April 2015: Israeli PM Netanyahu refuses to attend Victory Day parade in Moscow and plans to attend an Israeli ceremony on 7 May
-
10 September 2015: Israel adds voice to concerns over Russian regime's reported military buildup in Syria's areas controlled by Assad
-
22 September 2015: Israel's Defense Minister Ya'alon says Jewish state will not allow advanced Russian weapons to end up in the hands of Hezbollah
2016:
11 January 2016: Hezbollah terrorists reportedly receive long-range missiles, laser-guided rockets and other sophisticated weaponry directly from Russia in Syria, and are free to use that weaponry against Israel
,
following recent Netanyahu visit of servility to Moscow, including the shaking of bloody hands, amid fears in Israel that the Russian military aggression against Syrian people will threaten its defence and fears that Russian-supplied weapons will end up
in the hands of Hezbollah
-
7 June 2016: Israel's Netanyahu says Iranian regime cannot be allowed to use Hezbollah as a proxy to attack Jewish state
,
ahead of Putin
meeting
-
9 October 2016: Russian missile deployment in Syria facilitates Hezbollah's smuggling of advanced weapons, following Netanyahu's visit in June encouraging the Putin regime to commit more war crimes in Syria and Ukraine
2017:
23 June 2017: To stop Russia and other hackers, we need to overhaul the internet, Israeli cyber expert Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel says, calling for a radical overhaul of the internet in order to counter cyber warfare
May 2018:
28 May 2018: After Russian oligarch Abramovich was unable to extend his visa in the UK amid a diplomatic spat between the British government and Russia's Putin regime following the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, Netanyahu government gives him an Israeli identity card to become a citizen of Israel where he is exempt from taxes on income earned abroad for 10 years, and need not declare the sources of that income for the same period
-
28 May 2018: Israel, Russia said to reach secret deal on pushing Iran away from Syria border
11/12 July 2018:
12 July 2018: Putin meets Iranian Ali Khamenei's aide in Moscow day after meeting Netanyahu
,
saying that Netanyahu came to Moscow on 'private visit'
to watch soccer
December 2018:
18 December 2018: Israel said to strongly protest Russian invite to Hamas leader
June 2019:
24/25 June 2019: PM Netanyahu told murderous Russian regime's Nikolai Patrushev that Israel will do 'anything it takes' to ensure Iran does not obtain nuclear weapons, saying 'I’m certain that Russia understands what it means for us when a regime calls for our annihilation, and acts on a daily basis to achieve that aim'
,
as USA's John Bolton urged Iran to step back from its 'malign behavior' and enter into 'real negotiations' over its nuclear weapons program, ballistic missile development, and backing for international terror groups, accusing Tehran regime of supporting violence throughout the region, from Hezbollah in Lebanon to the Assad regime in Syria, as well as Shiite militias in Iraq, Yemen’s Houthi rebels, and terror attacks on USA forces in Afghanistan, and of threatening Middle Eastern oil supplies
-
25 June 2019: Israeli air strikes on Syria undesirable, Russian regime's Nikolai Patrushev says
,
amid Assad's and Russian regime's northwestern Syria offensive
since April 2019, murdering hundreds of civilians
,
and as Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah is now giving orders to Assad’s army, using it to spy on Israel along Golan border
14 September 2019 obsequious PM Netanyahu meets Putin:
14 September 2019: Russian murderous Putin regime threatens to shoot down Israeli jets invading Syria to conduct airstrikes against Iran-backed targets
,
as obsequious PM Netanyahu meets Putin after 3-hour wait in Moscow
November 2019 High Court rejects Russian hacker's petition against his extradition the USA:
10 November 2019: Israeli High Court of Justice rejected petition from a Russian hacker against his pending extradition, green-lighting his deportation to the USA against Russian regime’s wishes
30 January 2020 obsequious PM Netanyahu in Moscow thanking Russian regime's war criminal Putin:
30 January 2020: Shaking bloody hand, obsequious PM Netanyahu thanked Russian regime's war criminal Putin, responsible for Polonium, Novichok attacks, many other assassinations, the downing of the MH17 flight in 2014 killing 298 people etc., for his 'speedy' decision to pardon and release Israeli-American backpacker Naama Issachar, who had been held in a Russian prison for some 10 months, sentenced by the regime to 7.5 years in prison after less than 10 grams of marijuana were found in her luggage
in a Moscow airport
-
30 January 2020: Air strikes by Russia's Putin regime hit near a bakery and a medical clinic in the town of Ariha in Syria’s opposition-held Idlib region early on Thursday, killing 10 civilians including at least five women, bringing the total number of civilians killed by Putin's air strikes in Idlib over the past 24 hours to 21, war monitor SOHR said, reporting that the wailing of women and children rang out as rescue workers searched for corpses
beneath the rubble
Israel/Saudi Arabia relations:
Israel/
Saudi Arabia
relations
2013 after Assad's war crimes:
2 September 2013: As Barack Obama blinks on Syria after Assad's war crimes, Israel and Saudis make common cause
2014/2015 Israel and Saudi Arabia secret meetings:
5 June 2015: Israel and Saudi Arabia have held five secret meetings since the beginning of 2014 to discuss the common threat Iran posses to the region
November 2018 'horrendous' murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi:
2 November 2018: In his first public comments on the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia’s Istanbul consulate, a short-sighted and obsequious Israeli PM Netanyahu said that while the killing was 'horrendous', it was still necessary to preserve stability in the Islamic kingdom
,
that reportedly dissolved the body of Jamal Khashoggi, in a further attempt to make humans disappeared without a trace
-
14 November 2018: 'The spectacle of an Israeli leader lobbying to excuse an Arab dictator for murder will only compound the damage he has done to his country’s relationship with the United States', according to Washington Post's Jackson Diehl, asking 'why is Israel tossing a lifeline to Jamal Khashoggi’s killers?', pointing to the Iranian expansionism but concealing its promotion by Obama's and EU's (including the UK) betrayal concerning Syria and the region
23 November 2020 Saudi Arabia denies crown prince met with Netanyahu:
23 November 2020: Saudi Arabia denies crown prince met with Netanyahu, or any Israeli
,
after media reported that PM Netanyahu, Mossad chief flied to Saudi, held first known meet with crown prince, as meeting said held in presence of USA Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
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2 October 2018 assassination of Saudi dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul perpetrated by agents of the Saudi government
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Reactions to the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, denounced by the majority of the international community
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21–22 November 2020 G20 Riyadh summit
27 November 2020 PM Netanyahu and Saudi Arabia’s cruel crown prince reportedly had a 'very warm meeting':
27 November 2020: An unnamed 'senior Israeli source', according to 'Times of Israel', who is familiar with the interactions between the two countries, reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabia’s cruel Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had a 'very warm meeting' in Saudi Arabia on Sunday
,
in contrast to a October 2018 meeting in Istanbul's Saudi embassy, where Jamal Khashoggi 'was the victim of a brutal and premeditated killing, planned and perpetrated by officials of the State of Saudi Arabia' according to the UN, tying the Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman to the assassination
Israel/South Africa relations:
Israel/
South Africa
relations
August 2014 solidarity rally for Israel:
4 August 2014: More than 12,000 people gathered in South Africa's Johannesburg on Sunday for a solidarity rally for Israel, as thousands of Christians from all across the country joined Jews to call for peace and security for Israel
Israel/South Sudan relations:
Israel/
South Sudan
relations
June 2012 Israel deports South Sudanese migrants:
18 June 2012: Israel deports South Sudanese migrants
March 2020 Israel deported children to 'one of the worst countries in the world':
17 March 2020: Israel deported children to 'one of the worst countries in the world', as children who grew up as Israeli but were sent back to South Sudan now need to adjust to a life without running water or electricity, a new documentary says
Israel/Spain relations:
Israel/
Spain
relations
2015 Israeli and Spanish consortium to build 121-megawatt facility in Negev desert:
20 July 2015: Consortium of Israeli and Spanish companies to build 121-megawatt facility in Negev desert
2017 Israel will neither support nor oppose Catalonian independence:
31 October 2017: Breaking with USA and EU, Israel will neither support nor oppose Catalonian independence remaining wary of standing with Spain, which it sees as major funder of anti-Israel activities
Israel/Sudan relations:
Israel/
Sudan
relations
History of the Jews in Sudan:
History of the Jews in Sudan
2016 Israel-Sudan and 'Zionist enemy':
20 January 2016: After Sudan's dictator Omar al-Bashir vowed that his country would never normalize relations with the 'Zionist enemy', Sudan this week openly discussed the possibility of normalizing ties with Israel
2018 Sudanese refugees:
26 March 2018: Israel is reportedly willing to grant refugee status to hundreds of Sudanese migrants over the age of 40 who fled genocide in the Nuba region, in the first possible recognition of an ethnic cleansing similar to that in the country’s Darfur area
4 February 2020 Israel normalizes ties with Sudan following revolution:
4 February 2020: Israel's PM Netanyahu and Sudan's Sovereignty Council's al-Burhan met in Uganda and agreed to start normalizing ties between Sudan and Israel
22 October 2020 Israel, Sudan said to reach final agreement to normalize ties:
22 October 2020: Israel, Sudan said to reach final agreement to normalize ties, as announcement to be made over weekend or early next week, report says, following trip by Israeli delegation to Khartoum
23 October 2020 Israeli—Sudanese normalization agreement:
23 October 2020 Israeli—Sudanese normalization agreement, coming after the agreements of Bahrain and the UAE signed with Israel in September 2020, now making Sudan the 5th Arab country to recognize Israel's right to exist
25 October 2020 Israel will send $5 million worth of wheat to Sudan:
25 October 2020: Israel announced that it is sending $5 million worth of wheat to Sudan following the announcement of normalization between the two countries
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25 October 2020: Sudan confirms moving ahead with Israel accord, despite growing opposition, saying it will discuss trade, migration deals with Jewish state, as USA and Israel will help country ‘consolidate its democracy, enhance food security and fight terrorism’
23 November 2020 Israel to send first official delegation to Sudan for economic talks:
23 November 2020: Israel said to send first official delegation to Sudan, as talks on agriculture, trade, aviation and migration reportedly set to begin in Khartoum as part of normalization process
6 January 2021 Sudan signs 'Abraham Accords’:
6 January 2021: Sudan signs ‘Abraham Accords’ with USA, reportedly paving way for Israel normalization
Israel/Sweden relations:
Israel/
Sweden
relations
Timeline of Israel-Sweden relations written by the 'Times of Israel':
Timeline of Israel-Sweden relations written by the 'Times of Israel'
Since 1953 Sweden–Israel Friendship Association:
Since 1953 Sweden–Israel Friendship Association, nationwide since 1978
March 2009 Malmö anti-Israel riots:
March 2009 Malmö Davis Cup riots were anti-Israel riots in the Swedish city of Malmö against a Davis Cup tennis match between Sweden and Israel
10 June 2020 Sweden and Israel to boost joint research and development:
10 June 2020: Sweden and Israel are setting up an initiative to boost joint research and development projects, making use of the advantages each nation has in the innovation ecosystem
Israel/Switzerland relations:
Israel/
Switzerland
relations
1939-1945, 1999:
UBS activities in World War II
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7.12.1999: Schlussbericht des Volcker-Komitees über Schweizer Banken - u.a. 417 identifizierte Konten von Verfolgten, die von den Banken während des Zweiten Weltkriegs auf Anweisung der Nationalsozialisten aufgelöst und deren Guthaben den Nationalsozialisten ausgehändigt worden waren
2001/2002:
2001/2002 Reports of the Independent Commission of Experts Switzerland – Second World War
2013:
27 janvier 2013: La Suisse, les réfugiés et la Shoah - documentation photographique du 14 mai 1942 sur les atrocités commises sur le front de l'Est
2015 FIFA Fédération Internationale de Football Association à Zurich:
29 May 2015: Israel's PM hails diplomatic victory as FIFA thwarts Palestinian suspension bid
1 May 2020 Israel and Swiss Hapoalim to pay millions for role in FIFA bribe scandal, USA tax evasion:
1 May 2020: Israeli Bank Hapoalim BM and its Swiss subsidiary agreed to pay over $30 million for their role in conspiring to launder more than $20 million in kickbacks to soccer officials, becoming the first financial institutions implicated in the FIFA scandal to reach a resolution with USA prosecutors
Israel/Syria relations:
Israel/
Syria
relations
June 1967 'Six-Day War':
June 1967 'Six-Day War' between Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, known at the time as the United Arab Republic, Jordan, and Syria
Since 1967 Purple Line - ceasefire line between Israel and Syria:
Purple Line - ceasefire line between Israel and Syria after the 1967 Six Day War
October 1973 Yom Kippur War by a coalition of Arab states against Israel:
October 1973 Yom Kippur War, also known as the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, fought by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel
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October 1973 Syrian attacks on the Golan Heights
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Since 1974 UNDOF Zone
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4 September 1975 Sinai Interim Agreement signed by Egypt and Israel
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17 September 1978 Camp David Accords signed by Egypt and Israel
Since 1974 Golan Heights:
Since 1974 Golan Heights, Syrian attacks, defeat and Israeli territory
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Since 1974 UNDOF Zone
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December 1981 Israeli Golan Heights Law
2012:
10. Juni 2012: Israel: 'Russland im schlimmsten Fall Mittäter in Syrien'
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11 November 2012: In response to mortar fire of Assad's army in the Golan Heights area Israeli troops fired warning shots
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18 novembre 2012: Israël fait feu vers la Syrie après des tirs sur un véhicule militaire
Since 2012:
Since 2012 Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during Assad's war against the Syrian people
2013:
30/31 January 2013: Israel conducted an airstrike inside Syria near the border with Lebanon, hitting a convoy of trucks with weapons bound for Hezbollah in Lebanon
while Assad's army
(and television)
says an Israeli airstrike targeted a military research centre in Jamraya, causing large-scale material damage and killing two people
-
4 February: Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak strongly implied that his country was behind an air strike on Syria last week
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24 March: Israel's army fires anti-tank missile at Syrian army post after coming under fire for second time in 12 hours and vows an 'immediate' answer to 'every violation of Israeli sovereignty and shooting from the Syrian side'
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29 April: Israeli official says intelligence services worldwide have evidence of Assad's chemical weapons use - 'these are not intelligence estimates'
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4 May: US reports quoting unnamed officials say, that Israeli warplanes have launched an air strike in Syria, likely targeting a weapons site
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5 May: Israeli missiles struck a research center near the Syrian capital Damascus
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21 mai: L'armée sraélienne réplique après avoir été la cible de tirs depuis la Syrie
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6 June: Israel reacts angrily to Austria's withdrawal from Golan Heights due to clashes in Syria
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14 July: Israel reportedly targeted advanced anti-ship cruise missiles near Latakia in an air attack on July 5
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18 août: Israël réplique après des tirs d'obus syriens
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21 August: Israel says Syria regime used chemical weapons
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22 August: Israeli intelligence backs reports of latest chemical weapons attack in Syria as intelligence minister criticizes international community over inaction
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25 August: PM Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the world must not tolerate the use of chemical weapons in Syria, adding that Israel was 'poised and ready' and would always know how to defend itself
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28 August: Israeli intelligence 'intercepted Syrian regime talk about chemical attack', information passed to US by Israeli Defence Forces's 8200 unit, former official says
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1 November: Israel reportedly destroyed Hezbollah-bound missile shipment in Syria
,
targeting Russian-made SA-125 missiles
2014:
27 January: Israel Air Force bombed a Syrian base in the Latakia airport, Lebanese media reports
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11 February 2014: District Court Judge jails Israeli Arab for 18 months for trying to join fight against Assad
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5 March: Israel army opens fire at Hezbollah fighters on Israel-Syria border, trying to plant bomb
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16 March: Syrian opposition willing to trade Golan claims for Israeli military support, wanting Israel to enforce a no-fly zone
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19 March: Israel strikes Assad's army targets that 'enabled and aided' Tuesday's attack on IDF troops which left four Israeli soldiers wounded
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28 March: Israeli army shoots two people near Syria border trying to damage border infrastructure
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27/28 May: Syria's oldest synagogue in the Jobar neighborhood of Damascus
destroyed by Assad forces in the months-long bombardment of Jobar
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23 June: In response to a cross-border missile shooting which killed an Israeli boy and wounded his father and two other civilians, Israel Air Force struck nine targets belonging to the Syrian military, among them command centers
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7 July: Israel fires into Syria after mortar shell hits Golan
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13 July: Mortar fired from Syria hits Israeli side of the Golan Heights
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23 September: IDF shoots down Syrian fighter plane over Golan after infiltrating Israeli airspace
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8 December 2014: Hezbollah drones, anti-aircraft missiles destroyed in alleged IAF attack, says Syrian opposition
2015:
18 January: An Israeli strike on targets in the Syrian Golan Heights reportedly killed 10 people, including eight Hezbollah members
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27 January: IDF retaliates after two suspected Hezbollah rockets fired from Syria explode on Golan Heights, sending locals and some 1,000 visitors to the Mount Hermon ski site fleeing for cover
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28 January: Following Golan rocket attacks Israel Air Force struck Assad's army artillery targets
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25 April: Israeli Air Force jets reportedly target Syrian bases of strategic missile brigades 155 and 65 in Kalamoon and Hezbollah targets in Syrian-Lebanese border region
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26 April: Israeli airstrike kills a group of four militants placing mine inside Israel at Syria frontier
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12 June 2015: Israeli official said to meet with secular Syrian opposition, contacts reportedly focused on common foes, including Iran, Hezbollah
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22/23 June: Syrian war casualty killed as Israeli Druze attack
IDF ambulance
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24 June: Druze community condemn Golan Heights ambulance attack
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29 June: Israel acknowledges it is helping Syrian rebel fighters, thus keeping the Druze in Syria out of immediate danger
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30 July: Israel strikes targets near Israel-Syria border, reportedly killing two Hezbollah operatives and three Syrian regime militiamen of the National Defense Forces in the Golan Heights
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5 September 2015: As hundreds of thousands seek sanctuary, Israel has a duty to take in Syrian refugees from the war and push for the establishment of an urgent international conference on the issue, opposition leader Isaac Herzog says
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6 September: Israel should take in thousands of refugees, deputy minister Ayoub Kara says
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22 September: Israeli company SodaStream offers to take in Syrian refugees and employ them in its new factory in the Negev Desert
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31 October: IAF reportedly targets Hezbollah assets in Syria
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24 November: Israel strikes Hezbollah positions in Syria, killing 13
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4 December 2015: Israeli jets carry out strikes north of Damascus, targeting a four-truck Syrian army convoy loaded with ballistic missiles
2016:
5 May 2016: When Germany's Adolf Hitler first sent Jews to die, Europeans and Americans agreed that it was not their problem, but also Israel today may be about to make the same and repeated mistake about Assad's killings in Syria, Shlomo Bolts says
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14 October 2016: Syria is suffering 'a small holocaust’ as 'every day not far from here, as we sit here, men, women and children are murdered in Syria, and particularly in Aleppo', Israeli chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef says, demanding that Jews must not be silent in the face of genocide across northern border
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22 November 2016: Israeli activists launch awareness campaign to express their solidarity with the civilians in the face of a military escalation being carried out by Russia, Assad and his allied militias, calling for communal prayers on Jewish holiday for the 'hundreds of Syrians who are dying daily in Syria, men, women and children, while the world is silent'
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30 November 2016: Israeli warplanes were said to have struck a military compound in the Syrian capital of Damascus, while a raid reportedly targeted a weapons convoy led by Hezbollah, as Hezbollah has thousands of fighters in Syria, providing military support to Assad regime and Iranian forces and after Israel already had carried out strikes against Hezbollah to prevent the terror group from obtaining advanced weapons
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7 December 2016: The Israeli military reportedly fired missiles from Golan Heights at the important Syrian regime Mazzeh airbase outside Damascus, hosting the headquarters of the feared air force intelligence service and its notorious prison, as terrorist group Hezbollah sites and guided missile sites belonging to Hezbollah near the Syrian capital were also targeted overnight by airstrikes that killed and injured a number of fighters in the Shiite militia
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7 December 2016: Israeli defense ministry acknowledges that Israel was responsible for recent attacks in Syria, saying that they were meant to prevent 'advanced weapons, military equipment and weapons of mass destruction' from reaching Hezbollah
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11 December 2016: The Israeli airstrike on an Assad regime airbase outside Damascus last week targeted a convoy of chemical weapons en route to the Shiite terror group Hezbollah, a Syrian opposition spokesman Fahed al-Masri says, adding that jihadist and Iranian militants will continue to advance on northern border as long Assad remains in power
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18 December 2016: Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial's Chairman Avner Shalev expresses 'deep concern over the appalling images of massacres' in Syria, saying that the world must put an end to the killing
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28 December 2016: Israel’s absence at the UN General Assembly on resolution A/71/L.48 to collect, consolidate, preserve and analyse evidence of violations of international humanitarian law and human rights violations and abuses in Syria since 2011, reportedly the result of 'a cynical deal' between Jerusalem and Moscow
January/February 2017:
2017 Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during Assad's war against the Syrian people since 2011
13 January 2017: Missiles reportedly hit weapons depot at Mazzeh airbase, also killing high-ranking Assad regime officials, and blamed on Israel
by the regime threatening 'repercussions' after 'flagrant' attack
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18 January 2017: Israel’s help is vital, says representative of Free Syrian Army Issam Zeitoun in rare meeting with Israelis, as Zionist Union MK Ksenia Svetlova insists Assad must go, adding that 'in 2017 we will see the increasing influence of Hezbollah ... we will have to make hard choices in regard to action or inaction in Syria'
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22 February 2017: Israeli aircraft reportedly targeted Syrian Army positions near Lebanese border, including a convoy bearing weapons for the Hezbollah terrorist group
March/April 2017:
17 March 2017: IAF 'Arrow’ battery intercepts Syrian missile
after Assad regime fired three anti-aircraft missiles at Israeli jets
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18 March 2017: Israel's PM says that Syria raids targeted ‘advanced’ Hezbollah arms, and that Israel will continue to operate against weapons transfers from Assad regime to Shiite terror group
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19 March 2017: After Israeli officials have warned of the possibility Hezbollah and Iran could attempt to set up a base to attack Israel near the border with the Israeli Golan Heights, and hours after Israel's defense minister threatened to destroy Assad's air defense systems targeting Israeli aircraft, an Israeli aircraft reportedly struck a truck driving near the town of Khan Arnabeh in the Quneitra province on the road to Damascus, killing a pro-Assad fighter
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20 March 2017: Israeli jets reportedly took out a number of targets near the Lebanon-Syria border including a Hezbollah weapons convoy and Syrian military sites
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22 March 2017: Israeli jets were reported to have carried out airstrikes in the Mount Qasioun region near Damascus early Wednesday, hours after PM Netanyahu vowed to continue hitting weapons convoys and rebuffed claims Russia had ordered the strikes halted
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4 April 2017: Holocaust horrors compel Israel to aid gassed Syrians, says Israeli president Rivlin, urging international community to act immediately to bring an end to ‘murderous madness' as finance minister Moshe Kahlon says Israel has resources to help
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23 April 2017: After three mortars fired from Syria landing in the Golan Heights on Friday, an Israeli attack on a Syrian camp for pro-Assad regime forces reportedly killed three fighters near the Golan Heights on Sunday
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27 April 2017: Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz appears to confirm reports that Israel was behind an overnight airstrike near the Damascus airport, saying that 'the incident is completely compatible with our policy of preventing weapons transfer to Hezbollah', the Lebanon-based terror group supported by the Syrian regime and Iran
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28 April 2017: Four cargo planes originating from Iran landed at airport outside Damascus just hours before Syria accused Israel of attacking a military compound nearby
May 2017:
16 May 2017: Israeli minister Yoav Galant says revelation the Syrian president is executing prisoners and burning their bodies ‘crosses a red line’, adding that 'anyone who murders people and burns their corpses does not have a place in this world'
June 2017:
24 June 2017: After around 10 mortar shells hit the Israeli Golan Heights and 2 Assad regime soldiers reportedly killed in IDF retaliation, defense minister and PM say Israel won’t accept challenges to its security
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28/29 June 2017: Israeli warplanes hit Assad's army in the countryside of Quneitra
,
targeting a regime position on Wednesday night after stray mortar fire struck the Golan Heights
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30 June 2017: Israeli plane hits firing Assad regime's army post after shell lands in Golan in 16th spillover incident this week
Since July 2017:
Since July 2017 Israel's opposition to Assad's war against the Syrian people and to Iranian presence in Syria
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Since 2012 Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during Assad's war against the Syrian people
August/September 2017:
24 August 2017: Taking Israeli aid, Syrian rebel and militia commander says Jewish state’s assistance is life-saving and crisis on Golan overrides old hatreds
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7 September 2017: Israeli jets have reportedly bombed a Syrian regime's facility in the north-west of the country believed to be associated with Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons programme
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10 September 2017: Israeli satellite images show impact, geo-strategic sensitivity of airstrike attributed to Israel on an Assad regime site where chemical weapons, missiles were believed to have been produced
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14 September 2017: Israel will 'act to enforce' Syria red lines, the transfer of major weapons to Hezbollah and the establishment of a permanent Iranian beachhead in the country, its USA ambassador Ron Dermer says
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19 September 2017: Israel has shot down an Iranian-supplied Hezbollah reconnaissance drone over the Syrian border
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22 September 2017: Israeli warplanes early on Friday morning reportedly struck a Hezbollah weapons convoy outside Damascus
October 2017:
8 October 2017: Israel reportedly considered bombing crematoria created by the Syrian regime to burn and conceal the bodies of murdered political prisoners, but decided against it so as not to irritate the USA or the Russian Putin regime and avoid escalation on the northern border
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16 October 2017: In response to Assad regime's fire at Israeli planes on a routine reconnaissance, Israeli army attacked
an anti-aircraft battery in Syria near Damascus on Monday
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21 October 2017: Israel has struck three Syrian artillery cannons on Saturday after five rockets landed in Israel in spillover from the Syrian civil war, saying the amount of rocker fire necessitated a sharp Israeli response
November 2017:
1 November 2017: Israeli jets destroyed a weapons facility near Homs in western Syria on Wednesday night, according to Lebanese media
,
as Assad regime reportedly tried to responds with anti-aircraft missiles
-
11 November 2017: Israel's Patriot missile system downs drone reportedly belonging to the Assad regime on an intelligence gathering mission and entering the demilitarized zone
-
18 November 2017: After identifying Assad regime construction in a military outpost in the demilitarized zone, the Israeli army fired a shell as a warning shot at regime's forces across the border
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19 November 2017: For second time in two days, Israeli tank fires a warning shot at Assad troops fortifying positions along the Israel-Syria cease-fire line
19 November 2017:
19 November 2017: In unprecedented footage, the IDF allowed an Israeli TV crew to film it opening the border gates to Syria, and allowing in a group of mothers and their children, who were then transported to an Israeli hospital for medical treatment
November 2017:
26 November 2017: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly warned Syria's Bashar Assad that Israel will intervene militarily in the Syrian civil war if Assad gives formal permission to Iran to establish a military presence in Syria
December 2017:
2 December 2017: Israeli fighter jets launched air-to-surface missiles at a military base near the Syrian city of al-Qiswa southwest of Damascus
,
reportedly targeting an Iranian military base, following reports that Iranian regime is building a military stronghold south of Syrian capital
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2 December 2017: 12 Iranian military personnel were killed in the alleged Israeli air strike on an Iranian base in Syria Friday night, according to Arabic media
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5 December 2017: Israeli jets reported to strike Assad's Jamarya military facility and research center, northwest of the Syrian capital Damascus
January 2018:
9 January 2018: Syria's opposition media says Israeli strikes hit a weapons depot in al-Qutayfah outside Damascus, containing long-range missiles
,
as Israeli security cabinet holds high-level talks on Iranian entrenchment
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17 January 2018: Israel reportedly carried out airstrikes at a military airport near Damascus, possibly hitting a weapons depot belonging to the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah
February 2018:
1 February 2018: After Israel warplanes killed three of its leaders, Israeli shelling targets Jaysh Khaled Ibn Al-Walid army pledging allegiance to ISIS in the countryside of Daraa
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7 February 2018: Israeli missiles target positions of the Assad regime forces and their allies in Syrian capital’s countryside
February 2018 Israel–Syria incident:
10 February 2018 Israel–Syria incident
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10 February 2018: Israel launches 'large-scale' strikes in Syria after drone infiltration, as IDF hits 12 Iranian, Syrian sites in 2nd wave of attacks following airspace breach, as planes met with heavy anti-aircraft fire
,
as F-16 crashes in Israel
with 2 pilots injured, one in serious condition
,
and as Israeli military spokesman Jonathan Conricus says that 'Syrians and Iranians, from our point of view, are playing with fire'
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10 February 2018: SOHR reports that 6 members at least of the gunmen loyal to the regime of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities including members of the regime forces, were killed in the air strikes which were carried out by Israeli warplanes on several Syrian areas
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11 February 2018: The Israeli army identified some of the targets of the retaliatory airstrikes it conducted in Syria after an Iranian drone infiltrated Israeli airspace the day before, while Syrian rebel forces reportedly provided details on the rest
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20 February 2018: With the Assad regime's advances and USA's reduced involvement in the region, Israel has been forced to make significant changes in its policies in the Golan Heights
April 2018:
10 April 2018: Israeli government accuses Assad regime of 'mass murder' in rebel-held towns, saying regime violating international disarmament agreements
May 2018:
8 May 2018: Nine Iran-linked fighters reported killed in alleged Israeli strike on an area south of Damascus previously identified as the site of a suspected Iranian military base
26 June 2018:
26 June 2018: Israeli missiles reportedly struck an arms depot belonging to the Lebanese terrorist movement Hezbollah near Damascus International Airport
29 June 2018:
29 June 2018: As tens of thousands of Syrians are fleeing an offensive in neighboring Daraa province by Assad’s forces and the Russian military, IDF sends aid to Syrians fleeing Daraa in overnight 'Good Neighbor’ operation
July 2018:
8 July 2018: SOHR told AFP that a missile bombardment targeted 'Iranian fighters' at Syrian base, as regime's news outlet acknowledged that the airstrike caused damage to the T-4 air base, located between the cities of Homs and Palmyra
-
12 July 2018: Israeli Air Force strikes Assad's army posts near border in response to drone infiltration, confirming attacks on three targets after Assad regime's UAV is downed over the Sea of Galilee
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13 July 2018: IDF launched a Patriot missile at an Assad regime's drone that was flying inside the demilitarized zone
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16 July 2018: Up to 22 pro-regime fighters killed, including 9 Iranians
,
in an overnight strike in northern Syria, according to SOHR, saying Israeli missiles targeted an Iranian Revolutionary Guard center, near the Neyrab military airport(a>
in Aleppo province
21/22 July 2018:
22 July 2018: Israel transported several hundred Syrian civil defense workers and their families from southwest Syria to Jordan overnight Saturday, saying it had engaged in 'a humanitarian effort' at the request of the USA, some European countries and Canada
23/24 July 2018:
23/24 July 2018: Insisting Iranian forces leave Syria entirely, Israel rejects Russian offer to keep Iran 100 km from Syrian border
,
as IDF's main concern in past year was blocking Iran in Syria, according to Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot
September 2018:
16 September 2018: An alleged Israeli missile strike on the Damascus airport reportedly targeted an Iranian plane delivering weapons for pro-regime forces and Revolutionary Guards units fighting in Assad's war against the Syrian people, also destroying Russian-made S-200 air defense systems
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18 September 2018: A series of unusual airstrikes on Syria were attributed to Israel on Monday night, reportedly injuring ten people, as missiles were fired toward military targets near Lattakia, Homs and Hama
20 September 2018: Israel Defense Minister Liberman blames 'irresponsible and unprofessional' Syrian air defense operators for downing Russian surveillance plane, saying Israel won’t stop Syria strikes
,
and as Israel PM Netanyahu says that Israel must work to prevent war in the region, but warns that the IDF will act with 'full force' if armed conflict is forced on the country
,
and as Russia’s embassy in Tel Aviv excoriates Israel for the downing of a Russian plane by the Russian-made S-200 air defense system in Syria during an Israeli strike, pinning the blame squarely on the Israeli Air Force
November 2018:
29 November 2018: A number of pro-Iranian militia bases and Iranian weapons caches in southern Syria were targeted by Israeli airstrikes, according to the Al-Arabiya news site, as IDF said it was investigating reports of a projectile landing inside Israeli territory, on the Golan Heights, potentially the remnants of a Syrian surface-to-air missile
December 2018:
26 December 2018: Israeli aircrafts reportedly struck an arms depot west of Syria's capital city of Damascus, targeting Hezbollah depots
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27 December 2018: An Israeli security official confirmed Wednesday that Israel carried out an overnight airstrike in Syria, saying a series of Iranian targets were hit, including storage and logistics facilities used by Iran to deliver weapons to Hezbollah, also saying that Israel destroyed a Syrian anti-aircraft battery that fired at the Israeli planes, and claiming that Iranian forces are operating less than 50 miles from the Israeli border, contrary to Russian assurances
January 2019:
12 January 2019: Israeli airstrikes reportedly hit warehouse at Damascus airport, as monitoring group says attack targeted Hezbollah, Iran
,
as IDF's chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot in an interview confirmed details of Israeli efforts against Iran’s Quds Force in Syria after Israel 'noticed a significant change in Iran’s strategy'
21 January 2019:
21 January 2019: In response to Iranian rocket attack
,
Israeli airstrikes on targets near Damascus destroyed weapons stores and military positions belonging to Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah terror group
February 2019:
12 February 2019: Before boarding a flight to Poland for a conference focused on Iranian regime’s activities in the Middle East, PM Netanyahu confirmed that Israel had carried out a military strike on targets in the deserted Syrian city of Quneitra just across the border on the Golan Heights the night before, further breaking from Israel’s previous policy of ambiguity around its activities against Iran in Syria
April 2019:
13 April 2019: A number of Iranian forces were reportedly killed in an airstrike by Israeli jets on Syrian military positions near the city of Masyaf in western Hama province, known to house Iranian forces and their Lebanese proxy Hezbollah, including a development center for medium-range missiles in Zawi and a training camp in Sheikh Ghadban
May 2019:
17 May 2019: After residents in Damascus said they heard several loud blasts, rights group SOHR says that targeted area by projectiles coming from Israel has an Iranian military and Hezbollah presence
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27/28 May 2019: The Israeli military striked a spying device in Lebanon and a Syrian anti-aircraft battery
that earlier in the day had fired at one of its fighter jets during a routine mission within Israeli airspace, as SOHR reported that an officer and a soldier were killed in the Israeli retaliatory strike
June 2019:
2 June 2019: After rockets fired at Golan Heights, Israeli airstrikes target Syrian military positions, including anti-aircraft battery, weapons caches and a military training facility, connected to Iran and
is proxy militias in Syria, in the area of al-Kiswah, south of Damascus
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3 June 2019: Syrian state media reported that Israel attacked the T-4 airbase near the northern city of Homs just after midnight Sunday, destroying weapons depot on airbase that Israel has targeted several times before, now in an attack coming hours after Netanyahu warned Iranian regime, killing one soldier and wounding two others
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3 June 2019: A senior USA official says the USA has made it clear to Russia several times in recent months that USA supports Israeli attacks in Syria as long as Iranian forces are operating in the country, according to Channel 13
1 July 2019:
1 July 2019: 9 members of pro-Iranian militias, some of them foreign nationals, reportedly killed when Israel launched strikes both from the air and sea, targeting Iranian-linked bases near Homs and at least 10 targets near Damascus, including a base where Iran’s 'Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' forces are headquartered and a weapons research center, according to SOHR, saying it was not immediately clear if six civilians, among them an infant, were also killed by the attacks attributed to Israel, by Syria’s anti-aircraft fire, or by some other secondary explosion
24/25 July 2019:
24 July 2019: Monitor group reports Israeli strikes targeted site in south of Syria where Hezbollah has installed a radar system
,
as Syrian state media says Israel targeted Tel Al-Hara, a Syrian army base where Western intelligence sources have previously estimated presence of Iranian-back militias
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25 July 2019: Six Iranians fighting for the Syrian regime were among 9 militants killed in reported Israeli missile strikes in southern Syria early Wednesday, targeting pro-Iranian militias, military positions and intelligence facilities, according to SOHR
1 August 2019:
1 August 2019: Israel launches missile at Quneitra, according to Assad regime, causing damage but no injuries, said to come after movement of Hezbollah members in area
25 August 2019 Iranian threats:
25 August 2019: Israeli PM Netanyahu hails Israel airstrikes against military bases in Syria's Aqraba, south-east of Damascus, to foil Iran 'killer drone attack'
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25 August 2019: As Iranian regime is building alliances and foot-holds across the Middle East aimed at destroying Israel, Israel’s security cabinet warned that regime should not feel safe 'anywhere' after Israel took responsibility for an airstrike in Syria it said thwarted an Iranian plan
to attack the Jewish state with explosive drones
,
and after SOHR said an Iranian combatant and two Hezbollah terrorists were among the fatalities in the strike
,
later raising death toll to 5
November 2019 IDF attacked targets in Syria over rockets fired by Iranian regime:
20 November 2019: Israel strikes ‘dozens’ of targets in Syria over rockets fired by Iranian force, as army says it attacked Iranian and Assad regime sites in the country, blaming Iranian regime’s Quds force for launches at Israel
,
as video footage from Syria appeared to show a Syrian air defense missile crashing to the ground in a heavily populated area shortly after launching, which may account for some of the casualties
,
and as SOHR reports at least 11 people killed in Syria strikes, 7 of them likely Iranian
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21 November 2019: Rocket attack on Golan reportedly 'response' to IDF strike on Syria-Iraq border crossing in the Albukamal region, which Israel fears will be used by Iranian regime to transport weapons, equipment and fighters through Iraq, into Syria and onward to Lebanon and other countries in the region, as Assad's sources told Lebanese newspaper 'al-Akhbar', that 'the enemy is seeking to destroy movement back and forth between Iraq and Syria in order to prevent the resistance axis from benefiting from that'
23 December 2019 alleged Israeli air raids against armed forces:
23 December 2019: SOHR said Monday that air raids against Syrian Assad regime and Iranian positions south of Damascus the previous night, blamed on Israel, killed at least three foreign pro-regime fighters near the country’s capital
10 January 2020 8 terrorists said killed in airstrike on pro-Iranian militia in eastern Syria:
10 January 2020: 8 said killed in airstrike on pro-Iranian militia in eastern Syria, as Israel accused of attack on Imam Ali Brigades near Albu Kamal amid simmering tensions following Iranian regime's airstrikes on bases in Iraq also housing foreign citizens
6 February 2020 12 pro-Iran fighters said killed in Syria strikes attributed to Israel:
6 February 2020: 12 pro-Iran fighters said killed in Syria strikes attributed to Israel, as SOHR says at least 3 government and Iranian positions targeted in raids around Damascus
14 February 2020 Iranian and Assad's terrorists killed in airstrike near Damascus:
14 February 2020: 4 members of Iran’s IRGC terrorists and three Assad militants were killed in airstrikes around Damascus late Thursday night, as missiles struck five weapons depots near Damascus International Airport, appearing to target weapons shipment flown in from Iran and including an attack on a military position
south of Damascus, which Assad regime attributed to Israel
28 February 2020 Israeli helicopters said to attack Syrian army posts in the Golan Heights:
28 February 2020: Israeli helicopters said to attack Syrian army posts in Quneitra, and the nearby towns of al-Qataniyah and al-Hurriyet along border in the Golan Heights, as tensions rose along the border following an earlier reported strike
2 March 2020 IDF carried out strike in Quneitra region against attempt of sniping attack:
2 March 2020: IDF says it carried out a strike in Syria near the border with Israel in the Quneitra region, citing
an attempt to carry out a sniping attack
5 March 2020 Assad regime says Israeli airstrikes target bases near Homs, southern Syria:
5 March 2020: Assad regime says Israeli airstrikes target bases near Homs and in southern Syria in the southwest of Quneitra province
31 March 2020 Syrian opposition says Israeli strike targets al-Sharyat military airport used by Iran:
31 March 2020: Syrian media says Israeli war planes attack near Homs, as Syrian opposition says target of strike was al-Sharyat military airport used by Iran
21 April 2020 Israeli airstrike on targets in Homs province targeting Iranian militias:
21 April 2020: Syria reports Israeli airstrike on targets in Homs province, targeting Iranian militias according to SOHR
27 April 2020 4 pro-Iran militia members, 3 civilians killed in Israeli strike near Damascus:
27 April 2020: Four members of a pro-Iran militia and three civilians were killed in an Israeli air strike
on a Damascus suburb in the early hours of Monday, according to SOHR
1 May 2020 Israel said to destroy Hezbollah arms cache in Syria:
1 May 2020: Israel said to destroy arms cache in central Syria in rare daytime attack, as Syrian war monitor says strike targeted Hezbollah weapons warehouse, containing missiles and ammunition belonging to the Iran-backed terror group, in 2nd alleged IDF attack in under 12 hours
,
after Israeli helicopters said to strike Iranian-linked targets near Quneitra in Syrian Golan
5 May 2020 strikes attributed to Israel against Iran-linked bases in Syria:
5 May 2020: Strikes attributed to Israel hit Iran-linked labs, Shiite militia bases, as monitor says buildings attacked near Aleppo were depots run by pro-Iranian forces, and as additional attacks reported in Deir Ezzor against Iran-backed militias
23 June 2020 Israeli airstrikes reported against Iranian sites in Syria:
23 June 2020: Israeli airstrikes reported against Iranian sites in Syria in Deir Ezzor and Sweida provinces, killing 7 militants as Iranian-backed militias were present, and leading to 'widespread damage' in communications towers, as Assad regime's media confirms two soldiers killed in one strike, while watchdog says 5 pro-Iranian fighters killed in second strike
28 June 2020 warplanes said to strike Iranian base in Syria after visit by IRGC head, according to SOHR:
28 June 2020: Warplanes said to strike Iranian base in Syria after visit by IRGC head, as war monitor SOHR says Israel likely behind raid on Al-Bukamal area which left at least six dead
21 July 2020 5 Iran-backed fighters said killed in airstrikes:
21 July 2020: 5 Iran-backed fighters said killed in alleged Israeli strikes on Syria sites, according to SOHR, saying Israeli missiles hit weapons depots, military positions belonging to Syrian forces and pro-Iran fighters near Damascus, also saying 11 injured, including 7 Syrian troops
24 July 2020 in response to cross border attacks IDF struck military targets in southern Syria:
24 July 2020: Israeli attack helicopters on Friday night struck several military targets in southern Syria belonging to the Syrian military, in response to munitions fired at Israel earlier in the day, the IDF said, coming amid heightened tensions between Israel and the Hezbollah terror group, which maintains a presence in the Syrian Golan Heights
3 August 2020 Syrian cell with bomb on Israeli territory killed:
3 August 2020: Syrian cell entered Israeli territory to plant bomb in unmanned army post in the area of Tel Fares, as army confirms all four would-be bombers killed, also indicating Israel may retaliate against Damascus
,
as incident comes as military braces for attack by Hezbollah, which is seeking revenge
and as verdict looms in 2005 murder of Lebanese ex-PM Hariri, with Hezbollah members on trial in absentia facing ruling at Hague tribunal, after lengthy trial based almost entirely on phone records
3 August 2020 IDF strikes Syrian military targets in response to attempted border attack:
3 August 2020: IDF strikes Syrian military targets in response to attempted border attack, saying it bombed Syrian observation posts, intelligence gathering equipment, anti-aircraft cannons, and command-and-control infrastructure, as military confirms it holds Assad regime responsible for Sunday incident in the Golan, in which 4 militants planted bombs inside Israeli territory before they were killed by IDF troops
25 August 2020 Israel releases newest spy satellite’s photos of Syria’s Palmyra ruins:
25 August 2020: After Israel in 2018 released its first Ofek 11 images, showing Syrian dictator Bashar Assad’s palace, Israel releases newest spy satellite’s first photos of Syria’s Palmyra ruins, hailing Ofek 16 and country’s other technologies as critical to security
1 September 2020 attack on Assad regime and Hezbollah sites reported:
1 September 2020: Israeli military reportedly launched a number of missiles at targets in southern Syria, as opposition media 'Aleppo Today' reported that Matalla al-Sarhan's and her husband’s home in al-Haijaneh was hit by a Syrian military anti-aircraft missile, as SOHR says one civilian, three government soldiers and seven allied foreign fighters, among them Iran-backed paramilitary fighters were killed, also reporting that the attack had targeted sites where the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah has bases
,
and as Israeli army spokesperson says Israel, having 'an interest and strategic goals on the northern front', is 'doing everything necessary to achieve our targets'
2/3 September 2020 IDF launched a number of missiles at Iranian/Syrian targets:
2/3 September 2020: The Israeli military launched a number of missiles at targets near the central Syrian city of Homs late Wednesday night, as according to Assad regime's news outlet IDF jets fired 'a burst of missiles' at the T-4 Syrian military airbase, the largest in the country, long suspected of being used by Iran
,
killing 16 pro-Iran fighters according to SOHR
11 September 2020 Assad regime media reports Israeli airstrikes near Aleppo:
11 September 2020: Syrian news outlets reported that air strikes hit unspecified targets in the town of al-Safirah, southeast of Aleppo, an area that once contained a Syrian regime missiles production facility
14 September 2020 airstrikes at Albu Kamal killing 10 pro-Iran fighters:
14 September 2020: SOHR claims that airstrikes were carried out
,
likely by Israel, in recent hours at Albu Kamal, near the Syria-Iraq border, saying 10 pro-Iran fighters were killed in the strikes, which also destroyed munition depots and vehicles
14 October 2020 Israeli soldiers destroyed two Syrian military posts in the demilitarized zone:
14 October 2020: In response to the Syrian military’s growing presence in the buffer zone, Israeli soldiers destroyed two Syrian military posts in the demilitarized zone separating the two countries, as army said it would continue to operate to prevent Assad’s forces, which are allied with Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah terror group, from bolstering its military presence on Israel’s doorstep
21 October 2020 3 Iran-backed fighters reportedly killed in an Israeli strike in Quneitra province:
21 October 2020: Three Iran-backed paramilitary fighters were killed in an overnight Israeli strike that hit Syria’s southern province of Quneitra, SOHR war monitor said, as the three men were from the Syrian Resistance to Liberate the Golan, a group linked to the Lebanese Hezbollah terror group
18 November 2020 IDF airstrikes against Iranian Quds Force in Syria:
18 November 2020: IDF launches airstrikes against Iranian Quds Force in Syria and Assad's military near Damascus in response to explosives troops uncovered on Israel’s border with Syria planted 'by a Syrian cell that acted under Iranian direction'
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the military said as Syrian state media reported 3 soldiers killed, and after IDF has launched hundreds of strikes in Syria - since the start of Assad's war in 2011 - against moves by Iran to establish a permanent military presence in the country and efforts to transport advanced, game-changing weapons to terrorist groups in the region, principally Hezbollah
25 November 2020 Israeli attack reportedly hits sites connected to Iran and its proxies:
25 November 2020: Syria says Israel carries out strikes near Damascus, Golan Heights border, as alleged attack hits sites connected to Iran and its proxies, as pro-opposition group says 8 pro-Iranian fighters killed
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25 November 2020: IDF drops leaflets in Syria warning against cooperation with Iran and Hezbollah
25 December 2020 Israeli airstrikes target pro-Iran weapons facilities in Hama province:
25 December 2020: Israeli airstrikes in Syria target pro-Iran weapons facilities in Hama province's Masyaf area, as SOHR claimed the strikes hit positions of Iran-backed militias and killed at least six foreign paramilitaries, as Masyaf is a significant military area for Assad’s regime that includes a military academy and a scientific research center, also believed to have a major Iranian presence
30 December 2020 air strikes on Assad air battery near Damascus linked with terror group Hezbollah:
30 December 2020: Syrian media says 1 soldier killed, 3 injured in Israeli strikes on an Assad regime military air defense battery in the area of a-Zabadani near Damascus, said to be an arms depot linked with weapons shipments to the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah
13 January 2021 Israeli airstrikes targeted areas in eastern Syria with a major Iranian military presence:
13 January 2021: Massive Israeli airstrikes targeted a number of sites in areas of Boukamal and Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria, near the Iraq border, areas with a major Iranian military presence that is believed to be used by the Mullah regime to move weapons throughout the region, Syrian media reported
22 January 2021 Israeli airstrikes reportedly targeted a site near Hama:
22 January 2021: Israeli airstrikes reportedly targeted a site near the city of Hama in northwestern Syria, as victims more likely from Assad's air defenses than Israeli munitions
15 February 2021 IDF reportedly launched surprise air exercise against Lebanese Hezbollah terror group and its allies in Syria:
15 February 2021: Israeli military launched a surprise air force exercise in the north called 'Galilee Rose' including a variety of scenarios that would be involved in fighting against the Lebanese Hezbollah terror group and its allies in Syria, as Israeli jets reportedly struck Iran-linked sites in Syria
20 February 2021 in exchange for captive, Israel said to buy $1m of Russian covid doses for Syria:
20 February 2021: In exchange for captive, Israel said to buy $1m of Russian covid doses for Syria
20/21 February 2021 Netanyahu says Israeli covid-19 vaccines not part of prisoner swap with Syria:
20 February 2021: Netanyahu says Israeli covid-19 vaccines not part of prisoner swap with Syria
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rejecting
Arab media reports
Israel/Thailand relations:
Israel/
Thailand
relations
July 2014:
24 July 2014: Narakorn Kittiyangkul, one of some 25,000 Thai migrant agricultural laborers in Israel and the third civilian killed by rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, was severely wounded while working in a greenhouse in a southern community near Gaza and died on the way the hospital, leaving behind his 62-year-old father, who is blind and living with relatives in the Pua district of Nan province
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24 July 2014: A day after a Thai national was killed by shrapnel from a mortar shell launched by Hamas in Gaza Thailand demands Israel relocate the 4,000 Thai nationals currently employed in southern Israel
January 2015:
21 January 2015: An estimated 122 Thai migrant farm workers have died in the country since 2008, including 43 from a heart condition known as sudden nocturnal death syndrome, according to newspapers and rights groups, calling to enforce labour laws and improve poor working conditions
July 2015:
28 July 2015: Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital and Israel’s Hadassah Medical Organization have signed an agreement for academic cooperation on elderly diseases, as both nations have been exchanging medical knowledge since 2013
October 2017:
29 October 2017: More than 20,000 Thai labourers, mostly from Isan, are powering Israel's agricultural sector, coming legally through Thai/Israeli governments' agreements, but described as intensely underpaid and overworked by rights groups
July/August 2018:
12 August 2018: Following Gaza violence and Hamas' rocket attacks, Thai workers in Israeli border communities traumatized, Chanpen Sae-jo in hospital in serious condition and evidence of the rocket attacks still visible in the Thai workers’ housing compound on the outskirts of the Talmei Eliyahu cooperative farming community
Israel/Tunisia relations:
Israel/
Tunisia
relations
1951-1952 earliest contacts between Israel and Tunisia:
1951-1952 - 22 May 2013: The earliest contacts between Israel and Tunisia were established in New York in 1951-1952, at the height of Tunisia’s independence drive, when Tunisian representatives approached the Israeli mission to the UN or Israeli labor leaders
April 2002 Ghriba synagogue bombing:
April 2002 Ghriba synagogue bombing
1 November 2012 Israel admits responsibility for 1988 assassination of terrorist Abu Jihad in Tunisia:
1 November 2012: Israel admits responsibility for 1988 assassination of terrorist Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad) in Tunisia
May 2018 Tunisian Liberal Party's Mounir Batour calls for normalization with Israel:
12 May 2018: Tunisian politician Mounir Batour, head of Tunisia Liberal Party, calls for normalization with Israel
July/August 2018 Israeli schoolgirl's chess tourney controversy:
21 July 2018: Schoolgirl Liel Levitan from Haifa is unable to accept an invitation to play in the World Chess Championship because host nation Tunisia will not allow Israelis to compete
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3 August 2018: Tunisia lets 7-year-old Israeli girl in for chess tourney in 2019 after World Chess Federation threatens to strip it of event if Liel Levitan from Haifa is barred
27 December 2020 Tunisian who sang duet with Israeli faces backlash, death threats:
27 December 2020: After Tunisian president Kais Saied, well-known for his hardline views on normalization, called establishing open ties with Israel 'treachery' in a 2019 statement, Tunisian musician Nouman al-Shaari, who collaborated with Israeli singer Ziv Yehezkel on a song promoting religious tolerance between Muslims and Jews has faced serious backlash, including reportedly being fired from his job at a state broadcaster and death threats on social media, as song was penned by a Yemenite artist who wishes to remain anonymous for his own safety, as he lives in territory controlled by the pro-Iranian Houthi militias, as collaboration was arranged by the Arab Council for Regional Integration, which attempts to advance Arab-Israeli dialogue in the region, and as some fellow Tunisian artists, however, have come to the producer’s and musician's defense
Israel/Turkey relations:
Israel/
Turkey
relations
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2011: Erdogan fordert von Israel Entschuldigung wegen tödlicher Kommandoaktion 2010 - Aufhebung des Embargos gegen Gazastreifen verlangt
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19 August 2011: Israel firm on not apologising over flotilla 2010 and killing of nine Turkish citizens
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2. September 2011: Türkei weist Israels Botschafter aus
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4 septembre 2011: La Turquie va saisir la 'Cour internationale de justice' pour contester la légalité du blocus de Gaza
2013:
2 February 2013: Turkish prime minister criticized for his comments equating Zionism with a 'crime against humanity'
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23 March 2013: Israel and Turkey agree to restore full diplomatic relations after PM Benjamin Netanyahu apologised for the deadly naval raid against a Gaza-bound international flotilla in 2010 and also agreed to compensate the families of the victims
2016:
27 June 2016: Israel and Turkey to announce a reconciliation deal ending a six-year diplomatic standoff that started when nine Turkish activists on a flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip were killed by Israeli forces
29 October 2019 Israel’s Danny Danon blasts Turkey’s invasion of Syria:
29 October 2019: Calling 'upon the international community to take action and provide aid to the Kurdish people', Israel’s ambassador to the UN Danny Danon blasts Turkey’s invasion of Syria, accusing Erdogan of promoting anti-Semitism and the ethnic cleansing of Kurds, telling Security Council that Erdogan regime is persecuting Kurds in Turkey and sending troops 'to massacre Kurdish people in Syria as well’, 'destabilizing the region through violence and supporting terror organizations'
30 October 2019 Israeli politicians call for recognition of Armenian genocide:
30 October 2019: Israeli politicians call for recognition of Armenian genocide after USA House vote, coming three weeks after Turkey invaded northeastern Syria and launched a broad assault on Kurdish-controlled areas
Israel/Ukraine relations:
Israel/
Ukraine
relations
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History of the Jews in Ukraine
2014 Israeli hospital receives Ukrainians wounded in Kiev clashes:
6 March 2014: Israeli Kaplan hospital receives Ukrainians wounded in Kiev clashes last month
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7 March 2014: At a meeting Israeli envoy Din El and Right Sector leader Dmitry Yarosh agree to 'prevent provocation' and denounce the anti-Semitic tendencies of Ukraine's nationalist camp
2015 wounded Ukrainian soldiers following Russia's invasion of east Ukraine recovering in Tel Aviv:
28 August 2015: Israel and Poland see eye-to-eye on Ukraine
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28 December 2015: 20-year old frontline medical volunteer Yana Zinkevych, credited with saving the lives of hundreds of wounded Ukrainian soldiers following Russia's invasion of east Ukraine in early 2014, and who was injured in early November, recovering in Tel Aviv
June 2018 readiness of free trade deal:
20 June 2018: Ukraine, Israel agree upon readiness of free trade deal
December 2018 Israel opposes Ukraine’s rehabilitation of World War II-era figures:
December 2018: Israel’s new ambassador to Ukraine Joel Lion spoke out harshly against Ukraine’s rehabilitation of various World War II-era figures in an interview with local radio, telling Ukrainians their national heroes were 'horror for Jews’, after Israel had largely remained silent over Kiev’s efforts to rehabilitate figures seen as complicit in the Holocaust
17 September 2020 Israel tells Hasidic pilgrims on Ukraine border to go home as Uman talks fail:
17 September 2020: Israel tells Hasidic pilgrims on Ukraine border to go home as Uman talks fail, and as Likud’s Ze’ev Elkin says Kyiv has put its foot down on allowing Hasidic travelers to visit rabbi’s grave for holiday; thousands remain in Belarus along border
Israel/United Arab Emirates relations:
Israel/
United Arab Emirates
relations, formally established on 13 August 2020, when the UAE recognized Israel as a state, and the two countries established public diplomatic and economic relations
14 August 2020 Israel and UAE announced formalized ties:
14 August 2020: Israeli delegation said headed to UAE next week to move forward on deal, as Mossad chief to reportedly lead team in open visit to Gulf state after nations announce formalized ties, and as Abu Dhabi’s FM ‘encouraged’ by world’s positive response to accord
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and as PA's Abbas blasts Emirates, demands retraction of Israel deal
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14 August 2020: Iran and Turkey denounce UAE over deal with Israel
16 August 2020 phone service begins between Israel and UAE:
16 August 2020: Phone service begins between Israel and UAE, allowing access to Israeli websites, as normalization deal kicks in, and as Kuwait, competing with Iranian Mullah regime, says it will be ‘last’ country to normalize ties with Israel
5 September 2020 Israel’s intelligence minister says we’ll act against sale of F-35s to UAE:
5 September 2020: Israel’s intelligence minister Eli Cohen says we’ll act against sale of F-35s and other advanced weaponry to UAE, including in USA Congress, amid reports signing of normalization deal will take place at White House within 10 days
19 September 2020 de facto ruler of the UAE did not attend ceremony to establish full diplomatic ties with Israel:
19 September 2020: Abu Dhabi’s crown prince and de facto ruler of the UAE Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan did not attend the White House ceremony to establish full diplomatic ties with Israel after he was reportedly angered by PM Netanyahu’s statement that annexation of parts of the West Bank was still on the table
Israel/United Kingdom relations:
Israel/
United Kingdom
relations
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30 June 2014: Leviathan partners sign preliminary deal with British oil and gas company BG to export gas to Egypt
2015:
13 July 2015: Seeing the reality that exists today in the Middle East and also British demands to exert pressure on Israel, Daniel Taub says that his country wanted peace and security since its re-foundation and steps towards peace have taken place when the international community has been most receptive to its concerns
April 2017:
14 April 2017: Israel's PM and president send condolences to family of British Hannah Bladon after a Palestinian East Jerusalem resident, said to be a mentally ill, killed the exchange student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on tram in capital
November 2017:
3 November 2017: British PM May emphatically rejects call to apologize for Balfour Declaration that paved the way for the establishment of the state of Israel, slamming boycott efforts, a 'new and pernicious form of anti-Semitism'
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as Israeli PM Netanyahu says real tragedy of Balfour is that it didn't save Jews from Holocaust
August 2018:
13/14 August 2018: UK Labour Party's Corbyn
slammed by Israel's PM Netanyahu, after recent revelations that Corbyn had attended a ceremony to honor the terrorists behind the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre and had compared Israeli military rule in the West Bank to the Nazi occupation of European countries during World War II
June 2019 air force exercises:
26 June 2019: F-35 fighter jets from Israel, the USA and United Kingdom conducted training flights over the Mediterranean Sea in the Israeli aircraft’s first-ever international exercise, after last week an air force multi-day exercise included night and day missions by fighter jets, helicopters, cargo planes, drones, air defense units, ground support forces, simulating simultaneous fighting in the Gaza Strip, Syria and Lebanon, and including scenarios involving an enemy armed with advanced technology, such as the Russian S-300 and S-400 missile defense systems and a home front under massive missile attacks
Israel/USA relations:
Israel/
USA
relations
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20 May 2011: Netanyahu rejects Obama '1967 borders' view
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25 May 2012: Israel denies African migrants' rights, says US
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28 August: Court rules Israel not at fault for death of US activist Rachel Corrie in 2003
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17 septembre: Israël exhorte les États-Unis à fixer 'une ligne rouge' à Téhéran
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1 December: US secretary of state says the decision of Israel's security cabinet to build 3.000 settler homes in occupied territories is a set back for peace
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21 March 2013: Making his first official visit to Israel US President Barack Obama promises enduring support amid ongoing concern over a nuclear-armed Iran
Since July 2013 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks:
2013 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
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30 July 2013: Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will aim to reach a 'final status' agreement over the next nine months to end the conflict
August-December 2013:
3 September: Israel and USA carry out joint missile defense test in the Mediterranean
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30 September: USA President Obama said at the end of his White House meeting with PM Netanyahu that the USA has not given up the option of a military attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities
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3 November: Israel is not only a USA ally, but also a target for USA spying, a USA journal reports
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11 November: Sanctions imposed on Iran would only be slightly eased if nuclear agreement is reached, USA officials tell Israel
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22 December: Israel calls on USA to stop spying on Israel
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23 December: Israeli PM condemns USA and UK spying on predecessor as 'unacceptable'
2014:
15 janvier: Moshé Yaalon a dû s'excuser après avoir dit que John Kerry n'avait 'rien à lui apprendre sur le conflit' israélo-palestinien
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18 March 2014: Defense minister Ya'alon says Obama administration is acting feebly and demonstrating weakness the world over, from China through the Mideast to Ukraine
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1 April: Israel and USA agree about the potential Iranian threat to the Middleeast and what to do about it, USA's Martin Dempsey says after Jerusalem visit
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20 December: Obama signs Israel strategic partnership bill laying groundwork for increased trade, military cooperation
2015/2016:
10 October 2015: According to former USA peace envoy to the Middle East Dennis Ross, Israel's PM Netanyahu said in 2010 that Israel could pull out of most of the West Bank if the Jewish state’s security requirements were answered, telling then-secretary of state Hillary Clinton what he could do to move the peace process with the Palestinians along
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18 December 2016: As USA's Jews fear rise in anti-Jewish sentiment, right-wing Israelis say it’s a fringe phenomenon, focus on boosting settlements
January 2017:
21 January 2017: As demonstrators gathered outside of the USA Embassy in Tel Aviv
as part of worldwide women’s marches
and as hundreds of thousands massed in the USA’s capital Washington and in cities around the globe to send Donald Trump an emphatic message that they won’t let his agenda go unchallenged over the next four years
Israel's PM Netanyahu tweeted 'Congrats to my friend President Trump'
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22 January 2017: Reflecting the Torah portion, joyous rebellion as women march
,
as part of the 21 January 2017 Women's March in cities around the world, initially centered around Washington D.C. to promote women's rights and to address racial inequities, workers' issues, and environmental issues, an estimated 2.9 million people attended the 408 marches across the USA and other marches occurred in 168 countries around the world
May 2017:
17 May 2017: We must reassess what info we share with USA, Israeli intelligence says
,
after Trump revealed highly classified information to Russians in recent White House meeting, putting Israeli spy’s life at risk
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17 May 2017: Ex-Mossad head Shavit says in an interview that USA's Trump is like a ‘bull in a china shop… If tomorrow I were asked to pass information to the CIA, I would do everything I could to not pass it to them’, as another former head of the Mossad Danny Yatom demands to penalize the USA over Trump’s leak because his acts could endanger Israeli sources
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20 May 2017: 'Horrified’ Israeli intelligence officials ‘were shouting at US counterparts’ over Trump leak to Russian war criminals, as the now endangered Israeli spy was also reportedly a major asset in gaining information on the actions of Iran in Syria, through its Revolutionary Guards Corps and Hezbollah terrorists, both of which have been fighting for Bashar Assad
August 2017:
16 August 2017: Israeli politicians reject Trump claim of two sides to Virginia hate march and racist terror attack, saying 'when neo-Nazis march in Charlottesville and scream slogans against Jews and in support of white supremacy, the condemnation has to be unambiguous'
December 2017:
6 December 2017 USA's position on Jerusalem
following 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Act
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7 December 2017: Israeli officials downplayed threats of a diplomatic backlash in the wake of USA's recognition of Jerusalem as the country’s capital, saying other countries were eager to follow suit
June 2018:
20 June 2018: Israel welcomed an announcement that the USA will withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council, praising the move as a 'courageous decision against the hypocrisy and the lies' of the international body that UN ambassador Nikki Haley said harbors bias against the Jewish state
17 June 2019: Israeli settlement in Golan named after sitting USA president
July 2019 Trump's 'go back’ tweets:
19 July 2019: Israeli former justice minister Yossi Beilin lashed out at the USA president Donald Trump for his nativist attacks on congresswomen of color, noting that Trump himself was the grandson of immigrants, as most Israeli politicians have refused to weigh in on comments from Trump that have been derided as racist, even as the president has attempted to bring Israel into the brawl
26 January 2020 Blue and White's Benny Gantz heads to Washington:
26 January 2020: Blue and White's Benny Gantz heads to Washington for lightning peace plan talks with Trump
April 2020 redacted FBI document hints at Israeli efforts to help Trump in 2016 campaign:
29 April 2020: Redacted FBI document hints at Israeli efforts to help Trump in 2016 campaign, including one explicit reference to Israel and one to Jerusalem, and a series of references to a minister, a cabinet minister, a 'minister without portfolio in the cabinet dealing with issues concerning defense and foreign affairs', the PM, and the Prime Minister with redacted names
1 May 2020 Israel and Swiss Hapoalim to pay millions for role in FIFA bribe scandal, USA tax evasion:
1 May 2020: Israeli Bank Hapoalim BM and its Swiss subsidiary agreed to pay over $30 million for their role in conspiring to launder more than $20 million in kickbacks to soccer officials, becoming the first financial institutions implicated in the FIFA scandal to reach a resolution with USA prosecutors
9 July 2020 USA House subcommittee advances $250m for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue programs:
9 July 2020: USA House subcommittee advances $250m for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue programs to be spread out over 5 years, also including cash for Palestinian business development, as proposal has bipartisan support despite Trump’s defunding policies and his defunding in both areas
8 November 2020 Netanyahu and Rivlin congratulate Biden on election win:
8 November 2020: After hours of silence, Netanyahu and Rivlin congratulate Biden on election win
16 November 2020 Israel’s USA envoy says it would be a mistake for Biden to reenter Iran deal:
16 November 2020: Israel’s Ambassador to the USA Ron Dermer said that it would be a 'mistake' for the incoming Biden administration to reenter the Iran nuclear deal, and 'hopefully he will look at the Middle East as it is, he will see the benefits of [the normalization] process, of how he can continue that process', appearing to be first Israeli official to speak out publicly against president-elect’s plans to renegotiate a ‘longer, stronger’ accord
18 November 2020 Israeli PM and USA's Biden agree to meet soon:
18 November 2020: Israeli PM Netanyahu and president Reuven Rivlin spoke to Joe Biden and congratulated him on his election victory in two separate phone calls
19 November 2020 USA to formally declare BDS anti-Semitic:
19 November 2020: Visiting Israel, USA secretary of state says USA to formally declare BDS anti-Semitic
7 January 2021 Israeli politicians Lapid, Gantz ‘shocked, horrified’ by violence at USA Capitol:
7 January 2021: Israeli politicians Lapid, Gantz ‘shocked, horrified’ by violence at USA Capitol, as opposition leader Yair Lapid said Wednesday night he was 'deeply saddened and shocked' by the violence at the US Capitol after supporters of USA's Trump, egged on by the president himself, stormed the building
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7 January 2021: After lengthy delay, PM Netanyahu joins chorus of Israeli politicians denouncing assault on the USA Capitol, doesn’t mention Trump, says American democracy will prevail
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Since 6 January 2021 international reactions to the 2021 storming of the USA Capitol
7 January 2021 Netanyahu says USA return to Iran deal will spark Mideast nuclear arms race:
7 January 2021: Netanyahu says USA return to Iran deal will spark Mideast nuclear arms race, 'The Times of Israel' reports live
,
amid the ongoing fascist war since 2011 by Assad and hia allies, as strikes conducted overnight said by Israel left 3 fighters from Iran-backed groups
in Syria dead, war monitor SOHR claimed Thursday
16 January 2021 Israeli Defense Minister Gantz hails Israel’s inclusion in USA Central Command:
16 January 2021: Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz hails the USA Pentagon’s decision to move Israel to the military sphere led by Central Command, which includes the Middle East, saying 'this shift will further boost cooperation between the IDF and the US armed forces in confronting regional challenges, along with other friends with whom we share interests'
21 January 2021 Israel’s energy minister cheers Biden’s return to 2015 Paris climate deal:
21 January 2021: Israel’s energy minister Steinitz cheers USA president Biden’s return to 2015 Paris climate deal
26 January 2021 Israel's IDF chief Kohavi says he’s ordered fresh military plans to thwart Iran’s nuke program:
26 January 2021: Israel's IDF chief Kohavi says he’s ordered fresh military plans to thwart Iran’s nuke program, warning USA against rejoining 2015 nuclear deal or even a slightly improved version, calling it ‘a bad thing to do’ that would lead to an Iranian bomb, which Israel won’t allow
Israel/Vatican relations:
Israel/
Vatican
relations
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Siege of Jerusalem (63 BC)
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Siege of Jerusalem (37 BC)
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Judea, province of the Roman empire 6 CE–135
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First Jewish–Roman War 66–73 CE
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Siege of Jerusalem in the year 70 CE was the decisive event of the First Jewish-Roman War
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Siege of Masada 73 to 74 CE
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Jewish–Roman wars 66–136 (70 years)
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Jewish diaspora after the Roman destruction of Judea
-
History of the Jews in the Roman Empire
-
Jewish history since the Roman rule in the land of Israel, since 63 BCE
-
Anti-Judaism in the pre-Christian Roman Empire
-
Antisemitism in early Christianity
-
Antisemitism and the New Testament
-
Persecution of Jews
-
Anti-Judaism
-
Christianity and antisemitism
-
History of the Jews in Germany
-
Holocaust during World War II
May 2014 papal Israel visit may lead Vatican to open Holocaust-era files:
23 May 2014: Papal Israel visit may lead Vatican to open Holocaust-era files
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25 May: Pope Francis arrives in Israel as part of Middle East tour
April 2020 Vatican documents show Pius XII deliberately ignored reports on the Holocaust:
30 April 2020: Documents from Vatican archives show Pius XII deliberately ignored reports on the Holocaust and the liquidation of the Jewish ghettos in Poland, including reports that Jews from Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Slovakia had been transported to Eastern Europe, where they were slaughtered
Israel/Vietnam relations:
Israel/
Vietnam
relations
2017:
28 July 2017: Vietnam and Israel want to boost bilateral ties, suggesting ways to improve co-operation in diplomacy, trade, investment, finance, agriculture, science-technology, culture and education, targeting annual two-way trade of US$3 billion
Israel/Yemen relations:
Israel/
Yemen
relations
2018:
5 February 2018: Armed by Iran, Hezbollah and Lebanon, Yemen's Houthis now threaten one of world's busiest shipping routes and all of Israel's economic waters, including offshore gas fields
Politics of Israel:
Politics of Israel
-
Unwritten constitution of Israel - instead of a formal written constitution, and in accordance with the Harari Decision of 1950 adopted during the Israeli Constituent Assembly, the State of Israel has enacted several Basic Laws of Israel dealing with the government arrangements and with human rights
-
Israeli Central Elections Committee
Political parties in Israel
:
Political parties
in
Israel
Since 1919 political parties during the period of British Mandate, later in Israel:
Since 1919
Ahdut HaAvoda
(Labour Unity), the name used by a series of
Israeli political parties
and first established during the period of British Mandate, later becoming part of the Israeli political establishment and one of the forerunners of the modern-day Israeli Labor Party
Israeli parties represented in the Knesset:
Israeli parties represented in the Knesset
-
Other parties and parties formerly represented in the Knesset
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Hadash since 1977
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Since 1984 'Shas', an ultra-orthodox religious political party
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Since 2008 'The Jewish Home', founded as the successor party to the National Religious Party
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Kulanu founded on 27 November 2014
Since 1968 'Israeli Labor Party':
Since 1968
Israeli Labor Party
, established by a merger of Mapai, Ahdut HaAvoda and Rafi
2 December 2020 once-mighty Labor party projected to disappear in the Knesset:
2 December 2020: The once-mighty Labor party, which led Israel for its first 30 years and was last in power in 2001, is projected to disappear from the political landscape, as Israel appears set to go to its fourth election in two years
Since 1973 history of 'Likud':
Since 1973
Likud
, officially the Likud – National Liberal Movement, a centre-right to right-wing political party, founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon in an alliance with several right-wing parties, as Likud's landslide victory in the 1977 elections was a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had lost power
October 2012 Likud Party alliance with ultra-nationalist group Yisrael Beitenu:
26 October 2012: Israeli PM Netanyahu says his Likud Party is to merge with the ultra-nationalist group Yisrael Beitenu for January's general election
November/December 2019 MK Gideon Sa’ar formally requests snap vote for Likud leader:
22 November 2019: 56% of Israelis think that PM Netanyahu should resign, according to a Channel 13 poll published Friday after AG Avichai Mandelblit announced that he would be indicting the premier in three corruption cases
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24 November 2019: Netanyahu challenger MK Gideon Sa’ar formally requests snap vote for Likud leader, saying leadership race should be held in next 2 weeks 'to prevent the state from lapsing into unnecessary elections’
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27 December 2019: After Likud win, Netanyahu vows to 'finalize borders', get USA to back annexation
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29 December 2019: Most of the public does not support the idea of the Knesset granting PM Netanyahu immunity from prosecution in the three corruption cases against him, Channel 12 news poll says
18 November 2020 Yair Netanyahu compares Israel’s kibbutz movement to Nazi Germany:
18 November 2020: Yair Netanyahu, the son of PM Benjamin Netanyahu, has compared Israel’s kibbutz movement to Nazi Germany and other totalitarian regimes, the latest in a string of inflammatory statements made by Likud's
younger Netanyahu, who has emerged as a right-wing provocateur on social media and elsewhere
9 December 2020 Gideon Sa’ar quits 'tool for Netanyahu’s interests’ Likud:
9 December 2020: Gideon Sa’ar quits Likud, 'a tool for Netanyahu’s interests,’ to lead 'New Hope’
Since 1992/1997 'Meretz':
Since 1992/1997
Meretz
, an acronym for Mapam and Ratz, founded in 1992 with the union of Ratz, Mapam, and Shinui, as in 1997 the three parties officially merged into a single entity 'Meretz' with three seats in the Knesset in 2020
March 2015 Zehava Gal-On decides not to quit as Meretz chief:
19 March 2015: Zehava Gal-On decides not to quit as Meretz chief after party rises to 5 mandates in final count
2 December 2020 Meretz expected to increase its power to five-seven Knesset seats:
2 December 2020: Meretz currently having three lawmakers, its leader Nitzan Horowitz, Tamar Zandberg and Yair Golan, is expected to increase its power to five-seven Knesset seats according to recent opinion polls, as Meretz and Labor ran together in the last election in March and split afterward as Labor joined the Likud-Blue and White coalition, while Meretz opted for the opposition
Since 2012 'Yesh Atid':
Since 2012
Yesh Atid
, a centrist political party in Israel founded by Yair Lapid that seeks to represent the secular middle class, focusing primarily on civic, socio-economic, and governance issues, including government reform and ending military draft exemptions for the ultra-Orthodox
December 2020 Lapid urges Blue and White to reunite under him for new elections:
3 December 2020: A day after 'Blue and White' joined the opposition in supporting Lapid’s motion to dissolve the Knesset and hold new elections, opposition leader Yair Lapid issued a call to Blue and White and other parties to join an alliance under his leadership for new elections, as Gantz’s party rebuffs offer to get alliance back together
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3 December 2020: Channel-13 poll found that Netanyahu’s Likud party would get 27 seats, followed by the right-wing Yamina faction with 21, as trailing Eisenkot was opposition leader Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid-Telem with 14 seats, poll says finding party led by ex-IDF chief Eisenkot would snag 15 seats
Since December 2018 'Israel Resilience Party':
Since December 2018 '
Israel Resilience Party
', a political party founded by Benny Gantz, former Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
Since 2019 'Telem':
Since 2 January 2019 '
Telem
' party, founded by former Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon
Since February 2019 'Blue and White':
Since February 2019 '
Blue and White
', a centrist and liberal political alliance in Israel established to run in the April 2019 Knesset elections by the Israel Resilience Party, Yesh Atid and Telem, in hopes of defeating PM Netanyahu, as Blue and White defines itself as a pluralistic alliance representing all citizens on the political and religious spectrums
21 February 2019 Moshe Ya'alon, Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid and Gabi Ashkenazi forge alliance and a united list:
21 February 2019: Former defense minister Moshe Ya'alon, Israel Resilience's Benny Gantz, Yesh Atid's Yair Lapid and former IDF chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi forge alliance and a united list, that will be named 'Blue and White', in the upcoming elections
,
saying they 'will present a new team of security and social leaders that will ensure the security of the nation and reunite the fractured elements of Israeli society', and agreeing to rotate being PM should they win the elections
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Since 21 February 2019 'Blue and White', a political alliance running in the 2019 Israeli legislative election, composed of Israel Resilience Party, Yesh Atid, and Telem
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24 February 2019: Ehud Barak confidant and lawyer Oshi Elmalich reportedly behind campaign pushing for center-left parties to unite forces in upcoming elections
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9 March 2019: In his first major interview since entering politics last month, former Israeli army chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi says that his job had been to ensure that the political echelon has 'realistic' options and to give his professional advice
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2 June 2019: Blue and White party leaders say they’ll stick to format that 'led to incredible achievement of 35 seats' also in the upcoming September 17 election and they will keep their deal to rotate the premiership if they form the next government
3 December 2020 Lapid urges Blue and White to reunite under him for new elections:
3 December 2020: A day after 'Blue and White' joined the opposition in supporting Lapid’s motion to dissolve the Knesset and hold new elections, opposition leader Yair Lapid issued a call to Blue and White and other parties to join an alliance under his leadership for new elections, as Gantz’s party rebuffs offer to get alliance back together, says defense minister 'the only one who will lead', and as Michaeli tells fellow Labor MKs to leave coalition, defect to Gantz
25 December 2020 TV reports say if Gantz stays on others will quit:
25 December 2020: Senior lawmakers in the Blue and White party, including FM Gabi Ashkenazi, ministers Avi Nissenkorn and Izhar Shay have all decided that they will not remain with a Gantz-led party, Channel 12 reported, as iIt won 33 seats in March’s elections, but is polling at only 5-6 seats now, and many analysts believe it will fail to win any seats at all in the March 2021 elections
30 December 2020 Blue and White’s Gabi Ashkenazi quitting party 'taking time off’:
30 December 2020: Gabi Ashkenazi, Gantz’s top partner in the leadership of 'Blue and White', is quitting the party and is considering whether to remain in politics, saying he’s 'taking time off' and won’t run as part of Blue and White in the next election
1 January 2021 Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party is falling apart:
1 January 2021: Benny Gantz’s 'Blue and White' party is falling apart, as party, which currently holds 14 parliamentary seats, was predicted not to make it into the next Knesset at all, according to a Maariv newspaper poll predicting party would receive just 2.6% of the vote
Since 1996 United Arab List:
United Arab List founded in 1996
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The Joint List is a political alliance founded on 23 January 2015 of four
Arab-dominated parties
Hadash, Balad, United Arab List, and Ta'al
-
Arab members of the Knesset
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21 February 2019: Ahead of key deadline, Arab parties haven’t reached deal to revive Joint List
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13 March 2020: Joint List’s MK Aida Touma-Sliman accuses IDF of ‘atrocity’ for spraying Palestinians, later acknowledging video actually shows PA disinfecting West Bank checkpoint as part of efforts against coronavirus
Israeli parties and parties formerly represented in the Knesset:
Israeli parties represented in the Knesset
-
Other parties and parties formerly represented in the Knesset
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Hadash since 1977
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Since 1984 'Shas', an ultra-orthodox religious political party
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Since 2008 'The Jewish Home', founded as the successor party to the National Religious Party
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Kulanu founded on 27 November 2014
March-December 2012 Tzipi Livni resigns:
28 March 2012: Israel's main Kadima opposition party has elected Shaul Mofaz as its new leader, who will replace current leader Tzipi Livni
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1 May: Tzipi Livni resigns as member of Israeli parliament
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28 December 2012: Palestinian-Israeli politician and Knesset member Haneen Zoabi is appealing a court ruling barring her from running in January general elections
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30 December 2012: Supreme court rules ban on Haneen Zoabi's candidacy is unconstitutional
July 2019 Barak will dissolve business relationship with USA's Epstein:
14 July 2019: Israel Democratic Party's Ehud Barak says he is looking to remove USA financier Jeffrey Epstein charged with sexually abusing young girls from business partnership
,
as USA prosecutors urge no bail for Epstein, warning he could try to influence witnesses and saying the billionaire has a 'shocking lack of understanding’ of the gravity of his crimes
February 2020 Israel’s new women’s party 'Kol Hanashim' promises a different kind of leadership:
22 February 2020: Israel’s new women’s party promises a ‘different kind of leadership’, as Kol Hanashim vows to fight for gender equality, improve education and eradicate femicide
Trade unions in Israel:
Trade unions
in Israel
Since 1920 'Histadrut':
Since 1920 'Histadrut' (or the General Organization of Workers in Israel), Israel's national trade union centre with about 650,000 members in 2005, representing the majority of trade unionists
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Histadrut has been criticized by European worker unions and international human rights groups over its failure to represent migrant workers, considered to be the most maltreated employees in Israel, in 2009, the Histadrut began accepting memberships of migrant workers - another criticism of the Histadrut is that it appears to protect powerful interest groups in the labor market, i.e., that it does not protect all workers
Since 1934 'National Labor Federation in Eretz-Israel':
Since 1934 'National Labor Federation in Eretz-Israel', a national trade union center in Israel founded under the basic teachings of Theodor Herzl, Max Nordau, and Ze'ev Jabotinsky, believing in the separation of employers and trade unions, opposed to Histadrut
Since 2007/2008 'Koah LaOvdim':
Since 2007/2008 'Koah LaOvdim', a multi-national, transethnic and cross-sectional organization, unionizing workers from all sectors of Israeli society, with equality and solidarity between Jews and Arabs being one of the organization's core beliefs, also a proponent of feminism and gender equality in the workeforce and aiming the establishment of social and economic justice, a welfare state and industrial democracy
Government and taxation in Israel:
Israeli
system of
government
Ministry of Economy
:
Ministry of
Economy
of the Israeli government that oversees commerce, industry and labor in the country
Since 1965 Israel Innovation Authority:
Since 1965 Israel Innovation Authority - previously known as the Office of the Chief Scientist of Israel's Ministry of Economy - is the support arm of the Israeli government, charged with fostering the
industrial research and development R&D (including technological) within the State of Israel
6 January 2021 Israel earmarks millions to help startups take first steps:
6 January 2021: Israel earmarks NIS 80 million to help early-stage startups take first steps, as grants of up to 50% of seed funding round to be given to startups that team up with veteran investor, and as Innovation Authority hopes move will boost declining number of new startups
Ministry of Science, Technology and Space:
Ministry of
Science and Technology
since 1982, as in April 2013 the ministry added 'Space' to its name to promote space research and technolog, and as ministry is responsible for defining national policy on issues related to Science and technology in Israel, promoting scientific and technological research, infrastructure and projects
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development:
Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development
, the ministry of the Israeli government that oversees the country's agricultural industry, originally called Ministry of Agriculture, as in 1992 the title was changed to its current form after the Development Ministry, which oversaw rural development, was abolished in 1974
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Ministry of Environmental Protection in Israel
Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources:
Ministry of National
Infrastructures
,
Energy
and
Water Resources
since 1977
Ministry for the Development of the Periphery, the Negev and the Galilee:
Ministry for the Development of the Periphery, the
Negev
and the
Galilee
since 2005
Ministry of Transport and Road Safety:
Ministry of
Transport
, National Infrastructure and Road Safety, a government agency that handles transportation and road safety issues in Israel, headquartered in Givat Ram, Jerusalem
Ministry of Environmental Protection:
Ministry of
Environmental Protection
in Israel
Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services:
Ministry of
Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services
, the branch of government charged with overseeing employment and ensuring the welfare of the public in Israel and oversee the supply of services
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1948-1977 Minister of Labor, the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Labor and a position in the cabinet
Ministry of Finance:
Ministry of
Finance
, the main economic ministry of the Government of Israel, responsible for planning and implementing the government's overall economic policy, as well as setting targets for fiscal policy, preparing the draft state budget and monitoring implementation of the approved budget, also managing state revenues, collecting direct and indirect taxes and promoting nonresident investments, as in addition the ministry conducts economic relations with foreign governments, economic organizations and the international community, also regulating the state owned companies sector and the capital market, savings and insurance, as ministry is also responsible for auxiliary units for government ministries in motor vehicles, computer services, printing and government procurement
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Main functions and list of ministers of the Ministry of Finance since May 1948
Ministry of Defense
:
Ministry of
Defense
, the governmental department responsible for defending the State of Israel from internal and external military threats, as its political head is the Defense Minister of Israel and its offices are located in HaKirya, Tel Aviv
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
Israeli Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
, as the ministry's role is to implement Israel's foreign policy, and promote economic, cultural, and scientific relations with other countries, and as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is located in the government complex in Givat Ram, Jerusalem
-
Diplomatic relations
and list of ministers of foreign affairs of Israel
Ministry of Aliyah and Integration:
Ministry of
Aliyah
and
Integration
since 1948
Ministry of Education:
Ministry of
Education
, the branch of government charged with overseeing public education institutions in Israel, as the ministry has previously included culture and sport, now covered by the Ministry of Culture and Sport
-
Ministry of Culture and Sport in Israel
Ministry of Health:
Ministry of
Health
, responsible for formulating health policies, as the ministry plans, supervises, licenses, and coordinates the country's health care services, overseeing health services provided by Kupat Holim and family health centers such as Tipat Halav, as the ministry maintains general hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, mental health clinics, treatment programs for substance abuse, and facilities for the chronically ill
Ministry of Interior in Israel:
Ministry of Interior in Israel
, responsible for local government, citizenship and residency, identity cards, and student and entry visas
Ministry of Justice:
Ministry of Justice
in Israel, that oversees the Israeli judicial system
Ministry of Public and Internal Security:
Ministry of
Public Security
and also Ministry of Internal Security, the statewide law enforcement agency that oversees the Israel Police, the Israel Prison Service and the Israel National Fire and Rescue Services
Taxation and government budget in Israel:
Taxation
in Israel
-
Israel Government
Budget
Elections and politics in Israel
:
Elections in Israel
-
Israeli Central Elections Committee
February 2009 Israeli legislative election:
10 February 2009 Israeli legislative election
Since 2009 thirty-second government of Israel:
Thirty-second government of Israel - second Netanyahu government since 2009
April/May 2011:
28. April 2011: Israel und die palästinensische Vereinbarung vom 27. April
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20 May: Netanyahu rejects Obama '1967 borders' view
July-December 2011:
Israeli lawmakers pass West Bank settlement boycott law (47 to 36 votes, 120 members of Knesset) 11 July
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13. Juli: Klage in Israel gegen Boykottgesetz
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4. August: Israel forciert Siedlungsbau - 930 weitere Wohnungen auf besetztem Gebiet am Südrand Jerusalems
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11. August: Israels 'endgültige Genehmigung' für 1.600 neue Wohnungen in Ost-Jerusalem
-
16 August: Israel parliament (only opposition) meets in an emergency session on Tuesday to discuss social protests
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27. September: Israels Regierung läßt laut UN-Experten immer mehr Häuser von Palästinensern im besetzten Westjordanland zerstören, Vertreibung und Zerstörung weiterer Lebensgrundlagen
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16 October: Israel names 477 Palestinian prisoners to be freed
-
18. Oktober: Gilad Shalit an Ägypten übergeben, heute Rückkehr nach Israel
-
1 November: Israel orders new building in East Jerusalem after Unesco membership of Palestine
-
11. Novemer: Israels Armee erschießt jüdischen Siedler an Straßensperre im Westjordanland
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28 December 2011: Israel appoves more homes in east Jerusalem
January-April 2012:
9 January 2012: Israel to increase defence budget by $700m
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25 March 2012: Israel's Supreme Court rejects a deal that would have given the government three years to evacuate Migron, the West Bank's biggest and oldest settlement outpost
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24 April 2012: Israel approves three West Bank settlements
May/June 2012:
3. Mai 2012: Knesset für 4. September als Datum für vorgezogene Wahlen
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9 May 2012: Israeli parliament approves Likud-Kadima coalition deal
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7 June 2012: Netanyahu announces plans for 300 settler homes in Beit El even after Knesset rejects bill to 'legalise' existing homes on Palestinian land
-
13 June 2012: Government report criticises Netanyahu decision-making in 2010 naval raid on Gaza-bound flotilla
-
26 June 2012: Israel evicts West Bank settlers after landmark ruling
July-December 2012:
8 July 2012: After large rally Israeli PM's party announces to back full conscription
-
17 July: Kadima quits Israel government over conscription law
-
2 September: Evacuation of Migron outpost begins, in advance of Supreme Court deadline
-
6 October: Israeli air force downs unmanned aircraft after it entered the south of the country
-
9 October: Israel's prime minister has called an early general election, which could come as soon as January 2013
-
11 October: Hezbollah admits launching drone over Israel
-
16 octobre: La Knesset a voté sa dissolution et convoqué des élections législatives anticipées pour le 22 janvier 2013
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30 November: Netanyahu/Lieberman security-cabinet authorises 3.000 units in illegal settlements in occupied territory, a day after UN General Assembly upgraded Palestine's status
-
2 December: Israel halts Palestinian tax transfer
-
13 December: Israeli FM Avigdor Lieberman charged with fraud and breach of trust
-
14 December: Lieberman resignation signals shift in Israeli politics
-
17 December: Israel pushes ahead with plans to build 1.500 settler homes in east Jerusalem
-
21 December: PM Netanyahu says that he is not interested in what UN says about settlement construction
-
25 December: Israel endorses first university in West Bank near Nablus
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26 December: Israel has advanced the process of building 942 more settler homes in East Jerusalem under a new fast-track plan to tighten its grip on the territory
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28 December 2012: Palestinian-Israeli politician and Knesset member Haneen Zoabi is appealing a court ruling barring her from running in January general elections
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30 December 2012: In unanimous ruling High Court rules that Israeli Arab MK Hanin Zuabi can run in upcoming election
January 2013:
13 January: Early Sunday Israeli police evicted Palestinian protesters and other multi-national activists from a hilltop camp
they set up in a West Bank area slated for Jewish settlement
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13 January: Just hours after Israeli troops dragged anti-settlement protesters from the site, Israel's Netanyahu pledges to move ahead with building a Jewish settlement in the area
January 2013 Israeli legislative election:
Israeli legislative election 22 January 2013
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22 January 2013: Voting begins in Israel's early general elections
with more than 30 parties
-
23 janvier 2013: Le bloc de centre gauche, comprenant le parti Yesh Atid, le Parti travailliste et les partis arabes, et le bloc de droite, mené par Likoud-Israël Beiteinou, obtiennent chacun 60 sièges
January/February 2013:
28 January: According to a certified map of the West Bank settlement of Eli at least 166 homes in Israeli settlement built on private Palestinian land
-
9 February: Israeli forces removed tents set up by Palestinians in an open area near Hebron, the fifth tent village in the West Bank in the past few weeks
-
3 February: Netanyahu asked to form new government and has now four weeks to forge a coalition, which he says will focus on security issues and the economy
-
10 February: Former FM and charged A. Lieberman says Palestinian peace accord impossible
March 2013:
14 March: After weeks and a series of delays PM's Likud party has reached deal with centrist party to form new government
-
18 March: Knesset approves Netanyahu’s four-party coalition government
18 March 2013:
Thirty-third government of Israel - third Netanyahu Government sworn in on March 18th 2013
April-June 2013:
17 April 2013: At least two rockets exploded in Israel's Red Sea resort town of Eilat causing no casualties but prompting the authorities to close the airport
-
9 May: Israel has authorised the construction of 296 new settler homes in the West Bank
-
30 mai: Israël va construire un millier de logements dans des colonies à Jérusalem-Est
-
13 juin 2013: Israël va construire des centaines de nouveaux logements dans une colonie du nord de la Cisjordanie
July-September 2013:
30 juillet 2013: 'J’ai tué beaucoup d’Arabes dans ma vie – et il n’y a aucun problème avec ça', a affirmé le chef de 'Foyer juif' et ministre israélien de l'Économie Naftali Bennett
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4 August: Israel adds 20 West Bank settlements to its list for public aid in housing, infrastructure, education, cultural activities and security spending
-
11 August: Israel to start building nearly 1,200 new units in West Bank and East Jerusalem
-
12 August: Almost all prisoners, slated to be released as a gesture toward the Palestinian Authority in the renewed peace talks, were convicted of murdering Israelis
-
8 September 2013: The Israeli government on Sunday approved the allocation of 5,000 work permits for Palestinians from the West Bank
-
17 September 2013: Israel strikes down law targeting African migrants
October 2013 Israeli municipal elections:
Israeli municipal elections 22 October 2013
-
22 October: Voter turnout in Israel's municipal election low across country
October-December 2013:
29 October: Government body funds call center marketing illegal West Bank homes
-
12 novembre: 20.000 projets de construction en Cisjordanie annulés
-
12 December: Defense Ministry changes housing regulation in West Bank according to whether the houses belong to Jews or Palestinians
January-June 2014:
6 January 2014: Israel approves new plan for 272 new homes in West Bank settlements
-
10 January: Israel announces plans for 1,400 new settlement homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem
-
11/12 January: Israelis mourn former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon
,
who died after eight years in a coma at Tel Hashomer hospital
-
30 April 2014: PM Netanyahu condemns the recent anti-Arab attack in the Israeli Arab town of Fureidis
10 June 2014 Israeli presidential election:
Israeli presidential election 10 June 2014 (indirect)
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10 June 2014: Reuven Rivlin is elected Israel's 10th president, declaring that he is 'no longer partisan but rather a man of the nation'
July 2014 Yisrael Beitenu party and Likud alliance ended:
2 July: After three murdered teenagers Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shaar and Naftali Fraenkel were laid to rest side-by-side, Cabinet convenes to determine response to kidnapping and rockets
-
6 July: PM Netanyahu responds to Lieberman, Bennett, who criticized Israel's lenient reaction to Gaza rockets, and cautions against 'inflammatory' rhetoric
-
7 July: Israeli FM Lieberman ended a 20-month political alliance between his rightwing nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party and Likud
,
although his faction will remain in government
July 2014 PM Netanyahu says operation in Gaza will continue:
11 July 2014: PM Netanyahu says operation in Gaza will continue until quiet is restored to Israel, blames Hamas for Gaza civilian casualties
-
31 July: Despite Israeli casualties and world criticism, a near-consensus in Israel supports the government’s conduct of the Gaza war, views Hamas as the aggressor and considers outsiders’ moralizing as hypocritical, ignorant, recent opinion polls show
-
31 July 2014: Israel calls up 16,000 more reservists as army presses campaign
December 2014 Netanyahu’s firing of Yair Lapid and Tzipi Livni:
3 December 2014: Knesset to vote on dissolving itself as Israel elections loom, following PM Netanyahu’s firing of Yair Lapid and Tzipi Livni
December 2014 Israeli legislators agree on 17 March 2015 parliamentary election:
3 December 2014: Israeli legislators agree on 17 March 2015 parliamentary election
26 December 2014 High Court orders evacuation of Amona outpost within two years:
26 December 2014: High Court orders the evacuation of the Amona outpost in the West Bank within two years
January 2015 inquiry over Operation Protective Edge 2014 demanded:
21 January 2015: NGO report calls on government to open inquiry over Operation Protective Edge 2014, saying that Gazans had no place to hide during IDF bombings
17 March 2015 Israeli legislative election and high turnout:
17 March 2015 Israeli legislative election
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17 March: 5.8 million Israelis head to the polls
-
17 March: Central Elections Committee reports voter turnout at 71.8%, the highest turnout since 1999 and 4.1% more than 2013
-
18 March: Likud set to win 30 Knesset seats, Zionist Union gets 24
-
24 March: CEC to sort out voting irregularities and finalize counts of 2015 legislative election
March/April 2015 Israeli government formation:
March-May 2015 Israeli government formation
-
16 April: Knesset holds Every Man Has a Name ceremony
for Holocaust Remembrance Day
May 2015 34th government of Israel:
Since 6 May 2015: Thirty-fourth government of Israel - fourth Netanyahu Government
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7 May 2015: PM Netanyahu finally manages to put together his fourth government, Habayit Hayehudi and Likud sign coalition deal and Habayit Hayehudi will hold education, justice and agriculture portfolios
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14 May 2015: After stormy debate Knesset approves Israel's 34th government in vote of 61-59
July-December 2015 High Court orders Beit El’s Dreinoff settlement buildings torn down:
29 July 2015: High Court orders Beit El’s Dreinoff settlement buildings torn down
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9 August: As the funeral of Palestinian Dawabsha, the father of a toddler killed when their home was firebombed by Jewish extremists, was attended by thousands, Israeli security forces search 7 homes in hilltop settlements, detain at least 9 people
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7 September: Record number of Palestinian structures slated for demolition in West Bank
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14 September: Netanyahu calls emergency meeting on stone throwing and fire bombs in Jerusalem and its vicinity
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28 November 2015: 'Liberman’s understanding of the war on terror amounts to the automatic firing of empty slogans, which have a merely coincidental relation to reality', Likud says after ex-FM calls PM’s handling of terror wave 'catastrophic'
January-May 2016 proposed peace talks with Palestinians:
31 January 2016: Israel would consider invitation to peace talks with Palestinians, an Israeli government official says but two Israeli cabinet ministers say Israel should boycott France's conference plan
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8 February: Israel to approve work permits for 30,000 more West Bank Palestinians
May 2016 Ya’alon warns of 'dangerous’ forces who 'took over’ Likud:
20 May 2016: Leaving politics, Ya’alon warns of 'dangerous’ forces who 'took over’ Likud, Israel
May 2016 Avigdor Lieberman and defense minister debate:
21 May 2016: Avigdor Lieberman should answer questions before becoming defense minister, Israeli newspaper 'Haaretz' demands
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27 mai 2016: Les ministre de la défense et de l'environnement ont claqué la porte en protestation contre le retour d'Avigdor Lieberman
September-November 2016:
29 September 2016: Israelis pay respects to former president Shimon Peres as he lies in state at Knesset
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as Hamas terror group says 'Palestinian people are very happy’ at former president’s death, calling it 'a new phase of weakness’ for Israel
November 2016 Netanyahu's disproportionate response to critical report:
9 November 2016: PM Netanyahu's response to TV journalist Ilana Dayan's critical report on workings of his bureau, and interference by his wife Sara, is disproportionate and indicative of his determination to respond aggressively to critical reports, even PM's associates agree
November/December 2016:
14 November 2016: Israel's agriculture minister Uri Ariel helped to set back cutting-edge Israeli research and also apparently overstepped government regulations on gifts by giving the only scientific research helicopter of its kind in the country
to murderous Russian regime's PM Dmitri Medvedev
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after Israeli chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef said in October 2016, that Syria is suffering 'a small holocaust’, as 'every day not far from here, as we sit here, men, women and children are murdered in Syria, and particularly in Aleppo', demanding that Jews must not be silent in the face of genocide across northern border
December 2016 Israel's Aryeh Deri wants emergency UN Security Council session on the worsening humanitarian situation in Syria:
13 December 2016: Interior Minister Aryeh Deri says that he had asked PM Netanyahu to officially request an emergency UN Security Council session on the worsening humanitarian situation in Syria, asserting that, 'as Jews, we cannot ignore these atrocities'
December 2016 Netanyahu reportedly acceded to Russian request not to vote for war crimes investigative mechanism at the UN:
28 December 2016: PM Netanyahu, who reportedly acceded to Russian request not to vote for war crimes investigative mechanism at the UN General Assembly, days before anti-settlements resolution passed at UN Security Council with Moscow’s help, loses confidence
February-May 2017 Israel and Palestinians:
6 February 2017: Israel legalizes West Bank outposts with sweeping new legislation, as controversial law recognizing building on private Palestinian land passes final Knesset votes by 60 to 52
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28 February 2017: Blistering Gaza 2014 war report scorches Netanyahu, Ya’alon and Gantz over tunnel failures
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Netanyahu to be questioned in April by lawmakers
on report
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24 May 2017: In Jerusalem Day speech Israel's president Rivlin says that Israel must act immediately to improve the quality of life in the predominantly Arab neighborhoods of East Jerusalem, which are among the nation’s poorest
June-August 2017 organized crime and binary options industry bill:
18 June 2017: The Israeli cabinet approved a bill to ban the entire binary options industry, a multi-billion dollar, widely fraudulent, Israel-based enterprise, whose activities have been exposed in a series of articles by the 'Times of Israel' since March 2016
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3 August 2017: Israel's Superintendent Gabi Biton, who investigates financial fraud and money laundering, told a Knesset panel that Israeli crime kingpins are behind the binary options industry and that organized crime in the country has been massively enriched and strengthened as a result of law enforcement’s failure for many years to grasp the vastness of the problem
January 2018 Jerusalem and future peace accord:
2 January 2018: Lawmakers approved a bill that requires a special two-thirds majority vote in the Knesset to relinquish any part of Jerusalem to the Palestinians under a future peace accord
April 2018:
March/April 2018 'Land Day' incidents
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1 April 2018: Opposition split on IDF response to Gaza protests dubbed the 'March of Return', as Arab MKs back Gaza protesters
April 2018 after Netanyahu reversal African migrants remain in limbo:
4 April 2018: After Netanyahu reversal, African migrants remain in limbo
June 2018 East Jerusalem plan debate:
1 June 2018: Israel unveils plan to pump billions into neglected Arab areas of East Jerusalem, as education, infrastructure and jobs program called 'most comprehensive attempt' yet to narrow gap between Arab and Jewish parts of city
July/August 2018 Jewish state law and debate:
19 July 2018: Lawmakers approved Jewish state law, enshrining 'national home of the Jewish people’, in its second and third readings overnight, with 62 voting in favor, 55 opposed and two abstaining
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12 August 2018: Speaking about the joint Jewish-Arab protest against the nation-state law and about the escalation with Gaza, PM Netanyahu says at Sunday's cabinet meeting that 'we are in the midst of a campaign against terrorism in Gaza', that his government wants 'a complete cease-fire' and that Israel will not be satisfied with less
October/November 2018 Israeli municipal elections:
30 October 2018 Israeli municipal elections
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14 November 2018: Second round in local elections ends with wins for newcomers and doubles the number of women leading cities and councils from 5 to 13
November 2018 Israel's defense minister Liberman resigns:
14 November 2018: Israel's defense minister Liberman resigns, slamming 'drastically inadequate' response to massive rocket fire on south and calling for elections as soon as possible, as Netanyahu will take over defense portfolio and Zionist Union leader Avi Gabbay expresses support for protesters demonstrating at the entrance to the town of Sderot over Israel’s reported agreement for a ceasefire with Gaza’s Hamas terrorist rulers
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14 November 2018: Likud official slams Liberman, as families of soldiers held in Gaza praise Liberman for his 'determined stand'
December 2018 early elections called for April 9:
24 December 2018: Early elections called for April 9 as coalition agrees to dissolve Knesset and government says all parties have agreed on national polls after 'full four-year term', amid disagreements over ultra-Orthodox draft law and as AG weighs corruption cases against PM
February 2019 Moshe Ya'alon, Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid and Gabi Ashkenazi forge alliance to 'reunite the fractured elements of Israeli society':
21 February 2019: Former defense minister Moshe Ya'alon, Israel Resilience's Benny Gantz, Yesh Atid's Yair Lapid and former IDF chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi forge alliance and a united list in the upcoming elections, saying they 'will present a new team of security and social leaders that will ensure the security of the nation and reunite the fractured elements of Israeli society', and agreeing to rotate being PM should they win the elections
March 2019 Rivlin rejects view Israel 'not a state for all its citizens’:
11 March 2019: Without mentioning PM, president Reuven Rivlin rejects Netanyahu comments about Arab citizens after PM said Israel 'not a state for all its citizens’
April 2019 Israeli legislative election:
9 April 2019 Israeli legislative election
Since 10 April 2019 Kahol Lavan party tied with Likud with 35 seats each:
10 April 2019: Netanyahu's Likud tied with Benny Gantz's Kahol Lavan party with 35 seats each, with 95% of the votes counted, as Likud and its traditional political allies were in command of a 65-55 majority in parliament
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24 April 2019: After the Central Elections Committee presented the final vote tally for Israel’s 21st Knesset, results show that cities where
Likud
earned a high percentage of the vote are significantly poorer than strongholds of
Blue and White
support, and that
Labor
’s diminished base consists of kibbutzniks and well-heeled urbanites
20 May 2019 majority of 56% of Israelis oppose granting PM Netanyahu immunity:
20 May 2019: A
majority of 56% of Israelis
oppose legislation that would grant PM Benjamin Netanyahu immunity from prosecution in the three criminal cases against him while in office, according to a poll
29/30 May 2019 Likud's Netanyahu tries in vain to gain Knesset majority:
30 May 2019: Despite offering top ministries, future diplomatic postings, even promising amendments to the so-called Jewish state law and nixing legislation to bypass the High Court for immunity, to the Blue and White alliance, to the Labor party instead of Yisrael Beytenu and to a number of politicians thought to be potential deserters, Likud's Netanyahu tries in vain to gain Knesset majority
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30 May 2019: Netanyahu slams Liberman, saying he is part of the 'left'
30 May 2019 Netanyahu sends Israel to its second election in Septembe two weeks before his corruption charges hearing:
30 May 2019: After Netanyahu failed to form government, he sends Israel to its second election in six months on September 17, two weeks before his pre-indictment hearing on a series of corruption charges on October 2 and 3
June 2019 Arab parties announced to reestablish the 'Joint List':
20 June 2019: The
four Arab parties
in the Knesset announced that they are committed to reestablishing the Joint List ahead of the upcoming September 17 election, saying they will try to overcome their differences and reach agreement over the slate they will run on by the end of June
September 2019 Israeli legislative election:
17 September 2019 Israeli legislative election, after factions supporting Netanyahu voted to disperse the Knesset and call for new elections in order to prevent Blue and White party head Benny Gantz from being appointed Prime Minister-designate
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Opinion polling for the September 2019 Israeli legislative election
18/19 September 2019 Blue and White edging out Likud 33-31:
18 September 2019: With 90% of vote officially counted, Blue and White edging out Likud with 32 seats to 31, as left-wing bloc leads the right with 56 seats to 55, joint List expected to secure 13, and Yisrael Beytenu also on course to influence the makeup of next government
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19 September 2019: After 96.5% of total votes counted, updated tally shows
Blue and White increasing its lead over Likud to 33-31 (32)
, center-left-Arab bloc up to 57 seats and right-wing-religious bloc at 55, leaving Yisrael Beytenu with 8 seats in the kingmaker position
23 September 2019 coalition talks as only 10 Arab joint list MKs back Gantz:
23 September 2019: Only 10 Arab joint list MKs back Gantz, as a three-member faction won’t support anyone for PM
24 September 2019 Likud with 32 seats:
24 September 2019: Likud wins extra seat at expense of UTJ as election panel adjusts results
25 September 2019 Gantz ruled out Blue and White alliance with PM Netanyahu:
25 September 2019: Benny Gantz ruled out Blue and White alliance joining a government led by a PM Netanyahu facing serious criminal charges, whom president Rivlin tasked earlier with forming a coalition, also rejecting Netanyahu’s insistence in holding coalition talks as head of a bloc of parties comprising the religious right
29 September 2019 Netanyahu's pre-indictment hearing over two weeks:
29 September 2019: Attorney general agrees to request that a pre-indictment hearing in three graft cases against the premier be spread out over two weeks, instead of being held over two days this week
18 October 2019 Benny Gantz reportedly looking to form minority government:
18 October 2019: Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz reportedly looking to form minority government with Liberman’s backing
31 October 2019 Arab MKs meet with Gantz:
31 October 2019: Blue and White chair’s Gantz sit-down with Arab Joint List leadership opens the door to possibility Arab-majority parties will back or join the government, as Arab MKs call for ‘real diplomatic process’ with Palestinians
5 November 2019 Gantz against selling arms to genocidal countries and racists:
5 November 2019: Israel must not sell arms to genocidal countries or legitimize racist regimes, according to Benny Gantz, saying 'we are moral people, a moral country, and we must act that way at home toward one another, and also in our foreign relations', also warning against Israeli estrangement of Diaspora Jews
10 November 2019 most Israelis want Gantz to build government:
10 November 2019: A
majority of Israelis want Blue and White alliance's Benny Gantz to succeed in building a coalition
, as survey finds voters are wary of a third election in under a year and differ wildly on makeup of their preferred government
21 November 2019 Knesset enters 21-day grace period:
21 November 2019: After Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz and Netanyahu fail to build government, Knesset enters 21-day grace period for forming coalition and window for any MK to win majority backing according to Article 10 of Israel’s Basic Law, or new elections will be triggered
22 November 2019 after decision on Netanyahu's corruption trial and PM’s 'attempted coup' insults Blue and White say he must step down:
21/22 November 2019: After AG Mandelblit announced Netanyahu to stand trial for bribery, fraud and breach of trust
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Blue and White leaders
say PM’s address, claiming justice officials were trying to oust him from power illegally and accusing police and state prosecutors of an 'attempted coup' against him, proves
Netanyahu must step down
25 November 2019 police officials warn against Netanyahu's plot allegations that threaten Israel’s democracy:
25 November 2019: Pushing back against accusations by PM Netanyahu that cops investigating him for corruption were part of a plot to topple him, acting Police Commissioner Motti Cohen gave his full backing to the investigators saying their work was carried out with professionalism, as 80 former police top brass pen letter to public security minister, warning that ‘violent discourse’ against the force undermines its authority, threatens Israel’s democracy
28 November 2019 Israeli entrepreneurs defend independence of the legal system:
28 November 2019: Israeli entrepreneurs say third election must be prevented, democratic institutions should not become 'collateral damage’ of PM’s fight for political survival, and country requires a strong and stable democracy and government, 'untainted by corruption that respects democratic values, including the independence of the legal system and a free press'
30 November 2019 Gantz pledges united front following weekend security incidents:
30 November 2019: Gantz pledges united front following weekend security incidents in north, south, calling for increased military deterrence, saying despite political infighting, there’s no ‘coalitions or opposition’ when it comes to protecting civilians
6 December 2019 new poll shows opposition against Netanyahu:
6 December 2019: New poll shows democratic parties rejecting Netanyahu’s self-indulgence are gaining ground on him as he faces corruption charges and the prospect of leading the country to a third election in less than a year
12 December 2019 Knesset dissolves and sets third election in under a year:
12 December 2019: Knesset dissolves, sets unprecedented third election in under a year, as Israelis back to polls on March 2 in latest bid to solve political deadlock
1 January 2020 Benny Gantz put out a campaign poster wishing 'Novy God':
1 January 2020: Blue and White party's Benny Gantz put out a Russian-language campaign poster wishing Russian speakers a Happy New Year, reportedly angering Yisrael Beytenu's Liberman, as the poster was put out for 'Novy God', the Russian term for New Year, but as Gantz was expected to attend 'Novy God' celebrations in Ramat Gan
5 January 2020 65 MKs back swift immunity deliberations:
5 January 2020: In blow to Netanyahu, Knesset lawyer, 65 MKs back swift immunity deliberations
13 January 2020 lawmakers allowing PM immunity debate to begin:
13 January 2020: Israeli lawmakers approve rules change allowing PM immunity debate to begin
17 January 2020 Blue and White party consolidates lead in latest polls:
17 January 2020: Blue and White party consolidates lead in latest polls from Channels 11, 12 and 13
21 January 2020 Gantz promises to annex Jordan Valley after election:
21 January 2020: Gantz promises to annex Jordan Valley after upcoming election
23 January 2020 Thessaloniki’s Jewish police Vital Hasson's story, who worked for the Nazis in World War II:
23 January 2020: Leader of Thessaloniki’s Jewish police Vital Hasson's story, who worked for the Nazis, hunted down refugees in World War WII Greece and sent families — and his own relatives — to Auschwitz, shows that identity doesn’t always determine destiny
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21 January 2020: Holocaust survivor travels to Poland for 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
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January 2020 International
Holocaust Remembrance
Day Commemoration starts tomorrow - 24 January 2020 - at 5:00 PM in New York
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27 January 2020 Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum marking the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau by the Soviet Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, as the event at the site will be attended by survivors, their families and invited politicians of different countries
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Survivors' Stories
23 January 2020 4 Israeli ministers will let survivors take their places at Holocaust event in Jerusalem:
23 January 2020: Four of Israel’s government ministers have said they will let survivors take their places at international Holocaust event in Jerusalem
24 January 2020 Israel 'sell(s) the memory of the Holocaust to the highest bidder' Putin:
24 January 2020: 'Seventy-five years after the liberation of Auschwitz, we are left with no choice but to admit that Israel, the state of the Jews, is willing to sell the memory of the Holocaust to the highest bidder
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... now it’s Putin', Israel's 'Haaretz' says
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24 January 2020: Unidentified aircraft reportedly strike Putin linked Hezbollah terrorist group headquarters in al-Qaim, near Syrian border, as Israel's army views Iran and it proxies as its greatest threat
28 January 2020 Netanyahu abandons his immunity bid:
28 January 2020: PM Netanyahu announced that he was withdrawing his request for parliamentary immunity from the pending indictment in corruption cases, as Blue and White party's Gantz says PM can’t run the country while fighting to clear his name in the 3 graft cases against him
30 January 2020 Trump's plan for Israel and the Palestinians leaves Israeli voters unmoved:
30 January 2020: Israeli voters unmoved following Trump's 28 January 2020 plan for Israel and the Palestinians
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called 'A Vision to Improve the Lives of the Palestinian and Israeli People'
11 February 2020 exposure by the Likud party of private information from Israel’s entire voter registry:
11 February 2020: Justice Ministry’s Privacy Protection Authority is looking into an alleged massive exposure by the Likud party of private information from Israel’s entire voter registry, in one of the largest and most compromising leaks of Israelis’ personal information in the nation’s history
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including ID, phones, addresses, info on political leanings of all Israeli adults
16 February 2020 Likud supporters attacking and injuring counter-protesters:
16 February 2020: Counter-protester suffers broken teeth by Likud supporters outside Netanyahu rally attended by the premier, after teenagers hit him with metal rod, as witness says attackers also hurled cinder block at other counter-protesters
23 February 2020 repeated exposure by the Likud party of information from Israel’s voter registry:
23 February 2020: For the second time in two weeks, Likud’s online voter-tracking efforts have resulted in the exposure of the entire database of Israeli voters, including names, home addresses and other details, by a party alleging to protect citizens more than others
25 February 2020 Yair Lapid says it’s either 'Bibi and his liars' or Gantz:
25 February 2020: It’s either ‘Bibi and his liars’ or Gantz, who ‘everyone knows is honest’, Yair Lapid says ahead of Putin friend Netanyahu’s imminent graft trial
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as Putin inspired Gaza rockets fired at Israel's south, linked to Russian and Iran-backed Assad regime, struck playground
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kindergarten and
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and health clinic in Sderot
28/29 February 2020 6 former security chiefs warn Israelis against keeping PM Netanyahu in office:
28 February 2020: 6 former security chiefs warn Israelis against keeping PM Netanyahu in office, describing him as a danger, stating that he is putting the country at risk and using sensitive classified information for personal gain, in a video published online
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28 February 2020: Netanyahu personally met a rabbi who reportedly recorded an adviser to Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz calling him a potential 'danger' to the people of Israel, a recording that ended up in the hands of the media a day after the two met and days ahead of third round of polls
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29 February 2020: Netanyahu trying to dig up dirt on the Attorney General who indicted him
1 March 2020 voting will begin Monday at 7:00 A.M.:
1 March 2020: Israelis will vote in the unpreceded third election in one year, as voting will begin Monday at 7:00 A.M. local time and end at 10 P.M., at which point the exit polls will be published
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after 'Haaretz' published latest polls today
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also presenting an electoral list
March 2020 Israeli legislative election:
2 March 2020 Israeli legislative election, after on 11 December 2019, due to the continued failure by all parties to form the country's next government and Netanyahu's failure to resign, further early elections were called, the third within a year after the September and April 2019 elections, as commentators expressed fear that the political paralysis is severely weakening public trust in an already highly-polarized political system
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Opinion polling for the 2020 Israeli legislative election
3 March 2020 neither Netanyahu nor Benny Gantz are projected a clear Knesset majority:
3 March 2020: Likud party and allies two seats away from majority with 90% of votes counted, Arab-majority Joint List follows with 15 seats after Kahol Lavan's 'Blue and White' with 32 seats
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3 March 2020: Movement for Quality Government in Israel filed a petition with the High Court of Justice arguing that PM Netanyahu should not be allowed to form the next government as he faces trial on criminal charges
4 March 2020 Netanyahu bloc falls to 58 seats:
4 March 2020: Failing to secure a majority, Netanyahu bloc falls to 58 seats, as nearly all votes counted
10 March 2020 Joint List-backed minority coalition the only alternative to 4th election Yair Lapid says:
10 March 2020: Joint List-backed minority coalition the only alternative to 4th election, Blue and White MK Yair Lapid says
15 March 2020 Joint List backs Gantz as PM as Netanyahu’s trial delayed again over Chinese virus:
15 March 2020: Entire Joint List backs Gantz as PM, heralding possible center-left government, as Arab-led alliance, including Balad, could hand centrist leader majority to be tasked first by president
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15 March 2020: Netanyahu’s trial delayed by over 2 months as court activity limited over virus
16 March 2020 Rivlin officially tasks Gantz with forming government:
16 March 2020: Rivlin officially tasks Gantz with forming government
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as Gantz vows 'national unity government, as broad as possible'
17 March 2020 mass surveillance measures slammed as ‘power grab’:
17 March 2020: Knesset committee chair slams mass surveillance measures as ‘power grab’ after government’s decision to allow mass surveillance without approval of the Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs
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as Gantz says the state cannot be run without a functioning Knesset
19 March 2020 Blue and White party's High Court petition against Edelstein’s closure of Knesset:
19 March 2020: The Blue and White party files a High Court petition against Knesset Speaker Edelstein’s decision to prevent the Knesset from convening, stepping up protests on the matter against PM Netanyahu’s government
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19 March 2020: Demonstrators protest Knesset closure, as cops try to block convoy of cars from reaching capital, later arrest 5 outside parliament building, and as opposition leaders decry law enforcement’s actions as undemocratic
19 March 2020 High Court says virus mass surveillance can’t continue without Knesset oversight:
19 March 2020: In a dramatic decision, the High Court of Justice said Thursday that it would shutter the government’s new mass surveillance program if Israel’s parliament fails to establish parliamentary oversight over it within five days
23 March 2020 High Court tells Knesset Speaker Edelstein to hold replacement vote by Wednesday:
23 March 2020: High Court tells Knesset Speaker Edelstein to hold a vote on choosing his replacement by Wednesday, hinting that otherwise it will rule against him and force him to hold such a vote, after Edelstein at first argued the freeze was linked to safety precautions amid the coronavirus outbreak
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23 March 2020: Ignoring High Court, Likud party says would boycott session to replace Knesset Speaker, as Israel's political stalemate prevents parliamentary oversight of the government's coronavirus response
24 March 2020 oversight committees formed and also Likud MKs say decisions must be respected:
24 March 2020: After Israel's High Court ruled that the Knesset must be convened to choose a new speaker and after the Blue and White-led bloc used its 61-strong majority to form parliamentary oversight committees, both acting to save Israel's democracy, Netanyahu’s mates followers say they will boycott ‘stolen, undemocratic’ Knesset, but others in Likud say decision must be respected
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24 March 2020: Kahol Lavan lawmaker Avi Nissenkorn to head main Knesset Committee, panels begin work
25 March 2020 amid crises and efforts to avoid further delays Edelstein resigns and does not resign:
25 March 2020: Efforts to force speaker vote today mandated by Israel's High Court, as Edelstein tries to benefit from his resignation immediately by avoiding vote to choose new speaker, contradicting himself by saying move will only take effect in 48 hours, as Knesset legal adviser Eyal Yinon calls on Edelstein to reconvene the plenum, telling Edelstein he will still be in breach of a High Court ruling if he fails to allow the vote to go forward, as High Court gives Edelstein until 2:30 p.m. to respond to ‘contempt’ charges, as demonstrators rally outside the parliament, demanding the speaker Edelstein adhere to the High Court’s ruling, and as 'Blue and White' MK Ofer Shelah will head the Knesset’s new coronavirus crisis committee
26 March 2020 High Court orders Knesset speaker's vote on Thursday:
26 March 2020: High Court orders vote for new Knesset speaker to go ahead on Thursday, authorizing veteran Labor MK Amir Peretz to oversee vote, slamming defiant resigned speaker for causing ‘untold and serious damage’ to rule of law
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after Edelstein’s resignation on Wednesday, as the Knesset Secretariat sent a notice to all 120 lawmakers informing them a session would be held Thursday
27 March 2020 Supreme Court revoked the powers of the outgoing speaker of the Knesset who caused 'unprecedented harm to the rule of law':
27 March 2020: In an unprecedented decision on 25 March 2020 the Supreme Court, by an extended panel of five justices, revoked the powers of the outgoing speaker of the Knesset and ordered the Knesset to convene the plenum to elect a permanent speaker, after the outgoing speaker had violated the Court’s order of March 23 causing unprecedented harm to the rule of law
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after Supreme Court ruled that coronavirus pandemic does not justify delay in electing Knesset speaker
27 March 2020 Gantz abandons opposition to Netanyahu, Putin and corruption charges, now saying it’s 'Bibi and his liars':
27 March 2020: After president Rivlin asked him to form the government in the wake of the March 2 election, Gantz chose to degrade himself and to crawl into Netanyahu's government as part of a deal with Likud, and in opposition to his main partner in leading Kahol Lavan, Yair Lapid
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telling his former allies Yair Lapid and Moshe Ya’alon that he was splitting off from them because leading Israel into fourth elections not an option while virus rages, instead of saying Netanyahu and Edelstein not an option for Israel while virus rages
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as Putin's
blacklisted oligarch friend Vekselberg is linked to Israeli businessmen and politicians including Benny Gantz
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chairman of former 'Fifth Dimension'
28 March 2020 demonstrators protest Gantz's decision to abandon 'Blue and White' and support Netanyahu:
28 March 2020: Demonstrators in the so-called black flag, symbolizing endangered Israeli democracy, movement drove to the homes of Knesset members of Benny Gantz’s Israel 'Resilience party' to protest his shock decision Thursday to join a 'unity' government under Netanyahu, while breaking up the Blue and White alliance, as the protesters were also demanding that, coalition or not, party members continue to support action against corruption and against threats to democracy, also condemned by Israel's Supreme Court most recently on 25 March 2020
29 March 2020 Kahol Lavan party formally split following Gantz's decision to abandon unity amid economic and health crisis:
29 March 2020: Kahol Lavan party formally split, as the Knesset approved the departure of the Yesh Atid and Telem factions following Benny Gantz's decision to join Netanyahu
30 March 2020 as Israel's unemployment rises Netanyahu aide tests positive for virus and PM himself enters quarantine:
30 March 2020: As Israel's unemployment rate up to 22.7% amid coronavirus crisis, Covid-19 death toll hits 16 and Netanyahu aide tests positive for coronavirus standing before isolation
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as Netanyahu himself enters quarantine until health officials complete investigation, contradicting earlier statement from his office determined in its master's private fight
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30 March 2020: Assaf Harofe Hospital near Rishon Lezion announced today that a 58 year-old man had died of coronavirus making him the 16th fatality in the country, as number of people who have tested positive in Israel for coronavirus has now risen to 4,347 up 482 from 3,865 cases yesterday, according to health professionels
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and as Knesset urges MKs to 'act acccording to guidlines'
30 March 2020 Finance Minister announced an economic rescue package:
30 March 2020; Finance Minister announced an economic rescue package worth approximately $22.5 billion, as 5,000 self-employed people and small business owners protested in Jerusalem, saying the proposals would not prevent the collapse of small- and medium-sized businesses and that proposed payments to independent workers would not cover the expenses of many, and as Kahlon also announced more parts of the plan including $3 billio to strengthening the health system and the civic response to the virus
31 March 2020 Gantz in Knesset accused of betraying voters and partners:
31 March 2020: Chairing his first full Knesset session as speaker following Edelstein, Gantz confronted intense criticism from his former allies for betraying voters and partners, for squandering their majority, for having abandoned them and all common promises to support Netanyahu, far away from tackling the health, social and economic crisis, now heading a herd of office hunters including Edelstein
2 April 2020 much of Israeli top brass united in quarantine:
2 April 2020: Much of Israeli top brass united in quarantine as health ministry chiefs, Mossad boss, national security adviser, all handling response to pandemic, enter isolation along with PM, as issue of unilateral annexation of Israeli settlements in the West Bank remains sticking point in coalition talks between split Blue and White party members and Likud
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and as healthcare provider estimates 38% of Bnei Brak residents have coronavirus
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2 April 2020: Infected health minister Yaakov Litzman accused of flouting rules, endangering Israel’s leaders, also virus epicenter Bnei Brak's citizens with his refusal to institute restrictions on movement, allowing the virus to spread
3 April 2020 police deploy in force as virus-struck Bnei Brak becomes ‘restricted zone’:
3 April 2020: Over 1,000 Israeli officers deploy in force as virus-struck Bnei Brak becomes
‘restricted zone’, for its own population possibly too late
4 April 2020 hotspot for covid-19 spread Bnei Brak on lockdown as death toll climbs:
4 April 2020: The ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, which has become a hotspot for the spread of covid-19, has been put on lockdown, as coronavirus death toll climbs and cases tally now stands at 7,589, 'Haaretz' reports
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4 April 2020: Internet data shines light on coronavirus lockdowns working worldwide
5 April 2020 Israelis without unemployment benefits before Passover despite Gantz' Likud deal:
5 April 2020: Israelis will not receive unemployment benefits and stipends before Passover, as NSI says it is overloaded by the massive surge in claims brought on by the covid-19 pandemic and will be unable to transfer unemployment benefits and emergency stipends before Passover holiday
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5 April 2020: Defense Ministry distributes Passover food packages to elderly
7 April 2020 Israelis and Palestinians struggle to contain covid-19 halting daily life:
7 April 2020: As covid-19 spreads around the world, Israel and the Palestinians struggle to contain a local outbreak that has virtually halted daily life and led to tens of thousands of people entering quarantine
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7 April 2020: Data shows nearly 1/3rd of all virus cases centered in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak, as Defense Ministry-led research indicates three-quarters of capital’s carriers live in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods, recommending hardest-hit areas be isolated from other parts of city
8 April 2020 coalition negotiations halted:
8 April 2020: Knesset speaker Gantz says negotiations with Likud were halted after Netanyahu’s envoys demanded to interfere with the Judicial Appointments Committee that appoints judges to Israeli courts
9 April 2020 Israel ends Passover curfew with 79 covid-19 deaths:
9 April 2020: Israel ends Passover curfew with 79 covid-19 deaths, as cases in Israel inch closer to 10,000, and as existing restrictions limiting travel remain in place, 'Haaretz' reports
12 April 2020 Israeli president rejects request for coalition extension:
12 April 2020: Israel's president Reuven Rivlin turned down a request from Benny Gantz for a two-week extension to form a new coalition government
13 April 2020 Moshe Ya’alon calls on Gantz to quit coalition talks as PM tries to use covid-19 crisis to flee justice:
13 April 2020: Moshe Ya’alon calls on Gantz to quit coalition talks, saying 'it’s clear that your naive intention to form a national unity government met the cynical swindling of the accused who is fleeing justice', and 'if you agree to meet his demands to entrench his regime, and make him a leader above the law, you will be misusing the mission that united us'
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13 April 2020: Tax Authority head warns of huge losses to state revenues, already down by NIS 6 billion in March, if lockdown continues
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13 April 2020: 2-month phased lockdown rollback pushed by National Security Council, as limitations on industry and tech sector will be loosened first as schools see gradual return of students
16 April 2020 now Knesset's 21 days to agree on PM or new election:
16 April 2020: Rivlin gives Knesset 21 days to agree on the PM it wants, or go to new election
17 April 2020 Netanyahu no longer wants a unity government, he wants to crush the Supreme Court:
17 April 2020: Netanyahu no longer wants a unity government, he wants to crush the Supreme Court, according to 'Haaretz'
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17 April 2020: With covid-19, there can be no Jordan Valley annexation, as the extensive cooperation that takes place between Israeli and health professionals would halt if an annexation policy were advanced in the midst of this health crisis, according to EcoPeace Middle East, saying Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian public must re-evaluate their support for leaders who lead a populist agenda, and arrogance shown by some international leaders, who did not initially view the coronavirus as a legitimate threat, already cost the lives of thousands of people in their respective countries
19 April 2020 Israel reaches first covid-19 exit point:
19 April 2020: Israel reaches first covid-19 exit point without a clear policy, according to 'Haaretz'
21/22 April 2020 Gantz now the indicted PM’s chief protector, neutralized Israel's legislature:
21 April 2020: Netanyahu fails to gain immunity, but Gantz - once his biggest threat - just gave him the next best thing, wanting to be the indicted PM’s chief protector and defender
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22 April 2020: Netanyahu-Gantz coalition deal will neutralize Israel's legislature, as unity agreement requires so many changes to constitutional law that experts believe it's unfeasible, and may even be a ploy
25 April 2020 Netanyahu/Gantz government Israel's largest coming at an exorbitant cost amid covid-19:
25 April 2020: Netanyahu/Gantz government will be the largest cabinet by far in Israel’s history, coming at an exorbitant cost as the country grapples with economic havoc and skyrocketing unemployment due to the covid-19 pandemic
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as poll indicates Gantz losing support over deal with Netanyahu
27 April 2020 AG said convinced state attorney, justice minister trying to oust him:
27 April 2020: AG said convinced acting state attorney, justice minister trying to oust him with the help of Netanyahu
28/29 April 2020 at Memorial and Israel's Independence Day Benny Gantz and allies groving before Netanyahu:
28 April 2020: Benny Gantz’s and allies tell the High Court they believe the petitions against Benjamin Netanyahu forming the next government should be rejected, saying the special circumstances of deep political, health and economic crises necessitate forming an emergency government, neglecting that and how the political, economic etc. crises are man-made
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29 April 2020: Muted Israel's Independence Day celebrations on 5 Iyar salute medical staff fighting covid-19, and the country's most visible public display will be a controversial air force flyover of hospitals and medical centers, as in neighbouring Syria Assad's and Putin's air forces, also supported by the Iranian regime, destroyed cities, villages, schools, hospitals and healthcare facilities, killing civilians, children and healthcare workers since 2011
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29 April 2020: Israel Defense Forces and USA Navy bands surprised Israeli Holocaust survivor Abba Naor this week to mark both Israel’s 72nd Independence Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, playing for him a rendition of Israel’s national anthem, Hatikva
30 April 2020 High Court puts hold on extension of acting state prosecutor’s tenure:
30 April 2020: Israel's High Court of Justice issues a temporary injunction preventing a three-month extension of acting State Attorney Dan Eldad’s tenure, a decision in effect until a final decision will be made
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30 April 2020: Criticism for the government’s aid measures comes from firms big and small, along with the self-employed, saying ad hoc addenda, poor implementation and too little, too late, and 'there is no political leadership that is focusing on the economic aspects of the crisis'
2 May 2020 without dates 4-stage reopening plan discussion:
2 May 2020: Finance Ministry said to draw up 4-stage reopening plan not including any specific dates, starting with malls, as officials said to discuss outline for business openings and Health Ministry reportedly considers coming week key for deciding timeline
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2 May 2020: As number of recoveries surpasses active covid-19 cases, schools to partially reopen by Tuesday, but some cities delay reopening of schools, saying 'we are unable to go back to school as long as the government is turning over responsibility to the local authorities', Haaretz reports
3 May 2020 warnings and sanctions for breaches of the Minimum Wage Law were issued to only 0.05% in 2019:
3 May 2020: Despite the widespread violations of the Minimum Wage Law by employers, warnings and sanctions for breaches of the law were issued to only 0.09% of employers in 2018 and 0.05% in 2019, as 429,550 workers, 11% of the workforce in Israel, do not receive the legally mandated minimum wage
5 May 2020 High Court examining Netanyahu’s political survival:
5 May 2020: From Netanyahu’s standpoint, what's at stake in the agreement that Israeli High Court has been examining is not the coronavirus or national unity, but ‘Survivor’ or ‘Prison Break’, Haaretz reports
13 May 2020 AG who indicted Netanyahu gets death threats:
13 May 2020: AG who indicted Netanyahu gets death threats, files police complaint, as Justice Ministry says threatening messages against Mandelblit appear to be part of organized campaign
14 May 2020 Knesset will install Israel's largest cabinet on Thursday:
14 May 2020: Knesset ceremony Thursday evening will install the largest cabinet in history with 36 ministers
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as shekel extends losses and markets tumble
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as at the end of April there were 1.15 million people unemployed in Israel, 27.6% of the workforce, as 12% of those registering as unemployed in April were fired as opposed to being sent on unpaid leave, as unemployment is highest among young people with 47.8% of those aged 15-34 without jobs
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and as government expenditure was a record $36.8 billion in April, widening Israel's budget deficit to 4.8% of GDP
15 May 2020 swearing in of Netanyahu-Gantz government delayed:
15 May 2020: More ministers appointed and swearing in of Gantz-Netanyahu government delayed, as Gantz withdraws resignation as Knesset speaker and two senior Likud lawmakers announce they will boycott vote after being snubbed from receiving ministries
19 May 2020 Gantz/Netanyahu coalition favouring hoax instead of unity:
19 May 2020: After coalition agreed to allow opposition to also advance its own piece of legislation in a sped-up manner, and after the opposition chose to advance a law that would increase unemployment benefits for small-business workers, the opposition members, arriving at the Arrangements Committee meeting this morning, noticed that their piece of legislation had been left off the docket
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19 May 2020: As small Israeli firms crash, tycoon Tshuva and his group which focuses on oil and gas, already propped up by taxpayer, gets rescue
26 May 2020 nearly half of Israelis say they are worse off financially since covid-19:
26 May 2020: Nearly half of Israelis say they are worse off financially since the covid-19 pandemic and more than one in seven are afraid they will lose their home or say they have to cut back on food consumption, according to a government survey
26 June 2020 after getting millions in government's covid-19 aid 'Fox' pays huge dividends:
26 June 2020: Politicians from across the political spectrum expressed outrage Thursday over news that fashion chain Fox will hand out NIS 49 million ($14 million) in dividends to shareholders, mere weeks after its CEO pressured the government into supplying billions in aid to big businesses for covid-19 recovery
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26 June 2020: Following fierce criticism of its decision to pay shareholders a NIS 49 million dividend, the Israeli fashion chain says it won't take government assistance
6 July 2020: Israel has a 'corona government that is really not about corona':
6 July 2020: ‘We’ve lost control’ of pandemic, and 'we can no longer disrupt the chain of infection', warns Israeli adviser Prof. Eli Waxman as active cases spike, adding that if serious steps aren’t taken this week, ‘within two weeks we’ll have to impose a lockdown’
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6 July 2020: Israel has a 'corona government that is really not about corona', and the intensity of the second wave reflects its failures, says former Health Ministry chief Prof. Gabi Barbash, listing blunders that caused new Israeli covid-19 chaos
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6 July 2020: Stopping short of lockdown, top minister warns significant new restrictions loom, as cabinet gears for critical meeting where additional regulations will be weighed
7 July 2020 Health Ministry's Siegal Sadetzki resigns over covid-19 handling:
7 July 2020: Amid spike in covid-19 cases
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Siegal Sadetzki, the director of public health in the Health Ministry, announced her resignation, criticizing the authorities’ handling of the ongoing covid-19 outbreak and describing a chaotic and ineffective approach to tackling the crisis
8 July 2020 serious covid-19 cases surge overnight:
8 July 2020: Serious covid-19 cases surge overnight
as new record daily tally reported amid rising number of active cases up in 262 communities
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as Gantz enters quarantine
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and as Netanyahu’s lawyer resigns from defense team days ahead of 2nd hearing in trial, coming after committee rejected PM’s request to allow outside benefactors to pay for defense
9 July 2020 Gantz’s broken promise of ministry for minority affairs:
9 July 2020: In May 14 before Israel’s 35th government was sworn in Benny Gantz’s party announced it would appoint a minister for minority affairs under the coalition agreement, coming from the Arabic-speaking communities of Israel, but two months later no such appointment has been made and the party is understood to have dropped the idea completely
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8 July 2020: Investigation into wrongdoing at AI startup Fifth Dimension, Gantz’s former firm, taken out of police hands due to
possibility of law enforcement involvement in suspected wrongly granted contract
12 July 2020 most Israelis dissatisfied with Netanyahu’s handling of pandemic:
12 July 2020: Most Israelis dissatisfied with Netanyahu’s handling of pandemic, as surveys suggest 75%-85% of Israelis unhappy with government’s economic response, and Likud would lose three seats if elections held today
17 July 2020 covid-19 infections over past day increase with 1,832 new cases:
17 July 2020: As covid-19 infections over past day increase with 1,832 new cases, and 'Israeli Association of Public Health Physicians' Hagai Levine says government's decisions made ‘without any epidemiological basis’, opposition also slams new lockdown measures, and Lapid criticizes government for approving restrictions in middle-of-the-night meeting, saying it 'has gone off the rails'
19 July 2020 Netanyahu's corruption trial and protests against covid-19 policies:
19 July 2020: Netanyahu corruption trial resumes as Israeli PM faces protests and fights public discontent after surge in covid-19 cases
20 July 2020 opposition leader Yair Lapid calls on PM Netanyahu to step aside:
20 July 2020: Opposition leader Yair Lapid called on PM Netanyahu to step aside on Sunday, accusing him of failing to properly manage the current public health and economic crises engulfing Israel
26 July 2020 'coronavirus cabinet' reduced from 16 members to 10:
26 July 2020: In a zigzag movement instead of helping Israelis with well thought out, effective, understandable and acceptable precepts, 'coronavirus cabinet' reduced from 16 members to 10, all of them men, as Meirav Cohen asks 'why no women’, as PM retorts 'why are traffic lights red', and as opposition leader Yair Lapid tweeted in response to the lack of women that the cabinet was composed of 'out-of-touch chauvinists'
27 July 2020 Social workers union expecting 100% rise in social service requests due to pandemic:
27 July 2020: 'With the spread of the coronavirus, we expect that as unemployment increases, there will be suicides, overcrowded hospitals and similar, and as a result a more than 100% increase in requests to social services', Israel's social workers union's Hermoni told the State Audit Committee
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27 July 2020: Netanyahu's public security minister 'aggressively' trying to stifle anti-Netanyahu protests, senior officers say
29 July 2020 Yair Lapid says Netanyahu’s incitement led to attacks on protesters:
29 July 2020: Opposition head Yair Lapid said on Wednesday that PM Netanyahu’s 'incitement' had led to the attacks on protesters by members of violent groups at a Tel Aviv protest, and that 'the violence and blood spilled yesterday in Tel Aviv is on the hands of Netanyahu and his messengers', as 'one who sows incitement will receive blood in return', as attackers were seen hitting demonstrators with glass bottles and chairs, spraying them with mace, as organizers of the protest said five people were hospitalized, including two with stab wounds to their backs, and as opposition MK Moshe Ya’alon and Gantz called on police to take swift action
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29 July 2020: Defense Minister Gantz said a red line was crossed in the violent attacks against protesters marching in Tel Aviv calling for the ouster of PM Netanyahu, adding that 'citizens exercising their right to protest were attacked by an organized group of criminals'
2 August 2020 inciting Likud calls reporting of demonstrations against Netanyahu 'incitement by the media':
2 August 2020: Opposing freedom of expression and press freedom 'Likud' party has called reporting of the demonstrations against Netanyahu 'incitement by the media'
3 August 2020 Israel's expensive 'coronavirus government' added just 19 hospital beds:
3 August 2020: Israel's 'coronavirus government' added just 19 hospital beds during outbreak with wards filling up, as Knesset committee hears covid-19 patients treated at expense of others, operations canceled and patients turned away due to overcrowding, as medical chiefs warned of funding crisis, as in April largest cabinet by far in Israel’s history established, coming at an exorbitant cost
8 August 2020 protesters file incitement complaint against peace activist’s killer:
9 August 2020: Anti-Netanyahu protesters filed a police complaint citing incitement to murder against Yona Avrushmi, the killer of left-wing activist Emil Grunzweig, following comments he made in a TV interview calling them 'germs' and suggesting that counter-demonstrators would 'know what to do'
9 August 2020 Likud and Blue and White brawl publicly:
9 August 2020: Likud, Blue and White brawl publicly as coalition teeters on the brink, as official in Gantz’s party said to say unity government ‘was a mistake', as weekly cabinet meeting canceled over budget crisis after Netanyahu is now demanding a budget that only covers the rest of 2020, and as Gantz says 'it’s wrong to have a prime minister with three indictments'
10 August 2020 economy minister will not vote against bill preventing a criminal defendant from forming a government:
10 August 2020: Economy minister Amir Peretz says in an interview with Ynet, that he will not vote against Yesh Atid's bill to prevent a criminal defendant from forming a government, adding that the recent political crisis stems from PM Netanyahu's wish for early elections, 'it is clear to us that he does not want early elections for economic reasons, but entirely for political and personal reasons'
23 August 2020 lawmakers demand action after video shows senior officer shoving protesters in Jerusalem:
23 August 2020: Excessive police violence at rally of over 10,000 demonstrators spark calls for probe, as at least one protester was injured and needed to be hospitalized, as lawmakers including Intelligence Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen of the Blue and White party say action needed after video shows senior officer shoving protesters against PM Netanyahu in Jerusalem, and as opposition leader Yair Lapid tweeted 'the protesters in the most just protests in the history of the country can’t suffer from police violence'
25 August 2020 protester summoned by police after giving TV interview on assault by senior cop:
25 August 2020: Protester summoned by police after giving TV interview on assault by senior cop, as lawyers lambaste ‘unbelievable attempt at intimidating’ Avichai Green, who was beaten by Niso Guetta, then accused by Guetta’s colleagues of assault
29 August 2020 anti-Netanyahu protests in at least 18 cities around the world:
29 August 2020: Israeli expats to hold anti-Netanyahu protests in at least 18 cities around the world, as protesters are expected to hold rallies simultaneously with Saturday's thousands-strong demonstrations in Israel, calling for the PM to resign
13 September 2020 Israel enters 3-week lockdown starting from Friday:
13 September 2020: Israel to enter 3-week lockdown starting from Rosh Hashanah eve with schools, malls, hotels to be closed, and Israelis to be barred from traveling 500 meters from home, as Netanyahu denies closure and soaring cases show his policies have failed
22 September 2020 right to demonstrate is a basic one which cannot be revoked:
22 September 2020: Associate Director-General of the Health Ministry Prof. Itamar Grotto referred to the debate over demonstrations during the lockdown and said that 'the right to demonstrate is a basic one which cannot be revoked, prayers on Yom Kippur are also something that must be kept'
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22 September 2020: Cabinet to discuss further lockdown restrictions on Tuesday, 'Haaretz' reports live
23 September 2020 'coronavirus cabinet' and Netanyahu seek to tighten restrictions putting Israel in full lockdown:
23 September 2020: Netanyahu seeks to tighten restrictions, putting Israel in full covid-19 lockdown, as self declared 'coronavirus cabinet' set to convene on new rules while pandemic cases rise alarmingly and regulations reportedly could include shutting down airport
30 September 2020 activists go to High Court after Knesset restricts protests:
30 September 2020: Activists go to High Court after Knesset restricts protests during lockdown with new law that drastically limits demonstrations against Netanyahu
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30 September 2020: 'Nothing to be proud of', what the press is saying on September 30 amid global crisis
7 October 2020 poll finds Likud declining, Yamina and Yesh Atid-Telem on the rise:
7 October 2020: 'Midgam' poll finds Likud declining, Yamina on the rise, as Yesh Atid-Telem, headed by Yair Lapid, has risen slightly to eighteen seats, followed by the Joint Arab List with fifteen seats, and Benny Gantz's Blue and White with just nine seats
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as Bennett's polling surge indicate anyone but Bibi, according to 'Haaretz'
12 October 2020 Bennett/Kahana backed no-confidence motion, PM’s role in huge submarine scandal:
12 October 2020: Yamina's Naftali Bennett and Matan Kahana backed a no-confidence motion in PM Netanyahu that would have seen him replaced by opposition leader Yair Lapid, but which was decisively voted down in the plenum by 53 votes to 30
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12 October 2020: In leaked affidavit attached to petition demanding probe of PM’s role in huge submarine scandal, Dan Harel says Netanyahu heavily pressured him to buy vessel without explaining why
24 November 2020 coalition crisis, submarine affair and debate over pandemic response said to devolve into recriminations:
24 November 2020: Netanyahu reportedly got into a shouting match with Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi during a covid-19 cabinet meeting, as friction within the coalition was widely expected to lead to the fall of the government by next month
25 November 2020 ministries fail to take responsibility for children amid pandemic:
25 November 2020: With school out for months, hundreds of thousands of kids face food insecurity, as children eligible for hot school meals are stuck at home due to covid-19, falling between cracks as ministries fail to take responsibility, Knesset committee hears
27 November 2020 thousands of middle-class Israelis join the homeless:
27 November 2020: Thousands of middle-class Israelis join the homeless, and the soup kitchens can't keep up, as more and more Israelis are, for the first time in their lives, having to seek out free hot meals while covid-19 pandemic continues to plague the economy and organizations that help people in need wonder how long they’ll be able to cope
28 November 2020 covid-19 driving thousands into hunger as charities care due to lack of government funding and will:
28 November 2020: Covid-19 is driving thousands of people into hunger, and charities shoulder most of the burden for food insecurity as a lack of government funding, and perhaps of will, leaves no guiding hand for largely helpless social welfare agencies, according to 'Times of Israel'
1/2 December 2020 Gantz will back preliminary bill to disband parliament:
1/2 December 2020: Blue and White's Gantz will back preliminary bill to disband parliament, after 'serial breaker of promises' Netanyahu, by refusing to pass budget, 'decided to break up the coalition and drag Israel to elections'
3 December 2020 Netanyahu and Gantz made an effort to hide their mutual loathing ahead of next Israeli election:
3 December 2020: Netanyahu and the alternate PM Gantz made an effort to hide their mutual loathing as they take another turn on the Israeli election merry-go-round, and they can't blame the covid-19 crisis anymore, 'Haaretz' says
3 December 2020 Lapid urges Blue and White to reunite under him for new elections:
3 December 2020: A day after 'Blue and White' joined the opposition in supporting Lapid’s motion to dissolve the Knesset and hold new elections, opposition leader Yair Lapid issued a call to Blue and White and other parties to join an alliance under his leadership for new elections, as Gantz’s party rebuffs offer to get alliance back together
7 December 2020 majority of Israelis find neither Netanyahu nor Gantz credible:
7 December 2020: Israel Voice Index survey shows that 62% of Israelis view PM Netanyahu as having very low or moderately low credibility, while 60% say the same of Defense Minister Benny Gantz, as 83% believe another national vote is likely in the next six months
9 December 2020 ommittee advances bill to dissolve Knesset:
9 December 2020: Committee advances bill to dissolve Knesset 10-7 with Blue and White voting in favor alongside opposition parties, setting election date for March 16, as legislation now heads to plenum for 3 votes, first of which is set to take place Monday
23 December 2020 Israel calls 4th election in 2 years:
23 December 2020: Israel calls 4th election in 2 years as Netanyahu-Gantz coalition collapses, as polls suggest tough race
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and as Israel leads democracies in number of elections held since 1996, according to Israel Democracy Institute
9 January 2021 financial institutions urged to invest NIS 20 billion in green infrastructure:
9 January 2021: The Finance Ministry is pushing ahead with new regulations to encourage insurance, pension and provident funds to invest up to $31.4 billion in large-scale infrastructure projects in Israel — $6.3 billion of it in environmental-friendly initiatives including green infrastructure — the annual Environment 2050 conference heard on Thursday
January - 1 February 2021 Israeli covid-19 crisis and forthcoming elections:
31 January 2021: Thousands of people on Sunday night joined the funeral procession of a prominent ultra-Orthodox rabbi in Jerusalem who died of covid-19, in defiance of the lockdown rules, hours after another burial in the capital drew a massive crowd
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31 January 2021: Ministers extend lockdown until Friday morning, keep airport closed for week, as at late-night cabinet meeting, Netanyahu and Gantz spar over rules before reaching compromise on prolonging the nationwide closure, already in its 4th week
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1 February 2021: 30% of Israeli covid-19 deaths were in January alone, according to Health Ministry data, as schools open in Bnei Brak, Jerusalem despite increased fines, and as Finance Minister Katz calls for commerce to restart as soon as lockdown ends
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1 February 2021: Israel will take military action against nuclear Iran if needed, as Defense minister Gantz also says any future war would involve Hezbollah and Hamas targeting Israeli cities, and Israel in turn hitting missile stores in civilian areas
3 February 2021 joining Netanyahu 'was a mistake' Itzik Shmuli admits:
3 February 2021: Joining Netanyahu 'was a mistake', Labor Minister Itzik Shmuli admits in resignation post announcing he would take 'a time out' from politics after talks on joining Gantz's Kahol Lavan party fail
24 February 2021 'Blue and White party' sees minor bump in poll, Netanyahu’s bloc short of majority:
24 February 2021: Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s struggling Blue and White party is enjoying a slight uptick in support, while
PM Netanyahu’s right-wing, religious bloc remains short of a governing majority, according to TV poll
23 March 2021 Israeli legislative election:
23 March 2021 Israeli legislative election to elect the members of the 24th Knesset
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2020/2021 parliamentary factions, as at the end of the 23rd Knesset, there were thirteen factions in parliament
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2020/2021 opinion polling for the 2021 Israeli legislative election
Social movements and protests in Israel:
Protests in Israel
2011:
2011 Israeli social justice protests
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23 July 2011: Tens of thousands protest against rising housing costs and social inequalities in Israel
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July 2011: Israeli Chamber Orchestra playing Wagner at Bayreuth
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Israel announces housing reforms amid large protests
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31 July 2011: Mass protests in Israel over high prices continue
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Haaretz 1 August: Israeli municipalities declare general strike in solidarity with housing protests
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6 August 2011: Hundreds of thousands of Israelis rally in Tel Aviv and other cities for reforms protest demanding social justice
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13 August: Across the country Israeli protesters call for economic reforms (housing prices, education, jobs) on Saturday
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14 août: Le mouvement pour la justice sociale gagne du terrain et s'étend à douze nouvelles villes
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27. August 2011: Wieder Samstag-Demonstrationen für soziale Gerechtigkeit
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3 September: Israel's 'march of a million' - ongoing protest on Saturday
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4 September: Despite largest turnout to date for Israel's protest movement there are questions over the socio-economic issues
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7 novembre: Grève générale limitée à 4 heures dans le secteur public lundi matin
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6. Dezember 2011: Parlament beschließt Steuerreform mit Entlastungen für israelische Mittelschicht
2012:
9 February 2012: General strike to force government to hire contract workers and improve conditions
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13. Mai 2012: In Tel Aviv haben wieder Tausende gegen die hohen Lebenshaltungskosten und soziale Ungerechtigkeit demonstriert
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24 June: Scores arrested after Israel protests
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8 July: Tel Aviv rally of thousands of protesters calls for all citizens, including ultra-Orthodox and Arabs, to perform military or community service
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14 July: An Israeli protester has set himself alight at rally to mark one year of nationwide protests
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NZZ 20. Juli: Demonstrant, der sich bei den Protesten gegen soziale Ungerechtigkeit in Tel Aviv selbst angezündet hatte, ist seinen schweren Verletzungen erlegen
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22 July: Disabled Israeli war veteran Akiva Mafi is said to be in a serious condition after setting himself on fire at a bus stop near Tel Aviv
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NZZ 1. August: Armeeveteran Akiva Mafi stirbt nach Selbstanzündung
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5 August 2012: Mass rallies held across Israel against tax hikes and spending cuts implemented by PM Netanyahu's Likud party
2013:
11 May 2013: Thousands in Tel Aviv protest Lapid budget, which includes a rise in VAT, cuts to welfare benefits and civil servants' salaries, and an increase in income tax
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1 August 2013: Hundreds of people - Israeli Arabs and Jews - protested in the Negev desert against plans to resettle up to 40,000 Bedouin and demolish 40 villages in the region
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28 October 2013: Thousands protest Israeli government's planned release of Palestinian prisoners and family members of those killed in attacks by prisoners gather outside Ofer prison
2014:
6 January 2014: Thousands of African migrants marched in Tel Aviv hoping to call attention to the state's refusal to recognize the migrants' asylum requests
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29 June 2014: Thousands rally in Tel Aviv for kidnapped Israeli teens
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14/15 August 2014: In an event organized by municipal leaders, over 10,000 people gather in Tel Aviv in a show of support for the rocket-ravaged southern communities demanding peace and security
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17 August: As Israel and Hamas envoys expected back in Cairo to resume talks
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thousands of Israelis call for dialogue at Tel Aviv peace rally saying 'Yes to a diplomatic solution' and 'Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies'
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19 November: Thousands attended the funeral of sergeant-major Zidan Nahad Seif who was wounded while attempting to stop the terror attack at the Kehilat Bnei Torah synagogue a day before
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14 December 2014: Hundreds of protesters in Jerusalem gathered in Zion Square to protest racism, following an arson attack on a Jewish Arab school and after months of tension between the Jewish and Arab populations in the capital
2015:
4 January 2015: Workers at cash-strapped food processor Pri Hagalil, one of the largest employers in northern Israel, barricaded themselves next to the factory to protest closure and management’s failure
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8 January 2015: Demonstrators rally at French Consulate in Jerusalem in support of victims of the attack at Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris
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18 February 2015: Hundreds of people attended the funeral of 4-year-old Adele Bitton, who was critically injured in a 2013 rock-throwing attack in Yakir
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4 March: Thousands of Israeli women, including Jews and Arabs, gathered outside Knesset urging a peace agreement with the Palestinians
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7 March: An estimated 40,000 demonstrators took part in a rally on Rabin Square in Tel Aviv calling for a change in government and in the Israeli policy, ten days before Israelis go to the polls on March 17
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13 March 2015: Groups participating in annual Marathon include coexistence proponents, terror victims and disabled people, as tens of thousands took part in Jerusalem Marathon
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16 April: Thousands attend funeral for Jerusalem car-ramming victim Shalom Sherki
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4 May 2015: After a Sunday protest against racism and police brutality initiated by Ethiopian Israelis left 68 people injured and 43 arrested PM Netanyahu to meet with Ethiopian community leaders and IDF soldier Damas Pakada, recorded being beaten by police
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19 May: For second time in two weeks, protesters rally in Tel Aviv, calling for an end to discrimination against Ethiopians
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21 June: Thousands rally for peace at torched Galilee church
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22 June: Hundreds of Ethiopian Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv against the closure of an investigation against policeman who was videotaped beating a uniformed Ethiopian-Israeli soldier
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2 July: Israelis protest in Jerusalem against deadly Palestinian attacks
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1 August 2015: Thousands across Israel protest violence, incitement after arson attack that killed 18-month-old Palestinian Ali Saad Dawabsheh
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5 October 2015: Thousands protest at PM’s home demanding action on terror against Jews
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31 October 2015: 100,000 in Tel Aviv square marking 20 years since the assassination of
PM Yitzhak Rabin
October 2016:
11 October 2016: On the eve of Yom Kippur, Israeli groups unite across the country to call for aid for victims of six-year Assad's war against the Syrian people, with the involvement of rabbis and communal leaders under the banner 'The world is silent, we are not'
November 2016:
5 November 2016: As tens of thousands turn out to mark 21 years since Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, Netanyahu critizised after his coalition chairman denies the murder was political
January 2017:
21 January 2017: Thousands of Arab Israelis protest home demolitions, discrimination
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21 January 2017: Demonstrators gathered outside of the USA Embassy in Tel Aviv
as part of worldwide women’s marches
as hundreds of thousands massed in the USA’s capital Washington in a demonstration against sexism and sexual violence, calling for women's rights
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and in cities around the globe to send Donald Trump an emphatic message that they won’t let his agenda go unchallenged over the next four years
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23 January 2017: A celebratory Western Wall women’s prayer and Torah reading held by the 'Original Women of the Wall' group on Monday morning tested a recent interim order by the High Court, with mixed results
April/May 2017:
1 May 2017: Memorial ceremonies are held, families and friends visit the graves of loved ones, as some 1.5 million Israelis visit the nation’s 52 military cemeteries and hundreds of smaller military sections in civilian cemeteries on Memorial Day, which is also marked by candle lightings and the Israel media
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23 May 2017: Protesters outside USA consulate demonstrate against Donald Trump in Jerusalem, showing him that not everyone in Israel supports his visit, condemning his policies on healthcare, the environment, women’s rights, as well as his entanglements with Russian regime and Congress
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27 May 2017: Thousands of people participated in a pro-peace demonstration in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square, also saying '50 years is enough, peace now'
July 2017:
23 July 2017: Thousands of mourners gathered in the central Israeli city of Modiin, as the three members of the Salomon family who were murdered by a Palestinian terrorist in a deadly stabbing attack were laid to rest
December 2017:
3 December 2017: Tens of thousands of people rallied in protest in Tel Aviv against government corruption and new legislation that critics say is intended to shield PM Netanyahu from police investigations
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10 December 2017: Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday night to protest against corruption in PM Netanyahu's government
January 2018:
24 January 2018: Holocaust survivors and rabbis, as well as doctors and some airline pilots, are among the Israelis who say they will try to thwart Israel’s plan to deport thousands of African migrants, even if it means taking them into their own homes
February 2018:
6 February 2018: Hundreds of Israelis gathered in the settlement of Har Bracha in the northern West Bank for the funeral of Itamar Ben Gal, who was killed Monday in a stabbing attack
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24 February 2018: More than 20,000 African asylum seekers and Israelis protest in Tel Aviv against plan to deport asylum seekers
March 2018:
24 March 2018: Over 20,000 people rally in Tel Aviv in support of asylum seekers, as minister says job migrants will be sent away, kids and war refugees can stay
June 2018:
18 June 2018: Some 100 bus drivers from across the country demonstrated outside the government building in Tel Aviv in protest of authorities' inaction against the wave of violence against their fellow bus drivers
July 2018:
19 July 2018: Furious demonstrators blocked the motorcade of visiting Hungarian PM Orban outside the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial Thursday, protesting Orban's nationalistic policies and apparent embrace of Holocaust-era Nazi collaborator Horthy, who deported hundreds of thousands of Jews to their deaths, highlighting also rampant anger at PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s embrace of Orban
August 2018:
4 August 2018: An estimated 50,000-plus people, waving Israeli and Druze flags and calling for equality, gathered at Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square on Saturday night to demonstrate against the controversial Jewish nation-state law
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11/12 August 2018: Thousands of Israelis gathered at Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square on Saturday night to march in a protest, led by the Arab community, against the controversial nation-state law
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as PM Netanyahu says at Sunday's cabinet meeting that 'the protesters want to turn Israel into a Palestinian-Israeli state' but his government will not be satisfied with anything less than 'a complete cease-fire' with Gaza
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19 August 2018: South Israel residents march to demand quiet on Gaza border, calling on the government to act to ensure their security after months marred by rocket fire that has had them scrambling toward shelters on a regular basis, as well as incendiary kites and balloons that have torched thousands of acres of land
September 2018:
4 September 2018: Chanting 'we will not be silent and we will not agree to the selling of weapons'
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Israelis protest against Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte's visit to Israel as they stand outside the presidential compound in Jerusalem
October/November 2018:
20 October 2018: Demonstrators across Israel demand an end to violence against women, as activists in Jerusalem blocked the entrance to the Public Security Ministry, demanding action from the authorities amid outrage over recent spike in the number of murdered women
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3 November 2018: Thousands of people were in Tel Aviv at the annual memorial rally for slain PM Yitzhak Rabin
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25 November 2018: Hundreds rally in Tel Aviv to protest violence against women in an event marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
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30 November 2018: Women attended a rally protesting violence against women, following the murders of two young women, outside police headquarters in Tel Aviv on November 28, as dozens of women’s groups announce their intention to hold a strike next Tuesday in protest of the societal plague of violence against women
December 2018 protest over violence against women:
4 December 2018: Thousands strike to protest inaction over violence against women, as over 300 institutions, municipalities, schools, and groups join nationwide labor action after 24 women murdered since the start of the year
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and as protest is uniting women in Israel's Arab and Jewish communities
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4 December 2018: Some 30,000 demonstrators gathered in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square Tuesday evening to protest rising violence against women, calling for the authorities to take action
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as women across Israel went on strike with marches and other demonstrations
February 2019:
9 February 2019: In Tekoa southeast of Jerusalem several dozen people gathered at a central traffic circle to hold a vigil in memory of Ori Ansbacher, who was murdered by a Palestinian suspect in Jerusalem on Thursday, as the murder continued to send shockwaves through the country and vigils in her memory and rallies to protest the killing were taking place in Tekoa, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Hebron
March 2019:
26 March 2019: After projectiles were fired from the Gaza strip at southern Israel, protesters called for security, as head of the Eshkol Regional Council, Gadi Yarkoni, said locals would not accept a continuation of low-level violence such as incendiary balloon launches and rioting along the border fence
April 2019:
1 April 2019: Members of environmental protection group 'Greenpeace' hang banner opposite Brazilian president’s hotel urging him to stop destruction of Amazon rainforest, fundamental not only for the global climate, but also important for Brazil's economy, saying that the government of Bolsonaro poses a threat to the rainforest and its indigenous population
25 May 2019 protest agsint Netanyahu's immunity from prosecution:
25 May 2019: Thousands of protesters gathered on Saturday evening for a mass demonstration outside the Tel Aviv Museum against looming legislative efforts by the incoming coalition that would grant PM Benjamin Netanyahu immunity from prosecution and radically limit the powers of the Supreme Court
4 October 2019 Arab Israelis protest against deadly crime wave:
4 October 2019: Thousands of Arab Israelis march, block roads to protest deadly crime wave, as Joint List says society free of firearms should be shared goal
25 November 2019 'International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women' and 13-minute nationwide strike:
25 November 2019: Israelis marked the 'International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women' on Monday with a 13-minute nationwide strike in memory of 13 Israeli women killed by family members since the start of 2019, including three in the last month
30 November 2019 thousands demand Netanyahu’s resignation:
30 November 2019: Thousands demand Netanyahu’s resignation at Tel Aviv protest
27 February 2020 thousands rally for Israelis held in Gaza as families blast government inaction:
27 February 2020: Thousands rally for Israelis held in Gaza as families blast government inaction, and as father of slain soldier Hadar Goldin says in Beersheba, leadership 'has taken us to the polls three times but hasn’t done a thing’ to bring back Hadar, Oron Shaul or Abera Mengistu
19 March 2020 demonstrators protest Knesset closure:
19 March 2020: Demonstrators protest Knesset closure and the lack of oversight over government actions, as cops try to block convoy of cars from reaching capital, later arrest 5 outside parliament building, and as opposition leaders decry law enforcement’s actions as undemocratic
28 March 2020 demonstrators protest Gantz's decision to join a 'unity' government under Netanyahu:
28 March 2020: Demonstrators in the so-called black flag, symbolizing endangered Israeli democracy, movement drove on Saturday to the homes of Knesset members of Benny Gantz’s Israel 'Resilience party' to protest his shock decision Thursday to join a 'unity' government under Netanyahu, while breaking up the Blue and White alliance, as the protesters were also demanding that, coalition or not, party members continue to support action against corruption and against threats to democracy, also condemned by Israel's Supreme Court most recently on 27 March 2020
19 April 2020 Tel Aviv protest defending democray:
19 avril 2020: Des milliers d'Israéliens ont dénoncé dimanche soir à Tel-Aviv des menaces pesant sur la démocratie israélienne dans une manifestation qui s'est déroulée sur fond de tractations entre Netanyahu et Benny Gantz, en vue d'un gouvernement
25 April 2020 thousands protest in Tel Aviv and suburb of Haifa against coalition deal:
25 April 2020: Thousands protest in Tel Aviv against coalition deal, as demonstrators castigate Gantz for failing to prevent Netanyahu from obtaining leverage over the justice system that is trying him, and as people also demonstrated in Kiryat Tivon, a suburb of Haifa
1 May 2020 self-employed, independent workers rally in Tel Aviv demanding support:
1 May 2020: Hundreds of self-employed rally in Tel Aviv to demand government support, as small business owners, independent workers accuse officials of neglect as virus outbreak, restrictions crush economy
2 May 2020 protests against Netanyahu’s new coalition deal:
2 May 2020: Gathering for the third consecutive weekend in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square, an estimated 1,000-1,500 Israelis took to the streets in Tel Aviv on Saturday night, demonstrating against Netanyahu’s new coalition deal with his chief rival a day before the High Court of Justice is to begin debating a series of legal challenges to the agreement
19 May 2020 protest in Tel Aviv over wave of violence toward women:
19 May 2020: 1,000 protest in Tel Aviv over wave of violence toward women, as demonstrators demand government do more to tackle issue after 3 women killed by partners in past month
24 May 2020 protesters call for Netanyahu to resign in light of criminal charges:
24 May 2020: As PM Netanyahu’s trial opens in Jerusalem protesters called for Netanyahu to resign in light of the criminal allegations of bribery, fraud and breach of trust being presented in court, decrying attacks on the justice system by Netanyahu and his supporters
June 2020 thousands rally in Tel Aviv against violence toward women:
1 June 2020: Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against violence toward women, demanding government release budgeted NIS 250 million for preventative programs during protest, coming as Welfare Ministry reports spike in complaints of domestic violence
2 July 2020 social workers' strike and demonstrations:
2 July 2020: Social workers demonstrate across the country, threaten strike next week, as union says members will not supply any services next Monday in protest of workload, low wages and constant danger, also accusing Finance Ministry of indifference
6 July 2020 protesting working conditions social workers launch open-ended strike:
6 July 2020: Protesting working conditions, social workers launch open-ended strike, as Union has long complained of unreasonable workload, with low salaries and the constant danger of violence, and after a last-ditch Zoom meeting between representatives of the Israel Union of Social Workers and the Finance Ministry held on Sunday evening failed to avert the threatened work stoppage, which will halt the provision of social services to vulnerable Israelis for the foreseeable future
11/12 July 2020 thousands demand action at Tel Aviv protest against economic policy amid rising unemployment:
11 July 2020: Thousands of Israelis descended on Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to protest peacefully against the Israeli government’s handling of the economic crisis caused by the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, and what they say is insufficient aid offered to small business owners, as some protesters did take direct issue with PM’s leadership and his coalition government, and as unemployment in Israel is at some 21% and is rising
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12 July 2020: Hundreds block roads, clash with police in Tel Aviv after economic protests, as cops arrest 19 demonstrators, use riders on horseback and pepper spray to disperse crowds, after jobless Israelis said government promises of financial support in recent months through grants, unemployment stipends and various other aid mechanisms have in some cases failed to come through and in others proven woefully inadequate in addressing their plight
13 July 2020 nurses threaten general strike over manpower shortage:
13 July 2020: As covid-19 cases surge, nurses threaten general strike over manpower shortage, with more than 750 nurses in quarantine, and as need for personnel is rising as covid-19 wards reopen in pandemic’s second wave
15 July 2020 50 protesters arrested demanding Netanyahu's resignation over his corruption charges:
15 July 2020: Some 50 protesters were arrested following clashes with police at a thousands-strong rally in Jerusalem demanding that PM Netanyahu resign over his corruption charges
17 July 2020 Demonstrators again urging PM to resign over corruption allegations:
17 July 2020: Hundreds demonstrate against Netanyahu near his official residence, again urging PM in calm gathering to resign over corruption allegations
18/19 July 2020 in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv thousands rail against Netanyahu and covid-19 policies:
18 July 2020: In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, thousands rail against Netanyahu and covid-19 policies
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19 July 2020: Netanyahu corruption trial resumes as Israeli PM faces protests and fights public discontent after surge in covid-19 cases, and as witness testimony looms
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19 July 2020: Israel’s social workers protest nation-wide, entering the third week of a strike in which they are demanding improved pay and working conditions
20 July 2020 nurses launch strike in protest of staff shortages:
20 July 2020: Nurses launch general strike in protest of staff shortages, after talks fail, as hospitals and health clinics nationwide to offer reduced services, with exceptions in urgent cases and responses to covid-19
22 July 2020 social workers end strike after Israel's treasury agrees to raise wages:
22 July 2020: Israel’s social workers ended their strike, which lasted more than two weeks, protesting the collapse of social services, a huge caseload of hundreds of families per worker, low pay and unsafe working conditions, after the Finance Ministry backed down from its refusal to raise salaries on Wednesday
25 July 2020 anti-Netanyahu protesters attacked by violent persons:
25 July 2020: After rally of thousands of Israelis angry at government corruption, the handling of covid-19 crisis, anti-Netanyahu protesters were attacked, as demonstrators say assailants tore objects from their hands, spit at them, cursed and threatened them following anti-government demonstration in Jerusalem, as small counter-protest of Netanyahu supporters was held nearby. and as among those who came out were members of the 'La Familia Beitar Jerusalem soccer hooligan club', associated with fascist and racist elements, as Channel 13’s video shows group singing a song in praise of Yitzhak Rabin assassin Yigal Amir
25/26 July 2020 after criticism police wait before dispersing Jerusalem protesters:
25 July 2020: Protest organizers say will go to High Court unless police stop water cannon use, as activists say police must signal lack of intention to use high-powered water jets or matter will go before judges, also saying 'use actually endangers the demonstrators and has in recent days led to severe injuries to them, including direct injuries to the head and other organs from direct fire', after rights group has highlighted the use of water cannons by law enforcement as posing a danger to demonstrators around the globe, most recently in Hong Kong and in South Korea, where an activist died from injuries
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26 July 2020: Thousands of demonstrators remained in square after 11 p.m. on Saturday, but two hours later police used force and deployed water cannons to disperse final hundreds calling for Netanyahu’s resignation, following controversy over the deployment of water cannons to disperse demonstrators critizising Netanyahu
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26 July 2020: Police deploying water cannons against anti-Netanyahu protesters have been violating internal rules against hitting demonstrators’ heads with jet spray, 'Haaretz' says
26 July 2020 violent attacks on anti-Netanyahu protesters across country:
26 July 2020: Several violent attacks on anti-Netanyahu protesters reported across country
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26 July 2020: Three arrested around country for violent attacks on anti-Netanyahu protesters, including pepper-spraying and a stabbing, as also Benny Gantz, Gabi Ashkenzai and Amir Peretz condemned the attacks on protesters and called for police to investigate the incidents
26 July 2020 alleged stabber of anti-Netanyahu protester to remain in custody:
26 July 2020: Alleged stabber Felix Eliav of an anti-Netanyahu protester in southern Israel on Saturday will remain in custody for two more days, a court rules
30 July 2020 some 2,000 rally against Netanyahu in Jerusalem, rival protests dispersed by police:
30 July 2020: Some 2,000 people gathered at an anti-Netanyahu protest outside his official residence in Jerusalem amid fears of violence days after violent activists attacked demonstrators, as now rival protests dispersed, pro-fascist activists arrested, after police deploy in force to prevent these Netanyahu backers from attacking
2 August 2020 thousands in Jerusalem and across the country call for Netanyahu’s resignation:
2 August 2020: An estimated 10,000 people packed Jerusalem’s Paris Square Saturday night to call for Netanyahu’s resignation, in the largest-yet rally by a burgeoning anti-government movement that has brought activists, many of them young and newly politically active, to the streets, as more protests were held across the country
21 August 2020 some 5,000 people gathered to protest against Netanyahu:
21 August 2020: Some 5,000 people gathered Friday to protest against Netanyahu, outside his official residence in Jerusalem, calling on him to resign, as this week saw a larger than usual turnout, which organizers attributed to police on Thursday forcibly clearing a sit-in of anti-Netanyahu protesters
23 August 2020 senior officer was filmed shoving anti-Netanyahu protesters:
23 August 2020: Senior officer who was filmed shoving anti-Netanyahu protesters interrogated, as Meretz MK says at least one demonstrator was hit by Jerusalem chief superintendent Niso Guetta without provocation, and as PIID opened a probe after senior police officer appeared to assault at least two protesters
30 August 2020 nationwide protests against Netanyahu on Saturday:
30 August 2020: Thousands of Israelis took part in nationwide protests against Netanyahu on Saturday evening, with the largest gathering taking place in Jerusalem, where 37,000 participants were counted and where two men were arrested after one of them allegedly brandished what appeared to be a gun at demonstrators
6 September 2020 thousands of Israelis protested against PM Netanyahu:
6 September 2020: Thousands of Israelis protested outside the official residence of PM Netanyahu on Saturday night, pressing ahead with a months-long campaign demanding he resign
12 September 2020 thousands of Israelis protest against PM Netanyahu:
12 September 2020: Thousands of Israelis protested against PM Netanyahu on Saturday for the 12th straight week, with anti-corruption demonstrators being joined by business owners raging against the potential damage of a looming country-wide lockdown
21 September 2020 11 using exemption from new restrictions first major anti-Netanyahu protest:
21 September 2020: While protests are exempt from the new restrictions on movement, gatherings, and businesses, first major anti-Netanyahu protest under new lockdown, as thousands rally outside premier’s Jerusalem residence for weekly demonstration against corruption and government handling of pandemic, and as teacher and resident of 'Kibbutz Tzuba' Yiftach Yogev told 'The Times of Israel' at the protest that he was concerned about the effects the lockdown would have on his students, saying that some kind of lockdown was necessary, but that the government was failing to manage the crisis in a way that protected ordinary people
3 October 2020 tens of thousands protest Netanyahu across Israel:
3 October 2020: Tens of thousands protest Netanyahu across Israel, activists assaulted and arrested
18 October 2020 tens of thousands around the country called for Netanyahu’s removal:
18 October 2020: Some 260,000 anti-government protesters according to organizers were attacked at several locations Saturday night, as tens of thousands in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and around the country called for PM Netanyahu’s removal
22 October 2020 demonstrators take to streets demanding that the government take action to address violence against women:
22 October 2020: After two women murdered in single day, demonstrators take to streets throughout the country to demand that the government take action to address violence against women
22 October 2020 protests against PM Netanyahu held throughout the country:
22 October 2020: Thousands demonstrate against government in Tel Aviv, Haifa, as hundreds of smaller protests held throughout the country, and in addition, several hundred self-employed Israelis rally against government’s economic policies in Tel Aviv
24 October 2020 demonstrators opposing PM Netanyahu rally throughout the country for 18th week:
24 October 2020: Clashes, arrests in Jerusalem as many thousands protest against PM Netanyahu across the country, as organizers claim 170,000 take part amid several reports of violence against activists with suspects arrested, as there were several reports of violence toward protesters including in Haifa, Holon and Tel Aviv
10 November 2020 demonstrators in Tel Aviv protest against cuts in pensions:
10 November 2020: Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to protest the cuts in pensions, saying 'this is while the ministers are supposed to receive a salary increase of NIS 6,500 every month'
28/29 November 2020 several thousand attend protests against PM in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Caesaria:
28 November 2020: Several thousand attend protests against PM in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Caesaria, calling for his resignation for the 23rd week
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29 November 2020: Senior cop indicted for beating protesters at anti-Netanyahu rally, as chief superintendent Niso Guetta charged with assault after damning footage showed him 'forcefully striking’ demonstrator and photographer
December 2020 demonstrating against Netanyahu has become more and more dangerous in recent months:
8 December 2020: Hundreds of anti-Netanyahu protesters were attacked, as demonstrating against Netanyahu has become more and more dangerous in recent months, and as 'Haaretz' reports some of their stories
25 December 2020 thousands march to honor Israeli woman murdered in suspected terror attack:
25 December 2020: Thousands march to honor Israeli woman murdered in suspected terror attack, as Samaria Regional Council chairman calls on PM to announce new construction in Tal Menashe, the West Bank settlement where Esther Horgen lived
2 January 2021 thousands protest PM in Jerusalem and across Israel:
2 January 2021: Thousands protest PM in Jerusalem determined to take rallies into new year, as weekly demonstrations held across nation, as car drives into protesters, nearly hitting them, and as 11 arrested in earlier scuffles with police
10 January 2021 protests in Jerusalem and around Israel against Netanyahu trial deferral:
10 January 2021: Demonstrators protest in Jerusalem and other locations around Israel against Netanyahu trial deferral, following the decision by the Jerusalem District Court to postpone the hearing set down for this Wednesday of the corruption cases against the PM, also calling for an investigation into Netanyahu's role in alleged corruption in the procurement of submarines
20 February 2021 anti-Netanyahu protest group says it’s holding rallies despite harsh weather:
20 February 2021: Demonstrators are calling for the premier’s resignation due to his indictment on corruption charges, as well as for his handling of the pandemic and its economic fallout
Society, demographics, culture and human rights in Israel:
Israeli society
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Human rights in Israel
Districts, regional and local councils in Israel:
Districts
of Israel
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Regional council
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Local councils
in Israel
6
main administrative districts
and 15
sub-districts
of Israel:
6 main administrative districts of Israel, known in Hebrew as mehozot, and 15 sub-districts known as nafot, as each sub-district is further divided into cities, municipalities, and regional councils it contains
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Jerusalem District
, one of six administrative districts of Israel, with the district capital of Jerusalem, having a land area of 652 km² and a population of 1,083,300 citizens in 2016 including 65.6% Jewish and 32.8% Arab inhabitants, as a fifth of 21% of the Arabs in Israel live in the Jerusalem District
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Central District of Israel
, including most of the Sharon region and further divided into the 4 sub-districts of Petah Tikva, Ramla, Sharon, and Rehovot, with a population of 2,115,800 citizens in 2017, including 88% Jewish, 8.2% Arab, and 4% 'non-classified' citizens, being mostly former Soviet Union immigrants of partial or nominal Jewish ethnic heritage or household members of Jews
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Haifa District
surrounding the capital city of Haifa in Israel, as the district land area is 864 km2 and its total population includes 996,300 citizens with 684,100 (68.6%) Jews and 213,400 (21.4%) Muslims in 2017
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Judea and Samaria Area
(Hebrew 'Ezor Yehuda VeShomron'), the Israeli government term for the administrative district encompassing Israeli-occupied West Bank excluding East Jerusalem, for some statistical purposes grouped together by Israeli authorities with the Districts of Israel, although parts of the international community consider
the West Bank (former kingdoms of Israel and Judah) to be a territory held by Israel under military occupation
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Population statistics for Israeli settlements in the West Bank
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Northern District
with a land area of 4,478 km² and a total population of 1,390,900 citizens including Jews, Muslims, Druze and Arab Christians, as the district capital is Nof HaGalil and the largest city is Nazareth
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Southern District
, the largest in terms of land area but the most sparsely populated, covering most of the Negev desert, as well as the Arava valley, as the population of the Southern District include 1,086,240 (79.66% Jewish, 12.72% Arab mostly Muslim, 7.62% others) citizens, and as the district capital is Beersheba, while the largest city is Ashdod
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Tel Aviv District
, the smallest and most densely populated district of Israel with a population of 1.35 million residents, including 98.9% Jewish, 1.10% Arab (0.7% Muslim and 0.4% Christian) citizens in 2016
Cities in Israel:
Cities in Israel
Jerusalem city:
Jerusalem city
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Geography of Jerusalem
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Neighbourhoods of Jerusalem
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List of places in Jerusalem
Economy of Jerusalem:
Economy of Jerusalem
Demographics, culture and education in Jerusalem:
Demographic history of Jerusalem
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Jerusalem culture
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Education in Jerusalem
Schools in Jerusalem:
Schools in Jerusalem
Universities and colleges in Jerusalem:
Universities and colleges in Jerusalem
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Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, established in 1918 the university has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot, and is home of the world's largest Jewish studies library
Museums and libraries in Jerusalem:
Museums in Jerusalem
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Libraries in Jerusalem
Yad Vashem, Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust:
Yad Vashem is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust located on the western slope of Mount Herzl on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem
July 2019:
11 July 2019: Yad Vashem has changed two of its key prayers for Holocaust Remembrance Day — the Yizkor prayer and El Maleh Rahamim — to include Jewish victims from North Africa, after anti-Semitic legislation was imposed on the 415,000 Jews of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia following the establishment of the Vichy regime in France during German occupation, after thousands of Libyan Jews were taken to concentration camps, and Baghdad’s pro-German government didn’t prevent attacks on the Iraqi Jewish community
Since the 4th millennium BCE history of Jerusalem:
History
of
Jerusalem since the 4th millennium BCE
Ancient and archaeological sites in Jerusalem:
Ancient sites in Jerusalem
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Archaeological sites in Jerusalem
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Temple Mount
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Archaeological remnants of the Jerusalem Temple
February 2016:
1 February 2016: Historic deal allows men and women to pray together at Western Wall
March 2019:
17 March 2019: Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court said the building known as the Gate of Mercy or Golden Gate on the Temple Mount and at the center of rising tensions in recent weeks, should be closed while legal proceedings continue
January 2020 2,000 years old Jerusalem measurement table found:
6 janvier 2020: Des archéologues israéliens ont dévoilé une table de mesure datant de 2000 ans, attestant selon eux de la présence d'un marché antique près du Mont du Temple, lieu sacré du judaïsme, à Jérusalem
May 2020 two-millennia-old subterranean housing system uncovered near the Western Wall:
19 May 2020: A singular two-millennia-old subterranean system of three rooms has been uncovered near the Western Wall, as the three-room complex — painstakingly chiseled by hand out of bedrock prior to the fall of Jerusalem in 70 CE — is the first evidence of everyday life gone underground in the ancient city
Timeline of Jerusalem:
Timeline of Jerusalem since 4500–3500 BCE
C.1000-586 BC Solomon's Temple and First Temple period:
Since the construction of Solomon's Temple First Temple period c.1000-586 BC
516 BCE - 70 CE second Temple period:
Second Temple and
Second Temple period between 516 BCE and 70 CE
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Jerusalem during the Second Temple, the history of the city from the return to Zion under Cyrus the Great to the 70 CE siege of Jerusalem by Titus during the First Jewish–Roman War, which saw both region and city change hands several times
130-638 'Aelia Capitolina' Roman colony:
130-638 'Aelia Capitolina' Roman colony, built under the emperor Hadrian on the site of Jerusalem, which was in ruins following the siege of 70 AD
636–637 Siege of Jerusalem, captured by the Rashidun Caliphate:
636–637 Siege of Jerusalem, captured by the Rashidun Caliphate
1099-1291 'Kingdom of Jerusalem':
1099-1291 'Kingdom of Jerusalem', a crusader state established in the Southern Levant after the First Crusade
November-December 1917 Battle of Jerusalem:
November-December 1917 Battle of Jerusalem against the Ottoman Empire during World War I fought by 'Central Powers' of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria and 'Allied Powers', the coalition that opposed the Central Powers during the war 1914–1918
1947-1948 Battle for Jerusalem:
1947-1948 Battle for Jerusalem during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine, as Jewish and Arab populations of Mandatory Palestine and later the Israeli and Jordanian armies fought for control of Jerusalem, in the aftermath of World War II and the genocide during the war in which Nazi Germany, aided by local collaborators, systematically murdered some six million European Jews between 1941 and 1945
Since June 1967 Reunification of Jerusalem:
6 June 1967 Battle of Ammunition Hill, a fortified Jordanian military post in the northern part of East Jerusalem and the site of one of the fiercest battles of the Six-Day War in 1967
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Since June 1967 Reunification of Jerusalem refers to the June 1967 administrative merger of West Jerusalem and East Jerusalem by Israel, following the conquest of the Eastern half of the city (including the walled Old City) from Jordan during the Six Day War
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30 July 1980 Jerusalem Law, a common name of 'Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel' passed by the Knesset
May/June 2015:
13 May 2015: 75% of east Jerusalem residents live below poverty line, NGO says
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4 June 2015: Police used stun grenades to disperse hundreds of Palestinians who were protesting against annual Israeli light festival at the Old City of Jerusalem
June 2016:
22 June 2016: Four out of five East Jerusalemites live in poverty as separation wall cited as key reason for growing impoverishment, along with the upsurge in violence and lack of welfare benefits
October/November 2018 municipal election in Jerusalem:
October/November 2018 municipal election in Jerusalem
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4 October 2018: Mayoral hopeful Berkovitch says he’ll rid Jerusalem of 'Haredi extortion’, as youngest candidate in the race, as one of just three longtime Jerusalem residents, and as founder of the Hitorerut social movement, vowing to clean up city, advance coexistence initiatives
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12 November 2018: Hasidic religious leaders in Jerusalem ordered their followers to refrain from voting in Tuesday’s mayoral runoff, splitting the ultra-Orthodox vote in a maneuver seen as buoying candidate Ofer Berkovitch and placing him neck-and-neck with front-runner Moshe Lion, who has the backing of much of the ultra-Orthodox community in the capital and the endorsements of both the Haredi Shas and Degel HaTorah factions
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On 13 November 2018, Lion won the run-off election with 50.85% of the vote to Berkovitch's 49.15%
April 2019 Israeli legislative election:
10 April 2019: With 97.4% of votes counted, in Jerusalem Likud came out top with 24.76% of the city’s votes, United Torah Judaism came in second with 23.16%, Aryeh Deri’s Shas party took third place with 13.73%, and Blue and White only garnered 11.76% of the votes
20 January 2020 Jerusalem mayor invites Holocaust Forum attendees to cocktail party with 'live music':
20 January 2020: Jerusalem mayor Moshe Leon invites Holocaust Forum attendees, commemorating 75th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation, to cocktail party, complete with DJ, a 'one-of-a-kind' event including an 'oriental Jerusalem dinner' with 'live music' and an 'after-party' in 'one of Jerusalem's most magical locations' used frequently in recent years for musical
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21 January 2020 10,000 police officers deployed as delegations of kings, presidents, and war criminals visit to mark liberation of the Auschwitz:
21 January 2020: Some 10,000 police officers will be deployed throughout Jerusalem and the highways leading to it later this week, and many streets will be closed, as 47 delegations of kings, presidents, and war criminals visit Israel 'to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp'
1 January 2021 20 arrested during protest against killing of Israeli teen in West Bank:
1 January 2021: About 20 demonstrators were arrested on Thursday night in Jerusalem, as widespread clashes erupted during protests over the death of Ahuvia Sandak, an Israeli teen who died in a car chase with police after being suspected of throwing stones at Palestinians in the West Bank, and as police say protesters threw stones and eggs at them
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1 January 2021: Jewish extremists violently attack Arab car amid riots, as mob hurls rocks and other objects in Jerusalem ambush, and as police cars and infrastructure also damaged in latest night of far-right unrest over death of Ahuvia Sandak
Tel Aviv city:
Tel Aviv city
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History of Tel Aviv
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Economy of Tel Aviv, a hub of business and scientific research
Timeline of Tel Aviv:
Timeline of Tel Aviv
1917 Tel Aviv and Jaffa deportation by the Ottoman Empire:
April 1917 Tel Aviv and Jaffa deportation, the forcible deportation of the entire civilian populations of Jaffa and Tel Aviv by the Ottoman Empire's authorities in Palestine
21st century in Tel Aviv:
21st century in Tel Aviv
January 2019 Assad regime's threats against Tel Aviv:
24 January 2019: After Assad regime’s envoy to the UN threatened that the regime could attack Ben Gurion International Airport outside Tel Aviv, Israeli defense forces take precautionary measure of setting up additional air defenses in central and southern Israel, as shots fired at IDF troops on Syrian border overnight
Since April 2020 closures of cities in Israel in response to covid-19:
Since April 2020 closures of cities and neighborhoods in Israel in response to covid-19
13 October 2020 Tel Aviv shoe store owner ruined by covid-19 lockdowns gives it all away:
13 October 2020: In a final act of desperation, a Tel Aviv shoe store owner, bankrupted by two covid-19 lockdowns, shut down his store, emptying his merchandise onto the sidewalk for passersby to scavenge through, and highlighting the struggles and pain of small business owners in Israel who have been hit by lockdowns and received little or no assistance from the government
Haifa city and metropolitan area:
Haifa city
, a major seaport located on Israel's Mediterranean coastline in the Bay of Haifa, a mixed city of Jews and Arab citizens of Israel and the third-largest city in Israel with a population of 281,087 in 2017, forming part of the Haifa metropolitan area
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Haifa metropolitan area
Economy of Haifa:
Economy of Haifa
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Companies based in Haifa
Transport in Haifa:
Transport in Haifa
Port of Haifa:
Port of Haifa, the largest of Israel's three major international seaports (the others being the Port of Ashdod and the Port of Eilat), having a natural deep-water harbor which operates all year long, and serving both passenger and merchant ships, also one of the largest ports in the eastern Mediterranean
History of Haifa:
History of Haifa, first mentioned in Talmudic literature around the 3rd century CE, as a small fishing village and the home of Rabbi Avdimos and other Jewish scholars
Education in Haifa:
Education in Haifa
Since 1963 University of Haifa:
Since 1963 University of Haifa, located on Mount Carmel in Haifa, as university has the largest university library in Israel with approximately 18,000 students enrolled in 2019, and as among Israeli higher education institutions the University of Haifa has the largest percentage (41%) of Arab-Israeli students
27 December 2020 stone found in Israel is oldest known tool used for 'delicate’ abrading:
27 December 2020: Stone found in Israel is oldest known tool in world used for 'delicate’ abrading, as archaeologists determine that 350,000-year-old cobble was used by hominids as they worked on soft materials at Mount Carmel site, a University of Haifa research team said in a press release
Rishon LeZion city:
Rishon LeZion
, the fourth largest city in Israel with a population of 249,860 inhabitants in 2017, located along the central Israeli coastal plain, part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area, and founded in 1882 by Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire
Beersheba city:
Beersheba city
, the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel and the center of the fourth most populous metropolitan area in Israel with a population of 209,687 inhabitants, and the second largest city after Jerusalem with a total area of 117,500 dunams
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Neighborhoods of Beersheba
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Since 1969 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, a public research university in Beersheba
Economy, demography and transport in Beersheba:
Demography, economy and transport in Beersheba
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Transport in Beersheba, as city of Beersheba occupies a central role in southern Israel and the Negev, situated on important national routes reaching down to the far southern port of Eilat, while Be'er Sheva is also home to a population of 195,000 citizens, with an estimated metro population at over 500,000 making it one of the largest cities in Israel, as much of the cities high-tech industry is concentrated in the center of the city, with Industrial estates existing in the south of the city, and both of these areas are thus extensively served
23 August 2020 pharmaceuticals company shedding 350 employees at Teva Tech in Ramat Hovav:
23 August 2020: Israeli Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced that it is laying off 350 employees at its plant in Ramat Hovav in the Negev near Beersheva, as layoffs will be implemented over the next 18 months
Timeline and history of Beersheba:
History and timeline of Beersheba
Since 10th century BCE and Hebrew Bible:
Since 8th–7th centuries BCE Hebrew Bible Abraham's well, a historical water well in Beersheba, associated with the biblical narrative of Abraham, and located near the Old City of Beersheba and a wadi, Nahal Be'er Sheva, on the road to Eilat, described by Edward Robinson in 1838
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Tel Be'er Sheva, an archaeological site in southern Israel believed to be the remains of the biblical town of Beersheba, located east of the modern city of Beersheba
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and dating to the early Israelite period around the 10th century BCE, probably chosen due to the abundance of water, as evidenced by the numerous wells in the area dug by Abraham and Isaac when they arrived there, according to the Hebrew Bible
Since 64-63 BC Judea province, since 634–638 Muslim conquest and destruction:
Around 64-63 BC Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus made Be'er Sheva the southern part of the Judea province, then part of the limes belt, later becoming the center of an eparchy in around 268, as the last inhabitants of Tel Be'er Sheva were the Byzantines, who abandoned the city during the Muslim conquest of the Levant, as Muslims destroyed the city that remained abandoned until the late 19th century
October 1917 Battle of Beersheba beginning WWI's Southern Palestine Offensive of the Sinai and Palestine campaign:
October 1917 Battle of Beersheba, when the British Empire's Egyptian Expeditionary Force captured the Yildirim Army Group garrison at Beersheba, beginning the Southern Palestine Offensive of the Sinai and Palestine campaign of German, Austrian and Ottoman empires' World War I 1914-1918, as German general von Kressenstein was commander of the three divisions of the Fourth Army
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October 1917 Battle of el Buqqar Ridge, when infantry and cavalry troops of the Yildirim Army Group, attacked the 8th Mounted Brigade of EEF in the last days of the stalemate in Southern Palestine during the Sinai and Palestine campaign of World War I
October 1948 Battle of Beersheba:
October 1948 Battle of Beersheba, an Israeli offensive on Beersheba that opened a land corridor from the Negev desert to the rest of Israel in the Battles of the Separation Corridor, having both military and political significance
Since October 1948 Beersheba rapidly settled by new immigrants and survivors of The Holocaust:
Since October 1948, after being taken by Israeli troops, Beersheba was rapidly settled by new immigrants and survivors of The Holocaust and has since developed as the administrative, cultural, and industrial centre of the Negev. It is one of the largest cities in Israel outside of metropolitan Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Haifa
Since 1959 Soroka University Medical Center:
Since 1959 Soroka University Medical Center, part of the Clalit Health Services Group, the only hospital in the Negev and located in the city of Beersheba, serving as the central hospital of the region
Since 1969 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev:
Since 1969 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, a public research university in Beersheba
Since 2008 Australian Soldier Park in Beersheba:
Since 2008 Australian Soldier Park in Beersheba, dedicated to the memory of the Australian Light Horse regiments, that captured the town from the Ottoman (and German) Empire in 1917 during World War I
October 2015 Beersheva bus station shooting:
18 October 2015, when gunman Muhand al-Okabi shot and killed the 19-year-old Israeli soldier Omri Levy in a bus station in Beersheba, then took his automatic rifle and fired into a crowd, and then was killed by security personnel
Nazareth city:
Nazareth city
, the largest city in the Northern District of Israel with a population of 77,064 inhabitants in 2018, predominantly Arab citizens of Israel
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Demographics of Nazareth and demographic history
Economy of Nazareth:
Economy of Nazareth, hosting over 20 Arab-owned high-tech companies, mostly in the field of software development
History and timeline of Nazareth:
History of Nazareth
Since 8,000 BCE Nazareth in 'Stone Age':
November 2003: Archaeological investigations near Nazareth have revealed that the area was a major cult center 8,000 years BCE
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A funerary and cult center at Kfar HaHoresh, about 3.2 km from current Nazareth, dates back roughly 9,000 years to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B era
1980s–2010s modern period:
Modern period 1980s–2010s
September 2019 wave of killings:
23 September 2019: Wave of killings continues as man shot dead in Nazareth, as more than 60 Arab Israelis have been murdered so far in 2019, and as joint Arab list politician promises legislative action to stem violence, saying 'we have no choice but to bring security back to the streets and live life in a society without firearms'
Karmiel city:
Karmiel city
in northern Israel
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established in 1964 as a development town, located in the Beit HaKerem Valley which divides upper and lower Galilee, and with a population of 46,252 citizens in 2019
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Municipal Sites of Karmiel
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Demographics of Karmiel
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Education, healthcare and culture of Karmiel
Economy of Karmiel:
Industrie und Verkehr der Stadt Karmi’el, deren Industriegebiet unter anderem Textil- und Baugewerbe, Plastik-, Holz-, Eisen- und Stahlverarbeitung, sowie Hi-Tech Firmen beherbergt, die sich hier niedergelassen haben und sowohl den jüdischen Einwohnern als auch den arabischen Nachbarn Arbeit bieten, wobei etwa 80 Firmen und Werkstätten ca. 8000 Angestellte beschäftigen (Stand 24. Januar 2021)
History of Karmiel:
History of Karmiel, as since the beginning of 1990 Karmiel has absorbed about 20,000 immigrants, most of them from the Soviet Republic, as about 60% of the residents are native Israelis and veteran immigrants, and as about 40% of the residents are immigrants from 75 countries around the world
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The Amphitheater of Karmiel
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Yad LeBanim Memorial Hall for Fallen Soldiers
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'From Holocaust to Resurrection' Statue Site
Since 1964 timeline of Karmiel's history:
Timeline and milestones in Karmiel's history since 1964, when on 10 September 1964 the first 16 families moved into their apartments
Eilat city:
Eilat city
, Israel's southernmost city with a population of 51,935 inhabitants in 2018, and a busy port and popular resort at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on what is known in Israel as the Gulf of Eilat and in Jordan as the Gulf of Aqaba, also considered a tourist destination for domestic and international tourists
Economy of Eilat:
Economy of Eilat
History and timeline of Eilat:
History of Eilat
March 1949 Israel's Operation Uvda:
In March 1949 Israel launched Operation Uvda, the last military maneuver of the Arab-Israeli War, reaching the shores of the Red Sea in the area of biblical Elath and captured it without a battle, formally granted to Israel with the 1949 Armistice Agreements
Since 2005 rocket attacks on Eilat and Aqaba:
Since 2005 rocket attacks on Eilat and Aqaba
May 2020 Eilat emergency program to save the city amid covid-19:
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19 May 2020: Employment Service and the Eilat Municipality are launching an emergency program to save the city of Eilat, which has been critically hit by the covid-19 crisis, as the rate of unemployment in the city reached 45.6% at the end of April, which compares with a national average of 26%
Dimona city in the Negev desert:
Dimona city
in the Negev desert, 30 kilometres to the south-east of Beersheba and 35 kilometres west of the Dead Sea above the Arava valley in the Southern District of Israel, with a population of 34,500 citizens in 2019
Economy of Dimona:
Economy of Dimona, as about a third of the city's population works in industrial workplaces (chemical plants near the Dead Sea like the Dead Sea Works, high-tech companies and textile shops), and another third in the area of services, as due to the introduction of new technologies many workers have been made redundant in the recent years, creating a total unemployment rate of about 10%, and as Dimona has taken part of Israel's solar transformation
Since 1950s history and timeline of Dimona:
History and timeline of Dimona, one of the development towns created in the 1950s
Since 1960s Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center:
Since 1960s Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center (formerly the Negev Nuclear Research Center), an Israeli nuclear installation in the Negev desert 13 kilometers south-east of the city of Dimona, as in August 2018 it was renamed after the late president, PM of Israel, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shimon Peres
Since 2005 Dimona railway station:
Since 2005 Dimona railway station on a 35-kilometre long line between Dimona and Beersheba, with a separate operating line within Israel Railways, as the track carries on beyond the actual town itself to mines and freight yards
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Railway to Beersheba, a railroad line that runs from central Israel to the Zin Factories (Mount Zin) in southern Israel, with a spur and branch lines to Ramat Hovav, the Arad phosphate mines and factories in Tzefa, and a connection to the Ashkelon–Beersheba railway, part of the main line of Israel Railways, of which the northern starting point of the line designated as the 'line to Beersheba'
February 2008 Dimona suicide bombing attack carried out by Hamas:
4 February 2008 Dimona bombing, a suicide attack carried out in by Hamas terrorists, as one Israeli woman was killed in the attack while nine other people were injured, the first 'successful' suicide attack against Israeli civilians since the Eilat bakery bombing on 29 January 2007
October 2008 Israel-Dimona will install radar antennae to bolster its defence measures against Iran:
3 October 2008: Israel will install two massive radar antennae near the Dimona nuclear plant to bolster its defence measures against Iran, the Maariv newspaper reported
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Dimona Radar Facility designed to track ballistic missiles through space and provide ground-based missiles with the targeting data needed to intercept them
30 December 2020 Dimona project part of plan to add tens of megawatts of solar-driven energy:
30 December 2020: In a step toward greenness, Israel Chemicals Ltd, which operates some of the country’s most polluting facilities, is to build a 5.5 MW solar power plant in Mishor Rotem, an industrial area east of Dimona in the Negev desert in the coming months, as project is part of a broader plan to add tens of megawatts of solar-driven energy to its worldwide operations by 2030, that will supply all the energy needs of Dead Sea Periclase Ltd making magnesium products and will carry out experiments to store solar energy in its bromine-based batteries, the company said
Umm al-Fahm city:
Umm al-Fahm city
, located 20 kilometres northwest of Jenin in the Haifa District of Israel, and the social, cultural and economic center for residents of the Wadi Ara and Triangle regions, with a population of 54,240 mostly Arab citizens of Israel
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Economy and local government of Umm al-Fahm
Timeline of Umm al-Fahm city:
History and timeline of Umm al-Fahm city
April 2004:
19 April 2004: First step for 'Palestinian Art and Culture Museum' in Umm al-Fahm
March 2011:
10 March 2011: Israel to get first museum of Arab art and culture, as living testimonies from century of conflict will form basis for $30m museum in Israeli-Arab city of Umm al-Fahm
September 2018:
16 September 2018: A musical performance by a mixed-gender band in the Arab Israeli city of Umm al-Fahm was targeted by people throwing firebombs, after the show had drawn opposition from conservative religious leaders
February 2019:
9 February 2019: Hundreds of mourners in Umm al-Fahm attended the funeral on Saturday of Israeli student at Izmir university Siwar Keblawi, suspected of being murdered in Turkey by her family, after police pieced together evidence and believe she jumped from the balcony in an attempt to escape her brother and father and was murdered shortly thereafter
23 January 2021 Arab Israeli citizen shot dead on his way home from a protest against violent crime:
23 January 2021: Arab Israeli man Muhammed Nasser Aghbariah shot dead on his way home from a protest against violent crime in the northern city of Umm al-Fahm, the fourth person in his family to be murdered in the last 18 months
Arab localities in Israel:
Arab localities in Israel
, including all population centers with a 50% or higher Arab population in Israel, as 158,900 Arabs live in the Central District, which has a total population of 1,931,000 citizens, 237,200 Arabs live in the Haifa District, which has a total population of 939,000 citizens, and as the majority of the Arab population in these areas live along or near the Green Line which separates Israel from the West Bank in an area known as the 'Triangle', split into the 'Northern Triangle' (or Wadi Ara) and the 'Southern Triangle'
Since 1948/1949 Arab citizens of Israel:
Since 1948/1949 Arab citizens of Israel
October 2000 riots:
October 2000 riots, also known as October 2000 events, were a series of protests in Arab cities and towns in northern Israel in October 2000 that turned violent, escalating into rioting by Israeli Arabs throughout Israel, which led to counter-rioting by Israeli Jews and clashes with the Israel Police and ending in the deaths of 13 Arab protestors
31 December 2020 Arab communities shattered as organized crime fuels record levels of bloodshed in 2020:
31 December 2020: Arab communities shattered as organized crime fuels record levels of bloodshed, and with illegal weaponry rampant in Israeli Arab towns, 2020 is now officially their deadliest year in recent memory, and as a government plan to stop the violence seems to have been shelved
6 February 2021 thousands protest against violent crime in Arab communities:
6 February 2021: Thousands protest against violent crime in Arab communities after student Ahmad Hejazi killed in Tamra
Demographics and ethnic groups in Israel:
Demographics of Israel
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Ethnic groups in Israel
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Aliyah
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Immigration
to Israel
Israeli Jews, Israelis:
History of the Jews and Judaism in the Land of Israel
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Israeli Jews
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Growth of population and paternal country of origin
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Israelis are citizens of the modern state of Israel, which is a multiethnic society that is home to people of different national backgrounds, the largest ethnic group in Israel today are Mizrahi Jews
Ashkenazi, Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews:
Ashkenazi Jews
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Mizrahi Jews
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Sephardi Jews
Ethiopian Jews in Israel:
Ethiopian Jews in Israel
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Aliyah from Ethiopia
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Beta Israel
Arab citizens of Israel:
Arab citizens of Israel
June 2016 Jewish and Arab pupils talk of unity:
4 June 2016: Jewish and Arab pupils talk of unity, but Israel has never been so divided as rightwing populism dominates
October 2020 string of violent murders in Arab communities:
28 October 2020: Man shot dead in Tira, as 23-year-old Nawwaf Haj Ashqarani is third person to die violently in Arab communities this week, 85th this year, while Arab parliamentarians and civil society organizations decry the deadly plague of violence in their communities, where firearms and organized crime proliferate
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29 October 2020: Four killed in day of violence, shootings in Arab Israeli towns, as following string of violent murders in Arab communities, woman and teen killed in separate incidents in Baqa al-Gharbiya, and 2 men killed in Lod, Tira shootings
19 December 2020 triple murder in northern Israel makes 2020 deadliest year for Arabs in two decades
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19 December 2020: Three Israeli Arabs from the same family were shot dead on Friday in Baka al-Garbiyeh, in the country's north, bringing the number of 2020 murder cases in Israel's Arab community to 95, the highest figure in at least 20 years, according to Haaretz
Involvement of Arab citizens in Israel in terrorist attacks:
Involvement of Arab citizens in Israel in terrorist attacks
Arameans and Assyrians in Israel:
Arameans in Israel, 13,000 people estimated as eligible to register as Arameans in 2016
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Assyrians in Israel are Assyrians that are citizens of the State of Israel, as modern Assyrian presence in Israel mainly originated from Assyrians fleeing the Assyrian genocide from Tur Abdin in southeast Turkey in 1915
October 2019 Aramean minority can choose Jewish or Arab education:
17 October 2019: The Supreme Court has ruled that members of the Aramean minority in Israel are entitled to choose whether their children will attend a Jewish or an Arab school, and that the regional council in which they live is obligated to provide them with transportation in the event that the school they choose is far from them
Kurdish Jews in Israel:
Kurdish Jews in Israel, immigrants and descendants of the immigrants of the Kurdish Jewish communities, who now reside within the state of Israel, numbering around 200,000 inhabitants, mainly in Jerusalem, also Tel Aviv and many other places
Negev Bedouin:
Negev Bedouin
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Negev Bedouin women - the marginalization as a woman stems from traditional gender norms and expectations within Negev Bedouin society and manifests in employment, educational, and health care outcomes
2017:
18 January: An Israeli policeman was killed in a suspected car-ramming attack during clashes over home demolitions in the long-contested Bedouin town of Umm al-Hiran
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21 January 2017: Autopsy on Bedouin driver may discredit claims of terrorism
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30 January 2017: At Bedouin village, a breakdown in talks led to demolitions and deaths
Israeli Druze:
Israeli Druze
2015:
16 June 2015: Thousands of Israeli Druze took to the streets in the northern towns of Isfiya and Majdal Shams in a solidarity protest on behalf of members of their community caught up in the turmoil of the ongoing civil war
across the border in Syria
Migrant workers and labor rights for migrants in Israel:
Labor rights for migrants - of the total 2,500,000 workers in the labor force in Israel in 2001 about 200,000 were immigrants
Filipinos in Israel:
Filipinos in Israel constitute one of the largest groups of immigrant workers in Israel, as the country is home to a population of almost 300,000 foreign workers, of which 30,000 to 50,000 are Filipinos
African diaspora in Israel:
African diaspora in Israel
Israeli policy for non-Jewish African refugees and timeline:
Israeli policy for non-Jewish African refugees and timeline since 2000
Since the second half of the 2000s African immigration to Israel:
Since the second half of the 2000s African immigration to Israel, as migrants from different countries in Africa were entering Israel illegally or claiming to be asylum-seekers
April 2020 for African migrants in Israel, covid-19 means health, jobs, homes all at risk:
11 April 2020: For African migrants in Israel, covid-19 means health, jobs, homes all at risk
Refugees in Israel:
Refugees in Israel
Culture and languages in Israel:
Culture of Israel
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Languages of Israel
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Israeli literature
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Music of Israel
Religion in Israel and Judaism:
Religion in Israel
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Judaism, an ancient monotheistic Abrahamic religion, with the Torah as its foundational text
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Gender and Judaism
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Gender separation in Judaism
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Women in Judaism
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Orthodox Judaism
Jewish studies:
Jewish studies, an interdisciplinary academic discipline centered on the study of Jews and Judaism and combining aspects of history (especially Jewish history), Middle Eastern studies, Asian studies, Oriental studies, religious studies, archeology, sociology, languages (Jewish languages), political science, area studies, women's studies, and ethnic studies
Freedom of religion in Israel, Islam and Christianity:
Freedom of religion in Israel
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Islam in Israel - Muslims, who are mostly Arab citizens of Israel, constitute 17.4% of the Israeli population, making them the second largest religious group in Israel after Israeli Jews
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Christianity in Israel is one of the recognized religions in Israel and is practiced by more than 161,000 Israeli citizens (about 2.1% of population), including 127,000 Arab Christians
Religious relations in Israel:
Religious relations in Israel
September 2019 Israelis prefer separation of religion and state:
26 September 2019: A new survey by Hiddush shows that 57% of the Jewish Israeli electorate does not want the incoming governing coalition to include or depend on parties that are ultra-Orthodox, also wanting the coalition to support religious freedom in Israel and back separation of religion and state
Women and women's rights in Israel:
Women in Israel
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Women's rights in Israel
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1951 Women's Equal Rights Law of Israel
2016:
31 January 2016: Historic deal allows men and women to pray together at
Western Wall
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2 November 2016: Scuffles broke out at the Western Wall Wednesday morning, during the first of a series of events planned by liberal Jewish groups for the day in protest of the ongoing restrictions on non-Orthodox worship at the foot of Judaism’s holiest site
Women in the workforce in Israel:
Women in the workforce in Israel
2016:
7 March 2016: Israeli women earn 22% less than men, study finds
Women in the Israel Defense Forces:
Women in the Israel Defense Forces
Women in politics and governments of Israel:
Women in governments of Israel
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Female representation in local government in Israel
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Israeli women in politics
Childhood and youth in Israel:
Childhood in Israel
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Youth in Israel
Child welfare in Israel:
Child welfare in Israel
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Since 1980 'Israel National Council for the Child', an Israeli independent non-profit non-governmental organization that advocates for children's rights and well-being, serving all religions, ethnicities, and income levels in Israel
Children in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict:
Children in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Education in Israel:
Education in Israel
Education in Israel by district:
Education in Israel by district
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Education in Haifa District
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Education in Jerusalem
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Education in Tel Aviv District
Education in Israel and Arab sector:
Israel is a signatory of the 'Convention against Discrimination in Education', ratified it in 1961, as the convention has the status of law in Israeli courts
2014:
17 December 2014: Israel slowly reducing 'separation barriers' between Arabs, Jews in education, Taub report finds
List of schools in Israel:
List of schools in Israel
August 2019:
29 August 2019: At Israel’s high school, that tops the list of Israel s best high schools year after year, classes are taught in Arabic
June 2020 more schools again closed due to covid-19:
4 June 2020: Several more schools were closed Thursday due to covid-19 infections, five of them in the Tel Aviv district, the Education Ministry said, as since Wednesday, 14 schools and kindergartens have been closed, bringing to 65 the number of educational institutes again closed due the covid-19 pandemic, imported from China
24 November 2020 cabinet approves plan to reopen schools:
24 November 2020: Cabinet approves plan to reopen schools in most areas, as high schools in green and yellow areas will reopen on Sunday, while middle schools will follow a week later
Israeli universities and colleges:
List of Israeli universities and colleges
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Universities and colleges in Jerusalem
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel's second oldest university established in 1918, the world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J. Safra Givat Ram campus
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Tel Aviv University, a public research university, with over 30,000 students the University is the largest in the country
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Porter School of Environmental Studies, an independent graduate school within Tel Aviv University, is Israel’s first graduate school to focus on research, teaching and the sharing of environmental knowledge, and one of the few worldwide to take a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach to the study of environmental issues
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Since 1963 University of Haifa, a public research university founded by the mayor of its host city to operate under the academic auspices of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Science and technology in Israel:
Science and technology
in Israel
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Since 1912 Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, a public research university in Haifa, is the oldest university in the country
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Since 1934 Weizmann Institute of Science, a public research university in Rehovot, differs from other Israeli universities in that it offers only graduate and postgraduate degrees in the natural and 'exact' sciences
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Since 1969 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, a center for teaching and research with about 20,000 students, including the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, the Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research with the Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies
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Since 1987 Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center
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Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space in Haifa
Desert Research in Israel:
Since 1974 Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research is part of the Ben-Gurion University, located in the Midreshet Ben-Gurion campus in the centre of the Negev desert in Israel
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Since 1999 Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies
Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research:
Since 2002 Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research
Arava Institute and Porter School for Environmental Studies:
Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, an academic studies and research program located at Kibbutz Ketura on the Israeli side of the Arava Valley, seeking to train future leaders of the Middle East in environmental issues so that they will be able to cooperate in solving regional environmental problems under the motto that 'nature knows no borders'
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Porter School of Environmental Studies, within Tel Aviv University, is one of the few worldwide graduate schools to take a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach to the study of environmental issues
Agricultural research in Israel:
Agricultural research in Israel is based on close cooperation and interaction between scientists, consultants, farmers and agriculture-related industries, as Israel's semi-arid to arid climate and shortage of high quality water are major constraints facing Israeli agriculture
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Since 1921 Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center
List of Israeli museums and memorials:
List of
Israeli museums
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Israel Museum founded 1965 as Israel's national museum is situated on a hill in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem
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Bible Lands Museum
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Tower of David Museum of 4,000 years of Jerusalem's history, from its beginnings as a Canaanite city to modern times
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Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space in Haifa
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Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Since 1949 'The Ghetto Fighters' House':
The Ghetto Fighters' House - Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum - founded in 1949 located in the Western Galilee
Since 1953 Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust 'Yad Vashem':
Yad Vashem is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust located on the western slope of Mount Herzl on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem since 1953
2016 'Yad Vashem' chairman Shalev's 'deep concern over the appalling images of massacres' in Syria, saying the world must put an end to the killing:
18 December 2016: Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial's Chairman Avner Shalev expresses 'deep concern over the appalling images of massacres' in Syria, saying that the world must put an end to the killing
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14 October 2016: Syria is suffering 'a small holocaust’ as 'every day not far from here, as we sit here, men, women and children are murdered in Syria, and particularly in Aleppo', Israeli chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef says, demanding that Jews must not be silent in the face of genocide across northern border
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11 December 2016: The Israeli airstrike on an Assad regime airbase outside Damascus last week targeted a convoy of chemical weapons en route to the Shiite terror group Hezbollah, a Syrian opposition spokesman Fahed al-Masri says, adding that jihadist and Iranian militants will continue to advance on northern border as long Assad remains in power
8 January 2020 Poland's president Duda not permitted to address the World Holocaust Forum but mass murderer Putin:
8 January 2020: Poland's president Duda decided to boycott Holocaust memorial in Israel, saying he saw no reason why he would not be permitted to speak after presidents of France, the USA, the UK
,
Germany and even Russian regime's war criminal and mass murderer Putin were asked to address the World Holocaust Forum
14 January 2020 Polish Jewish community head backs president’s decision to skip Holocaust event:
14 January 2020: Calling Russian Putin regime's attempt to blame Poles for cooperation with Hitler 'a provocation', Poland’s largest Jewish communal group expressed its support for Polish president Duda’s decision to withdraw from Holocaust memorial event in Jerusalem on 23 January after being left off speakers’ list
14 January 2020 survivors' memories of life and death in the Nazi Auschwitz extermination camp remain painfully:
14 January 2020: As the Jewish state prepares to host survivors, born in Poland and different countries, and politicians on the 75th anniversary of the Auschwitz death camp’s liberation, survivors' memories of life and death in the Nazi extermination camp remain painfully fresh, also recalling their childhood and showing pictures
20 January 2020 Rachel Hanan's son says forum should have been honoring survivors first and foremost:
20 January 2020: Many leaders and even
war criminal Putin - allied with the Iranian Mullah regime, Assad and Hezbollah terrorists - and German president
,
but few actual survivors invited to landmark Holocaust event, as Yaron Hanan, son of former Auschwitz prisoner Rachel Hanan, who was not among 30 given tickets to event, says forum should have been honoring survivors first and foremost, adding 'I think they’re no less essential to representing what took place there than anything else this ceremony is intended to achieve', and as Environmental Protection Minister Ze’ev Elkin says he would hand over his invitation to a survivor who wished to attend but was not invited, and called on his fellow ministers to do the same
23 January 2020 'Fifth World Holocaust Forum':
23 January 2020 'Fifth World Holocaust Forum' - some 30 heads of state from around the world have confirmed their attendance at the forum, according to 'Yad Vashem'
Archaeology of Israel:
Archaeology of Israel
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Near Eastern archaeology
December 2014:
3 December 2014: An Israeli archaeologist set out to find the Jewish fighter who left behind an inscription at Jerusalem's Kishle prison dating back to the First Temple period
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15 December 2014: Israeli archaeologists uncovered a massive 2,800-year-old farmhouse in the area of modern day Rosh Ha’ayin, indicating that the ancient residents were engaged in the wine industry and in growing cereal
July 2018:
1 July 2018: Minted on the eve of the destruction of the Second Temple, coin discovered in City of David excavations reads 'For the Redemption of Zion', showing rebels aware of impending disaster of the conquest by the Romans of Jerusalem and the Temple’s destruction
November 2018:
21 November 2018: An extremely rare, minuscule biblical stone weight inscribed in ancient Hebrew script with the word 'beka', a First Temple-period weight measure, was discovered in rubble taken from excavations at the foundations of the Western Wall in Jerusalem
20 January 2021 archaeologists in Galilee discovered first evidence of early Christian settlement 1,500 years ago:
20 January 2021: Greek inscription ‘Christ born of Mary’ provides evidence of a hitherto-unknown 5th century Byzantine-era church in Galilee village, as the find ‘closes a circle’ on Christian settlement in small Jezreel Valley village Taibe
Health in Israel:
Health in Israel
Medical outbreaks in Israel:
Medical outbreaks in Israel
Since February 2020 covid-19 in Israel:
Since February 2020 Chinese coronavirus pandemic in Israel
11 March 2020 as cases climb to 97 Israel limits gatherings to 100 people:
11 March 2020: Israel limits gatherings to 100 people as coronavirus cases climb to 97
12 March 2020 Israel shutters schools, universities as coronavirus patients top 100, El Al halting flights:
12 March 2020: Israel shutters schools, universities as coronavirus patients top 100
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12 March 2020: El Al halting flights to most areas of the world as virus shuts down tourism
29 March 2020 coronavirus pandemic spreads:
29 March 2020: 15 coronavirus deaths in Israel as cases near 4,000, 12 more test positive in West Bank, as highly contagious coronavirus spreads around the world and Syria and Jordan report first coronavirus deaths
30 March 2020 covid-19 death toll rises as Netanyahu aide tests positive:
30 March 2020: Covid-19 death toll hits 16, as Netanyahu aide tests positive for coronavirus
1 April 2020 covid-19 cases nearly 5,600 and death toll 21:
1 April 2020: Coronavirus cases in Israel jump to nearly 5,600, death toll rises to 21 as latest fatality was a 98-year-old woman hospitalized in the southern city of Beersheba
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1 April 2020: Bnei Brak, a Ultra-Orthodox city, reportedly records 159 cases in single day, and another 130 confirmed in Jerusalem, as double-digit increases were also recorded in several other cities with large ultra-Orthodox populations
2 April 2020 Israel’s coronavirus death toll rises to 33, Bnei Brak pandemic crisis:
2 April 2020: Israel’s coronavirus death toll rises to 33, as Ashkelon and Tel Aviv hospitals reports on sixth and seventh fatalities of the day
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and as healthcare provider estimates 38% of Bnei Brak residents have coronavirus
10 April 2020 most covid-19 carriers aged 20-29 and younger as overwhelming number of seriously ill are over 60:
10 April 2020: In Israel, highest number of cases seen in the 20-29 age group, as overwhelming number of seriously ill are over 60, and as almost a third of children under the age of nine infected with the coronavirus are asymptomatic carriers of the disease, according to Health Ministry
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10 April 2020: Health Ministry will conduct some 1,500 random coronavirus tests for residents of Bnei Brak, a city of 200,000 people having almost as many confirmed cases as Jerusalem, where 1,630 people have been confirmed positive for the virus, with a population over four times larger
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10 April 2020: 10,095 Israelis have so far tested positive for the coronavirus and 93 people have died, 'Haaretz' reports
14 April 2020 covid-19 also spreading among Palestinians in East Jerusalem:
14 April 2020: After weeks of warning, covid-19 spreading among Palestinians in East Jerusalem, as health professionals warn outbreak could be severe due to overcrowding and a high incidence of underlying illnesses
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14 April 2020: In Israel’s poorest town, covid-19 restrictions get flouted, as many people in the Arab community of Jisr al-Zarqa are disobeying social-distancing rules and refusing to self-isolate or be tested, now facing Ramadan
16 April 2020 closure lifted and more covid-19 cases and deaths:
16 April 2020: National infection cases at 12,591 as death toll rises to 141 with 10 new deaths, as Passover closure lifted, bakeries reopen, limited public transportation resumes and Israelis can again leave hometowns if they comply with restrictions
18 April 2020 after covid-19 cases double in a day Israel imposes first closure on Arab town:
18 April 2020: Israel imposes first closure on Arab town after covid-19 cases double in a day, and as first East Jerusalem resident dies of virus, 'Haaretz' reports
22 April 2020 Israel records biggest rise of new covid-19 infections in a week:
22 April 2020: After decline in rate of new infections, Israel records biggest rise in a week
24 April 2020 critics point to government’s inconsistent covid-19 regulations and attitudes:
24 April 2020: Critics point to government’s seemingly inconsistent regulations and attitudes toward different businesses
amid ongoing covid-19 pandemic in Israel, as 14,882 Israelis have so far tested positive for the coronavirus, 193 people have died, and as in the West Bank 480 cases have been diagnosed so far and two citizens have died
28 April 2020 covid-19 death toll rises to 208 but new infections appear to slow;
28 April 2020: Covid-19 death toll rises to 208 but new infections appear to slow from last week, as latest infection numbers show continuing downward trend in daily rate of new cases, but may be due to number of daily tests
13 March 2020 13 new covid-19 cases recorded over 24-hour period:
13 March 2020: 13 new covid-19 cases recorded over 24-hour period, lowest pandemic number since March, and proving there was no need for Gantz-Netanjahu coalition
30 May 2020 sharp increase of 121 new covid-19 infections overnight:
30 May 2020: Israel on Saturday was set to reopen 4 drive-through testing stations across the country as the Health Ministry announced a further sharp increase of 121 new covid-19 infections overnight Friday
1 June 2020 thousands of students were sent into isolation amid pandemic:
1 June 2020: Thousands of students were sent into isolation Monday after staff and students at schools in Jerusalem, Hadera and Beersheba were diagnosed with covid-19
11 June 2020 Israel records over 200 new virus cases in a day:
11 June 2020: Israel records over 200 new virus cases in a day for first time since April, as health minister says ‘no one has an exemption’ from social distancing rules and Netanyahu warns restrictions could be reimposed if ‘steep rise’ in infection rate continues, but is later asked during the press conference why the public should obey the rules if he and other officials have not always adhered to them
23 June 2020 highest number of daily covid-19 cases since April:
23 June 2020: Israel sees highest number of daily covid-19 cases since April, as 377 new cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours, and as task force says rate is increasing by 8% per day
1 July 2020 859 covid-19 cases in 24 hours:
1 July 2020: Covid-19 infection numbers vault to record-breaking 859 cases in 24 hours as pandemic makes major resurgence
3 July 2020 Health Ministry reports 1,090 new covid-19 infections in 24 hours:
3 July 2020: Health Ministry reports 1,090 new covid-19 infections in 24 hours, highest-yet daily number of new cases, as most indoor gatherings capped at 20 people and renewed limits come into force, after Israel managed to bring down the number of daily cases to low double-digits in May, after weeks of a nationwide lockdown, but since reopening the economy, however, virus cases began to steadily climb
12 July 2020 amid surge active covid-19 cases overtake number of Israelis who have recovered:
12 July 2020: Amid surge, active covid-19 cases overtake number of Israelis who have recovered, as Health Ministry reports 749 new infections overnight and 4 more deaths, and as 3 MKs instructed to enter quarantine
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12 July 2020: Health Ministry's Itamar Grotto says covid-19 outbreaks
in at least 40 municipalities across the country were sparked by weddings with 'larger ... number of participants'
15 July 2020 Israel and the West Bank are dealing with renewed outbreak of covid-19:
15 July 2020: Israel and the West Bank are dealing with renewed outbreak of covid-19, leading to proposals and measures intended to curb its spread and mitigate the economic ramifications of the crisis by both Israeli and Palestinian authorities
19 July 2020 Israel fights against covid-19 as more patients in serious condition:
19 July 2020: Israel and the West Bank are dealing with a renewed outbreak of covid-19, leading to proposals and measures intended to curb its spread and mitigate the economic ramifications of the crisis by both Israeli and Palestinian authorities, as 49,575 people in Israel have so far tested positive for the pandemic and 406 people have died
26 July 2020 Israel's death toll from covid-19 climbed to 464:
26 July 2020: Israel's death toll from covid-19 climbed to 464 as the Health Ministry announced 9 more deaths since its previous update the night before, and as there were 892 new cases diagnosed during that period
26 July 2020 26% of Israelis over age 21 report deterioration of mental health during covid-19 crisis:
26 July 2020: 26% of Israelis over age 21 report deterioration of mental health during covid-19 crisis, 21% have reduced food intake to save money, increasing numbers of Israelis have reported feeling anxiety and concerns over their ability to pay their bills during the second wave of the pandemic, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported on Sunday
27 July 2020 link between illnesses caused by air pollution and higher death rate from covid-19:
27 July 2020: Environmental Protection Ministry asserts link between illnesses caused by air pollution and a higher death rate from covid-19, calling on the government to reduce emissions, noting that 'exposure to air pollution causes significant illness and mortality', especially among 'vulnerable populations such as the elderly, children, pregnant women' and more
1/2 August 2020 14 more covid-19 deaths since Friday:
1 August 2020: Jerusalem minister, who has led the police response to ongoing demonstrations against Netanyahu, tests positive for covid-19, also 3 Likud MKs, as 14 more deaths since Friday evening
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as 'coronavirus czar' Gamzu says health woes second to socioeconomic crisis
7/8 August 2020 1,801 new cases in Israel:
4 August 2020: Health officials said that 1,801 new cases of covid-19 were confirmed the previous day, as Israel has now 24,764 active cases with 349 in serious condition, as 97 people are reported to be on ventilators, and as 8 people have succumbed overnight to complications of covid-19, raising Israel's virus-related fatalities to 554
23 August 2020 2,212 new covid-19 cases over weekend, with death toll rising to 825:
23 August 2020: More than 500 Israelis have died from covid-19 in July-August, as health ministry confirms 2,212 new cases over weekend, with death toll rising to 825, and data shows 408 in serious condition
25 August 2020 virus czar Gamzu says infection rate in Arab areas a 'catastrophe':
25 August 2020: Virus czar Ronni Gamzu says infection rate in Arab areas a 'catastrophe', opposes lockdow
8 September 2020 Israel hits new covid-19 high with over 3,400 infections in day:
8 September 2020: Israel hits new covid-19 high with over 3,400 infections in day, as curfew snarl persists
10/11 September 2020 daily covid-19 cases surge to 4,000:
10 September 2020: Daily virus cases surge to nearly 4,000 as cabinet, in springtime established against pandemic, set to weigh lockdown, as 474 patients in serious condition with 158 listed as moderate
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11 September 2020: Daily covid-19 cases surpass 4,000 for 2nd day with 4,038 new infections diagnosed Thursday and nearly 500 cases in serious condition, as Israel heads toward lockdown and ministers green-light sweeping restrictions to curb outbreak
22 September 2020 Health Ministry reports 3,843 new covid-19 cases on Monday:
22 September 2020: Health Ministry on Tuesday morning reported that out of the 34,2813 covid-19 tests conducted on Monday 3,843 turned out positive, as Israel's caseload since the start of the pandemic climbed to 192,579, as the death toll stands at 1,273, and as out of the 50,563 patients currently battling the virus, 653 are in serious condition, with 169 connected to ventilators
3 October 2020 Israel currently has 72,399 active covid-19 cases as 1,622 people have died:
3 October 2020: 1,100 Yeshiva students test positive after Jerusalem prayer service, as Israel extends lockdown until October 14 and approves protest restrictions
12 October 2020 doubling its toll in just 5 weeks Israel passes 2,000 covid-19 deaths:
12 October 2020: Israel passed the bleak milestone of 2,000 deaths due to covid-19, with more than 1,000 people dying in a little over a month as the toll accelerated in the second wave of the pandemic
21/22 October 2020 controversial Health Ministry's finding that kids more likely to catch covid-19 than adults:
21 October 2020: Health Ministry Study presented to ministers shows percentage of positive tests among children stands at 8%, a full 2% higher than with adults, indicating re-opening schools led to infection spike
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22 October 2020: Nine leading academics say Health Ministry research has it all wrong with assessment that children are drivers of infection, a conclusion that may slow down school reopening
2 December 2020 health ministry said 1,182 new covid-19 cases in a day:
2 December 2020: Health Ministry said 1,182 new cases of covid-19 confirmed out of 63,993 tests conducted in the past day indicating a 1.5% positivity rate, as there are 266 people in serious condition being treated in hospital with 94 of them on ventilators
1 January 2021: Israel becomes first country to vaccinate 10% of population:
1 January 2021: Israel becomes first country to vaccinate 10% of population, as Health Ministry announces 950,000 out of 9.3 million have been given first dose of inoculation, including 41% of those aged over 60, as daily cases top 5,500 for 4th day in a row
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1 January 2021: Questionable virus surveillance tool puts Israel’s democracy to the test, as critics say Shin Bet tracking may have wrongly quarantined 100,000, while being used with insufficient oversight
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and as expert Dr. Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler at the Israel Democracy Institute said earlier Big Brother is always watching, pandemic surveillance just makes it scarier
12 January 2021 Israeli data shows 50% reduction in infections 14 days after first vaccine shot:
12 January 2021: Israeli data shows 50% reduction in infections 14 days after first vaccine shot
19 January 2021: Israel passes 10,000 daily infections for first time since start of pandemic:
19 January 2021: Israel passes 10,000 daily infections for first time since start of pandemic
26 January 2021 Israel passes 4,500 deaths from covid-19:
26 January 2021: Israel passes 4,500 deaths from covid-19, with the national death toll standing at 4,501 as of this evening, and as yesterday saw 74 more people die of the disease
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26 January 2021: Increased child infection rates cast doubt on school reopenings, as over 50% of infected students are Haredi
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26 January 2021: 900 Holocaust survivors died of covid-19 in Israel last year
28 January 2021 0.04% covid-19 infections after two doses in Israel:
28 January 2021: Out of the first 715,427 citizens to receive both Pfizer vaccine jabs, only 317 have since contracted covid-19, Israel's Health Ministry reports
20 February 2021 Israel reopens stores, malls, gyms Sunday in major easing of covid-19 restrictions:
20 February 2021: Israel reopens stores, malls, gyms Sunday in major easing of covid-19 restrictions
Healthcare in Israel:
Healthcare
in Israel
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Israel has a system of universal healthcare as set out by the 1995 National Health Insurance Law
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Medical and health organizations based in Israel
List of hospitals in Israel:
List of hospitals in Israel by district and city
12 May 2020 Holocaust survivor recovers from covid-19:
12 May 2020: 99-year-old Sara Itzinger who survived the Holocaust has now also overcome the covid-19 illness after a month of hospitalization, Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center confirmed, and after her husband Zvi Herschel Itzinger, also a Holocaust survivor, died of the pandemic
18 May 2020 Israeli doctors explain how they beat the coronavirus:
18 May 2020: Israeli doctors explain how they beat the coronavirus
13 July 2020 nurses threaten general strike over manpower shortage:
13 July 2020: As covid-19 cases surge, nurses threaten general strike over manpower shortage, with more than 750 nurses in quarantine, and as need for personnel is rising as covid-19 wards reopen in pandemic’s second wave
Since 1948 biological, medical and pharmaceutical research in Israel:
Research institutes in Israel
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Since 1948/1952 Israel Institute for Biological Research, as fields of research include medical diagnostic techniques, mechanisms of pathogenic diseases, vaccines and pharmaceuticals, protein and enzyme synthesis and engineering, process biotechnology, air pollution risk assessment, environmental detectors and biosensors
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Pharmaceutical companies of Israel
1 November 2020 first 2 volunteers injected with Israeli covid-19 vaccine:
1 November 2020: First 2 volunteers injected with Israeli covid-19 vaccine, kicking off human trialsat the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan and at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem
Sport in Israel:
Sport in Israel
March 2015 Jerusalem Marathon:
13 March 2015: Tens of thousands take part in Jerusalem Marathon
3 January 2021 Abu Dhabi royal bought half of Israel’s soccer club Beitar Jerusalem but overstated his wealth:
3 January 2021: Israel’s soccer association has conducted an investigation into the financial situation of an Abu Dhabi Emirati royal who recently bought half of one of Israel’s most famous clubs, Beitar Jerusalem, and fears there is a 'significant gap' between his declared capital and what he owns in reality
Media in Israel:
Media of Israel
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Media in Israel by city
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Media coverage of the Arab–Israeli conflict
Freedom of the press in Israel:
Freedom of the press in Israel
September 2015 commander of troops seen attacking foreign AFP journalists removed from post:
26 September 2015: Commander of troops seen attacking foreign AFP journalists removed from post
August 2017 Al Jazeera slams move to ban network:
7 August 2017: Saying that minister Kara undermines Israeli claims to be the Middle East's sole democracy, and that it will take legal action, Al Jazeera slams move to ban network
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after Israel's communications minister Kara said on Sunday he plans to close the local offices of Al Jazeera, following allegations by PM Netanyahu of incitement
Mass media in Israel:
The mass media in Israel refers to print, broadcast and online media available in the State of Israel, as there are over 10 different languages in the Israeli media, with Hebrew as the predominant one, as press in Arabic caters to the Arab citizens of Israel with readers from areas including those governed by the PA, after the Israeli press underwent a process of significant change in the 20th century when the media gradually came to be controlled by a limited number of organizations, whereas the papers published by political parties began to disappear, and today three large, privately owned conglomerates based in Tel Aviv dominate the mass media in Israel
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List of media outlets, including print, broadcast and internet
publications
Newspapers in Israel:
Newspapers
in Israel
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Haaretz, Israel's oldest daily newspaper founded in 1918
May 2014 Haaretz's Israeli women project:
3 May 2014: Activist Abir Kopty objects to her inclusion in Haaretz's 66 Israeli women project saying 'I’m not an Israeli woman'
October 2020 how Simona Weinglass’s reporting on fraud changed Israeli law:
11 October 2020: Relentless reporting by the 'Times of Israel'’s Simona Weinglass led directly to the passage of Knesset legislation barring the widely corrupt binary options industry in Israel, as Weinglass exposed a decade-long scam that saw thousands of Israelis employed in fleecing victims around the world out of vast sums of money by tricking them into thinking they were making credible investments
Broadcasting in Israel:
Broadcasting
in Israel
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Public broadcasting in Israel
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Radio in Israel
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Television in
Israel
September 2018:
2 septembre 2018: La radio publique israélienne s'est excusée pour avoir brisé un tabou en jouant un morceau du compositeur allemand Richard Wagner, boycotté en Israël pour ses propos antisémites
Internet in Israel:
Internet
in Israel
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Internet companies of Israel
2015:
19 May 2015: Visiting Tel Aviv to get prize for role in 'information revolution', Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales says he aims for facts about Israeli-Palestinian conflict to overwhelm bias
2017:
23 June 2017: To stop Russia and other hackers, we need to overhaul the internet, Israeli cyber expert Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel says ahead of next week’s Tel Aviv University 'Cyber Week 2017', calling for a radical overhaul of the internet in order to counter cyber warfare
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25-29 June 2017 Tel Aviv University 'Cyber Week'
Multinational internet companies operating in Israel:
'Facebook' in Israel
January 2019:
7 January 2019: The Israel Tax Authority has submitted tax assessments to the multinational tech giants operating in Israel and is negotiating with Facebook and Google, among others, over the final bill
February 2019:
8 February 2019: Police urge public to stop spreading 'horrific’ rumors about Jerusalem murder of Ori Ansbacher, as false claims circulate on social media, including by PM’s son Yair Netanyahu on 'Facebook'
Cinema of Israel:
Cinema
of Israel
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Lists of Israeli films by decade
Crime in Israel:
Crime in Israel
Roman Empire's war crimes in Israel, the persecution of the Jews and Aliyah:
Siege of Jerusalem (63 BC)
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Siege of Jerusalem (37 BC)
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Judea, province of the Roman empire 6 CE–135
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First Jewish–Roman War 66–73 CE
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Siege of Jerusalem in the year 70 CE was the decisive event of the First Jewish-Roman War
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Siege of Masada 73 to 74 CE
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Jewish–Roman wars 66–136 (70 years)
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12 February 2021Roman soldier’s ancient Masada payslip shows unfair wages go way back
Jewish diaspora after the Roman destruction:
Jewish diaspora after the Roman destruction of Judea
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History of the Jews in the Roman Empire
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Jewish history since the Roman rule in the land of Israel, since 63 BCE
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Anti-Judaism in the pre-Christian Roman Empire
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Antisemitism in early Christianity
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Antisemitism and the New Testament
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Persecution of Jews
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Aliyah, the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to the land of Israel
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First Aliyah 1882-1903
Antisemitism in the Middle East since the imperial period of the Roman Empire:
Antisemitism in the Middle East
since the imperial period of the Roman Empire
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The 'fiscus Iudaicus' was a tax-collecting agency instituted to collect the tax imposed on Jews in the
Roman Empire
after the
destruction of Jerusalem
and its Temple in AD 70, revenues were directed to the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus in Rome
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Antisemitism by continent
,
in Europe
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and in the
Arab world
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Islam and antisemitism
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Islamic–Jewish relations
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Antisemitism in the
Ottoman Empire
and in the 18th and 19th centuries
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Antisemitism in
Iran
Israeli–Palestinian conflict since 1878:
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
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Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 1878-2013 (ongoing)
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List of massacres in Israel
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List of Palestinian suicide attacks
Terrorism in Israel:
Terrorism in Israel
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Palestinian terrorism
2006:
Terrorist incidents in Israel in 2006
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April 2006 Tel Aviv shawarma restaurant bombing
2008:
2 July 2008 Jerusalem bulldozer terrorist attack, when an Israeli Arab attacked cars on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem, killing three people and wounding at least thirty other pedestrians
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22 September 2008 Jerusalem vehicular attack, when a Palestinian drove a BMW saloon car into a group of civilians and off-duty soldiers in a terrorist ramming attack in Jerusalem, injuring 19
2011:
Terrorist incidents in Israel in 2011
2012:
Terrorist incidents in Israel in 2012
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November 2012 Tel Aviv bus bombing
2013:
Terrorist incidents in Israel in 2013
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List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel 2013
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23 December 2013: A bomb that Israeli authorities suspect was planted by Palestinian militants exploded in a bus near Tel Aviv on Sunday after passengers were evacuated
2014:
List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel 2014
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Terrorist incidents in Israel in 2014
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22 October 2014 Jerusalem vehicular attack
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23 October 2014: Hamas, Fatah officials praise terrorist, urging Palestinians to 'escalate the confrontations'
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after Hamas member al-Shaludi killed Israeli baby in deadly car ramming attack in Jerusalem
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5 November 2014 Jerusalem vehicular attack
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5 November 2014: Vehicular terror attack in Jerusalem claimed by Hamas, after Hamas member and operative al-Akari rammed van into a group of pedestrians waiting for the Light Rail in Jerusalem, killing one person and wounding a number of others
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18 November 2014 Jerusalem synagogue attack
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12 January 2017: Iran and Syria ordered by Washington D.C. District Court to pay $178m to family of American-Israeli infant Chaya Zissel Braun killed in 22 October 2014 Jerusalem terror attack by member of the Hamas terrorist organization al-Shaludi, because the two countries financially back Hamas and as the 'criminal regimes in Tehran and Damascus are the biggest state sponsors of terrorism in the world', according to chairwoman Darshan-Leitner
2015:
List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel 2015
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Terrorist incidents in Israel in 2015
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3 October 2015 Jerusalem Lions' Gate stabbings
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19 November 2015 Tel Aviv synagogue stabbing
January 2016 Tel Aviv shooting:
On 1 January 2016 suspected gunman Nasha'at Melhem opened fire on several businesses on Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv, killing two people and injuring seven others
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2 January 2016: Tel Aviv on high alert as manhunt continues
for Arab Israeli who killed two in New Year’s Day shooting
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2 January 2016: Tel Aviv shooting suspect reportedly 'wanted to avenge cousin's death'
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4 January 2016: Suspected gunman Nashat Milhem who shot up a bar in Tel Aviv, killing two, fired into two other establishments, fled the scene on foot, hailed a cab, and rode to north Tel Aviv where he murdered the driver before abandoning the vehicle, police says
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8/9 January: Israeli police kill New Year's Day Tel Aviv shooting's suspect Nashat Melhem at mosque
in home Wadi Ara town of Ar’ara
April 2016:
18 April 2016 Jerusalem bus 12 bombing
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18/19 April 2016: A bomb exploded on a bus in Jerusalem Monday afternoon, injuring over 20 people as it and other vehicles were engulfed in flames
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one man remains in life-threatening condition a day later, while 11 others are still hospitalized
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20 April: Hamas claims one of its own was responsible for Jerusalem bus bomb, praising Abu Srour’s death and declaring him a martyr for jihad
June 2016:
8 June 2016 Tel Aviv shooting
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8 juin 2016: Trois personnes ont été tuées et six autres blessées à Tel-Aviv, quand deux individus ont ouvert le feu dans un quartier de restaurants et de bars proche du Ministère de la défense
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10 June: Israel's army makes more arrests in hometown of Tel Aviv gunmen, who used homemade weapons to kill 4 in rampage
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29 November 2017: Tel Aviv district court sentences three Palestinians to life in prison for a terror attack in June 2016 at Tel Aviv’s Sarona Market
November 2016:
27 November 2016: Two Israeli Arabs arrested on suspicion of deliberately starting brush fires have confessed to the crimes, according to police
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November 2016 Israel fires
January 2017:
8 January 2017 Jerusalem vehicular attack - a truck was deliberately rammed by an Israeli Arab citizen into a group of soldiers disembarking from a bus in the Israeli settlement Armon Hanatziv Esplanade in Jerusalem, killing 4 and injuring 15
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9 January 2017: Families, friends mourn 4 soldiers killed in Jerusalem terror attack
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condemned by the UN Security Council, emphasizing 'need for those responsible for this reprehensible act of terrorism to be held accountable'
August 2017:
2 August 2017: Palestinian teenager stabbed an Israeli man in an apparent terror attack, critically wounding him, at a supermarket in the central Israeli city of Yavneh
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as soldiers catch Palestinian with knife near the Etzion junction in the West Bank south of Jerusalem
February/March 2018:
29 March 2018: Acre car-rammer charged with attempted murder in alleged terror attack
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29 March 2018: Arab Israeli indicted for stabbing rabbi to death in West Bank terror attack last month, accused of picking Itamar Ben-Gal as his victim based on his kippa
February 2019:
Ori Anbacher (2000-7 février 2019, Jérusalem), assassinée dans un acte de terrorisme à Jérusalem
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8/9 February 2019: Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of Ori Ansbacher, murdered in Jerusalem, in the West Bank settlement of Tekoa, where Ansbacher lived
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as Palestinian suspect arrested by security forces near Ramallah and Israeli envoy calls on UN to condemn the murder of Israeli teen, labeling it a terror attack
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10 February 2019: Murder of Israeli teen Ori Ansbacher was a terror attack, Shin Bet says
6 February 2020 car-ramming in Jerusalem and shooting:
6 February 2020: 12 soldiers wounded, 1 seriously, in suspected terror car-ramming in Jerusalem, as security forces find vehicle, but still searching for driver
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6 February 2020: Israeli police officer lightly hurt in shooting attack in Jerusalem's old city
28 April 2020 woman stabbed in Kfar Saba:
28 April 2020: A woman was stabbed in the central Israeli city of Kfar Saba on Tuesday afternoon in what police said they were investigating as a potential terror attack, as assailant was shot by police after apparently attacking the victim outside a store
26/27 August 2020 Rabbi Shai Ohayon stabbed to death by Palestinian in suspected terror attack:
26 August 2020: Israeli Rabbi Shai Ohayon, a father of four, stabbed to death by Palestinian in suspected terror attack, as victim identified as 39-year-old rabbi, and assailant said to have a permit to work in Israel
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27 August 2020: Stabbing victim Rabbi Shai Ohayon buried in Petah Tikva at funeral kept small by covid-19 restrictions, as Ohayon’s neighbor said at the funeral 'he was humble, kind and quiet’
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27 August 2020: IDF raids home of Palestinian terror suspect after deadly stabbing
Anti-Arabism in Israel:
Anti-Arabism in Israel
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Racism in Israel
2014/2015:
6 August 2014: Murder trial begins for three Israelis accused of killing Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir
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18 August 2014: Police blocked more than 200 far-right Israeli protesters objecting to marriage of Jewish woman and Muslim man, as they shouted 'death to the Arabs'
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8 December: Police have arrested several suspects in the 29 November arson of a Jewish-Arab bilingual school in Jerusalem
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25 February 2015: A mosque in a village near Bethlehem was set alight early Wednesday morning and anti-Arab graffiti was daubed on it walls, no reports of injuries
July 2015 Duma arson attack:
31 July 2015 Duma arson attack
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24 December 2015: Police have opened an investigation into events surrounding a video released Wednesday showing far-right wing Israeli extremists at a wedding dancing in celebration of the murder of three members of Palestinian Dawabsha family in July
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29 December 2015: Israeli police arrests two suspects in connection with the 'wedding of hate'
and Yakir Ashbel for questioning, whose wedding was featured in a video clip showing dozens of far-right guests celebrating the Duma firebombing attack that killed three members of Palestinian Dawabsha family in July
2016:
1 January 2016: Soldier whose rifle was brandished at 'hate wedding' gets 21 days in jail
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3 January 2016: 2 suspected Jewish extremists indicted for July 2015 Duma killings
18 May 2020 Amiram Ben-Uliel convicted of killing 3 Palestinian family members in 2015:
18 May 2020: Amiram Ben-Uliel convicted of killing 3 Palestinian family members in 2015, also found guilty on 2 counts of attempted murder and 2 of arson in West Bank’s Duma terror attack, acquitted of membership in terror organization
Religiously motivated violence in Israel:
2015 Greek Orthodox institution in Jerusalem was set fire:
26 February 2015: A Greek Orthodox institution in Jerusalem was set fire to early Thursday morning in what police believe is likely an anti-Christian hate crime
Incitement to violence in Israel:
October 2015:
26 October 2015: Some 20,000 Israelis have sued Internet giant Facebook in New York alleging the social media platform is disregarding incitement and calls to murder Jews being posted by Palestinians
August 2017:
21 August 2017: Israeli police have detained a Palestinian over allegedly 'inciting violence and terrorism' and expressing support for the so-called Islamic State on Facebook
December 2017:
24 December 2017: President Rivlin criticized a protester who brandished a cardboard guillotine at an anti-corruption rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday night, calling the use of the prop 'clear incitement', as the protester later wrote on Facebook that the guillotine
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used in France during the reign of terror and in Europe over several centuries, including Nazi Germany
,
'is an image that serves as a historical reminder of the citizens’ victory over a corrupt government'
17/18 January 2020 leaving Al-Aqsa Mosque following prayers Muslims chanted about killing Jews:
17 January 2020: Beginning as worshipers were leaving the mosque following prayers, hundreds of Muslims chanted about killing Jews outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Friday morning, prompting police to disperse the crowd
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18 January 2020: Woman pulls knife on police in Jerusalem’s Old City, saying suspect in her 50s brandished weapon at security forces near Damascus Gate, and one officer lightly injured after falling during arrest of the perpetrator
White collar and financial crimes, fraud and bribery in Israel:
Fraud
in Israel
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Bribery in Israel
2008 damage by white collar crimes:
19 June 2008: The damage caused to the Israeli economy by white collar crimes, which are defined by the law only as fraud, totaled over NIS 6.8 billion in 2007, according to the latest data released by the Israel Police
January 2018 'CEO scam':
9 January 2018: Israel has handed down sentences to five men, two Italian immigrants to Israel, an American-Israeli, an Israeli with French and Canadian citizenship, and an Arab citizen of Israel, for their involvement in what is known as the 'CEO scam' against companies abroad, highlighting Israel’s attractiveness as a hub for transnational organized crime
August 2018 securities fraud and tycoon Dankner:
29 August 2018: Israeli Supreme Court increases jail sentence of tycoon Nochi Dankner to 3 years as Dankner, once one of Israel's richest men, and co-defendant Itay Strum, each have year added to sentence for securities fraud including Dankner's role in carrying out millions of dollars’ worth of fraudulent transactions in an attempt to influence the share price of the troubled company
7 September 2020 Israel police uncover tax evasion and suspected huge money laundering ring:
7 September 2020: 30 people have been arrested or detained for alleged tax evasion and false declarations amounting to hundreds of millions of shekels
Organized crime and Russian mafia in Israel:
Organized crime in Israel
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The Russian mafia in Israel, seeing Israel as an ideal place to launder money, as Israel's banking system was designed to encourage immigration and the accompanying capital, following the trend of global financial deregulation, and as Israel had also implemented legislation aimed at easing the movement of capital, combined with the lack of anti-money laundering legislation
Corruption and political scandals in Israel:
Political scandals
in Israel
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List of Israeli public officials convicted of crimes or misdemeanors
2001/2013 Avigdor Lieberman assault, fraud and corruption case:
24 September 2001: Avigdor Lieberman assault, fraud and corruption case, convicted for assault on 24 September 2001 and ongoing legal proceedings
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3. Januar 2012: Israels Außenminister Lieberman wegen Betrugs vor Gericht geladen
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13 December 2012: Israeli FM Avigdor Lieberman charged with breach of trust in connection with a long-running financial scandal
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30 December 2012: Indictment served against former FM Avigdor Lieberman
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facing now counts of breach of trust and fraud
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17 February 2013: Israel ex-FM Lieberman and key ally of PM Netanyahu accused of promoting diplomat in return for information on police probe into his affairs
2012-2016 former Israel PM Olmert indicted in corruption case:
5 January 2012: Former Israel PM Olmert indicted in corruption case
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10 July 2012: Ehud Olmert corruption and bribery case, on 10 July 2012 Olmert convicted of breach of trust
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10 juillet 2012: L'ex-Premier ministre Olmert coupable de corruption dans l'affaire dite du 'Centre d'investissement'
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24 September: Former Israel PM Ehud Olmert given a one-year suspended sentence for breaching the public's trust
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31 March 2014: Former PM Ehud Olmert convicted of accepting bribes in Holyland case
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13 May 2014: Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert sentenced to 6-year jail term for corruption
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30 March 2015: Former PM Olmert convicted of fraud, breach of trust in retrial
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25 May 2015: Ex-premier Olmert sentenced to eight months in jail for taking cash from USA businessman and fundraiser Morris Talansky in exchange for political favors
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29 December 2015: Israel’s Supreme Court partially upheld the conviction of Ehud Olmert, who is one of eight former officials and businessmen in the so-called Holyland real estate corruption case, sending the former PM to prison for 18 months
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2 February 2016: Olmert faces fresh conviction after admitting case tampering
2013:
9 July 2013: According to the numbers, Israeli political and cultural institutions are among the most corrupt of the OECD member countries, but Israelis are more willing than their international peers to take the fight against corruption into their own hands
2014/2015:
24 December 2014: A year-long corruption investigation had led to the arrest of 30 suspects, including a deputy minister, a former minister, a ministry director, Israeli police says
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12 January 2015: Yisrael Beytenu MK Kirschenbaum resigns from politics after corruption probe
2016:
5 April 2016: Israel launches probe into firms exposed in tax haven leaks
concerning Mossack Fonseca, the Panama-based law firm at the heart of the so-called 'Panama Papers' scandal
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29 May 2016: Israel police recommend indicting Sara Netanyahu over irregularities at PM's residence
2017:
10 July 2017: Six people including a number of former senior public officials, suspected of corruption in the potentially fraudulent purchase of naval vessels, questioned as part of the ongoing investigation into the 'submarine affair', in which PM Netanyahu’s personal lawyer David Shimron is suspected of attempting to sway multi-billion-shekel deals in favor of the German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp, which he represented in Israel
2017/2018 corruption cases involving prominent Israeli political figures:
2017/2018 Corruption cases involving prominent Israeli political figures
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13 February 2018: Attorney general will examine evidence and decide whether to indict after police investigation of PM Netanyahu in two cases
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29 May 2018: Tel Aviv district prosecution’s finance and tax department has established evidence that Netanyahu 'systematically' demanded benefits worth about NIS 1 million ($282,000) from Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan
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2 December 2018: Police recommend bribery charges for Netanyahu in Case 4000, as investigators say findings in Bezeq corruption probe point to indictments for PM and his wife, Bezeq owner and his wife
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3 December 2018: Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit expressed vociferous protest against accusations made by PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his loyalists, who said that law enforcement officials were engaging in a 'witch hunt' after police recommended that the premier stand trial for bribery and other graft allegations
February 2019 Netanyahu trial, pending hearing:
Since December 2016 investigations involving Benjamin Netanyahu
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28 February 2019: Netanyahu to stand trial for bribery, fraud and breach of trust, pending hearing
September 2019 Mandelblit urged to proceed:
25 September 2019: AG Mandelblit urged by the 'Movement for Quality Government' to scrap Netanyahu hearing and proceed with indictments in a series of corruption cases, saying he had effectively waived his right by making a mockery of the process
December 2019 Avraham Nanikashvili sentenced to 14 months for bribing minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer:
30 December 2019: Businessman Avraham Nanikashvili sentenced by the Tel Aviv District Court to 14 months for bribing minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, who was indicted himself on graft charges involving bribery by several businessman in 2016, and who led the 'National Infrastructure Ministry', also fined NIS 1 million for giving the late Binyamin Ben-Eliezer $400,000 in exchange for policy decisions that benefited Nanikashvili’s holdings in oil and gas, used in his purchase of an upscale home in Jaffa
23 January 2020 Israel slipped in global corruption ranking:
23 January 2020: Israel slipped slightly in global corruption ranking, joining other industrialized nations seen as falling behind in the fight against graft, as Israel placed 35th internationally out of 180 countries in the annual Corruption Perceptions Index survey, and as Israel over the past year saw PM Netanyahu - for the first time a sitting PM - charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust
27 February 2020 police transcript tells of $24,000 Netanyahu Moscow dinner in 2010 covered by billionaire:
27 February 2020: Former spokesman and top aide to Netanyahu, Nir Hefetz, told police that the PM once racked up a $24,000 dinner tab at a Moscow restaurant and sent the check to a billionaire friend dining nearby while on an official visit to the Russian capital in 2010, as part of the corruption investigations into the premier
27 February 2020 Israeli PM's wife faces fresh allegations of mistreating staff:
27 February 2020: Israeli PM's wife Sara Netanyahu faces fresh allegations of mistreating staff a week before Israeli elections, as former housekeeper at Netanyahu’s official residence is suing her for $190,000 in damages for pain and suffering allegedly caused during her employment there, keeping a diary detailing the verbal abuse she received
24 May 2020 Netanyahu lashes out against law enforcement before entering court:
Since 24 May 2020 trial of Benjamin Netanyahu
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24 May 2020: PM Netanyahu lashes out against law enforcement before entering court, facing his criminal trial on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust
Violence against women in Israel:
Violence against women in Israel
Rape in Israel:
Rape in Israel
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Israeli people convicted of rape
2011 Moshe Katsav rape and sexual harassment case:
22 March 2011: Moshe Katsav rape and sexual harassment case sentenced on 22 March 2011
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10. November 2011: Oberstes Gericht Israels bestätigt Urteil gegen früheren Staatspräsidenten Katsav
22 August 2020 police arrest 3rd suspect in connection with alleged gang rape of teen:
22 August 2020: Police arrest 3rd suspect in connection with alleged gang rape of teen, as 19-year-old woman questioned after she tried to solicit video of suspected assault at Eilat hotel
22 August 2020 president Rivlin warns against sexual assaults:
22 August 2020: After alleged Eilat rape president Rivlin says in open letter, sexual assaults are ‘stains that cannot be erased,’ pleads for younger generation to adhere to boundaries, take action against misconduct
Arson attacks in Israel:
23 June 2020 firefighter saves own family as arson attack sends home up in flames:
23 June 2020: Firefighter saves own family as arson attack sends home up in flames, after two cars set alight in Migdal Haemek and fire spreads to house, trapping Kobi Gershon, his wife and two daughters as they sleep
Law in Israel:
Israeli law
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Constitution of Israel
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Basic Laws of Israel, the constitutional laws of the State of Israel dealing with the formation and role of the principal institutions of the state, with the relations between the state's authorities and some of them also protecting civil rights
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Human rights in Israel
List of the Basic Laws of Israel:
List of the Basic Laws of Israel since 1958
Israeli labor law:
Israeli labor law, providing a number of protections to workers in Israel, governed by the Basic Laws, the Hours of Work and Rest Law, as well as various other laws, statutes, and regulations
Israel's judicial system and Israeli courts:
Israel's judicial system
consists of secular courts and religious courts, as the law courts constitute a separate and independent unit of the Ministry of Justice and as the system is headed by Israel's Supreme Court and the Minister of Justice
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Israeli courts
Attorney General of Israel:
Attorney General
of Israel, heading the legal system of the executive branch and the public prosecution of the state, and advising the government in legal matters, representing the state's authorities in the courts, and advising in preparation of law memoranda of the government in general and the Justice Minister in particula
20 July 2020 man indicted for making threats to attorney general:
20 July 2020: Man from the central Israel city of Petah Tikva was indicted Monday for threatening to harm Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, police said
District courts in Israel:
Since 24 May 2020 Jerusalem District Court's trial of Benjamin Netanyahu:
Since 24 May 2020
trial of PM Netanyahu
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24 May 2020: PM Netanyahu lashes out against law enforcement before entering court, facing his criminal trial on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust
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24 May 2020: Deputy state attorney Liat Ben-Ari dismisses the defense’s request for three to four months to go over the evidence before moving forward with the trial, saying defense received materials over a year ago
26 July 2020 Netanyahu due in court for last preliminary hearing in December:
26 July 2020: Netanyahu due in court for last preliminary hearing on December 6, as prosecutors push back against attorneys’ claims investigation transcripts were edited, acknowledging gap in transcripts, as evidence phase of the trial, in which witnesses are questioned, will begin in January
16 September 2020 prosecution in Netanyahu trial summons 90 witnesses:
16 September 2020: Prosecution in Netanyahu trial summons 90 witnesses, starting with news site Walla’s ex-CEO Ilan Yeshua
15 November 2020 Netanyahu corruption trial continues with hearing on defense request for delay:
15 November 2020: Netanyahu corruption trial continues with hearing on defense request for delay, saying it has not received full case files from prosecution and can therefore not properly prepare for evidentiary stage of trial, set to start in January
8 February 2021: Netanyahu formally pleads not guilty as corruption trial resumes:
8 February 2021: Netanyahu formally pleads not guilty as corruption trial resumes, and as PM alleged to have accepted gifts from billionaires and traded favours with media and telecoms moguls
31 July 2020 Yair Netanyahu called to court over ‘threatening’ tweet against protest leaders:
31 July 2020: PM
Netanyahu’s son Yair Netanyahu called to Jerusalem court
over a call for his online followers to 'visit' the homes of anti-government protest organizers, attached with image of a court registration document with protest organizers’ names, addresses and birthdays, as organizers claimed to have received threatening calls after the tweet was sent out
26 September 2020 outrage after judge agrees to anonymity request of man accused of stabbing wife:
26 September 2020: Outrage after judge agrees to
anonymity request of man working in the defense industry
and accused of stabbing wife, as victim wants name revealed so ‘everyone knows what he did’, as activists name him online and Lily Ben Ami, the sister of Michal Sela who was killed by her husband last year, protested, but Beersheba Magistrate’s Court judge agrees to suspect’s request ‘not to ruin reputation’
Labor Courts of Israel:
Labor Courts
of Israel, existing in two instances including five regional courts, and the National Labor Court situated in Jerusalem, an appellate court hearing appeals from judgments of regional courts as certain issues, of particular importance (e.g. collective disagreements at national level), are heard in the national court as a first instance court
Supreme Court of Israel:
Supreme Court
, consisting of 15 justices who are appointed by the Judicial Selection Committee, is the highest court in Israel and has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all other courts and, in some cases, original jurisdiction
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As the High Court of Justice the Supreme Court rules as a court of first instance, primarily in matters regarding the legality of decisions of State authorities
2004/2005:
Israeli Supreme Court decisions of 2004 and 2005 on the West Bank Barrier
2017:
5 January 2017: Supreme Court head Miriam Naor says attacks on IDF justices who convicted Hebron shooter Azaria 'have no place in civilized society’, adding that 'pointed criticism of verdicts are of course legitimate, but what is happening now crosses all lines of legitimate discourse and represents a threat to the rule of law and democracy'
27 September 2017: Israel’s High Court ruled on a petition against Israel's weapons sales to Myanmar, but the court decision must remain secret because the judges hearing the case issued a gag order on it at the request of the state
17 December 2017: After on 4 December 2017 Israel’s Supreme Court ordered the Beit Shemesh municipality to remove signs that demand women dress modestly and not walk on some parts of the streets, women who initiated the case are now facing threats and harassment after the signs began coming down last week
2018:
25 April 2018: Israeli border policeman who shot and killed unarmed Palestinian teen in 2014 gets nine months prison
5 December 2019 Supreme Court's Esther Hayut delivered an impassioned defense of Israeli jurisprudence:
5 December 2019: In her first public comments regarding the charges against PM Netanyahu and the subsequent attacks on the justice system from him and his allies, Supreme Court chief justice Esther Hayut on Thursday delivered an impassioned defense of Israeli jurisprudence, slamming efforts to besmirch law enforcement and legal officials
19 March 2020 High Court says virus mass surveillance can’t continue without Knesset oversight:
19 March 2020: In a dramatic decision, the High Court of Justice said Thursday that it would shutter the government’s new mass surveillance program if Israel’s parliament fails to establish parliamentary oversight over it within five days
13/16 April 2020 Supreme Court hearings to be broadcast live via the Internet:
13 April 2020: Supreme Court's president Justice Esther Hayut has announced that this Thursday's hearing of a petition filed against the emergency regulations allowing the police and the Israel Security Agency to monitor the movements of Covid-19 patients, will be broadcast on a trial basis, and that other hearings will be roadcast live for the first time, via the Internet, and in the futureb
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16 April 2020: In landmark pilot, High Court livestreams hearing on Shin Bet phone tracking
3 May 2020 High Court asked whether indicted Netanyahu can form government, also weighing legality of new coalition deal:
3 May 2020: Also weighing legality of Likud-Blue and White coalition deal
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High Court m