Editing Timeline of Jewish history (section)

== 21st century ==
;May 24, 2000: Israel unilaterally withdraws its remaining forces from its security zone in southern Lebanon to the international border, fully complying with the UN Security Council Res. 425.

;2000 July: Camp David Summit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Peace/cd2000toc.html|title=The 2000 Camp David Summit|access-date=23 November 2017}}</ref>

;2000, Summer: Senator [[Joseph Lieberman]] becomes the first Jewish-American to be nominated for a national office ([[Vice President of the United States]]) by a major political party (the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]).

;September 29, 2000: The [[al-Aqsa Intifada]] begins.

;2001: Election of [[Ariel Sharon]] as Israel's Prime Minister.

;2001: [[Jewish Museum of Turkey]] is founded by [[History of the Jews in Turkey|Turkish Jewry]]

;2004: [[Avram Hershko]] and [[Aaron Ciechanover]] of the [[Technion]] win the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]. The [[Jewish Autonomous Oblast]] builds its first synagogue, [[Birobidzhan Synagogue]], in accordance with halakha.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fjc.ru/news/newsArticle.asp?AID=175487 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929094220/http://www.fjc.ru/news/newsArticle.asp?AID=175487 |archive-date=2007-09-29 |title=FJC &#124; Remote Russian Jews Get Synagogues |publisher=fjc.ru |date=2004-09-13 |access-date=2018-01-13}}</ref> Uriyahu Butler became the first member of the African Hebrew Israelite community to enlist in the [[Israel Defense Forces]] (IDF)

;March 31, 2005: The Government of Israel officially recognizes the [[Bnei Menashe]] people of [[Northeast India]] as one of the [[Ten Lost Tribes]] of Israel, opening the door for thousands of people to immigrate to Israel.

;2005 August: The Government of Israel [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan|withdraws]] its military forces and settlers from the [[Gaza Strip]].

;2005 December: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon falls into a coma; Deputy Premier [[Ehud Olmert]] takes over as Acting Prime Minister

;2006 March: Ehud Olmert leads the Kadima party to victory in Israeli elections, becomes Prime Minister of Israel.

;2006 July–August: A [[2006 Lebanon War|military conflict]] in Lebanon and northern Israel started on July 12, after a [[Hezbollah]] [[Zar'it-Shtula incident|cross-border raid]] into Israel. The war ended with the passage of [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701]] after 34 days of fighting. About 2,000 Lebanese and 159 Israelis were killed, and civilian infrastructure on both sides heavily damaged.

;2008 December: The [[Israel Defense Forces]] (IDF) launches [[Gaza War (2008–2009)|Operation Cast Lead]] (מבצע עופרת יצוקה) against [[Hamas]] in the [[Gaza Strip]].

;2009 March:  [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (also, continues as the Chairman of the [[Likud]] Party).

;2014 January: [[Ariel Sharon]] dies, after undergoing a sudden decline in health, having suffered renal failure and other complications, after spending 8 years in a deep coma due to his January 2006 stroke, on January 11, 2014.

;2016 March: The Jewish Agency declares an end to immigration from Yemen, following the successful conclusion of a covert operation that brought 19 people to Israel over several days. The last 50 Yemenite Jews refuse to leave Yemen.

;2017 December: The United States extends [[United States recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel|formal recognition]] of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

;2019 March: The United States became the first country to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the [[Golan heights]] territory which it held since 1967.<ref>{{cite web |title=US President Donald Trump decides to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190326-trump-golan-heights-israel-gulf-arabs-iran |website=FRANCE24 |publisher=FRANCE 24 with AFP, REUTERS |access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref>

;2020 August : Israel and the United Arab Emirates sign [[Israel–United Arab Emirates peace agreement|a peace treaty]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-emirates-trump/with-trumps-help-israel-and-the-united-arab-emirates-reach-historic-deal-to-normalize-relations-idUSKCN25926W|title=Israel, UAE to normalize relations in shift in Mideast politics; West Bank annexations on hold|work=[[Reuters]]|date=13 August 2020}}</ref>

;30 April 2021: 45 people are killed in the [[2021 Meron stampede]] during [[Lag BaOmer]].<ref>{{cite news |date=30 April 2021 |title=At least 44 dead, hundreds hurt in crush at Lag BaOmer event in northern Israel |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r1vJYRuwO |work= Ynetnews|access-date=30 April 2021}}</ref>

;7 October 2023: In the day considered the deadliest for Jews since the Holocaust, as well as deadliest day in Israel's history, 1,390 people are killed in the [[2023 Hamas attack on Israel]].<ref>{{cite news |date=12 October 2023|title=Hamas attack 'deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust', says Biden, as Israeli jets pound Gaza |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/12/israel-hamas-war-biden-jews-holocaust-palestine-iran-warning |work= The Guardian|access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref>