2011 in Israel

← → Events in the year 2011 in Israel.

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict that occurred during 2011 include: Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets The most prominent Palestinian militant acts and operations committed against Israeli targets during 2011 include: 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 22: The former President of Israel Moshe Katsav is sentenced to seven years in jail for rape.
July 14–October 29: 2011 Israeli housing protests
October 5: Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman wins the 2011 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the discovery of quasicrystals .
April 7: Israel succeeded, for the first time in human history, to intercept a short-range missile with the use of the advanced groundbreaking Iron Dome mobile air defense system.
After more than five years in Hamas captivity IDF soldier Gilad Shalit was released and returned to Israel, while over a thousand Palestinian and Arab-Israeli prisoners are being released in exchange, October 18, 2011
Yosef Shiloach
Al Schwimmer
Hanan Porat