1963 in Israel

1963
in
Israel

Decades:	1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s
See also:	Other events of 1963 List of years in Israel Timeline of the region of Palestine Timeline of Israeli history

Events in the year 1963 in Israel.

Incumbents

April 23 – President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi dies in office and Kadish Luz, Speaker of the Knesset, becomes acting President pending the election of a new President.
May 21 – In the 1963 Presidential Election, the Knesset elects Zalman Shazar as President of Israel, by a majority of 67 votes to 33 votes caste in favour of his opponent, Peretz Bernstein. Shazar assumes office immediately as the third president of the State of Israel.
June 16 – David Ben-Gurion resigns as Prime Minister for what he describes as personal reasons and chooses Levi Eshkol as his successor.
June 26 – Levi Eshkol is elected Prime Minister of Israel. The 11th Government is approved that day and the members are sworn in.

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1963 include:

Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets

The most prominent Palestinian fedayeen terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1963 include:

Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations (military campaigns and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 1963 include:

January 12 – Rami Heuberger, Israeli actor and entertainer.
August 25 – Avi Ran, Israeli footballer (goalkeeper) (d. 1987).
September 18 – Uri Fink, Israeli comic book artist and writer.
October 4 – Ronny Rosenthal, former Israeli footballer.
November 5 – Yair Lapid, Israeli journalist, author, TV presenter and news anchor.
December 20 – Tal Friedman, Israeli comedian, actor and musician.

February 13 – Daniel Auster (b. 1893), Austro-Hungarian (Galicia)-born Israeli politician, the first Jewish Mayor of Jerusalem.
April 23 – Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (b. 1884), Russian (Ukraine)-born Labor Zionist leader and the second President of Israel.
May 17 – Ami Assaf (b. 1903), Israeli politician.
June 8 – Haim Boger (b. 1876), Russian (Crimea)-born Zionist activist and Israeli politician.
July 23 – Shlomo Lavi (b. 1882), Russian (Poland)-born Zionist activist and Israeli politician.
October 9 – Yehezkel Kaufmann (b. 1889), Russian (Ukraine)-born Israeli philosopher and Biblical scholar.

1963 in Asia

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States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine Republic of China (Taiwan) South Ossetia

Dependencies and other territories	Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau