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The following lists events in the year 2017 in Israel.

## Incumbents

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* President – Reuven Rivlin
* Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu
* Government of Israel – 34th government of Israel
* President of the Supreme Court – Miriam Naor until 26 October, Esther Hayut
* Chief of General Staff – Gadi Eizenkot

## Events

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### January

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* January 8 – Jerusalem vehicular attack

### February

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* February 6 – The Knesset passed the Regulation Law 60 to 52

### March

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* March 15 – Israel finished in 6th place at the 2017 World Baseball Classic
* March 17 – Israel–Syria incident

### April

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* April 14 – Jerusalem Light Rail stabbing

### May

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* 13 May – Imri Ziv represents Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “I Feel Alive”.[1]
* 15 May – Launching of Israeli Broadcasting Corporation with stations KAN 11 and Makan 33
* 22 May – Donald Trump the President of the United States visits the Western Wall[2]
* 24 May – Celebration of the 50th Jerusalem Day

### June

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* June 4 – Opening of the Assuta Ashdod Medical Center
* June 16 – Jerusalem attack
* June 24 – Kick off of the 2017 Israeli Basketball Super League Final Four

### July

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* 4–17 July – The 20th Maccabiah Games are held with 10,000 athletes from Israel and Jewish communities throughout the world competing in 45 sports.[3]
* July 14 – Temple Mount shooting
* July 21 – Halamish stabbing attack
* July 23 – Israeli embassy in Amman attack

### August

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* August 2 – 2017 Yavne attack
* August 19 – Israel at the 2017 Summer Universiade began
* August 31 – Israel hosted the EuroBasket 2017 Group B

### December

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* December 6 – The White House announces that Donald Trump will officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.[4]

## Deaths

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* January 1 – Yaakov Neeman (born 1939), lawyer and politician, former Minister of Justice and Minister of Finance
* January 13 – Ari Rath (born 1925), journalist and editor, former editor of The Jerusalem Post
* January 22 – Moshe Gershuni (born 1936), painter and sculptor
* February 5 – Gila Goldstein (born 1947), actress, singer and activist
* March 2 – David Rubinger (born 1924), photographer who took a famous photograph of Israeli Paratroopers at the Western Wall
* March 24 – Avraham Sharir (born 1932), politician and government minister
* May 1 – Yisrael Friedman (born 1923), Romanian-born Israeli rabbi
* July 23 - Amir Fryszer Guttman (born 1976) Singer and Gay rights activist died while saving his niece from drowning.

## References

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1. ^ "Israel fails to wow at Eurovision as Portugal scores surprise win". The Times of Israel. 2017-05-13.
2. ^ Diamond, Jeremy. "Trump makes historic visit to Western Wall". CNN. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
3. ^ "Twentieth Maccabiah". Maccabiah 21.
4. ^ "Trump to go ahead with Jerusalem move despite 'red line' warning". ABC News. 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2017-12-07.

## See also

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