No official public holidays are listed for Israel in 2026.
We could not find published public holiday data for Israel in 2026. The source is Nager.Date, which covers most countries but not all. Try a neighbouring year or contact us if you know of a public source we should add.
Total holidays
0
in 2026
Working days remaining
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between today and year end
Upcoming holidays
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from today onward
See Israel's holidays side by side with another country to plan cross-border work.
Israel's public holidays follow the Hebrew calendar and are set by the Days of Rest Ordinance of 1948 together with the Jewish Holidays Law. The list comprises Rosh Hashanah (two days, Jewish New Year in Tishrei), Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), the first and seventh days of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) and Simchat Torah, the first and seventh days of Pesach (Passover), Shavuot (Pentecost), plus Independence Day (Yom Ha'atzmaut) on 5 Iyar commemorating the 1948 declaration of independence. Memorial Day (Yom HaZikaron) immediately precedes Independence Day. The Arab Israeli, Druze and Christian communities observe their own religious holidays which are paid leave for their members under article 18A of the Hours of Work and Rest Law.
The Hours of Work and Rest Law of 1951 sets the standard week at 42 hours since the 2018 reform, distributed Sunday to Thursday in the standard five-day workweek or Sunday to half-Friday in six-day arrangements. Shabbat from Friday sunset to Saturday nightfall is the statutory weekly rest day under article 7. The Interpretation Law rolls statutory deadlines falling on Shabbat or a public holiday to the next working day. Settlement of shekel transactions runs on the Bank of Israel's ZAHAV RTGS system, which closes on Friday afternoons, Shabbat and the Jewish festival days plus secular holidays.
For people planning cross-border meetings, the practical move is to overlay Israel's calendar with the calendars of the other countries on your team. A week that looks completely clear from your end might be a national holiday on theirs. The compare tool above pairs two country calendars and highlights the overlapping closures, so you can spot the weeks where almost no one is at their desk before you put a launch on the board.