Events in the year 1950 in Israel.
Incumbents
Prime Minister of Israel – David Ben-Gurion (Mapai) President of Israel – Chaim Weizmann President of the Supreme Court – Moshe Smoira Chief of General Staff – Yigal Yadin Government of Israel – 1st Government of Israel until 30 October, 2nd Government of Israel
Events
January
Food and fuel shortages and the Tzena (Austerity program) leads to a growing black market. 23 January – The Knesset passes a resolution confirming Jerusalem as Israel's capital, proclaiming that "Jerusalem is, and has always been, the capital of Israel".
February
5–6 February - Snow falls for two days throughout the country, in a rare meteorological phenomenon for the coastal plain and the Negev desert. 11 February – Britain releases Israeli assets worth £15 million that have been frozen since the end of the Mandate in 1948. 17 February – King Abdullah I of Jordan and Mossad Director Reuven Shiloah of Israel met at the king's winter palace at El Shuneh, where the king presented a seven-point treaty proposal. 22 February – Egypt and Israel signed a General Armistice Agreement at Auja al-Hafir, a town on the border between the two nations; the Agreement defines the boundaries of the Gaza Strip as a neutral zone between the two countries. 24 February – Representatives of Israel and Jordan initial a five-year peace treaty that provided for joint control of Jerusalem and commerce between the two nations, but the pact is not approved by either side. 24–25 February – The Egyptian army take over the islands of Tiran and Sanafir at the entrance to the Gulf of Eilat. 28 February – An airport is opened at Eilat.
March
Mapai (Israel Labor Party) fails to persuade Mapam (United Worked Party) to join the coalition. The United Religious Front threatens to leave the coalition if religious teachers and youth counselors are not provided in the immigrant camps. 6 March – Iran extends diplomatic recognition to Israel. 11 March – The radio station Kol Zion Lagolah (The Voice of Zion to the Diaspora) begins broadcasting in English, French and Yiddish. 13 March – The Knesset resumes holding its sessions in Jerusalem, in Frumin House on King George Street until a permanent location is built for it. 14 March – The Knesset passes the "Absentees' Property Law" providing for the confiscation of property owned by any of the 725,000 Arab-Palestinian residents who had fled from Israel. 17 March – An Israeli shepherd is killed and his flock stolen by Palestinian fedayeen. 26 March – The remains of the Hannah Szenes, a Jewish paratrooper who had fought in the British Army during World War II and was captured, tortured and executed in Hungary, are brought to Israel and buried in the cemetery on Mount Herzl, Jerusalem. 28 March – Bodies of three children from 'Abasan, killed by members of Battalion 22 on 16 March, are found in Israel. 31 March – Three Israeli soldiers and two Israeli civilians killed in a Negev ambush.
April
The number of new immigrants in temporary camps reaches 100,000, generating wide press coverage about their housing and employment difficulties. 4 April – The United Nations Trusteeship Council formally approved the Statute for the City of Jerusalem, declaring that Jerusalem should be considered international territory and a demilitarized zone. 16 April – An apartment building in Jaffa collapses, killing ten and injuring dozens more. 24 April – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan annexes the territory west of the Jordan River that it had occupied following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. 27 April – The United Kingdom formally recognizes Israel de jure, following the de facto recognition since 29 January 1949; and in parallel, recognizes Jordan's annexation of the West Bank.