2011 in Israel

• President of Israel – Shimon Peres
• Prime Minister of Israel – Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud)
• President of the Supreme Court – Dorit Beinisch
• Chief of General Staff – Gabi Ashkenazi to 14 February, Benny Gantz
• Government of Israel – 32nd Government of Israel

File:Moshe Katsav (00310100).jpg Moshe Katsav is sentenced to seven years in jail for rape.]]

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File:Dan Shechtman.jpg wins the 2011 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the discovery of quasicrystals.]]

• January 17 – The leader of the Israeli Labor Party Ehud Barak and four other Labor Party MKs announce their resignation from the party and the formation of a new "centrist Zionist and democratic" faction called "Independence".JPost.com Staff and G Hoffman & H Keinon. [http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=203946 "Barak: New faction to be 'centralist, Zionist, democratic'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110118231743/http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=203946 |date=January 18, 2011 }}. The Jerusalem Post, January 17, 2011
• February 1 – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancels the appointment of Yoav Gallant to the post of Israel Defense Forces chief. The announcement came after months of scandal surrounding his appointment due to allegations that he had illegally seized public lands near his home in Moshav Amikam, and after the State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss stated that Galant lied to in an affidavit about exceeding his building rights.[https://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFLDE7102DM20110201 "Netanyahu scraps choice for top Israeli general"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225546/http://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFLDE7102DM20110201 |date=March 3, 2016 }}. Reuters, February 1, 2011D Izenberg. [http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=205525 "Lindenstrauss: Galant lied to court in sworn affidavit"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203050157/http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=205525 |date=February 3, 2011 }}. The Jerusalem Post, January 27, 2011
• February 6 – 24-year-old Anat Kamm, a former Israeli soldier, is convicted in the Tel Aviv District Court after pleading guilty (in a plea bargain) to leaking more than 2,000 secret military documents to a journalist from the Israeli Haaretz newspaper.[http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=207074 "Kamm pleads guilty to having distributed secret information"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210051154/http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=207074 |date=February 10, 2011 }} The Jerusalem Post, February 6, 2011
• February 14 – Benny Gantz is appointed as the 20th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.
• March 22 – The former President of Israel Moshe Katsav is sentenced to seven years in prison, two years probation and payment of compensation to his victims on charges of rape, indecent assault, sexual harassment and obstruction of justice.[http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/former-president-moshe-katsav-gets-7-years-in-jail-for-rape-sexual-offenses-1.351092 Former President Moshe Katsav gets 7 years in jail for rape] Haaretz, March 22, 2011
• March 24 – Israeli women's basketball team Elitzur Ramla wins the women EuroCup final in France after defeating the French team ASPTT Arras 61–53. This was the first time in which an Israeli women's basketball team won a European cup.
• March 29 – The Knesset approves an amendment to the Nationality Law in a 37–11 vote. The amendment empowers the Israeli court system to revoke the citizenships of Israeli citizens convicted of terrorism, aiding the enemy in wartime, causing war, serving in enemy forces or espionage.{{cite news | url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2014624896_apmlisraelcitizenship.html | work=The Seattle Times | title=Israeli law would strip citizenship for espionage | date=March 29, 2011 | access-date=March 29, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929152525/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2014624896_apmlisraelcitizenship.html | archive-date=September 29, 2011 | url-status=live| df=mdy-all }}[http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=214202 Knesset passes law revoking citizenship for treason] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427041724/http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=214202 |date=April 27, 2011 }} The Jerusalem Post, March 28, 2011
• March 30 – Analog television broadcasts end In Israel, as the Communications Minister of Israel requires all full power stations to send their signals digitally.
• 12 May – Dana International represents Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Ding Dong" reaching the semi-final round. {{cite web|url=http://www.diggiloo.net/?2011il|title= 2011 Israel – Ding dong|website=Diggiloo Thrush }}{{cite web | title=Dana International sings "Ding-Dong" at Eurovision contest | website=The Jerusalem Post | url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/dana-international-sings-ding-dong-at-eurovision-contest |date=2011-05-12}}
• June – The cottage cheese boycott begins.
• June 17 – A massive gas explosion in an apartment building in Netanya's Independence Square kills three teenage girls (all recent immigrants from France) and an Israeli Arab and injures over 90 others.[http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/two-arrested-over-deadly-netanya-gas-explosion-1.368295 Two arrested over deadly Netanya gas explosion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110618130152/http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/two-arrested-over-deadly-netanya-gas-explosion-1.368295 |date=June 18, 2011 }} Haaretz June 17, 2011
• June 29 – Nahal Zin fuel leak – a backhoe loader performing maintenance repairs on an underground fuel pipeline in the Negev strikes and ruptures the pipeline, resulting in a massive leak.{{cite news|last=Udasin|first=Sharon|title=Tractor causes 1.5-million-liter jet fuel spill in Negev|url=http://www.jpost.com/Sci-Tech/Article.aspx?id=227219|access-date=July 8, 2011|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|date=June 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704004003/http://www.jpost.com/Sci-Tech/Article.aspx?id=227219|archive-date=July 4, 2011|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
• July 12 – The Knesset approves a new anti-boycott law, which would allow an Israeli individual or an Israeli organization proposing a boycott against Israel, Israeli institutions or territory under Israel's control, to be sued for compensation by a party claiming that it could be damaged by such a boycott.[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jul/11/israel-passes-law-boycotts Israel passes law banning citizens from calling for boycotts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226191557/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jul/11/israel-passes-law-boycotts |date=February 26, 2017 }} The Guardian, July 11, 2011
• July 14 – 2011 Israeli housing protests begin.
• August 19 – The first line of the Jerusalem Light Rail is opened to the public.[http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/jerusalem-s-light-rail-system-opens-to-the-public-after-years-of-delays-1.379436 Jerusalem's light rail system opens to the public after years of delays] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819050513/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/jerusalem-s-light-rail-system-opens-to-the-public-after-years-of-delays-1.379436 |date=August 19, 2011 }} – Haaretz, August 19, 2011
• September 21 – Construction work on the Red Line of the Tel Aviv Light Rail, begins.{{cite news|author=Barkat|first=Amiram|date=September 20, 2011|title=Work begins on Tel Aviv light rail|publisher=Globes|url=http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000684515&fid=1725|access-date=April 15, 2012}}
• October 5 – Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman wins the 2011 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the discovery of quasicrystals.[https://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1064815--israeli-scientist-wins-nobel-in-chemistry-for-discovery-of-quasicrystals?bn=1 Israeli scientist wins Nobel for chemistry] The Star, October 5, 2011
• November 10 – The Supreme Court of Israel has upheld a seven-year rape sentence against former President Moshe Katsav.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15671459 |title=BBC News – Israel ex-President Katsav has rape sentence upheld |access-date=June 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229014701/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15671459 |archive-date=December 29, 2018 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }} Katsav was given one month to put his affairs in order, and will begin serving his sentence on December 7.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4146379,00.html Court: Katsav's rape conviction stands] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112041348/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4146379,00.html |date=November 12, 2011 }} Ynetnews, November 10, 2011{{cite news|title=Ex-Israeli president to serve 7 years for rape |agency=AP |work=CBS News |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501713_162-57322019/ex-israeli-president-to-serve-7-years-for-rape/ |access-date=November 10, 2011 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110211819/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501713_162-57322019/ex-israeli-president-to-serve-7-years-for-rape/ |archive-date=November 10, 2011 }}
• November 13 – An Israeli cabinet committee passes legislation backed by prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu to limit potentially tens of millions in foreign funding to non-government organizations.[http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=245407 C'tee passes 2 bills limiting funding to NGOs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114204312/http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=245407 |date=November 14, 2011 }} The Jerusalem Post, November 13, 2011

• April 18 – Israel becomes CERN nuclear group member.[http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-04-israel-cern-nuclear-group-member.html Israel becomes CERN nuclear group member] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429185009/http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-04-israel-cern-nuclear-group-member.html |date=April 29, 2011 }} Physorg, April 17, 2011
• July 10 – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces Israel's recognition of the Republic of South Sudan and offers the new state economic help, following its declaration of independence from the Sudan, the previous day.[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-sudan-south-idUSTRE7690PB20110710 Israel recognizes South Sudan, offers economic aid] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016123525/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/10/us-israel-sudan-south-idUSTRE7690PB20110710 |date=October 16, 2015 }} Reuters, July 10, 2011

• February 5 – Amidst the 2011 Egyptian protests, an explosion occurs at the Arab Gas Pipeline near the El Arish natural gas compressor station in Egypt, which supplies natural gas to Israel and Jordan. As a result, supplies to Israel and Jordan were halted.T Perry and E Blair. [http://uk.reuters.com/article/egypt-gas-idUKLDE71406620110205?sp=true Egypt gas pipeline attacked] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017033535/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/02/05/egypt-gas-idUKLDE71406620110205?sp=true |date=October 17, 2012 }}. Reuters, February 5, 2011
• April 27 – Natural gas supplies to Jordan and Israel are hit by an explosion in the Arab Gas Pipeline in the town of Arish in North Sinai near Egypt's border with Israel with an armed gang believed responsible.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13204754 |work=BBC News |title=Egypt gas pipeline to Israel and Jordan explodes |date=April 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427034612/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13204754 |archive-date=April 27, 2011 |url-status=live|df=mdy }}[http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/armed-gang-explodes-egypt-gas-pipeline-to-israel-1.358345?localLinksEnabled=false Explosion hits Egypt gas pipeline carrying gas to Israel] – Haaretz, April 27, 2011 {{dead link|date=September 2011}}
• June 12 – Beginning of Ilan Grapel affair: Egyptian officials report the arrest of the 27-year-old Israeli-American Ilan Grapel on suspicion of espionage for Israel. Israeli officials have rejected the Egyptian accusations.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13746605 Israel denies arrest of 'Mossad spy' in Egypt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201094839/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13746605 |date=February 1, 2016 }} BBC, June 13, 2011 Later that year, Egyptian officials admitted Ilan Grapel was not a spy, and he was scheduled for release in exchange for 25 Egyptian prisoners held in Israel.Azulay, Moran. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4138772,00.html First image of Grapel in Egypt jail emerges] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027110142/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4138772,00.html |date=October 27, 2011 }}. October 2011
• July 12 – Gunmen blow up an Egyptian natural gas pipeline to Israel and Jordan in the town of El-Arish in the Sinai Peninsula.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110713004900/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43719969/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/ Gunmen blow up Egyptian gas pipeline to Israel] MSBC, July 11, 2011
• September 2 – Turkey expels Israel's ambassador, downgrades ties with Israel to second secretary level and cancels all military agreements with Israel, hours before a UN report investigating the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid is published.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14762475 |title=BBC News – Turkey expels Israeli ambassador over Gaza flotilla row |access-date=June 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218011711/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14762475 |archive-date=February 18, 2018 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}{{cite news |author=Sebnem Arsu |author2=Alan Cowell |date=September 3, 2011 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/03/world/middleeast/03turkey.html |title=Turkey Expels Israeli Ambassador Over Flotilla Dispute |newspaper=The New York Times |page=A4 |access-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406203352/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/03/world/middleeast/03turkey.html |archive-date=April 6, 2014 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}[http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/09/2011927226423902.html Turkey downgrades ties with Israel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008040946/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/09/2011927226423902.html |date=October 8, 2011 }}, Aljazeera, September 2, 2011
• September 9 – 2011 Israeli embassy attack: several thousand Egyptian protesters forcibly infiltrate into the Israeli embassy in Egypt, situated in Giza, after breaking down a recently constructed wall to protect the compound. The six embassy staff in a safe room were evacuated eventually from the site by Egyptian commandos, following the personal intervention of US President Barack Obama.{{Cite web |url=https://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFL5E7KA0UV20110910 |title=Israel lauds Obama's role in Cairo crisis |work=Reuters |access-date=July 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821111523/https://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFL5E7KA0UV20110910 |archive-date=August 21, 2018 |url-status=dead|df=mdy-all }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/494183 |title=Obama asks Egypt to protect Israeli embassy |website=Al-Masry Al-Youm |access-date=September 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911134532/http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/494183 |archive-date=September 11, 2011 |url-status=dead|df=mdy-all }} Following the attack, the deputy ambassador remained in Cairo, and 85 staff members and their families returned to Israel.
• September 14 – Israel evacuates the Israeli embassy in Jordan following a warning of a violent anti-Israel demonstration planned to take place near the embassy building. Nearly all the embassy staff returned to Israel at midnight.{{Cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/israel-clears-out-embassy-staff-in-jordan-ahead-of-protest/ |title=Israel Clears Out Embassy Staff In Jordan Ahead Of Protest |work=Fox News |access-date=September 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916142201/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/15/israel-clears-out-embassy-staff-in-jordan-ahead-protest/ |archive-date=September 16, 2011 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}
• September 27 – An explosion destroys the Arab Gas Pipeline in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula supplying natural gas to Jordan and Israel.[https://www.reuters.com/article/egypt-pipeline-idUSL5E7KR00B20110927 Blast destroys Egypt gas pipeline to Israel, Jordan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924155413/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/27/egypt-pipeline-idUSL5E7KR00B20110927 |date=September 24, 2015 }} Reuters, September 27, 2011
• October 11 – The US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration claim to have disrupted an attempt to bomb the Israeli and the Saudi embassies in Washington DC and an alleged terrorist plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador, with possible links to Iran.[https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-iran-tied-terror-plot-washington-dc-disrupted/story?id=14711933 Iran 'Directed' Washington, D.C., Terror Plot, U.S. Says] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103193051/https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-iran-tied-terror-plot-washington-dc-disrupted/story?id=14711933 |date=January 3, 2012 }} ABC News, October 11, 2011[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15266992 Iran agents 'planned US terror attacks'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008224133/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15266992 |date=October 8, 2018 }} BBC, October 11, 2011
• October 27 – End of Ilan Grapel affair: Israel releases 25 Egyptian prisoners in order to secure the release of Israeli-American Ilan Grapel, who held been held in Egypt for more than four months on dubious espionage charges.{{cite news |title=Netanyahu meets Grapel: 'It's good that you're home' |url=http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=243434 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |date=October 27, 2011 |access-date=October 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028125602/http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=243434 |archive-date=October 28, 2011 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}

{{main|Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2011}}

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File:Flickr - Israel Defense Forces - Gilad Shalit Salutes Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.jpg and returned to Israel, while over a thousand Palestinian and Arab-Israeli prisoners are being released in exchange, October 18, 2011]]

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict that occurred during 2011 include:

• January 23 – The Palestine Papers: thousands of confidential documents relating to diplomatic correspondence detailing the inner workings of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, are exposed by the Al-Jazeera news network.[http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/2011/01/201112214310263628.html "Introducing The Palestine Papers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125173502/http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/2011/01/201112214310263628.html |date=January 25, 2011 }}. Aljazeera, January 23, 2011S Milne and I Black. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/23/palestine-papers-expose-peace-concession "The Palestine Papers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117080803/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/23/palestine-papers-expose-peace-concession |date=November 17, 2016 }}. The Guardian, January 23, 2011H Keinon. [http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=204914 "PA agreed to Israeli annexation of J'lem areas"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126095143/http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=204914 |date=January 26, 2011 }}. The Jerusalem Post, January 23, 2011 Following this, the Palestinian Authority condemns Al-Jazeera for releasing the documents and denies that the Palestinian Authority had agreed to make far-reaching concessions on Jerusalem as the documents purportedly reveal.K Abu Toameh. [http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=204916 "PA: Al-Jazeera has declared war on Palestinians"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126095146/http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=204916 |date=January 26, 2011 }} The Jerusalem Post, January 23, 2011
• February 19 – The U.S. vetoes a draft of a UN Security Council resolution critical of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-israel-un-vote-idUSTRE71H6W720110218 U.S. vetoes U.N. draft condemning Israeli settlements] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924151308/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/18/us-palestinians-israel-un-vote-idUSTRE71H6W720110218 |date=September 24, 2015 }} Reuters, February 18, 2011
• April 4 – Dirar Abu Seesi, a Palestinian engineer from Gaza, is indicted at Beersheba's District Court, accused of developing missiles and upgrading rockets for attacks on Israel; he claims that the Mossad kidnapped him.[http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=215100 Shin Bet files indictment against 'rocket godfather'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407082955/http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=215100 |date=April 7, 2011 }} The Jerusalem Post, April 4, 2011[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12957071 'Abducted' Palestinian Dirar Abu Sisi on Hamas charges] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510173328/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12957071 |date=May 10, 2016 }} BBC, April 4, 2011[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4052000,00.html Palestinian engineer Abu-Sisi indicted] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407033849/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4052000,00.html |date=April 7, 2011 }} Ynetnews, April 4, 2011
• April 7 – The Iron Dome mobile air defense system successfully intercepts a Grad rocket launched from the Gaza Strip at the Israeli city Ashkelon, marking the first time in history a short-range rocket was ever intercepted.{{cite news|title=Iron Dome successfully intercepts Gaza rocket for first time|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/iron-dome-successfully-intercepts-gaza-rocket-for-first-time-1.354696|access-date=April 7, 2011|newspaper=Haaretz|date=April 7, 2011|author=Anshel Pfeffer|author2=Yanir Yagna|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110513102751/http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/iron-dome-successfully-intercepts-gaza-rocket-for-first-time-1.354696 |archive-date = May 13, 2011|url-status=dead}}
• April 24 – A group of 15 Israeli Jewish worshipers entered the Palestinian city of Nablus to pray in the Jewish holy site Joseph's Tomb, without coordinating their visit with the IDF as required by law. After finishing praying, as the Jewish worshipers were leaving Nablus, their cars came under fire from a Palestinian Authority police jeep. Five Israelis were injured in the attack and the nephew of Israeli Culture and Sport Minister Limor Livnat was killed.[http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=217690 Israeli killed, five wounded in shooting near Nablus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427081135/http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=217690 |date=April 27, 2011 }} The Jerusalem Post, May 24, 2011[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4060103,00.html 1 killed, 5 injured in shooting near Nablus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426221020/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4060103,00.html |date=April 26, 2011 }}, Ynetnews, May 24, 2011
• May 15 – The 2011 Israeli border demonstrations took place to commemorate what the Palestinians observe as Nakba Day. Various groups of people attempted to approach or breach Israel's borders from the Gaza Strip, West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Jordan. At least a dozen people were killed.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13373006|title=Israeli forces open fire at Palestinian protesters|publisher=BBC |date=May 16, 2011|access-date=June 6, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110520024042/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13373006| archive-date=May 20, 2011 | url-status= live}}
• June 5 – Israeli forces fire on pro-Palestinian protesters attempting to breach the Syria-Israeli ceasefire-line in the Golan Heights on Naksa Day, marking the anniversary of the 1967 Six-Day War; Syria claims that close to 20 people were killed and over 325 injured, while Israeli officials confirmed at least 12 injures.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/8558216/20-dead-as-Israeli-troops-fire-on-Golan-Heights-protesters.html '20 dead' as Israeli troops fire on Golan Heights protesters – Israel blames Syria for Golan Heights protests] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825033739/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/8558216/20-dead-as-Israeli-troops-fire-on-Golan-Heights-protesters.html |date=August 25, 2017 }} The Telegraph, June 5, 2011[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4078644,00.html Syrian death toll climbs; Majdal Shams joins riots] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608023143/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4078644,00.html |date=June 8, 2011 }} Ynetnews, June 5, 2011[http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=223669 Naksa Day: 6 reported dead, 12 hurt on Israel-Syria border] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607185617/http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=223669 |date=June 7, 2011 }} The Jerusalem Post, June 5, 2011[https://web.archive.org/web/20110608033854/http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/06/05/general-ml-israel-palestinians_8500914.html 14 dead as Israeli troops fire along Syrian border] Forbes.com, June 5, 2011
• July – Freedom Flotilla II
• July 19 – The French-flagged yacht Dignité Al Karama, which was to have been part of the Freedom Flotilla II, is intercepted and boarded without incident by Israeli commandos, off the coast of Gaza, and escorted to the Port of Ashdod.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14198628 Israel troops board Gaza protest boat Dignite-al Karama] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210175038/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14198628 |date=December 10, 2018 }} BBC News, July 19, 2011
• July – Flightilla: Pro-Palestinian activists attempt to reach the West Bank by flying first to Israel from European airports. Most of them are stopped before boarding the planes or detained upon arriving to Ben Gurion airport and deported shortly after.{{cite web |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14084547 |title= Israel blocks pro-Palestinian 'flytilla' activists |author= Yolande Knell |date= 8 July 2011 |publisher= BBC News}}
• September 2 – A UN report investigating the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid is published, which finds that the IDF acted 'legitimately' in trying to enforce Israel's blockade of the Gaza strip, except for the lack of a final warning to the activists and the use of "excessive" force.[http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=236380 Palmer: Gaza blockade lawful, IDF used 'excessive' force] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906151640/http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=236380 |date=September 6, 2011 }} The Jerusalem Post, September 3, 2011
• September 23 – During the opening of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas makes a bid for a UN recognition in a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state, which would exist in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and have the East Jerusalem as its capital.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/israel-palestinians-dig-into-positions-ahead-of-palestinian-statehood-bid/2011/09/23/gIQAs8WWpK_story.html Palestinians, resisting US-led pressure, submit request for UN membership – The Washington Post]{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}[http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16075492 Palestinians Rally Amid Bid For Statehood Backing From United Nations General Assembly {{pipe}} World News {{pipe}} Sky News] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924074547/http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16075492 |date=September 24, 2011 }}
• September 23 – The quartet of Middle East negotiators – the United States, European Union, Russia and the United Nations call on both Israel and Palestine to resume negotiations.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15044601 |title=BBC News – Israeli-Palestinian talks must resume – Mideast Quartet |access-date=June 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817055317/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15044601 |archive-date=August 17, 2018 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}
• October 11 – The Cabinet of Israel approves the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4134416,00.html Cabinet votes in favor of Shalit deal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202130841/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4134416,00.html |date=February 2, 2012 }} Ynetnews, October 12, 2011[http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-10/12/c_131185670.htm Israel, Hamas cut deal on release of abducted soldier, Palestinian prisoners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201094842/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-10/12/c_131185670.htm |date=February 1, 2016 }} XinhuaNet News, October 12, 2011
• October 18 – Israel and Hamas begin a major prisoner swap in which the Israeli Army soldier Gilad Shalit, who had been held in captivity for over five years, is released in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian and Israeli Arab prisoners held in Israel, of whom 477 prisoners are released immediately, including 280 serving life sentences for planning and perpetrating terror attacks, and 550 prisoners are to be released in December 2011.[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/18/gilad-shalit-release-palestinian-exchange Gilad Shalit release: Palestinian prisoner exchange getting under way] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212034810/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/18/gilad-shalit-release-palestinian-exchange |date=February 12, 2017 }} The Guardian, October 18, 2011

Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets

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The most prominent Palestinian militant acts and operations committed against Israeli targets during 2011 include:

• March 12 – Itamar attack: Two Palestinian teens armed with knives infiltrated the West Bank settlement of Itamar and stabbed to death five Israeli family members, including the parents and three of their children, aged 11, 3 and a four-month-old infant.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/world/middleeast/12mideast.html | work=The New York Times | title=Family of Five Fatally Stabbed in West Bank Settlement of Itamar | agency=Associated Press | date=March 11, 2011 | access-date=July 9, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714192905/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/world/middleeast/12mideast.html | archive-date=July 14, 2014 | url-status=live| df=mdy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4057894,00.html |title=Itamar massacre solved; 2 arrested |last=Greenberg |first=Hanan |publisher=Ynetnews |date=April 17, 2011 |access-date=April 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513015407/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0%2C7340%2CL-4057894%2C00.html |archive-date=May 13, 2011 |url-status=live}}
• March 23 – 2011 Jerusalem bus bombing: an explosive device was placed in a suitcase on the sidewalk exploded next to bus number 74 near the Jerusalem International Convention Center complex. A woman is killed in the explosion and at least 50 people are injured.[http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/bomb-explodes-in-central-jerusalem-25-wounded-1.351377 Bomb explodes in central Jerusalem; 1 dead, at least 30 hurt]

Haaretz, March 23, 2011[http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Entertainment/Article.aspx?id=213442 Woman killed, dozens hurt in Jerusalem bombing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324152234/http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Entertainment/Article.aspx?id=213442 |date=March 24, 2011 }} The Jerusalem Post, March 23, 2011[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12836224 Deadly bombing targets Jerusalem bus stop] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231162614/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12836224 |date=December 31, 2018 }} BBC, March 23, 2011

• April 4 – Israeli actor and peace activist Juliano Mer-Khamis, of both Jewish and Christian Arab origin, is gunned down in the West Bank by masked militants.[http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=215116 Actor Juliano Mer-Khamis gunned down in Jenin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407083028/http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=215116 |date=April 7, 2011 }} The Jerusalem Post, April 4, 2011
• April 7 – 2011 Israeli school bus anti-tank missile attack: An anti-tank missile fired from the Gaza Strip hits a school bus, moderately wounding the bus driver, and critically injuring a 16-year boy who later died of his wounds.[http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/boy-hurt-in-gaza-rocket-attack-on-israeli-bus-dies-of-his-wounds-1.356477 Boy hurt in Gaza rocket attack on Israeli bus dies of his wounds] Haaretz, April 17, 2011 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110419074657/http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/boy-hurt-in-gaza-rocket-attack-on-israeli-bus-dies-of-his-wounds-1.356477 |date=April 19, 2011 }}
• August 18 – 2011 southern Israel attacks: Eight people were killed and dozens are injured in southern Israel after a string of terrorist attacks on a highway targeting two civilian buses and cars as well a military bus responding to the attacks. Although no organization took responsibility for the attacks the Israeli security establishment blamed the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) in Gaza for carrying out the attacks. In retaliation, Israel launched an air raid on the town of Rafah in which six Palestinians militants from the Popular Resistance Committee were killed, among them two seniors in the organization.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4110783,00.html Revenge: 2 Top terrorists killed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003004710/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4110783,00.html |date=October 3, 2011 }} Ynetnews, August 18, 2011
• August 29 – 2011 Tel Aviv nightclub attack: a 20-year-old Palestinian stole an Israeli taxi cab and rammed it into a police checkpoint guarding the popular Haoman 17 nightclub in Tel Aviv, which was filled with 2,000{{Cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/palestinian-drives-stolen-taxi-israelis-stabs/story?id=14403744 |title=Terror Attack Outside Tel Aviv Nightclub Filled With 2,000 Teenagers |access-date=September 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830180738/https://abcnews.go.com/International/palestinian-drives-stolen-taxi-israelis-stabs/story?id=14403744 |archive-date=August 30, 2011 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }} Israeli teenagers. After crashing into the checkpoint, the attacker jumped out of the vehicle and began stabbing several people. Five civilians and four police officers were injured in the attack.

File:Negevbus 03.jpg|2011 Israeli school bus anti-tank missile attack

File:Fogel.jpg|Funeral of the victims of the Itamar attack in Givat Shaul

File:Terror Strikes Israeli Civilians in Southern Israel.jpg|The charred remains of the Egged bus hit by suicide bomber during the 2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks

Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets

The most prominent Israeli counter-terrorist operations (military campaigns and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 2011 include:

• March 15 – The Israeli Navy intercepts the cargo ship "Victoria", which was carrying a long list of advanced weapons that were smuggled from Iran and were allegedly bound for the militant organizations operating in the Gaza Strip.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4042721,00.html Terror's alternate route] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316180244/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4042721,00.html |date=March 16, 2011 }} Ynetnews, March 15, 2011
• March 16 – The Israeli Air Force attacks a training site of the Palestinian militant group Al Qassam brigades in the southern part of Gaza city in response to a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip at the Israeli southern communities in the Sdot Negev Regional Council in the southern district of Israel. Palestinians reported that three people were killed in the attack and three were wounded.[http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9716 Two Palestinians Killed in Gaza Air Strikes, Two Bodies Found in Tunnels] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322155312/http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9716 |date=March 22, 2011 }}, PNN – Palestine News Network, March 16, 2011[http://idfspokesperson.com/2011/03/16/in-response-to-rocket-fire-iaf-targets-terror-activity-site-in-the-gaza-strip/ In Response to Rocket Fire, IAF Targets Terror Activity Site in the Gaza Strip] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110321062114/http://idfspokesperson.com/2011/03/16/in-response-to-rocket-fire-iaf-targets-terror-activity-site-in-the-gaza-strip/ |date=March 21, 2011 }} Israel Defense Forces website, March 16, 2011

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• January 3 – Yosef Shiloach (born 1941), Iranian-born Israeli actor.N Anderman. [http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/israeli-actor-yosef-shiloach-dies-at-69-after-long-battle-with-cancer-1.334977 "Israeli actor Yosef Shiloach dies at 69 after long battle with cancer"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104225237/http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/israeli-actor-yosef-shiloach-dies-at-69-after-long-battle-with-cancer-1.334977 |date=January 4, 2011 }}. Haaretz, January 3, 2011
• January 11 – Ze'ev Segal (born 1947), Israeli jurist and journalist.T Zarchin. [http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/ze-ev-segal-haaretz-senior-legal-analyst-dies-aged-64-1.336448?localLinksEnabled=false "Ze'ev Segal, Haaretz senior legal analyst, dies aged 63"]. Haaretz, January 11, 2011
• January 13 – Tuviah Friedman (born 1922), Polish-born Israeli Nazi hunter.[http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=203616 "Nazi hunter Tuvya Friedman laid to rest in Haifa"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114111652/http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=203616 |date=January 14, 2011 }}. The Jerusalem Post, January 14, 2011
• January 14 – David Coren (born 1917), Israeli politician.{{cite news |script-title=he:דוד קורן ז"ל |language=he |url=http://www.avelim.co.il/archives/7416 |trans-title=David Coren dec'd |publisher=Avalim |date=January 14, 2011 |access-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904191827/http://www.avelim.co.il/archives/7416 |archive-date=September 4, 2011 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}
• January 20 – Sonya Peres (born 1923), Ukrainian-born wife of President Shimon Peres.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4016609,00.html "Sonya Peres dies at 87"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122215346/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4016609,00.html |date=January 22, 2011 }}. Ynetnews, January 20, 2011
• February 10 – Michael Harsgor (born 1924), Romanian-born Israeli historian.[http://new.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=207623 "Historian Professor Michael Harsegor passes away at 87"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713121922/http://new.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=207623 |date=July 13, 2011 }} The Jerusalem Post, January 10, 2011
• February 24 – Jerrold Kessel (born 1945), South African-born Israeli journalist and author.{{cite news|first=Leslie|last=Susser|title=Jerrold Kessel, journalist, author, filmmaker, dies at 66 |url=http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?id=209791|work=The Jerusalem Post |date=February 5, 2011 |access-date=February 26, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110303170119/http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?id=209791| archive-date=March 3, 2011 | url-status= live}}
• February 28 – Netiva Ben-Yehuda (born 1928), Israeli author and radio personality.[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/205074 Author Netiva Ben-Yehuda Dead at 83] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629165310/http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/205074 |date=June 29, 2011 }} News Briefs – Israel National News, February 28, 2011
• March 12 – Tawfik Toubi (born 1922), Israeli Arab communist politician.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/tawfik-toubi-2255648.html Tawfik Toubi Obituary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117123023/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/tawfik-toubi-2255648.html |date=November 17, 2016 }} The Independent, March 29, 2011
• March 14 – Giora Leshem (born 1940), Israeli poet and publisher.{{cite news |script-title=he:נפטר המשורר, המתרגם והמבקר גיורא לשם |language=he |trans-title=Poet, translator and critic Giora Leshem dies |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4042031,00.html |publisher=Ynet |date=March 14, 2011 |access-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716184949/http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4042031,00.html |archive-date=July 16, 2014 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}
• March 18 – Ze'ev Boim (born 1943), Israeli Knesset member.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4044245,00.html Ex-Minister Boim dies of cancer at 67] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110321101532/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4044245,00.html |date=March 21, 2011 }} Ynetnews, March 18, 2011
• March 22 – Reuven Shefer (born 1925), Israeli actor.{{cite news |author=Noah Rubin-Sterling |script-title=he:שחקן הקאמרי ראובן שפר הלך לעולמו |language=he |url=http://www.nrg.co.il/online/47/ART2/224/560.html |trans-title=Cameri actor, Reuven Shefer, dies |newspaper=Maariv |date=March 22, 2011 |access-date=July 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190425/http://www.nrg.co.il/online/47/ART2/224/560.html |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}
• March 30 – Jacques Amir (born 1933), Moroccan-born Israeli politician.{{cite news |script-title=he:ז'אק אמיר ז"ל |language=he |trans-title=Jacques Amir dies |url=http://www.avelim.co.il/archives/13621 |publisher=Avalim |date=March 31, 2011 |access-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904185306/http://www.avelim.co.il/archives/13621 |archive-date=September 4, 2011 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}
• March 30 – Tamar Golan (born 1925), Israeli journalist and diplomat.[http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/tamar-golan-israel-s-queen-of-africa-dies-at-76-1.353188 Tamar Golan, Israel's queen of Africa, dies at 76] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403040749/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/tamar-golan-israel-s-queen-of-africa-dies-at-76-1.353188 |date=April 3, 2011 }} Haaretz, March 31, 2011
• April 4 – Juliano Mer-Khamis (born 1958), Israeli actor, director, filmmaker and political activist of Jewish and Arab origin.[http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/israeli-actor-juliano-mer-khamis-shot-dead-in-jenin-1.354044 Israeli actor Juliano Mer-Khamis shot dead in Jenin] Haaretz, April 4, 2011 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405210953/http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/israeli-actor-juliano-mer-khamis-shot-dead-in-jenin-1.354044 |date=April 5, 2011 }}
• April 25 – Avraham Tiar (born 1924), Tunisian-born Israeli politician.{{Cite web |url=https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=432 |title=Knesset website, Avraham Tiar |access-date=January 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052948/https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=432 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}
• May 1 – Moshe Landau (born 1912), German-born Israeli jurist and president of the Supreme Court of Israel.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4063015,00.html Eichmann Trial judge passes away] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110502181712/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4063015,00.html |date=May 2, 2011 }} Ynetnews, May 1, 2011
• May 5 – Yosef Merimovich (born 1924), Cypriot-born Israeli football player and manager.{{cite news |author=Lior Timor |script-title=he:מאמן הנבחרת בעבר, יוסל'ה מירמוביץ', הלך לעולמו |language=he |trans-title=Former selected coach, Yosele Miramovich, dies |url=http://www.one.co.il/Article/179198.html |publisher=One.co.il |date=May 5, 2011 |access-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714134244/http://www.one.co.il/Article/179198.html |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}
• May 20 – Arieh Handler (born 1915), Israeli Zionist leader.[http://thejc.com/news/israel-news/49280/arieh-handler-dies-israel Arieh Handler dies in Israel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607063616/http://thejc.com/news/israel-news/49280/arieh-handler-dies-israel |date=June 7, 2011 }} The Jewish Chronicle, May 20, 2011
• May 24 – Arthur Goldreich (born 1929), South African-born Israeli political activist.[https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g9PO35j2IrFACGXACPHonjX8iQdw?docId=f65f04de3ae44b1c917c5f6583384b02 S. African anti-apartheid veteran Goldreich dies]{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The Associated Press, May 25, 2011
• June 3 – Sammy Ofer (born 1922), Romanian-born Israeli businessman and the richest man in Israel at the time of his death.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4077812,00.html Billionaire Sammy Ofer dies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606033544/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4077812,00.html |date=June 6, 2011 }} Ynetnews, June 3, 2011
• June 7 – Gavriel Tsifroni (born 1914), Russian (Lithuania)-born Israeli journalist.{{cite news |author=Eran Bar-On |script-title=he:העיתונאי הוותיק גבריאל צפרוני הלך לעולמו |language=he |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4079860,00.html |trans-title=Veteran journalist, Gavriel Tsifroni, dies |publisher=Ynet |date=June 9, 2011 |access-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716080153/http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4079860,00.html |archive-date=July 16, 2014 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}
• June 7 – Haim Yisraeli (born 1927), Polish-born Israeli civil servant.[http://www.jewpi.com/died-haim-yisraeli-advisor-of-14-defense-ministers-of-israel/ Died Haim Yisraeli, advisor of 14 defense ministers of Israel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722081952/http://www.jewpi.com/died-haim-yisraeli-advisor-of-14-defense-ministers-of-israel/ |date=July 22, 2011 }} JewPI.com, June 9, 2011
• June 10 – Al Schwimmer (born 1917), American-born Israeli businessman, founder of Israel Aerospace Industries.[http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/al-schwimmer-founder-of-israel-aircraft-industries-dies-at-94-1.367102 Al Schwimmer, founder of Israel Aircraft Industries, dies at 94] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614134121/http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/al-schwimmer-founder-of-israel-aircraft-industries-dies-at-94-1.367102 |date=June 14, 2011 }} Haaretz, June 11, 2011
• June 16 – Yehuda Kiel (born 1916), Russian-born Israeli educator and bible commentator.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4083009,00.html Israel Prize Laureate Yehuda Kiel dies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025082633/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4083009,00.html |date=October 25, 2012 }} Ynetnews, June 16, 2011
• June 17 – Nathan Sharon (born 1925), Polish-born Israeli biochemist.{{cite web |script-title=he:פרופ' נתן שרון ז"ל |language=he |url=http://www.avelim.co.il/archives/18946 |trans-title=Prof. Nathan Sharon dec'd |publisher=Avalim Notices |date=June 19, 2011 |access-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904190109/http://www.avelim.co.il/archives/18946 |archive-date=September 4, 2011 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}
• June 27 – Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz (born 1913), Russian (Belarus)-born Israeli rabbi.[http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/96169/BORUCH-DAYAN-EMMES%3A-Petira-Of-Hagon-Rav-Michel-Yehuda-Lefkowitz-ZATZAL.html Petira Of Hagon Rav Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz ZATZAL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701071511/http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/96169/BORUCH-DAYAN-EMMES:-Petira-Of-Hagon-Rav-Michel-Yehuda-Lefkowitz-ZATZAL.html |date=July 1, 2011 }} The Yeshiva World News, June 27, 2011
• July 29 – Elazar Abuhatzeira (born c. 1941), Moroccan-born orthodox Sephardi rabbi.{{cite news|title=Popular kabbalah rabbi Elazar Abuhatzeira stabbed to death in Be'er Sheva |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/popular-kabbalah-rabbi-elazar-abuhatzeira-stabbed-to-death-in-be-er-sheva-1.375855 |work=Haaretz |date=July 29, 2011 |access-date=July 30, 2011 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110801122046/http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/popular-kabbalah-rabbi-elazar-abuhatzeira-stabbed-to-death-in-be-er-sheva-1.375855 |archive-date=August 1, 2011 }}
• July 29 – Shulamit Shamir (born 1923), Bulgarian-born wife of former prime minister Yitzhak Shamir.[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/146231 Shulamit Shamir Dies at 88] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703051849/http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/146231 |date=July 3, 2012 }} Arutz 7 – Israel National News, July 30, 2011
• August 5 – Adi Talmor (born 1953), Israeli journalist and news presenter.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4106065,00.html Radio personality Adi Talmor dead at 58] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025172638/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4106065,00.html |date=October 25, 2012 }} Ynetnews, August 8, 2011
• August 11 – Noah Flug (born 1925), Polish-born Israeli economist, advocate for rights of Holocaust survivors.[http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/united-survivors-in-push-for-benefits-1.378230 United survivors to push for benefits] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612114043/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/united-survivors-in-push-for-benefits-1.378230 |date=June 12, 2012 }} Haaretz, August 15, 2011
• August 20 – Rafael Halperin (born 1924), Austrian-born Israeli businessman, rabbi and former professional wrestler.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4111460,00.html Rabbi Rafael Halperin passes away] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025201921/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4111460,00.html |date=October 25, 2012 }} Ynetnews, August 20, 2011
• August 29 – Ayala Zacks-Abramov (born 1912), Israeli art patron.{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=236084|title=Israel's 'greatest art collector' dies at age 99|author=Cashman, Greer Fay|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|date=August 31, 2011|access-date=September 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904113612/http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=236084|archive-date=September 4, 2011|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
• September 6 – Dan David (born 1929), Romanian-born Israeli businessman and philanthropist.[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44409705/ns/world_news-europe/ Businessman-philanthropist Dan David dies – World news – Europe – msnbc.com]{{dead link|date=August 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• September 11 – Yuli Ofer (born 1924), Romanian-born Israeli businessman and entrepreneur.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4120917,00.html Tycoon Yuli Ofer dies at 87] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025230439/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4120917,00.html |date=October 25, 2012 }} Ynetnews, September 9, 2011
• September 26 – Michael Shor (born 1920), Soviet (Ukraine)-born Israeli security official, former CEO of Israel Military Industries.{{cite news |script-title=he:מת מנכ"ל תע"ש לשעבר מיכאל שור |language=he |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/news/education/1.1484975 |trans-title=Death of former CEO of IMI, Michael Shor |newspaper=Haaretz |date=September 27, 2011 |access-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716043110/http://www.haaretz.co.il/news/education/1.1484975 |archive-date=July 16, 2014 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}
• September 27 – Ida Fink (born 1921), Polish-born Israeli author.[https://archive.today/20120731130622/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jNfDpdsfMgFhy3f0bN_qqT03p9Tw?docId=CNG.37648dc269c5c0a0307b5fecf21c6d0d.91 Morre Ida Fink, escritora da Shoah] AFP Report (Portuguese), September 27, 2011
• October 2 – Moshe Wertman (born 1924), Polish-born Israeli politician.[https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=400 Moshe Wertman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103125542/http://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=400 |date=January 3, 2017 }} Knesset Members website
• October 2 – Taha Muhammad Ali (born 1931), Arab-Israeli poet.[http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=425811 Poet Taha Muhammad Ali dies in Nazareth] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109131513/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=425811 |date=November 9, 2011 }} Ma'an News, October. 2011
• October 4 – Hanan Porat (born 1943), Israeli rabbi, educator and politician.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4131068,00.html Gush Emunim founder Hanan Porat passes away] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004230701/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4131068,00.html |date=October 4, 2011 }} Ynetnews, October 4, 2011
• October 4 – Shmuel Shilo (born 1929), Polish-born Israeli actor and director.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4131844,00.html Actor Shmuel Shiloh dies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103225503/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4131844,00.html |date=November 3, 2011 }} Ynetnews, October 6, 2011
• October 7 – Avner Treinin (born 1928), Israeli poet and chemist.[http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/news-in-brief-1.389088 Award-winning poet and chemist Avner Treinin dies at 83] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011075747/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/news-in-brief-1.389088 |date=October 11, 2011 }} Haaretz, October 10, 2011
• October 23 – Amnon Salomon (born 1940), Israeli cinematographer.{{cite news |author=Max Yudilovitch |script-title=he:צלם הקולנוע אמנון סלומון הלך לעולמו בגיל 70 |language=he |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4137835,00.html |trans-title=Cinematographer Amnon Salomon passes away aged 70 |publisher=YNet |date=October 23, 2011 |access-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720015626/http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4137835,00.html |archive-date=July 20, 2014 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}
• November 6 – Peretz Kidron (born 1933), Austrian-born Israeli writer, journalist and translator.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120214191535/http://www.yeshgvul.org/2011/11/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A5-%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A0%D7%95/ יש גבול » פרץ קדרון איננו]}}
• November 7 – Dov Schwartzman (born 1921), Russian-born Israeli Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva in Jerusalem.{{cite news |title=Rav Dov Schwartzman zt"l |date=November 7, 2011 |url=http://www.matzav.com/rav-dov-schwartzman-ztl |publisher=matzav.com |access-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714191120/http://matzav.com/rav-dov-schwartzman-ztl |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}
• November 8 – Nosson Tzvi Finkel (born 1943), American-born Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem.{{cite web |url=http://matzav.com/100000-attend-levaya-of-rav-nosson-tzvi-finkel |title=Photos: 100,000 Attend Levaya of Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel zt"l |date=November 8, 2011 |access-date=November 8, 2011 |publisher=matzav.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111002149/http://matzav.com/100000-attend-levaya-of-rav-nosson-tzvi-finkel |archive-date=November 11, 2011 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}
• November 9 – Shmuel Ben-Artzi (born 1914), Russian (Poland)-born Israeli writer, father in-law of Benjamin Netanyahu.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/11/09/3090197/shmuel-ben-artzi-father-of-sara-netanyahu-dies |title=Shmuel Ben Artzi, father of Sara Netanyahu, dies | website=JTA – Jewish & Israel News |access-date=November 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118014711/http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/11/09/3090197/shmuel-ben-artzi-father-of-sara-netanyahu-dies |archive-date=November 18, 2011 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}
• November 21 – Eli Hurvitz (born 1932), Israeli industrialist, former chairman and CEO of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries.{{cite news |last=Even |first=Dan |script-title=he:אלי הורביץ, מנכ"ל ויו"ר טבע לשעבר, מת בגיל 79 |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/news/health/1.1572110 |access-date=November 21, 2011 |newspaper=Haaretz |date=November 21, 2011 |language=he |trans-title=Eli Hurvitz, former CEO and Chairman of Teva, dies at the age of 79 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123165533/http://www.haaretz.co.il/news/health/1.1572110 |archive-date=November 23, 2011 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}
• December 6 – Peretz Kidron (born 1933), Israeli pacifist, writer, journalist, and translator.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120214191535/http://www.yeshgvul.org/2011/11/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A5-%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A0%D7%95/]}}
• December 8 – Roman Baembaev (born 1956), Ukrainian-born Israeli poet.{{cite news |script-title=he:נפטר המשורר רומן באימבאיב |language=he |trans-title=Poet Roman Baembaev dies |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4158973,00.html |access-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717110952/http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4158973,00.html |archive-date=July 17, 2014 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}
• December 8 – Nakdimon Rogel (born 1925), Israeli journalist and broadcaster, author of the Nakdi Report.{{cite news |title=Veteran journalist and broadcaster Nakdimon Rogel dies |author=Greer Fay Cashman |date=December 8, 2011 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |url=http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=248645&R=R101 |access-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117094623/http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=248645&R=R101 |archive-date=January 17, 2012 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}
• December 9 – Davida Karol (born 1917), Israeli actress.{{cite news |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4159271,00.html |script-title=he:השחקנית דוידה קרול נפטרה בגיל 94 |language=he |trans-title=Actress Davida Karol Dies at Age 94 |last=Sinai |first=Liron |publisher=Ynet |date=December 9, 2011 |access-date=December 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108200300/http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4159271,00.html |archive-date=January 8, 2012 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}
• December 16 – Mark Kopytman (born 1929), Ukrainian-born Israeli composer.{{cite news |script-title=he:נפטר המלחין מרק קופיטמן |language=he |trans-title=Composer Mark Kopytman dies |date=December 16, 2011 |publisher=Reshet Bet |url=http://www.iba.org.il/bet/?entity=807620&type=1 |access-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720080516/http://www.iba.org.il/bet/?entity=807620&type=1 |archive-date=July 20, 2014 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}
• December 25 – Gideon Doron, (born 1945), Israeli political scientist; The leader of HaYisraelim{{cite news |script-title=he:הלך לעולמו פרופ' גדעון דורון, יו"ר האגודה הישראלית למדע המדינה |trans-title=Prof. Gideon Doron, chairman of the Israeli Political Science Association, dies |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/Ext/Comp/CdaNewsFlash/0,2297,L-4166632_184,00.html |publisher=Ynet |language=he |access-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718133154/http://www.ynet.co.il/Ext/Comp/CdaNewsFlash/0,2297,L-4166632_184,00.html |archive-date=July 18, 2014 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}

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• Tu Bishvat – nightfall, January 19 to nightfall, January 20
• Fast of Esther – March 17 (dawn to nightfall)
• Purim – nightfall, March 19 to nightfall, March 20
• Shushan Purim – nightfall, March 20 to nightfall, March 21
• Fast of the Firstborn – April 18 (dawn to sunset)
• Passover and Chol HaMoed Pesach – sunset, April 18 to nightfall, April 25 (7th day) (an additional day is observed outside Israel)
• Holocaust Remembrance Day – nightfall, April 30 to nightfall, May 1
• Fallen Soldiers Remembrance Day – nightfall, May 8 to nightfall, May 9
• Israel's Independence Day – nightfall, May 9 to nightfall, May 10
• Lag Ba'omer – nightfall, May 21 to nightfall, May 22
• Jerusalem Day – nightfall, May 31 to nightfall, June 1
• Shavuot – sunset, June 7 to nightfall, June 8 (a second day is observed outside Israel)
• Seventeenth of Tammuz fast – July 19 (dawn to nightfall)
• Ninth of Av fast – sunset, August 8 to nightfall, August 9
• Rosh Hashanah – sunset, September 28 to nightfall, September 30
• Fast of Gedalia – October 2 (dawn to nightfall)
• Yom Kippur – sunset, October 7 to nightfall, October 8
• Sukkot and Chol HaMoed Sukkot – sunset, October 13 to sunset, October 19
• Simchat Torah/Shemini Atzeret – sunset, October 19 to nightfall, October 20 (a second day is observed outside Israel)
• Hanukkah – nightfall, December 20 to nightfall, December 28

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• Israel's public controversy over exclusion of women (2011)
• 2007–present blockade of the Gaza Strip
• List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, 2011
• List of Israeli films of 2011
• List of violent incidents in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, 2011
• 2011 in the Palestinian territories

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