2011 in Palestine

none 2011 Palestine Template:Year in Palestine: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of Palestine.svg 90px History of Palestine · Timeline of Palestinian history · List of years in Palestine Events in the year 2011 in Palestine. Incumbents Palestinian National Authority (non-state administrative authority) President – Mahmoud Abbas (PLO) Prime Minister – Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority (in the West Bank) – Salam Fayyad (Third Way) (emergency rule) Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority (in the Gaza Strip) – Ismail Haniyeh (Hamas) (in rebellion against the Palestinian National Authority) Government of Palestine – 13th Government of Palestine Events January 2 – Israel extends a six-month ban on the immigration of Palestinian Arabs married to Israelis.2 January 2011 Israel extends ban on immigration through marriage http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gToKX31mMHrPFvS5sGNX5cFw4tOw dead https://archive.today/20120731201228/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gToKX31mMHrPFvS5sGNX5cFw4tOw 31 July 2012 Google AFP January 3 – Israel Air Force planes bomb three targets, including two refugee camps and a weapons factory in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, injuring two people in response to the firing of a Kassam rocket from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel.27 March 2011 Report: Libyan rebels reach oil town of Ras Lanuf https://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=201829 live https://web.archive.org/web/20201208235802/https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Report-Libyan-rebels-reach-oil-town-of-Ras-Lanuf 8 December 2020 16 November 2014 The Jerusalem Post ReutersBarker Anne 3 January 2011 Palestinians injured in Israeli air raid – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/03/3105148.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110106133934/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/03/3105148.htm January 6, 2011 16 November 2014 ABC News (Australia) January 6 – Israeli troops kill two Palestinians as they attempted to cross a border fence from the Gaza Strip.al-Mughrabi Nidal 6 January 2011 Fullerton Elizabeth Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinians on Gaza border https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7051IV20110106 live https://web.archive.org/web/20141202121754/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/06/us-palestinians-israel-violence-idUSTRE7051IV20110106 2 December 2014 16 November 2014 Reuters1 June 2011 IDF kills 2 Palestinians on Gaza border http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4009853,00.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20141129060435/https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4009853,00.html 29 November 2014 16 November 2014 Ynet Reuters January 7 – Chile recognizes the State of Palestine.Barrionuevo Alexei January 7, 2011 Chile Offers Recognition for a State of Palestine https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/08/world/americas/08chile.html live https://archive.today/20120905051058/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/08/world/americas/08chile.html?_r=1 5 September 2012 The New York Times January 10 – The Palestinian Authority states it will seek United Nations recognition through both the Security Council and the General Assembly in September. It is currently lobbying nations for recognition during the stalled peace talks with Israel.2011-01-10 Palestinians to Seek UN Recognition for Independent State in September https://www.haaretz.com/2011-01-10/ty-article/palestinians-to-seek-un-recognition-for-independent-state-in-september/0000017f-eb9d-d4cd-af7f-ebfdb6460000#comments-section 2026-04-08 Haaretz January 11 – An Israeli missile attack kills a Palestinian militant while he was riding a motorcycle in the Gaza Strip.al-Mughrabi Nidal 11 January 2011 Israel missile kills Islamic Jihad militant in Gaza https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70A7G820110111 live https://web.archive.org/web/20141202143533/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/11/us-palestinians-israel-gaza-idUSTRE70A7G820110111 2 December 2014 16 November 2014 Reuters January 14 – Guyana formally recognizes Palestine as an independent state.September 2011 January 18 – President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, on his first visit to the West Bank as head of state, confirms "support [for] the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to an independent state with its capital in East Jerusalem."18 January 2011 Russia backs Palestinian state http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/01/201111816449558559.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141129194244/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/01/201111816449558559.html 29 November 2014 16 November 2014 Al Jazeera EnglishStaff JPOST.COM Press Associated 18 January 2011 'Russia won't change stance on Palestinian state' https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Russia-wont-change-stance-on-Palestinian-state live https://web.archive.org/web/20141129233743/https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Russia-wont-change-stance-on-Palestinian-state 29 November 2014 16 November 2014 The Jerusalem Post 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.Carlstrom Gregg 23 January 2011 Introducing The Palestine Papers http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/2011/01/201112214310263628.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141129182710/http://www.aljazeera.com/palestinepapers/2011/01/201112214310263628.html 29 November 2014 16 November 2014 Al Jazeera EnglishMilne Seumas 23 January 2011 Black Ian Secret papers reveal slow death of Middle East peace process https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/23/palestine-papers-expose-peace-concession live https://web.archive.org/web/20141105035609/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/23/palestine-papers-expose-peace-concession 5 November 2014 16 November 2014 The GuardianKeinon Herb 23 January 2011 'PA agreed to Israeli annexation of J'lem areas' https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/pa-agreed-to-israeli-annexation-of-jlem-areas live https://web.archive.org/web/20141129225420/https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/pa-agreed-to-israeli-annexation-of-jlem-areas 29 November 2014 16 November 2014 The Jerusalem Post 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.Abu Toameh Khaled 23 January 2011 PA: Al-Jazeera has declared war on Palestinians https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/pa-al-jazeera-has-declared-war-on-palestinians live https://web.archive.org/web/20141129224708/https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/pa-al-jazeera-has-declared-war-on-palestinians 29 November 2014 16 November 2014 The Jerusalem Post January 24 – Peru recognizes Palestine "as a free and sovereign state".Associated Press 25 January 2011 Peru latest to recognize Palestinian state https://www.jpost.com/international/peru-latest-to-recognize-palestinian-state live https://web.archive.org/web/20141119143204/https://www.jpost.com/international/peru-latest-to-recognize-palestinian-state 19 November 2014 16 November 2014 The Jerusalem Post24 January 2011 Peru recognizes Palestinian state https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70N5ZW20110124 live https://web.archive.org/web/20141202085749/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/24/us-palestinians-peru-idUSTRE70N5ZW20110124 2 December 2014 16 November 2014 Reuters February 17 – Israeli troops kill three Palestinian militants near Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, who were approaching the border apparently in an attempt to plant a bomb; the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine identified one of the men as a member of the group and said he had been killed "during a mission carried out by our military wing."17 February 2011 Israel troops kill Gaza 'fishermen' https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2011/2/17/israel-troops-kill-gaza-fishermen live https://web.archive.org/web/20250526091922/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2011/2/17/israel-troops-kill-gaza-fishermen#expand 26 May 2025 16 November 2014 Al Jazeera English17 February 2011 IDF fire kills 3 in north Gaza http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4029953,00.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20141129060431/https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4029953,00.html 29 November 2014 16 November 2014 YnetAssociated Press 17 February 2011 Democratic Front claims casualties in Gaza shooting https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Democratic-Front-claims-casualties-in-Gaza-shooting live https://web.archive.org/web/20141130001857/http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Democratic-Front-claims-casualties-in-Gaza-shooting 30 November 2014 16 November 2014 The Jerusalem Post February 19 – The U.S. vetoes a draft of a U.N. Security Council resolution which was critical of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The resolution was supported by all other council members and co-sponsored by almost 120 nations. This veto resolution is the ninth U.N. resolution on the Israel-Palestine conflict to be vetoed by the U.S. since 2000.18 February 2011 U.S. vetoes U.N. draft condemning Israeli settlements https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-israel-un-vote-idUSTRE71H6W720110218 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160310210052/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-israel-un-vote-idUSTRE71H6W720110218/ 10 March 2016 16 November 2014 ReutersAgencies "News" Service Haaretz 19 February 2011 Palestinian Envoy: U.S. Veto at UN 'Encourages Israeli Intransigence' on Settlements https://www.haaretz.com/2011-02-19/ty-article/palestinian-envoy-u-s-veto-at-un-encourages-israeli-intransigence-on-settlements/0000017f-dc04-d856-a37f-fdc4d60f0000 live https://web.archive.org/web/20230607202114/https://www.haaretz.com/2011-02-19/ty-article/palestinian-envoy-u-s-veto-at-un-encourages-israeli-intransigence-on-settlements/0000017f-dc04-d856-a37f-fdc4d60f0000 7 June 2023 16 November 2014 Haaretz 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 month old infant.Greenberg Hanan 17 April 2011 Itamar massacre solved; 2 arrested http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4057894,00.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20110513015407/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0%2C7340%2CL-4057894%2C00.html 13 May 2011 20 April 2011 Ynet 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.Ben-Yishai Ron 15 March 2011 Terror's alternate route http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4042721,00.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20141129061951/https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4042721,00.html 29 November 2014 16 November 2014 Ynet 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.16 March 2011 Two Palestinians Killed in Gaza Air Strikes, Two Bodies Found in Tunnels https://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9716 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110322155312/https://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9716 22 March 2011 16 March 2011 Palestine News NetworkDefense Forces Israel 16 March 2011 In Response to Rocket Fire, IAF Targets Terror Activity Site in the Gaza Strip https://idfspokesperson.com/2011/03/16/in-response-to-rocket-fire-iaf-targets-terror-activity-site-in-the-gaza-strip/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110319163844/https://idfspokesperson.com/2011/03/16/in-response-to-rocket-fire-iaf-targets-terror-activity-site-in-the-gaza-strip/ 19 March 2011 16 March 2011 IDF Spokesperson's Unit April 4 – Israeli/Palestinian actor and peace activist Juliano Mer-Khamis, of both Jewish and Christian Arab origin, is gunned down in Jenin by masked militants.Kessler Oren Abu Toameh Khaled 4 April 2011 Actor Juliano Mer-Khamis gunned down in Jenin https://www.jpost.com/national-news/actor-juliano-mer-khamis-gunned-down-in-jenin live https://web.archive.org/web/20141106082422/https://www.jpost.com/national-news/actor-juliano-mer-khamis-gunned-down-in-jenin 6 November 2014 16 November 2014 The Jerusalem Post 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.17 April 2011 Boy Hurt in Gaza Rocket Attack on Israeli Bus Dies of His Wounds https://www.haaretz.com/2011-04-17/ty-article/boy-hurt-in-gaza-rocket-attack-on-israeli-bus-dies-of-his-wounds/0000017f-f6fa-d47e-a37f-fffe3c340000 live https://web.archive.org/web/20221202162942/https://www.haaretz.com/2011-04-17/ty-article/boy-hurt-in-gaza-rocket-attack-on-israeli-bus-dies-of-his-wounds/0000017f-f6fa-d47e-a37f-fffe3c340000 2 December 2022 16 November 2014 Haaretz April 15 – Italian reporter, writer and pro-Palestinian activist, Vittorio Arrigoni, is kidnapped and murdered in Gaza by militants.Akram Fares 14 April 2011 Hamas Says It Found Body of Italian Activist https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/world/middleeast/15gaza.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20110419001748/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/world/middleeast/15gaza.html 19 April 2011 17 April 2011 The New York Times April 27 – Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah sign a unity deal, calling for the foundation of a single government in the Gaza Strip and Palestinian Authority-controlled areas of the West Bank, presidential and legislative elections in a year, and the release of prisoners.(Agencies News) 27 April 2011 Fatah, Hamas sign reconciliation agreement http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4061418,00.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20141129060427/https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4061418,00.html 29 November 2014 16 November 2014 Ynet27 April 2011 Hamas-Fatah Officials Sign Unity Deal in Cairo http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9961 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110513172227/http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9961 13 May 2011 28 April 2011 Palestine News Network 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 Illegally intercepted and boarded by Israeli commandos, off the coast of Gaza, and escorted to the Port of Ashdod.19 July 2011 Israel troops board Gaza protest boat Dignite-al Karama https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14198628 live https://web.archive.org/web/20141109095412/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14198628 9 November 2014 16 November 2014 BBC August 18 – 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. No organization took responsibility for the attacks. Nevertheless, the Israeli security establishment blamed The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) in Gaza for carrying out the attacks and 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 Abu Oud al-Nirab, the commander of the organization's military wing and Khaled Shaath, a senior in the organization.Levy Elior 18 August 2011 Revenge: 2 Top terrorists killed http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4110783,00.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20141102012011/https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4110783,00.html 2 November 2014 16 November 2014 Ynet 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, the West Bank and have the East Jerusalem as its capital.Warrick Joby Lynch Colum 23 September 2011 Palestinian bid for U.N. membership effectively on hold after global powers push to restart talks https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/palestinians-submit-statehood-bid-to-un/2011/09/23/gIQA33YiqK_story.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20110924152328/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/palestinians-submit-statehood-bid-to-un/2011/09/23/gIQA33YiqK_story.html 24 September 2011 23 September 2011 The Washington Post https://archive.today/20250523094441/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/palestinians-submit-statehood-bid-to-un/2011/09/23/gIQA33YiqK_story.html 23 May 2025medic23 September 2011 Palestinian Leader In Historic UN State Bid http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16075492 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110924074547/https://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16075492 24 September 2011 23 September 2011 Sky News https://archive.today/20120713050939/http://news.sky.com/story/884678/palestinian-leader-in-historic-un-state-bid 13 July 2012 Notable deaths September 2010 April 4 – Juliano Mer-Khamis, 52, Israeli actor, director, filmmaker and political activist of Jewish and Arab origin, murdered in Jenin.Khoury Jack Issacharoff Avi Pfeffer Anshel Service Haaretz 4 April 2011 Israeli Actor Juliano Mer-Khamis Shot Dead in Jenin https://www.haaretz.com/2011-04-04/ty-article/israeli-actor-juliano-mer-khamis-shot-dead-in-jenin/0000017f-dbd9-d856-a37f-ffd9449f0000 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220703004806/https://www.haaretz.com/2011-04-04/ty-article/israeli-actor-juliano-mer-khamis-shot-dead-in-jenin/0000017f-dbd9-d856-a37f-ffd9449f0000 3 July 2022 8 April 2011 Haaretz https://archive.today/20240210165745/https://www.haaretz.com/2011-04-04/ty-article/israeli-actor-juliano-mer-khamis-shot-dead-in-jenin/0000017f-dbd9-d856-a37f-ffd9449f0000 10 February 2024 April 15 – Vittorio Arrigoni, 36, Italian reporter, writer and political activist, murdered in Gaza. August 18 – Immad Hammad, 39, Palestinian deputy, air strike.19 August 2011 Israel launches strikes on Gaza after attacks https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2011/8/19/israel-launches-strikes-on-gaza-after-attacks live https://web.archive.org/web/20210818233005/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2011/8/19/israel-launches-strikes-on-gaza-after-attacks/ 18 August 2021 16 November 2014 Al Jazeera English December 10 – Mustafa Tamimi, 28, Palestinian protester, killed in Nabi SalehProtester dies of his wounds https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2011/12/10/palestinian-protester-dies-of-his-wounds 2026-09-14 Al Jazeera en See also 2011 in Israel 2007–present blockade of the Gaza Strip List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2011 List of violent incidents in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2011 References 2 2011 in Palestine Category:Years of the 21st century in Palestine Category:2010s in Palestine Palestine