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1999 in Israel

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14 February – over 250,000Orthodox Jews demonstrate in Jerusalem over aSupreme Court ruling thatReform andConservative congregations should have representatives on local religious councils.^[1]
9 March –Rana Arslan becomes the firstIsraeli Arab to win theMiss Israel pageant.
17 March –Aryeh Deri is convicted of taking bribes while serving asInterior Minister of Israel and is sentenced to four years in prison and receives a fine of 250,000 NIS.
17 May –Ehud Barak is elected prime minister ofIsrael.
28 May – A joint U.S.–Israeli search team finds the wreck of the long-lost Israeli submarineINS Dakar in theMediterranean Sea.
29 May –Eden representsIsrael at the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song “Yom Huledet” ("Happy Birthday"), held at theBinyanei HaUma inJerusalem, followingIsrael’s win the previous year, achieving fifth place.^[2]
6 July – Prime MinisterEhud Barak presents his cabinet for aKnesset "Vote of Confidence". The28th Government is approved that day and the members were sworn in.
22 August –Tal committee: Theprime minister anddefense minister Ehud Barak appoint anIsraeli public committee, headed by the retired judgeTzvi Tal, to deal with the special exemption from mandatory military service in theIsrael Defense Forces given to IsraeliUltra Orthodox Jews.

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1999 include:

Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets

The most prominentPalestinian militant acts and operations committed against Israeli targets during 1999 include:

Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
The most prominent Israeli militarycounter-terrorism operations (military campaigns andmilitary operations) carried out againstPalestinian militants during 1999 include:

28 February –Erez Gerstein (b. 1960), commander of theGolani Brigade andLebanon Liaison Unit, killed from a roadside bomb in Lebanon.
27 March –Nahum Stelmach (b. 1936), Israeli footballer and manager.
20 April –Bethsabée de Rothschild (b. 1914), British-born Israeli-French philanthropist.
18 July –Meir Ariel (b. 1942), Israeli singer.
18 August –Hanoch Levin (b. 1943), Israeli playwright, theater director, poet and writer.
1 October –Ted Arison (b. 1924), Israeli-American businessman.
15 October –Yosef Burg (b. 1909), German-born Israeli politician and Rabbi.
Full date unknown
- Shmuel Horowitz (b. 1901), Russian (Belarus)-born Israeli agronomist.
- Shlomo Morag, (b. 1926), Israeli professor of theHebrew Language at theHebrew University of Jerusalem.
- Zahara Schatz (b.1916), Israeli painter and sculptor.

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