The 2010s

TIMELINE 18 · THE 2010S

The 2010s

2010 to 2019 Conflict Rule and borders Diplomacy and law Settlement Faith and learning Literature and arts

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A 50-day war with Hamas comes in 2014. The United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital in 2017 and moves its embassy in 2018.

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TURNING POINTS ALSO IN THIS DECADE

2014 Jul 8 to Aug 26 Operation Protective

Edge. A 50-day war with Hamas follows

rocket fire and the murder of three Israeli

teenagers.

2018 May 14 The United States moves its embassy to

Jerusalem. It follows

the 2017 recognition

of Jerusalem as

Israel’s capital.

2010 May 31 Israeli commandos board the Gaza flotilla and nine die. 2010 Sep 2 Summit: direct talks reopen in Washington. 2010 Dec 2 The Carmel forest fire kills 44. 2011 Gilad Shalit is freed after five years in exchange for 1,000 prisoners. Iron Dome begins to operate.

2011 Dan Shechtman wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of quasicrystals. 2011 Mar 11 Terrorists murder five members of the Fogel family in Itamar. 2011 Jul 14 The social justice protests begin. 2011 Aug 18 Attacks near Eilat kill eight Israelis. 2012 Mar 19 A gunman kills four at a Jewish school in Toulouse. 2012 Jul 18 A bomb in Burgas, Bulgaria, kills five Israeli tourists. 2012 Nov 14 to 21 Operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza. 2012 Nov 29 The UN General Assembly upgrades the Palestinian delegation. 2013 The singer Arik Einstein dies and crowds gather in Tel Aviv to mourn him. 2013 Jan 22 Election: Likud Beiteinu wins 31 seats. 2013 Mar 20 President Obama visits Israel. 2013 Jul 29 Summit: direct talks resume in Washington. 2014 Apr 29 The United States-led peace talks end. 2014 May 24 A gunman kills four at the Jewish Museum in Brussels. 2014 Jun 12 Three Israeli teenagers are kidnapped and murdered. 2014 Nov 18 Two attackers kill five at a synagogue in Har Nof. 2015 Jan 9 Terrorists kill four at a Paris kosher supermarket. 2015 Mar 17 Election: Likud wins 30 seats. 2015 Mar 3 Netanyahu addresses Congress on Iran. 2015 Jul 14 Iran and the world powers sign a nuclear deal. 2015 Oct 1 A wave of stabbings and car attacks begins. 2016 UN Security Council Resolution 2334 criticizes Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria.

2016 Jun 8 Two gunmen kill four at the Sarona Market. 2016 Sep 28 Shimon Peres dies. 2017 The United States recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. 2017 David Grossman wins the Man Booker International Prize.

2017 Jul 14 A shooting on the Temple Mount sparks a crisis.

2018 The Nation-State Law defines Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people. 2018 Netta wins the Eurovision Song Contest. 2018 Mar 30 The Great March of Return begins at the Gaza fence.

2018 Dec 24 The Knesset votes to dissolve. 2019 Tel Aviv hosts the Eurovision Song Contest. 2019 Mar 25 Territory: the United States recognizes Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.

2019 Apr 9 Election: Likud and Blue and White tie at 35. 2019 Sep 17 Election: Blue and White 33 seats, Likud 32. 2019 Nov 12 Operation Black Belt targets Islamic Jihad in Gaza.

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