Events in the year2010 inIsrael .
29 May –Harel Skaat representsIsrael at the Eurovision Song Contest with the balad “Milim ” ("Words").[ 1] [ 2] June 16 –Israel Defense Forces soldiers stop three armed men entering Israel fromEgypt , 40 kilometres north of the Israeli city ofEilat . One of them is killed, and the other two flee, leaving behind an explosive device.[ 3] June 17 –Immanuel Beit Yaakov controversy –Haredi parents of girls in theWest Bank settlement ofImmanuel begin a two-week jail sentence after the parents refused to follow an Israeli Supreme Court order, without a trial,[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] June 22 – The Israelireconnaissance satellite Ofek-9 is launched from thePalmachim Airbase .[ 7] [ 8] July 5 –Echad Ha'am 101 sitcom first episode is broadcast.[ 9] July 10 – A new bill is introduced in theKnesset that would forceHaredi Jewish schools to teach core subjects such as mathematics, science, English, and civics, or lose state funding.[ 10] July 26 –2010 Israeli helicopter disaster in Romania : SixIsraeli Air Force (IAF) officers (four pilots and two mechanics) and oneRomanian Air Force officer die when an IAFSikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter (known in Israel as a "Yasur") crashes, during a joint Israeli-Romanian aviation exercise in theCarpathian Mountains in northernRomania .[ 11] July 27 – Following a court order,Israeli police demolish theBedouin village ofAl-Araqeeb north ofBeer Sheva , evicting 200 residents.[ 12] August 3 –Lebanon border clash – AnIDF officer is killed and another seriously wounded when they come under fire fromLebanese Armed Forces , while on a brush-clearing operation on Israel's side of the border withLebanon , near kibbutzMisgav Am and the Lebanese village ofAdaisseh . The IDF returns fire resulting in the death of two Lebanese soldiers and a Lebanese journalist. Several Lebanese soldiers and another journalist are reportedly wounded. August 6 – The Israeli Channel 2 reveals theGalant document , a document which allegedly is a purported PR plan designed to ensure that Yoav Galant would become the next chief of staff. Eventually a police investigation finds evidence that the document was forged and the appointment process of theChief of General Staff is renewed. August 19 – Israeli mathematician,Elon Lindenstrauss , is awarded the 2010Fields Medal , becoming the first Israeli recipient of this award.[ 13] October 10 – TheIsraeli cabinet approves aloyalty oath bill requiring all future non-Jews applying for anIsraeli citizenship to swear loyalty toIsrael as aJewish and democratic state .[ 14] November 10 – AnIsraeli Air Force F-16I crashes inMakhtesh Ramon while on a training over theNegev desert in southern Israel, killing both the pilot and navigator of the plane.[ 15] November 14 – TheIsraeli cabinet approves a plan to allow a further 8,000Falasha Mura , descendants ofEthiopians Jews who converted to Christianity, into the country.[ 16] [ 17] November 30 – After about four years of construction, theCarmel Tunnels were inaugurated and opened to traffic, cutting the current travel time from the Haifa South interchange in the west to the Checkpost interchange in the east from 40 minutes down to 8 minutes.[ 18] [ 19] December 2 – The2010 Mount Carmel forest fire [ 20] Israel Prison Service 's officer course en route to evacuate prisoners from the Damun Prison in the area of the fire, taking 44 lives, including 37 of the cadets and their officers.[ 21] [ 22] Mount Carmel in northern Israel, close to the city ofHaifa , and is eventually brought under control late on December 5, 2010.[ 23] December 30 – Israel's former PresidentMoshe Katsav is convicted of two counts of rape,obstruction of justice and othersexual offences by a court inTel Aviv .[ 24] On November 30 the
Carmel Tunnels were inaugurated and opened to traffic
[ edit ] Gaza flotilla raid – photo of theMV Mavi Marmara on which the violent clash erupted.Benjamin Netanyahu ,Mahmoud Abbas ,George J. Mitchell andHillary Clinton at the start of direct talks on September 2, 2010.The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 2010 include:
March 10 – Israel's government approves construction of an additional 1,600 apartments in a large Jewish housing development in northeasternJerusalem calledRamat Shlomo .[ 25] Joe Biden and the U.S. government subsequently issues a strongly worded condemnation of the plan.[ 26] May 31 –Israeli naval forces raid and capture a flotilla of ships , organized by theFree Gaza Movement and theTurkish Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH), which are attempting to break theIsraeli and Egyptian blockade of Gaza . During the takeover, a violent confrontation erupts on board thelargest ship of the flotilla . As a result, nine activists are killed[ 27] [ 28] IDF soldiers are wounded.[ 29] [ 30] June 14 – The Israeli government announces the formation of theTurkel Commission of Inquiry to investigate theGaza flotilla raid and theblockade of Gaza .[ 31] [ 32] September 2 –2010 direct talks : U.S. launches direct negotiations between Israel andThe Palestinian Authority in Washington D.C.[ 33] September 14 –2010 direct talks : A second round of Middle East peace talks between Israel and thePalestinian Authority concludes inSharm el-Sheikh , Egypt.[ 34] September 26 – TheIsraeli 10-month moratorium in construction of new settlement homes in the West Bank expires at 22.00 (GMT).[ 35] September 28 – TheIsraeli Navy intercepts the shipIrene , heading fromCyprus towardsGaza and carrying nine Jewish activists from the US, the UK, Germany and Israel, which was attempting to break theIsraeli naval blockade of Gaza . Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
The most prominentPalestinian militant acts and operations committed against Israeli targets during 2010 include:
February 1 – ThePopular Resistance Committees (PRC), aPalestinian militant group in theGaza Strip with close ties toHamas , tries to carry out an attack on Israel by means of bombs placed in barrels and sent into theMediterranean Sea from the Gaza coast.[ 36] February 24 –Murder of Neta Sorek March 26 – A team ofIDF soldiers fromGolani Brigade , who cross the border into theGaza Strip pursuing several people are seen placing explosive devices near the Israeli border fence, is ambushed and attacked with mortar shells and gunfire from inside the Strip. Two IDF soldiers are killed and three are injured. Hamas andIslamic Jihad claim responsibility for the attack.[ 37] June 11 – APalestinian militant attempts to run over two Israeli border policemen in the Jerusalem neighbourhood ofWadi al-Joz , close to theOld City Walls. Other members of the border police force, who are at the scene, shoot and critically wound the driver as he tries to escape. The two policemen are lightly injured and receive medical treatment on the spot.[ 38] June 14 – One Israeli policeman is killed and three policemen are injured whenPalestinian militants open fire on their vehicle onHighway 60 , south ofHebron .[ 39] August 31 –2010 Palestinian militancy campaign :August 2010 West Bank shooting – Four Israelis, including a pregnant woman, are killed by Palestinian militants in a shooting in the West Bank next toKiryat Arba , when a gunman opens fire on their car. Hamas claim responsibility for the attack.[ 40] [ 41] [ 42] September 1 –2010 Palestinian militancy campaign : Rimonim junction shooting: Palestinian militants open fire on an Israeli car nearKochav HaShachar in the West Bank moderately injuring an Israeli man and lightly injuring an Israeli woman. Hamas has claimed responsibility for the attack.[ 43] September 26 –2010 Palestinian militancy campaign : Palestinian gunmen open fire on a pregnant woman and her husband in their car, wounding them both in the legs. The gunmen also shoot at another car, whose occupants evade injury.[ 44] [ 45] [ 46] [ 47] [ 48] Fatah andPalestinian Islamic Jihad claim responsibility for the attack.[ 49] December 18 –Murder of Kristine Luken : An American Christian missionary, Kristine Luken, is murdered and her British-born Israeli friend is seriously wounded by two knife-wielding Palestinian militants while hiking in a forest nearBeit Shemesh , on the outskirts ofJerusalem .[ 50] Palestinians , members of a Palestinian terror cell, are later indicted for the attack, which was described as nationalist orientated.[ 51] Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets counter-terrorist operations (military campaigns andmilitary operations ) carried out againstPalestinian militants during 2010 include:
Israel Tal Avi Cohen January 9 –Bruria Kaufman (born1918 ), American-born Israeli physicist.[ 64] January 9 –Nadav Levitan (born1945 ), Israeli film director and screenwriter – lung disease.[ 65] January 20 –Abraham Sutzkever (born 1913), Polish-born Israeli poet[ 66] February 3 –Elazar ben Tsedaka ben Yitzhaq (born1927 ),Samaritan High Priest .[ 67] February 4 –Meir Pichhadze (born 1955), Soviet (Georgian)-born Israeli artist and painter – cancer.[ 68] February 10 –Yosef Azran (born 1941), Moroccan-born Israeli rabbi and politician, member of Knesset (1988–1996) – liver failure.[ 69] February 21 –Menachem Porush (born1916 ), Israeli politician, member of Knesset (1959–1975, 1977–1994).[ 70] February 28 –David Bankier (born 1947), German-born Israeli Holocaust scholar.[ 71] March 8 –David Kimche (born1928 ), British-born Israeli diplomat,Mossad agent (1953–1980) – brain cancer.[ 72] March 26 –Shmuel Katz (born 1926), Austrian-born Israeli caricaturist and illustrator.[ 73] April 29 –Avigdor Arikha (born 1929), Romanian-born Israeli painter – complications of cancer.[ 74] May 14 –David Maimon (born1929 ), Israeli general, head of the Israel Prison Service.[ 75] May 30 –Arie Eliav (born 1921), Russian-born Israeli politician – after long illness.[ 76] June 7 –Mordechai Eliyahu (born1929 ), Israeli rabbi, Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel (1983–1993).[ 77] July 9 –Yehuda Amital (born 1924), Romanian-born Israeli rabbi and politician.[ 78] July 27 –Tzvi Kamil (born 1935), Polish-born Israeli scientist and inventor.[ 79] September 2 –Shmuel Eisenstadt (born 1923), Polish-born Israeli sociologist.[ 80] September 8 –Israel Tal (born1924 ), Israeli general known for leading the development of Israel'sMerkava tank .[ 81] September 21 –Shabtai Rosenne (born1917 ), British-born Israeli diplomat and professor of international law – cardiac arrest.[ 82] September 28 –Israel Dostrovsky (born 1918), Russian (Ukraine)-born Israeli scientist, fifth president of theWeizmann Institute of Science .[ 83] October 27 –Ehud Netzer (born1934 ), Israeli archaeologist – injuries from a fall.[ 84] October 29 –Yisrael Katz (born 1927), Austrian-born Israeli politician and former minister.[ 85] November 2 –Sarah Doron (born 1922), Lithuanian-born Israeli politician and government minister.[ 86] November 9 –Amos Lavi (born 1953), Libyan-born Israeli actor.[ 87] December 9 –Dov Shilansky (born 1924), Lithuanian-born Israeli politician,Speaker of the Knesset .[ 88] December 18 –Max Jammer (born1915 ), German-born Israeli physicist.[ 89] December 28 –Avi Cohen (born 1956), Egyptian-born Israeli footballer – motorcycle accident.[ 90] [ 91] Major public holidays [ edit ] Tu Bishvat – sunset, January 29 to nightfall, January 30Fast of Esther – February 25 (dawn to nightfall)Purim – nightfall, February 27 to nightfall, February 28Shushan Purim , Jerusalem – nightfall, February 28 to nightfall, March 1Fast of the Firstborn – March 29 (dawn to sunset)Passover andChol HaMoed Pesach – sunset March 29 to nightfall, April 5 (7th day) (an additional day is observed outside Israel)Holocaust Remembrance Day – nightfall, April 11 to nightfall, April 12Fallen Soldiers Remembrance Day – nightfall, April 18 to nightfall April 19Israel's Independence Day – nightfall, April 19 to nightfall, April 20Lag Ba'omer – nightfall May 1 to nightfall, May 2Jerusalem Day – nightfall May 11 to nightfall, May 12Shavuot – sunset, May 18 to nightfall, May 19 (a second day is observed outside Israel)Seventeenth of Tammuz fast – June 29 (dawn to nightfall)Ninth of Av fast – sunset, July 19 to nightfall, July 20Rosh Hashanah – sunset, September 8 to sunset, September 10Fast of Gedalia – September 12 (dawn to nightfall)Yom Kippur – sunset, September 17 to nightfall, September 18Sukkot andChol HaMoed Sukkot – sunset, September 22 to sunset, September 29Simchat Torah /Shemini Atzeret – sunset, September 29 to nightfall of September 30 (a second day is observed outside Israel)Hanukkah – sunset, December 1 to sunset, December 9Tenth of Tevet fast – December 17 (dawn to nightfall)^ "2010 Israel – Mililm" .Diggiloo Thrush .^ Segev, Yoav (May 29, 2010)."Israeli singer Harel Skaat places 14th in European song contest final" .Ha’Aretz . ^ "IDF kills armed Beduin infiltrator" .The Jerusalem Post . 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