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2012 in Israel

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2012
in
Israel

Decades:
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Events in the year 2012 in Israel.

Incumbents

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Events

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Israeli–Palestinian conflict

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The UN General Assembly approves a motion granting Palestine non-member observer state status. UN observer state status voting results were:
  In favour   Against   Abstentions   Absent   Non-members

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict that occurred during 2012 include:

Predicted and scheduled events

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Notable deaths

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Benzion Netanyahu
Yitzhak Shamir
Yosef Shalom Eliashiv
Haim Hefer
David Resnick

Major public holidays

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See also

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References

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  66. ^ המלחין חיים אלכסנדר הלך לעולמו [Composer Haim Alexander dies] (in Hebrew). Reshet Bet. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29.
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