2009 in Israel

none August 2010 2009 Events in the year 2009 in Israel. Incumbents President of Israel – Shimon Peres Prime Minister of Israel – Ehud Olmert (Kadima) until March 31, Benjamin Netanyahu President of the Supreme Court – Dorit Beinisch Chief of General Staff – Gabi Ashkenazi Government of Israel – 31st Government of Israel until March 31, 32nd Government of Israel Events January – the Tamar gas field was discovered in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel. February 10 – The Elections for the 18th Knesset are held in Israel. The Likud party wins 27 seats and Kadima 28; however, the right-wing camp wins a majority of seats, and President Shimon Peres called on Benjamin Netanyahu to form the government. March 19 – Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav is formally indicted in a Tel Aviv court for rape and other sexual offences against three women who had worked with him.http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/03/19/Ex-Israeli_leader_Katsav_indicted_for_rape/UPI-89681237487821 Ex-Israeli leader Katsav indicted for rape UPI.com March 19, 2009 September 28, 2010 March 31 – Benjamin Netanyahu presents his cabinet for a Knesset "Vote of Confidence". The 32nd Government is approved that day by a majority of 69 to 45 and the members are sworn in. April 4 – Tel Aviv's official centennial celebrations open at the Rabin Square.http://www.tlv100.co.il/EN/ Tel Aviv-Yafo Centennial Year 1909–2009 City of Tel Aviv-Yafo 9 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20090228103847/http://www.tlv100.co.il/EN February 28, 2009 mdy May 11–15 – Pope Benedict XVI visits Israel and the Palestinian territories. During his visit, the pope condemned Holocaust denials and called for cooperation between the Palestinians and Israelis. 16 May – Noa and Mira Awad represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest with the Hebrew, Arabic and English language song "There Must Be Another Way". http://www.diggiloo.net/?2009il 2009 Israel – There must be another way Diggiloo Thrush June 8 – Former Finance Minister Avraham Hirschson is convicted of embezzling millions of shekels from the National Workers Labor Federation during the period in which he served as its chairman.The court ruled: Avraham Hirschson stole (in Hebrew). Ynet, published June 8, 2009: "The judge in the district court for Tel-Aviv, Bracha Ophir Tom, convicted Hirschson of stealing approximately 2 million shekels from the National Workers Labor Federation...." June 24 – Former Finance Minister Avraham Hirschson is sentenced to five years and five months of jail and a fine of 450,000 shekels. June 25 – During the 2009 NBA draft, the Israeli basketball player Omri Casspi is selected 23rd overall by the Sacramento Kings.http://www.nba.com/draft2009/ 2009 NBA Draft June 25, 2009 NBA June 30, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090626061452/http://www.nba.com/draft2009/ June 26, 2009 making him the first Israeli to be selected in the first round of the NBA draft. With his debut with the Kings on October 28, 2009, Casspi becomes the first Israeli to play in the NBA league.The Jerusalem Post Casspi scores 15 in dream NBA debut https://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=158908 Jerusalem Post October 29, 2009 April 27, 2010 13–23 July – The 18th Maccabiah Games are held with 7,510 athletes from Israel and Jewish communities throughout the world competing in 33 sports.Eighteenth Maccabiah Maccabiah 21 https://www.maccabiah.com/en/maccabiah/maccabiah-history/eighteenth-maccabiah August 1 – Two killed and at least fifteen are injured in a shooting at the "Bar-Noar" LGBT center in Tel Aviv. August 20 – Leading Israeli TV personality Dudu Topaz commits suicide in the Nitzan Detention Center in Ramla, by hanging himself in his prison cell, while awaited trial on charges of assaulting top media Israeli media executives. August 30 – Ehud Olmert is indicted on three counts of corruption, becoming the first ex-Prime Minister of Israel to face criminal charges.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8229521.stm Former Israeli PM Olmert charged BBC News August 30, 2009 September 28, 2010 September 1 – Former Finance Minister Avraham Hirschson arrives at the Hermon prison facility to begin serving his five-year sentence. September 13 – An Israeli Air Force F-16A crashes while on a training flight over the southern Hebron hills, killing pilot Captain Assaf Ramon. Assaf was the son of Ilan Ramon, a former F-16 pilot and Israel's first astronaut, who was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster."Israeli Air Force accident." ynetnews.com. Retrieved: September 13, 2009. September 24 – In an address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Netanyahu said Iran poses a threat to the peace of the world and that it is incumbent on the world body to prevent it from obtaining nuclear weapons.https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1116784.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090926173041/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1116784.html dead September 26, 2009 Netanyahu slams UN, challenges it to confront Iran September 24, 2009 Haaretz September 24, 2009http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3781710,00.html PM to UN: Iran fueled by fundamentalism September 24, 2009 Ynetnews September 24, 2009 September 25 – The trial of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on corruption charges begins in Jerusalem. He is the first ever Israeli Prime Minister to be brought to trial.Israel ex-PM's graft trial begins BBC News, February 25, 2009; Ex-Israeli prime minister goes on trial RTÉ News, 25 September 2009 November 4 – Operation Four Species: Israeli navy commandos of Shayetet 13 board and seize the MV Francop cargo ship in the eastern Mediterranean Sea and its cargo of hundreds of tons of weapons allegedly bound from the Islamic Republic of Iran for Hezbollah in Lebanon. November 14 – More than 1,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews demonstrate outside the offices of U.S. firm Intel in Israel in protest at work taking place at the site on Jewish Sabbath.Selig Abe https://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1258027286616&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Haredim protest against Intel in Jerusalem Jerusalem Post September 9, 2011 September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest at Intel Israel plant Reuters, November 14, 2009'Sabbath' protest targets Intel BBC, November 14, 2009 December 10 – Ada Yonath received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A. Steitz for her studies on the structure and function of the ribosome, becoming the first Israeli woman to win the Nobel Prize out of nine Israeli Nobel laureates,https://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=156872 Nobel Prize Winner 'Happy, Shocked' Lappin Yaakov October 7, 2009 Jerusalem Post October 7, 2009 the first woman from the Middle East to win a Nobel prize in the sciences,December 2009 and the first woman in 45 years to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. December 12 – The Israeli government passes a highly controversial bill calling for the creation of a biometric database of all Israeli citizens, which would contain their fingerprints and facial contours.Rebecca Anna Stoil https://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=162521 Knesset approves highly controversial Biometric Database Law Jerusalem Post September 28, 2010 Israeli–Palestinian conflict The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 2009 include: May 19 – Netanyahu meets US President Barack Obama at the White House, where they discuss the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and Israel's settlements in the West Bank. While Obama says that a two state solution is a priority, Netanyahu refuses to support the creation of a Palestinian Arab state. Netanyahu says Israel has the right to continue settlements, whereas Obama calls for settlement growth to be frozen. June 14 – Ten days after President Obama's Cairo speech, Netanyahu gives a speech at Bar-Ilan University in which he endorsed, for the first time, a "Demilitarized Palestinian State", after two months of refusing to commit to anything other than a self-ruling autonomy when coming into office. The speech is widely seen as a response to Obama's speech.http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090614/D98QNI400.html Netanyahu endorses Palestinian independence Josef Federman Associated Press June 18, 2009 June 14, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090617031608/http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090614/D98QNI400.html June 17, 2009 live October 2 – Israel releases twenty female Palestinian Arab prisoners to the Gaza Strip and in exchange the Hamas releasing a videotape that proves that the Israeli captured soldier Gilad Shalit is still alive.Khoury Jack https://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1118389.html Gilad Shalit in video: I've been longing for my freedom for a long time Haaretz Israel September 15, 2010 September 28, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100413083913/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1118389.html April 13, 2010 mdy-all https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/world/middleeast/03mideast.html?hp The New York Times Israel Receives Video of Captured Soldier in Exchange for Release of Prisoners Isabel Kershner October 3, 2009 21 August 2010 October 2 – The first video of the Israeli captured soldier Gilad Shalit is released to the public. November 25 – Prime Minister Netanyahu announces a ten-month settlement moratorium in permits for new settlement homes in the West Bank (excluding east Jerusalem), seen as a result of pressure from the Obama administration, which urged the sides to seize the opportunity to resume talks. In his announcement, Netanyahu calls the move "a painful step that will encourage the peace process" and urges the Palestinian Arabs to respond.http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3810640,00.html Cabinet votes on 10-month building freeze Sofer Roni November 25, 2009 Ynetnews December 14, 2009 Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets right|thumb|250px|2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict. From top to bottom right: A Qassam rocket fired from a civilian area in Gaza towards Israel, Grad rocket fired from Gaza hits a kindergarten classroom in the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva, An Israeli attack in the Gaza strip, Aftermath of an Israeli bombing. October 2010 The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations (military campaigns and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 2009 include: January and February – Sudan Air Strikes: a series of two air strikes in Sudan and one in the Red Sea took place, allegedly conducted by the Israeli Air Force against Iranian arms being smuggled to the Gaza Strip through Sudan.Exclusive: Three Israeli Airstrikes Against Sudan http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2009/03/exclusive-three.html ABC News March 27, 2009 March 28, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090329094645/http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2009/03/exclusive-three.html March 29, 2009 liveReport: Israel carried out 3 attacks on Sudan arms smugglers https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1074457.html Haaretz March 28, 2009 March 28, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090330054159/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1074457.html March 30, 2009 dead The Israeli government hinted that Israeli forces were involved in the incident.Paul Wood Did Israel carry out Sudan strike? https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7966865.stm BBC News March 26, 2009 December 30, 2009Mystery over Sudan 'air strike' https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7966627.stm BBC News March 26, 2009 December 30, 2009 Operation Cast Lead January 1 – Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip city of Jabalia kills senior Hamas military commander Nizar Rayan and six members of his family.Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/02/hamas-leader-death-israel-bombing Israeli bomb kills Hamas leader and six of his family | World news The Guardian UK September 28, 2010 January 2, 2009 January 3 – Israel launches a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip as the Gaza War enters its second week.https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/world/middleeast/04mideast.html?_r=2&hp Israeli Troops Launch Attack on Gaza The New York Times October 9, 2009 January 3, 2009 Isabel Kershner Taghreed El-Khodary January 17 – Israel announces a unilateral ceasefire in the Gaza War. It comes into effect the following day,Israel declares ceasefire in Gaza BBC January 17, 2009 https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7835794.stm January 17, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090119124946/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7835794.stm January 19, 2009 live on which Hamas declares a ceasefire of its own.Issacharoff Avi https://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056490.html Haaretz, January 18, 2009 Haaretz Israel September 28, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100316215716/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056490.html March 16, 2010 Hamas, Israel set independent cease-fires CNN, January 18, 2009Hamas announces ceasefire in Gaza BBC, January 18, 2009 January 21— Israel completes its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.Middle East | Last Israeli troops 'leave Gaza'. BBC News (January 21, 2009). Retrieved on July 7, 2009. Intermittent air strikes by both sides of the preceding war continue in the weeks to follow.At least six Gaza rockets hit southern Israel – Haaretz – Israel News. Haaretz. Retrieved on July 7, 2009.Kassam rocket strikes Eshkol Region|Israel|Jerusalem Post https://web.archive.org/web/20111001163523/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1235410720483 October 1, 2011 . Jpost.com. Retrieved on July 7, 2009.'Five rockets' fired into Israel BBC February 28, 2009 https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7916555.stm February 28, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090228235142/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7916555.stm February 28, 2009 live Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets Palestinian political violence#The strengthening of Hamas (2005 – present) List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, 2009 The most prominent Palestinian militant acts and operations committed against Israeli targets during 2009 include: January 27 – Palestinian Arab militants detonate a bomb at the Kissufim crossing, killing one Israeli soldier and wounding three others.Clashes shake fragile truce in Gaza https://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0127/p99s01-duts.html January 27, 2009 January 27, 2009 CBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20090130064710/http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0127/p99s01-duts.html January 30, 2009 live March 5 – A Palestinian Arab resident of east Jerusalem attacks an Israeli police car and a bus on the Menachem Begin Expressway in Jerusalem using a bulldozer, injuring two police officers before being shot to death.Agence France-Presse http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/world/03/05/09/bulldozer-driver-shot-dead-after-ramming-cars-jerusalem (Update) Jerusalem bulldozer driver shot dead after ramming vehicles | ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis, Features ABS-CBN News September 9, 2011 April 2 – Bat Ayin axe attack: A Palestinian Arab man armed with a pickax rampages in the Jewish settlement of Bat Ayin, killing 13-year-old Israeli boy, Shlomo Nativ, and wounding a seven-year-old boy before fleeing the area. On 14 April, Israeli security forces captured the perpetrator; Moussa Tayet, a 26-year-old resident of Khirbet Safa in Beit Ummar.Israeli youth killed in West Bank pickax attack, Associated Press (reprinted on NBC News April 2, 2009) Islamic Jihad and Imad Mughniyeh claim responsibility for the attack.Israeli child killed in West Bank https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7978699.stm April 2, 2009 April 2, 2009 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20090404141027/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7978699.stm April 4, 2009 live June 16 – Ten Palestinian Arab terrorists belonging to an al-Qaida-cell launch an attack at the Karni crossing using horses "laden" with explosives. Four terrorists and the horses are killed in the ensuring firefight with the IDF. No IDF soldiers are wounded.Footage of al-Qaida cell in Gaza airs https://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1244371116416 June 21, 2009 June 21, 2009 Jerusalem Post September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Notable deaths thumb|180px|right|Ephraim Katzir 220px|thumb|right|Dudu Topaz's grave in the "Yarkon" cemetery. January 7 – Yaakov Banai (born 1920), Polish-born Israeli Lehi commander.פרסום ראשון: 07/01/09, 13:37בן שאול http://www.inn.co.il/News/News.aspx/183861 נפטר מפקד החטיבה הלוחמת של הלח"י – בארץ – חדשות – ערוץ 7 Inn.co.il September 28, 2010 January 26 – Avraham Ravitz (born 1934), Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1988–2009) – heart failure.Wagner Matthew https://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643748042&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull MK Ravitz passes away at 75 | Israel | Jerusalem Post Fr.jpost.com January 26, 2009 September 9, 2011 September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes February 1 – Arieh Levavi (born 1912), Russian (Lithuania)-born Israeli public servant, Ambassador to Argentina at the time of the capture of Adolf Eichmann.https://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1063899 דיפלומט מצפוני מאוד – חינוך וחברה – הארץ Haaretz Israel September 28, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110605074152/http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1063899 June 5, 2011 mdy-all February 5 – Raaphi Persitz (born 1934), Israeli chess masterJuly 2010. February 5 – Noah Weinberg (born 1930), American-born Israeli rabbi, founder of Aish HaTorah.http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129789 Rabbi Noah Weinberg, Aish HaTorah Dean, Passes Away – Jewish World – Israel News Israel National News September 28, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20090227171455/http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129789 February 27, 2009 mdy February 20 – Shraga Weil (born 1918), Czechoslovak (Slovakia)-born Israeli painter.יעל ניר http://www.kibbutz.org.il/itonut/2009/dafyarok/090226_shraga_vail.htm he:שרגא וייל מהעוגן, המאייר של הגדת הקבה"א, נפטר בגיל 91 Kibbutz February 26, 2009 September 28, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110927180817/http://www.kibbutz.org.il/itonut/2009/dafyarok/090226_shraga_vail.htm September 27, 2011 mdy-all February 21 – Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro (born 1929), Soviet-born Israeli mathematician – Parkinson's disease.https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/05/science/05piatetski.html?ref=obituaries The New York Times Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, Math Theorist Who Clashed With Soviets, Dies at 79 Kenneth Chang March 5, 2009 9 July 2010 March 8 – Daud Turki (born 1927), Israeli Arab Communist poet and political activist, convicted of treason. April 26 – Salamo Arouch (born 1923), Greek-born Israeli boxer and Holocaust survivor.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/5258959/Salamo-Arouch.html Salamo Arouch Telegraph May 1, 2009 September 28, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100823011938/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/5258959/Salamo-Arouch.html August 23, 2010 live London April 29 – Moshe Weinfeld (born 1925), Polish-born professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.http://www.sbl-site.org/publications/article.aspx?articleId=823 Moshe Weinfeld, 1925–2009 Society of Biblical Literature Nili Wazana May 14, 2009 February 23, 2011 September 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220921102511/https://www.sbl-site.org/publications/article.aspx?ArticleId=823 dead May 9 – Mendi Rodan (born 1929), Romanian-born Israeli conductor, composer and violinist – cancer . May 20 – Yehoshua Zettler (born 1917), Israeli resistance fighter (Lehi).https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/5363193/Yehoshua-Zettler.html Yehoshua Zettler Daily Telegraph UK May 21, 2009 September 28, 2010 May 25 – Amos Elon (born 1926), Austrian-born Israeli author and journalist.http://www.derstandard.at/?url=/?id=1242316676078 derStandard.at May 25 – Ephraim Katzir (born 1916), Russian (Ukraine)-born Israeli biophysicist and politician, President (1973–1978).Associated The https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1089023.html Israel's fourth president Ephraim Katzir dies at 93 Haaretz Israel September 28, 2010 June 2, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090602071737/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1089023.html dead June 26 – Jo Amar (born 1930), Moroccan-born Israeli singer.http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/167090 News Briefs Israel National News September 28, 2010 June 26 – Amnon Kapeliouk (born 1930), Israeli journalist and author.Ilani Ofri https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1096037.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090629081009/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1096037.html dead June 29, 2009 Journalist, B'Tselem founder Amnon Kapeliouk dies aged 78 Haaretz Israel September 15, 2010 September 28, 2010 July 15 – Avraham Ahituv (born 1930), German-born Israeli intelligence chief, Director of the Shin Bet (1974–1980).Jpost.Com Staff https://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443819895&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Avraham Ahituv, Shin Bet head 1974–1980, passes away at 79 | Headlines News | Jerusalem Post Fr.jpost.com September 9, 2011 June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes July 17 – Meir Amit (born 1921), Israeli major general and politician.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3748204,00.html Former minister, Mossad chief Meir Amit dead at 88 – Israel News, Ynetnews Ynetnews.com June 20, 1995 September 9, 2011 August 4 – Amos Kenan (born 1927), Israeli columnist, painter, sculptor, playwright and novelist – Alzheimer's disease.https://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249275692323&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Israeli artist and writer Amos Kenan dies at age 82 | Headlines News | Jerusalem Post Fr.jpost.com September 9, 2011 September 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes August 8 – Yehuda Cohen (born 1914), Israeli Supreme Court justice.http://www.ynet.co.il/Ext/Comp/CdaNewsFlash/0,2297,L-3759350_184,00.html News Flash August 10 – Yosef Tamir (born 1915), Russian (Ukraine)-born Israeli politician and environmental activist, member of the Knesset (1965–1981).http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/169297 Knesset Environmentalist Yosef Tamir Passes Away at 94 – News Briefs Israel National News October 8, 2009 September 9, 2011 August 20 – Dudu Topaz (born 1946), Israeli actor – suicide by hanging.Service Haaretz https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1108876.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090821234335/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1108876.html dead August 21, 2009 Dudu Topaz's brother slams media for coverage of his arrest, suicide Haaretz Israel April 2, 2008 September 9, 2011 September 7 – Ra'anan Naim (born 1935), Libyan-born Israeli politician, member of Knesset (1981–1984).https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=527 Knesset Member, Raanan Naim Knesset.gov.il September 9, 2011 October 7 – Moni Fanan (born 1946), Israeli basketball team manager – suicide hanging.Sinai Allon https://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1255694848184&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull https://archive.today/20120709045526/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1255694848184&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull July 9, 2012 Mac TA icon Moni Fanan kills himself | Sports News | Jerusalem Post Fr.jpost.com September 9, 2011 October 7 – Shlomo Lorincz (born 1918), Hungarian-born Israeli politician – heart failure.Wagner Matthew https://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1255694848542&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Former haredi MK Shlomo Lorincz dies, aged 91 Jerusalem Post September 9, 2011 June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes November 2 – Amir Pnueli (born 1941), Israeli computer scientist and Turing Award winner.http://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2009/11/amir-pnueli-1941-2009.html Computational Complexity: Amir Pnueli (1941–2009) Blog.computationalcomplexity.org November 4, 2009 September 9, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110725192507/http://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2009/11/amir-pnueli-1941-2009.html July 25, 2011 live November 12 – Emanuel Zisman (born 1935), Bulgarian-born Israeli politician, Member of Knesset (1988–1999).https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=53 Knesset Member, Emanuel Zisman Knesset.gov.il June 17, 1996 September 9, 2011 November 14 – Moshe Gidron (born 1925), Israeli soldier, major general in the IDF.http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/174499 IDF General Moshe Gidron Passes Away – News Briefs Israel National News November 14, 2009 September 9, 2011 December 23 – Ike Aronowicz (born 1923), Danzig-born Israeli naval captain who during the Mandate period was the captain of the illegal immigrants ships "SS Exodus" and "Pan York" (Kibbutz Galuyot).https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/24/world/middleeast/24ahronovitch.html The New York Times Yitzhak Ahronovitch, Exodus Skipper in Defiant '47 Voyage of Jewish Refugees, Dies at 86 Margalit Fox December 24, 2009 9 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100114045757/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/24/world/middleeast/24ahronovitch.html January 14, 2010 live mdy Major public holidays Public holidays in Israel Tenth of Tevet fast – January 6 (dawn to nightfall) Tu Bishvat – nightfall of February 8 to nightfall of February 9 Fast of Esther – March 9 (dawn to nightfall) Purim – nightfall of March 9 to nightfall of March 10 Shushan Purim (Jerusalem) – nightfall of March 10 to nightfall of March 11 Birkat Hachamah – sunrise on April 8 (occurs once every 28 years) Fast of the Firstborn – April 8 (dawn to sunset) Passover and Chol HaMoed Pesach – sunset of April 8 to nightfall of April 15 (7th day) (an additional day is observed outside Israel) Holocaust Remembrance Day – nightfall of April 20 to nightfall of April 21 Fallen Soldiers Remembrance Day – nightfall of April 27 to nightfall of April 28 Israel's Independence Day – nightfall of April 28 to nightfall of April 29 Lag Ba'omer – nightfall of May 11 to nightfall of May 12 Jerusalem Day – nightfall of May 21 to nightfall of May 22 Shavuot – sunset of May 28 to sunset of May 29 (a second day is observed outside Israel) Seventeenth of Tammuz fast – July 9 (dawn to nightfall) Ninth of Av fast – sunset of July 29 to nightfall of July 30 Rosh Hashanah – sunset of September 18 to nightfall of September 20 Fast of Gedalia – September 21 (dawn to nightfall) Yom Kippur – sunset of September 27 to nightfall of September 28 Sukkot and Chol HaMoed Sukkot – sunset of October 2 to sunset of October 9 Simchat Torah/Shemini Atzeret – sunset of October 9 to nightfall of October 10 (a second day is observed outside Israel) Hanukkah – nightfall of December 11 to nightfall of December 19 Tenth of Tevet fast – December 27 (dawn to nightfall) See also 2009 in Israeli film 2009 in Israeli television 2009 in Israeli music 2009 in Israeli sport Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 2009 in the Palestinian territories References 30em External links 2009 in September 2011 Category:2000s in Israel Israel Israel Category:Years of the 21st century in Israel