1949 in Israel

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Events in the year 1949 in Israel.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 2.1 Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2.2 Unknown dates 3 Notable births 4 Notable deaths 5 Major public holidays 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

Incumbents

• Prime Minister of Israel – David Ben-Gurion (Mapai)
• President of Israel – Chaim Weizmann (until February 17, President (or Chairman) of the Provisional State Council)
• Chief of General Staff - Yaakov Dori until November 9, Yigal Yadin
• Government of Israel - 1st Government of Israel, from May 10

Events

• January 7 – Operation Horev ends.
• January 19 – The illegal Jewish immigrants whom had been sent to camps in Cyprus arrive in Israel.
• January 25 – The first Israeli legislative election is held in which David Ben-Gurion becomes Prime Minister.
• January 31 – The United States grants de jure recognition to the State of Israel.
• February 14 – The Knesset (Israeli parliament) convenes for the first time.
• February 16 – In the first Israeli Presidential Election, the Knesset elects Chaim Weizmann (the temporary head of state as head of the Provisional State Council), as President of Israel, by a majority of 83 votes to 15 votes caste in favour of his opponent, Joseph Klausner. He assumes office the following day as the first president of the State of Israel.
• February 24 – The armistice agreement between Israel and Egypt is signed in Rhodes.
• March 5 – Israel launches Operation Ovda with the objective of capturing the southern Negev desert.
• March 10 – The Israel Defense Forces reach Umm Rashrash, west of Aqaba (the biblical Elath), and capture it without a battle. The Negev Brigade and Golani Brigade takes part in the operation. To symbolize their victory, they raise a makeshift flag created from a white sheet and a bottle of ink.^[2]
• March 23 – The armistice agreement between Israel and Lebanon is signed.
• April 3 – The armistice agreement between Israel and Jordan is signed in Rhodes.
• April 27 – Opening of the Lausanne Conference, established by the United Nations with the aim of reaching a comprehensive peace agreement between Israel and Arab countries.
• May 11 – Israel is admitted to the United Nations as its 59th member.
• July 20 – Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their 19-month war.

Post-war:

• August 17 – The remains of Theodor Herzl are buried in Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
• November 9 – Yigael Yadin is appointed as the second Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, succeeding Yaakov Dori.
• December 5 – Prime Minister Ben-Gurion proclaims Jerusalem as Israel's capital.^[3]

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1949 include:

• 20 March - Fifty Israeli soldiers order 1,800 civilians to leave the village of Beit 'Awwa. UN report 7,000 people driven out of area west of Dura.^[4]
• 31 March - Israeli command car ambushed near Al Qubeiba. All four occupants are killed.^[5]
• September - Ar Reina: IDF troops execute fourteen bedouin and one woman suspected of smuggling.^[6]
• October 7 - Four killed by an Israeli mortar attack on Beit Hanun^[7]
• November - 2,000 bedouin expelled from Beersheba area to West Bank.^[8]

Unknown dates

The founding of the moshav Arbel The founding of the moshav Aviel The founding of the moshav Azaria The founding of the kibbutz Bar'am The founding of the kibbutz Barkai The founding of the moshav Be'erotayim The founding of the moshav Beit Gamliel The founding of the kibbutz Beit Guvrin The founding of the kibbutz Beit HaEmek The founding of the kibbutz Beit Kama The founding of the city Beit She'an The founding of the moshav Beit Zeit The founding of the moshav Ben Ami The founding of the moshav Bnei Darom The founding of the kibbutz Bnei Re'em The founding of the moshav Burgata The founding of the moshav Ein Ayala The founding of the moshav Elifelet The founding of the moshav Elkosh The founding of the kibbutz Erez The founding of the kibbutz Gadot The founding of the local council Ganei Tikva The founding of the kibbutz Gesher HaZiv The founding of the moshav Gilat The founding of the moshav HaBonim The founding of the moshav Hagor

The founding of the kibbutz HaOn The founding of the kibbutz HaSolelim The founding of the moshav Hatzav The founding of the kibbutz Kabri The founding of the moshav Kfar HaNagid The re-establishment of the moshav Kfar Uria The founding of the kibbutz Lahavot Haviva The founding of the kibbutz Lavi The founding of the moshav Liman The founding of the kibbutz Lohamey HaGeta'ot The founding of the kibbutz Magen The founding of the kibbutz Mefalsim The founding of the kibbutz Nave Yair The founding of the kibbutz Neve Ur The founding of the moshav Nir Galim The founding of the kibbutz Nir Yitzhak The founding of the kibbutz Palmachim The founding of the moshav Ramot Meir The founding of the kibbutz Re'im The founding of the city Rosh HaAyin The founding of the kibbutz Rosh HaNikra The founding of the moshav Tifrah The founding of the moshav Tirat Yehuda The founding of the moshav Tzippori The founding of the kibbutz Zikim

Notable births

• January 21 – Shlomo Gronich, Israeli musician.
• October 12 – Galila Ron-Feder Amit, Israeli author.
• October 21 – Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel
• November 24 – Shosh Atari, Israeli radio presenter and actress (d. 2008).
• November 26 – Shlomo Artzi, Israeli singer.
• November 30 – Matti Caspi, Israeli singer.

Notable deaths

Major public holidays

See also

• 1949 in Israeli film
• 1949 in Israeli music
• 1949 in Israeli sport

References

External links

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