Events in the year 1963 in Israel.

Incumbents

• Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion (Mapai) until June 26, Levi Eshkol (Mapai)
• President of Israel Yitzhak Ben-Zvi until April 23, (Kadish Luz, acting president April 23 to May 21), Zalman Shazar from May 21
• Chief of General Staff - Tzvi Tzur
• Government of Israel - 10th Government of Israel until June 26, 11th Government of Israel

Events

• 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.
• July 5 Diplomatic relations between the Israeli and the Japanese governments are raised to embassy level.

Israeli Palestinian conflict

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:

Unknown dates

• The re-establishment of the moshav Avivim.
• The founding of the kibbutz Grofit.

Notable births

• 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.

Notable deaths

Yitzhak Ben-Zvi

• 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.

Major public holidays

See also

• 1963 in Israeli film
• 1963 in Israeli music
• 1963 in Israeli sport

External links

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