4 January – Minister of Religious Affairs, Rabbi
Yehuda Leib Maimon, resigns from the government over the crisis in education in the
ma'abarot.
6 February – An Israeli platoon attacks
Sharafat killing nine, including 3 women and five children.[1]
13 March – Israel disclosed a demand for 6.2 billion
Deutsche Mark ($1.5 billion US dollars) for Jewish property confiscated and plundered by the Germans during the Nazi regime. The German reparations would be used to resettle the 500,000 Jewish war refugees whom immigrated to Israel from countries formerly under the
Nazi regime.[2]
4 April –
El-Hamma Incident: Israel attempts to enforce its sovereignty over the
demilitarized zone along the
Syrian border, which included the site of
Hamat Gader, by sending a force of
IDF soldiers dressed in police uniforms to the site. Syrian soldiers guarding the entrance to Hamat Gader order the Israeli force to turn back immediately, but it refuses and continues on its way. Once the Israeli force had passed, the Syrians open fire on it from the rear, killing seven Israeli soldiers and wounding three. One IDF soldier who survived the attack is taken prisoner.[3][4]
5 April –
Operation El-Hamma: Following the El-Ḥamma incident,
Israeli Air Force planes launch an attack on
Hamat Gader. The operation fails, as the attacking planes miss their target. Israel also bombed Arab houses in the frontier zone southeast of Lake Tiberias.[5]
2–6 May – A five-day battle occurs between
Syrian Army and the
IDF after Syrian troops enter the demilitarized zone in
Chorazin, northeast of the
Sea of Galilee.
7 May – The first of ultimately six million trees are planted in the
Forest of the Martyrs on the outskirts of
Jerusalem as a living memorial to the six million Jews who were murdered by the
Nazis and their collaborators during
World War II.[6]
8 October –
David Ben-Gurion presents his cabinet for a Knesset "Vote of Confidence". The
3rd Government is approved that day and the members were sworn in.
20 October – The eastern suburbs of
Gaza City are attacked by two companies from the IDF's
7th Armored Brigade. Dozens were killed or injured.[7]
11 November – The
Egged bus company becomes a cross-country public transportation network after merging with the northern "Shahar" bus company and the southern "Drom Yehuda" bus company.
^Morris, Benny (1993) Israel's Border Wars, 1949 – 1956. Arab infiltration, Israeli retaliation, and the countdown to the Suez War. Oxford University Press,
ISBN0-19-827850-0. Page 194.
^הוחל בנטיעת 6 מיליון עצים ב״יער הקדושים״ [The planting of 6 million trees begins at the "Martyrs' Forest"]. The National Library of Israel: Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew). Al Hamishmar. 8 March 1951. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
4 January – Minister of Religious Affairs, Rabbi
Yehuda Leib Maimon, resigns from the government over the crisis in education in the
ma'abarot.
6 February – An Israeli platoon attacks
Sharafat killing nine, including 3 women and five children.[1]
13 March – Israel disclosed a demand for 6.2 billion
Deutsche Mark ($1.5 billion US dollars) for Jewish property confiscated and plundered by the Germans during the Nazi regime. The German reparations would be used to resettle the 500,000 Jewish war refugees whom immigrated to Israel from countries formerly under the
Nazi regime.[2]
4 April –
El-Hamma Incident: Israel attempts to enforce its sovereignty over the
demilitarized zone along the
Syrian border, which included the site of
Hamat Gader, by sending a force of
IDF soldiers dressed in police uniforms to the site. Syrian soldiers guarding the entrance to Hamat Gader order the Israeli force to turn back immediately, but it refuses and continues on its way. Once the Israeli force had passed, the Syrians open fire on it from the rear, killing seven Israeli soldiers and wounding three. One IDF soldier who survived the attack is taken prisoner.[3][4]
5 April –
Operation El-Hamma: Following the El-Ḥamma incident,
Israeli Air Force planes launch an attack on
Hamat Gader. The operation fails, as the attacking planes miss their target. Israel also bombed Arab houses in the frontier zone southeast of Lake Tiberias.[5]
2–6 May – A five-day battle occurs between
Syrian Army and the
IDF after Syrian troops enter the demilitarized zone in
Chorazin, northeast of the
Sea of Galilee.
7 May – The first of ultimately six million trees are planted in the
Forest of the Martyrs on the outskirts of
Jerusalem as a living memorial to the six million Jews who were murdered by the
Nazis and their collaborators during
World War II.[6]
8 October –
David Ben-Gurion presents his cabinet for a Knesset "Vote of Confidence". The
3rd Government is approved that day and the members were sworn in.
20 October – The eastern suburbs of
Gaza City are attacked by two companies from the IDF's
7th Armored Brigade. Dozens were killed or injured.[7]
11 November – The
Egged bus company becomes a cross-country public transportation network after merging with the northern "Shahar" bus company and the southern "Drom Yehuda" bus company.
^Morris, Benny (1993) Israel's Border Wars, 1949 – 1956. Arab infiltration, Israeli retaliation, and the countdown to the Suez War. Oxford University Press,
ISBN0-19-827850-0. Page 194.
^הוחל בנטיעת 6 מיליון עצים ב״יער הקדושים״ [The planting of 6 million trees begins at the "Martyrs' Forest"]. The National Library of Israel: Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew). Al Hamishmar. 8 March 1951. Retrieved 10 February 2019.