1949 in Israel - Events

Events

  • 7 January – Operation Horev ends.
  • 19 January – The illegal Jewish immigrants who had been sent to camps in Cyprus arrive in Israel.
  • 25 January – The first Israeli legislative election is held in which David Ben-Gurion becomes Prime Minister.
  • 31 January – The United States grants de jure recognition to the State of Israel.
  • 14 February – The Knesset (Israeli parliament) convenes for the first time.
  • 16 February – 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.
  • 24 February – The armistice agreement between Israel and Egypt is signed in Rhodes.
  • 5 March – Israel launches Operation Ovda with the objective of capturing the southern Negev desert.
  • 10 March – 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.
  • 23 March – The armistice agreement between Israel and Lebanon is signed.
  • 3 April – The armistice agreement between Israel and Jordan is signed in Rhodes.
  • 27 April – Opening of the Lausanne Conference, established by the United Nations with the aim of reaching a comprehensive peace agreement between Israel and Arab countries.
  • 11 May – Israel is admitted to the United Nations as its 59th member.
  • 20 July – Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their 19-month war.

Post-war:

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

  • Honor guard stands beside Herzl's coffin in Israel, August 1949

  • Yemenite immigrants in Rosh HaAyin camp, 1 October 1949

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