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==Incumbents==
==Incumbents==
* [[Prime Minister of Israel]] – [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] ([[Likud]]) until July 6, [[Ehud Barak]] ([[Israeli Labor Party]])
* [[Prime Minister of Israel]] – [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] ([[Likud]]) until 6 July, [[Ehud Barak]] ([[Israeli Labor Party]])
* [[President of Israel]] – [[Ezer Weizman]]
* [[President of Israel]] – [[Ezer Weizman]]
* [[Chief of General Staff (Israel)|Chief of General Staff]] - [[Shaul Mofaz]]
* [[Chief of General Staff (Israel)|Chief of General Staff]] - [[Shaul Mofaz]]
* [[Government of Israel]] - [[Twenty-seventh government of Israel|27th Government of Israel]] until July 6, [[Twenty-eighth government of Israel|28th Government of Israel]]
* [[Government of Israel]] - [[Twenty-seventh government of Israel|27th Government of Israel]] until 6 July, [[Twenty-eighth government of Israel|28th Government of Israel]]


==Events==
==Events==
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[[Image:HN-INS-Dakar-2.jpg|right|thumb|The recovered [[conning tower]] of the [[INS Dakar]] in the Naval Museum, Haifa.]]
[[Image:HN-INS-Dakar-2.jpg|right|thumb|The recovered [[conning tower]] of the [[INS Dakar]] in the Naval Museum, Haifa.]]
* March 9 – [[Rana Raslan]] becomes the first [[Arab citizens of Israel|Israeli Arab]] to win the [[Miss Israel]] pageant.
* 9 March – [[Rana Raslan]] becomes the first [[Arab citizens of Israel|Israeli Arab]] to win the [[Miss Israel]] pageant.
* March 17 – [[Aryeh Deri]] is convicted of taking bribes while serving as [[Interior Minister of Israel]] and is sentenced to four years in prison and receives a fine of 250,000 NIS.
* 17 March – [[Aryeh Deri]] is convicted of taking bribes while serving as [[Interior Minister of Israel]] and is sentenced to four years in prison and receives a fine of 250,000 NIS.
* May 17 – [[Ehud Barak]] is elected prime minister of [[Israel]].
* 17 May – [[Ehud Barak]] is elected prime minister of [[Israel]].
* May 28 – A joint U.S.–Israeli search team finds the wreck of the long-lost Israeli submarine [[INS Dakar]] in the [[Mediterranean sea]].
* 28 May – A joint U.S.–Israeli search team finds the wreck of the long-lost Israeli submarine [[INS Dakar]] in the [[Mediterranean sea]].
* May 29 – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 1999|Eurovision Song Contest]] is held in Jerusalem.
* 29 May – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 1999|Eurovision Song Contest]] is held in Jerusalem.
* July 6 – Prime Minister [[Ehud Barak]] presents his cabinet for a [[Knesset]] "Vote of Confidence". The [[Twenty-eighth government of Israel|28th Government]] is approved that day and the members were sworn in.
* 6 July – Prime Minister [[Ehud Barak]] presents his cabinet for a [[Knesset]] "Vote of Confidence". The [[Twenty-eighth government of Israel|28th Government]] is approved that day and the members were sworn in.
* August 22 – [[Tal committee]]: The [[Prime Minister of Israel|prime minister]] and [[Defense Minister of Israel|defense minister]] [[Ehud Barak]] appoint an [[Tal committee|Israeli public committee]], headed by the retired judge [[Tzvi Tal]], to deal with the special exemption from mandatory military service in the [[Israel Defense Forces]] given to Israeli [[Haredi Judaism|Ultra Orthodox Jews]].
* 22 August – [[Tal committee]]: The [[Prime Minister of Israel|prime minister]] and [[Defense Minister of Israel|defense minister]] [[Ehud Barak]] appoint an [[Tal committee|Israeli public committee]], headed by the retired judge [[Tzvi Tal]], to deal with the special exemption from mandatory military service in the [[Israel Defense Forces]] given to Israeli [[Haredi Judaism|Ultra Orthodox Jews]].


=== Israeli–Palestinian conflict ===
=== Israeli–Palestinian conflict ===
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The most prominent [[Palestinian political violence|Palestinian militant acts and operations]] committed against Israeli targets during 1999 include:
The most prominent [[Palestinian political violence|Palestinian militant acts and operations]] committed against Israeli targets during 1999 include:


* September 9 – [[Egged Bus 960 bombing]] and [[Haifa Central Bus Station bombing]]
* 9 September – [[Egged Bus 960 bombing]] and [[Haifa Central Bus Station bombing]]


'''Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets'''<br>
'''Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets'''<br>
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==Notable deaths==
==Notable deaths==
* February 28 – [[Erez Gerstein]] (b. [[1960 in Israel|1960]]), commander of the [[Golani Brigade]] and [[Lebanon Liaison Unit]], killed from a roadside bomb in Lebanon.
* 28 February – [[Erez Gerstein]] (b. 1960), commander of the [[Golani Brigade]] and [[Lebanon Liaison Unit]], killed from a roadside bomb in Lebanon.
* March 27 – [[Nahum Stelmach]] (b. [[1936 in the British Mandate of Palestine|1936]]), Israeli footballer and manager.
* 27 March – [[Nahum Stelmach]] (b. 1936), Israeli footballer and manager.
* April 20 – [[Bethsabée de Rothschild]] (b. [[1914 in the United Kingdom|1914]]), British-born Israeli-French philanthropist.
* 20 April – [[Bethsabée de Rothschild]] (b. 1914), British-born Israeli-French philanthropist.
* July 18 – [[Meir Ariel]] (b. [[1942 in the British Mandate of Palestine|1942]]), Israeli singer.
* 18 July – [[Meir Ariel]] (b. 1942), Israeli singer.
* August 18 – [[Hanoch Levin]] (b. [[1943 in the British Mandate of Palestine|1943]]), Israeli playwright, theater director, poet and writer.
* 18 August – [[Hanoch Levin]] (b. 1943), Israeli playwright, theater director, poet and writer.
* October 1 – [[Ted Arison]] (b. [[1924 in the British Mandate of Palestine|1924]]), Israeli-American businessman.
* 1 October – [[Ted Arison]] (b. 1924), Israeli-American businessman.
* October 15 – [[Yosef Burg]] (b. [[1909 in Germany|1909]]), German-born Israeli politician and Rabbi.
* 15 October – [[Yosef Burg]] (b. 1909), German-born Israeli politician and Rabbi.
* ''Full date unknown''
* ''Full date unknown''
** [[Shmuel Horowitz]] (b. 1901), Russian (Belarus)-born Israeli agronomist.
** [[Shmuel Horowitz]] (b. 1901), Russian (Belarus)-born Israeli agronomist.
** [[Shlomo Morag]], (b. [[1926 in the British Mandate of Palestine|1926]]), Israeli professor of the [[Hebrew Language]] at the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]].
** [[Shlomo Morag]], (b. 1926), Israeli professor of the [[Hebrew Language]] at the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]].
** [[Zahara Schatz]] (b. [[Timeline of Ottoman Syria history#Notable births|1916]]), Israeli painter and sculpturer.
** [[Zahara Schatz]] (b. [[Timeline of Ottoman Syria history#Notable births|1916]]), Israeli painter and sculpturer.


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Events in the year 1999 in Israel.

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The recovered conning tower of the INS Dakar in the Naval Museum, Haifa.

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1999 include:

Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets

Main articles: Palestinian political violence § Oslo Accords to Camp David Summit (1993–2000), and List of Palestinian suicide attacks § 1999 (2 bombings)

The most prominent Palestinian militant acts and operations committed against Israeli targets during 1999 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 1999 include:

Notable deaths

Major public holidays

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