2010–11 in German football, Diary of the season
9 April 2011 – Having already announced that manager Louis van Gaal would be leaving the club at the end of the season, Bayern Munich sack the Dutchman. Van Gaal had taken the reins at Bayern at the beginning of the previous season, and led the club to the championship, as well as winning the DFB-Pokal and a second-place finish in the Champions League. Van Gaal's assistant, Andries Jonker, takes over as caretaker.


2010–11 in German football, Diary of the season
25 April 2011 – With three more matches to be played, Hertha BSC secure promotion to the Bundesliga following a 1–0 victory over MSV Duisburg. Relegated from the Bundesliga the previous season, Hertha had been leading the 2. Bundesliga since January.


2010–11 in German football, Diary of the season
27 April 2011 – After three consecutive losses and his club at risk of relegation, Frank Schaefer resigns his post as manager of 1. FC Köln three weeks before the end of the season. Schaefer had taken over from Zvonimir Soldo earlier in the season. Volker Finke takes over the post in the interim, even though he had stated he would become manager upon his arrival in Cologne as Director of Sport several months earlier.


2010–11 in German football, Diary of the season
30 April 2011 – Following a 2–0 victory over 1. FC Nürnberg, Borussia Dortmund secure the German Championship with two matches to be played. Dortmund had been in first place in the Bundesliga since October. The win marked Borussia's fourth Bundesliga title.


2010–11 in German football, Diary of the season
7 May 2011 – On the second-to-last match day, Bayern Munich put on a scoring gala, beating FC St. Pauli 8–1. The loss results in St. Pauli being relegated to the 2. Bundesliga, having only been promoted from the second division the previous season.


2010–11 in German football, Diary of the season
14 May 2011 – The final matches in the Bundesliga are played. Borussia Dortmund had already secured the championship. Behind them, Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich also qualify for the Champions League, while Hannover 96 and Mainz 05 qualify for the Europa League. At the other end of the table, Eintracht Frankfurt and FC St. Pauli are directly relegated, while Borussia Mönchengladbach finish 16th and are forced play a relegation play-off.


2010–11 in German football, Diary of the season
15 May 2011 – The 2. Bundesliga season concludes. Hertha BSC and FC Augsburg had secured promotion prior to the final match day. VfL Bochum qualify for the play-off against Borussia Mönchengladbach. Arminia Bielefeld and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen are relegated to the 3. Liga, and VfL Osnabrück play a relegation play-off against Dynamo Dresden.


2010–11 in German football, Diary of the season
19 May 2011 – With a last minute goal by Igor de Camargo, Borussia Mönchengladbach win the first leg of the Bundesliga relegation play-off by a score of 1–0 over VfL Bochum.


2010–11 in German football, Diary of the season
20 May 2011 – Dynamo Dresden host VfL Osnabrück in the first leg of the 2. Bundesliga relegation play-off. The match ends in a 1–1 draw.


2010–11 in German football, Diary of the season
21 May 2011 – By a score of 5–0, Schalke 04 win the final of the DFB-Pokal over MSV Duisburg. It marked Schalke's fifth cup, and the club's first trophy since 2002.


2010–11 in German football, Diary of the season
24 May 2011 – In the second leg of the 2. Bundesliga relegation play-off, VfL Osnabrück and Dynamo Dresden play to another 1–1 draw over 90 minutes. Dresden score twice in extra time, winning the tie 4–2 on aggregate and earning promotion to the 2. Bundesliga.


2010–11 in German football, Diary of the season
25 May 2011 – Borussia Mönchengladbach manage a 1–1 draw against VfL Bochum in the second leg of the Bundesliga relegation play-off. Having won the first leg, Gladbach win the tie 2–1 and retain their place in the Bundesliga.


2010–11 in German football, Diary of the season
26 June 2011 – 73,680 spectator's attend the opening ceremonies of the 2011 FIFA World Cup in Berlin's Olympic Stadium, a record for women's football. Germany win the opening fixture over Canada by 2–1.


2010–11 in German football, Diary of the season
9 July 2011 – Germany's World Cup campaign ends with a quarter-final loss to Japan by a score of 1–0 in extra time.


2010–11 in German football, Men's national team
The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.


2010–11 in German football, Men's national team, Euro 2012 Qualifying
The German men's national team were drawn into UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group A.


2010–11 in German football, Men's national team, Euro 2012 Qualifying
All fixtures for this group were negotiated between the participants at a meeting in Frankfurt, Germany on 21 and 22 February 2010.


2010–11 in German football, Women's national team
As hosts of the 2011 FIFA World Cup, Germany did not have to play qualifying.


2010–11 in German football, Women's national team, Friendlies
The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.


2010–11 in German football, League season, 2. Bundesliga (women)
Note: Reserve teams from Fußball-Bundesliga sides were not eligible for promotion.


2010–11 in Hong Kong football
The 2010–11 season in Hong Kong football, starting July 2010 and ending June 2011.


2010–11 in Hong Kong football, Representative team, Hong Kong U-23, Long Teng Cup
This is a tournament was organized by Chinese Taipei Football Association and take place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan from 8 to 12 October 2010. Another three participating teams is Chinese Taipei, the Philippines and Macau. The players of Hong Kong were selected for 2010 Asian Games and another three associations sent their senior teams. FIFA ensured that these 3 matches are the formal international matches after the tournament.


2010–11 in Hong Kong football, Representative team, Hong Kong U-23, Long Teng Cup
The first match of Hong Kong team was against the Philippines on 8 October. However, the heavy rain flooded the field, so the ball flow on the water and could not be kick. The match was abandoned at 14th-minute. The rematch played on 9 October, Hong Kong defeated the Philippines by 4–2.


2010–11 in Hong Kong football, Representative team, Hong Kong U-23, Long Teng Cup
Assistant referees: Kuo Chan-yu (Chinese Taipei) Lee Hung-ping (Chinese Taipei)Fourth official: Tseng Chien-wen (Chinese Taipei)


2010–11 in Hong Kong football, Representative team, Hong Kong U-23, Long Teng Cup
Assistant referees: Tsai Chih-ming (Chinese Taipei) Tseng Chieh-wen (Chinese Taipei)Fourth official: Kao Jung-fang (Chinese Taipei)


2010–11 in Hong Kong football, Representative team, Hong Kong U-23, Long Teng Cup
Assistant referees: Kuo Chan-Yu (Chinese Taipei) Lin Jeng-chiou (Chinese Taipei)Fourth official: Lee Hung-pin (Chinese Taipei)


2010–11 in Hong Kong football, Representative team, Hong Kong U-23, 2010 Asian Games
The 2010 Asian Games will play between 7 November and 27 November in Guangzhou, China.


2010–11 in Hong Kong football, Representative team, Hong Kong U-23, 2010 Asian Games
Assistant referees:Choi Min Byoung (South Korea)Ibrahim Thaufeeq (Maldives)Fourth official:Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)


2010–11 in Hong Kong football, Representative team, Hong Kong U-23, 2010 Asian Games
Assistant referees: Bin Ismail Azman (Kuwait) Tang Yew Mun (Singapore)Fourth official: Sha'ban Ali (Kuwait)


2010–11 in Hong Kong football, Representative team, Hong Kong U-23, 2010 Asian Games
Assistant referees:Morteza Karimi (Iran)Hsu Min-yu (Chinese Taipei)Fourth official:Cho Win (Myanmar)


2010–11 in Hong Kong football, Representative team, Hong Kong U-23, 2010 Asian Games
Assistant referees:Choi Min-Byoung (Korea Republic)Omar Suliman (UAE)Fourth official:Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)


2010–11 in Hong Kong football, Representative team, Hong Kong U-15, U-15 EAFF Championship
Hong Kong national under-15 football team won all the group stage matches in the championship, which hold in Guam. Hong Kong beat Chinese Taipei in semi-final but lose by one goal in the final against North Korea. Hong Kong was awarded runners' up in the tournament.


2010–11 in Indonesian football
During the 2010–11 season in Indonesian football, the national team played a number of friendlies and embarked on the qualifying rounds for the 2014 World Cup, defeating Turkmenistan in the second round in July 2011. National youth teams also played in several international championships.


2010–11 in Indonesian football
The top-tier national league, the Indonesia Super League, was won by Persipura Jayapura, and Persela U-21 won the under-21 competition. The Premier Division champions were Persiba Bantul.


2010–11 in Indonesian football, National teams, Senior team
This section covers Indonesia's senior team matches from October 2010 until the end of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification - AFC First round.


2010–11 in Indonesian football, National teams, U-17
These results and fixtures included AFC and AFF competition, when AFC U-16 Championship, serves as a qualification tournament for the FIFA U-17 World Cup, and AFF U-16 Youth Championship tournament’s eligibility criteria that was played at under-16 level, while FIFA competition, named FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17. So, Indonesia U-17 team serves as Indonesia U-16 team on AFC U-16 Championship and AFF U-16 Youth Championship.


2010–11 in Italian football
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2010–11 in Italian football
The 2010–11 season was the 109th season of competitive football in Italy.


2010–11 in Italian football, Italian club's performance in Europe
These are the results of the Italian teams in European competitions during the 2010–11 season. (Italian team score displayed first)


2010–11 in Italian football, Italian club's performance in Europe
* For group games in Champions League or Europa League, score in home game is displayed** For group games in Champions League or Europa League, score in away game is displayed


2010–11 in Portuguese football
This article is about the 2010–11 season in Portuguese football.


2010–11 in Portuguese football, Portuguese Clubs' Performance in Europe, Results
* For group games in Champions League or Europa League, score in home game is displayed** For group games in Champions League or Europa League, score in away game is displayed


2010–11 in Romanian football
The 2010–11 season in Romanian football was held between the summer of 2010 and the summer of 2011. The first division consisted of 18 teams, with CFR Cluj as the defending champions. The men's national team started the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying campaign in Group D, along with France, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Luxembourg.


2010–11 in Romanian football, Domestic leagues
In Liga I, Oţelul Galaţi won the title for the first time in their history and qualified into the group stage of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League. Runners-up came Timișoara, while the third placed were Vaslui. However, at the end of the season Timișoara were being relegated for accumulated debt and by this not allowed to play in the qualifying round of the Champions League, by the Romanian Football Federation. Top scorer of the league was Ianis Zicu of Timișoara with 18 goals.


2010–11 in Romanian football, Domestic leagues
Steaua Bucharest gained the Romanian Cup again after eleven years, in a final over archrivals Dinamo Bucharest played in Braşov.


2010–11 in Romanian football, Domestic leagues
In Liga II, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ and Petrolul Ploieşti won the two series, with Concordia Chiajna and Bihor Oradea as runners-up. Still, Bihor Oradea were not given a first division license for the following season and were ineligible for promotion. The decision regarding the structure of next season's leagues was still in debate on June 20.


2010–11 in Romanian football, Domestic leagues
The champions of the six Liga III series were Bacău, Callatis Mangalia, Chindia Târgovişte, Slatina, Luceafărul Oradea and Maramureş Universitar Baia Mare.


2010–11 in Romanian football, European competitions, CFR Cluj
The champions CFR Cluj were drawn directly into the group stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, thanks to a good coefficient of the Romanian association, where they were paired with Basel, Rome and Bayern München. Unluckily they would only achieve a victory over Basel in the first game and a draw with Rome in the last, finishing the group on last place.


2010–11 in Romanian football, European competitions, Unirea Urziceni
Runners up of previous season and champions of 2009, Unirea Urziceni, were defeated in the third qualifying round of the Champions League by Zenit St. Petersburg by 0–1 on aggregate. Moving into the play-off round of the Europa League, they were paired with Hajduk Split. They would get eliminated from Europe after a 5–2 defeat on aggregate. Their home games were played at the Steaua Stadium in Bucharest, because Unirea's stadium did not meet the UEFA criteria. Manager at Unirea in 2010 was Israeli Ronny Levy. The team relegated at the end of the season after their owner withdrew financial support and they had to sell most of their players to pay debts.


2010–11 in Romanian football, European competitions, Vaslui
Third placed team Vaslui were drawn against Lille in the Europa League play-off round and they were eliminated after losing 0–2 in the away leg.


2010–11 in Romanian football, European competitions, Steaua Bucharest
Steaua Bucharest was the most successful Romanian team in the European competitions this season. They were drawn against Grasshopper in the Europa League play-off round and managed to qualify for the second time in the group stage, after passing the Swiss team on penalty shoot-out. There, they were drawn with Liverpool, Napoli and Utrecht. They managed to gain six points in the group, finishing third.


2010–11 in Romanian football, European competitions, Steaua Bucharest
Among the notable matches there was 3–1 home victory against Utrecht, a 1–1 draw at home against Liverpool, but also a slipped away victory after a 3–3 draw at home with Napoli, Cavani scoring the equaliser goal in the 98th minute, followed by a similar scenario in the away game, with Cavani scoring for 1–0 in 93rd minute.


2010–11 in Romanian football, European competitions, Timișoara
Fifth placed team Timișoara were drawn in the third qualifying round of the Europa League against MyPa from Finland, which they surpassed 5–4 on aggregate, after a spectacular comeback from three goals down in the second leg. However, in the play-off round they were drawn against Manchester City and were defeated twice in a row, 0–1 and 0–2. At the end of the season, although finishing second, the team is relegated for unpaid debts, putting an end to their nine-year spell in the top division.


2010–11 in Romanian football, European competitions, Dinamo Bucharest
Dinamo Bucharest benefited from the fact that 2010 Romanian Cup winners were placed first and third in the league, so that one more Europa League spot was awarded for the team on sixth place. They started in the second qualifying round with a tie against Moldovan side Olimpia Bălţi. After a 2–0 victory in the away game played in Chişinău, it followed a 5–1 win at home. Next team they were drawn against, in the third qualifying round, were the Croats from Hajduk Split. It was the tie prior to the encounter with Unirea Urziceni and Dinamo were eliminated by 3–4 on aggregate after they won 3–1 at home and lost 0–3 away.


2010–11 in Romanian football, Men's national team
On June 4, 2011, Răzvan Lucescu resigned from the helm of the national team, following a two-year term, to take charge at Rapid Bucharest. Victor Piţurcă, the manager before Lucescu, was hired again as the head coach, with a contract valid until November 30, 2015. The aim will be qualification to Euro 2016.


2010–11 in Romanian football, Men's national team, Euro 2012 Qualifying
The Romania men's national team were drawn into UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group D. Group D fixtures were negotiated between the participants at a meeting in Luxembourg on 19 February 2010.


2010–11 in Romanian football, Men's national team, Euro 2012 Qualifying
The home teams are in the left column; the away teams are in the right column. Win  Draw  Loss


2010–11 in Scottish football
The 2010–11 season was the 114th season of competitive football in Scotland.


2010–11 in Spanish football
The 2010–11 season was the 107th season of competitive football in Spain.


2010–11 in Spanish football
The season began on 8 August 2010 for the Copa Federación, 25 August 2010 for the Copa del Rey and 28 August for La Liga and the other three divisions. The season ended on 21 May 2011 for La Liga, on 18 June 2011 for Segunda División and on 26 June for the other two divisions.


2010–11 in Spanish football, National team
The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.


2010–11 in Spanish football, National team, UEFA Euro qualifiers
Spain was in Group I of the Euro 2012 qualification process.


2010–11 in Turkish football
The 2010–11 season was the 106th season of competitive football in Turkey.


2010–11 in Uruguayan football, Clubs in international competitions, Nacional
Nacional eliminated by finishing in 3rd place in their group.


2010–11 in Uruguayan football, National teams, Senior team
This section covers Uruguay's senior team matches from the end of the 2010 FIFA World Cup until the end of the 2011 Copa América.


2010–11 in Vanuatuan football
The 2010-2011 season is the 59th season of competitive football in Vanuatu.


2010–11 in Vanuatuan football, National teams
The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is


2010–11 in Welsh football
The 2010–11 season was the 136th season of competitive football in Wales.


2010–11 in Welsh football, Men's national team
The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.


2010–11 in Welsh football, Men's national team, Euro 2012 Qualifying
The Welsh men's national team were drawn into UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group G.


2010–11 in Welsh football, Men's national team, Euro 2012 Qualifying
All fixtures for this group were negotiated between the participants at a meeting in Frankfurt, Germany on 21 and 22 February 2010.


2010–11 in Welsh football, Men's national team, Nations Cup
In February 2011 Wales would play the inaugural game of the new Nations Cup, which was staged in Dublin, Republic of Ireland during February and May 2011.


2010–11 in Welsh football, Women's national team
As hosts of the 2011 FIFA World Cup, Germany did not have to play qualifying.


2010–11 in skiing
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2010–11 in skiing
From October 23, 2010 to March 20, 2011, the following skiing events took place at various locations around the world.


2010–11 snooker season
The 2010–11 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 20 May 2010 and 2 May 2011. The German Masters was the first ranking tournament in Germany since the 1997/1998 season. The Grand Prix was renamed to World Open, and the format of the tournament was change with 32 amateurs joining the Main Tour professionals. The Players Tour Championship minor-ranking series was introduced to the calendar. These events were open to amateurs and professional with a separate Order of Merit. The top 24 in the Order of Merit qualified to the Finals, which was a ranking event.


2010–11 snooker season
The Premier League was for the first time part of the Main Tour. The Jiangsu Classic was renamed to the Wuxi Classic, and other events were introduced to the calendar: the new cue sport Power Snooker, the World Seniors Championship, and Snooker Shoot Out. The Scottish Professional Championship was held for the first time since 1989.


2010–11 snooker season
At the end of the season John Higgins was named the World Snooker Player of the Year and the Snooker Writers Player of the Year, Judd Trump the Fans Player of the Year, Mark Williams the Players Player of the Year and Jack Lisowski the Rookie of the Year. Judd Trump received the "Performance of the Year" for winning his first ranking event, the China Open and reaching the final of the World Championship. "The Magic Moment" award has gone to Rory McLeod for his "thrilling" win against Tony Drago at the Snooker Shoot-Out. Joe Davis, Fred Davis, John Pulman, Ray Reardon, John Spencer, Alex Higgins, Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry were inducted into the Hall of Fame.


2010–11 snooker season, New professional players
Note: new means in these case, that these players were not on the 2009/2010 professional Main Tour.


2010–11 snooker season, Calendar
The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.


2010–11 synchronized skating season
The 2010–11 synchronized skating season began on July 1, 2010, and ended on June 30, 2011. During this season, which was concurrent with the season for the other four disciplines (men's single, ladies' single, pair skating and ice dancing), elite synchronized skating teams competed on the International Skating Union (ISU) Championship level at the 2011 Senior World Championships and Junior World Challenge Cup. They also competed at various other international as well as national synchronized skating competitions.


2010–11 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)
The 2010–11 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 66th season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league in Iceland. The season started on 7 October 2010 and ended on 19 April 2011. KR won its third title in four years, and 12th overall, by defeating Stjarnan 3–1 in the Finals. KFÍ and Hamar where relegated to 1. deild karla.


2010–11 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball), Competition format
The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent once "home" and once "away" for a total of 22 games. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs whilst the two last qualified were relegated to 1. deild karla.


2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup
The 2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup (CBVC) is the qualification tournament for the beach volleyball tournament (for men and women) at the 2012 Summer Olympics.


2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup
The CBVC will take place between 1 June 2010 and 24 June 2012, with a direct elimination competition format where the winning NOC/NF(s) moves on to the next phase. The competition will consist of three phases: Sub zone, Zone and Continental Final. The five winning NOCs/NFs (one per Continental Confederation territory (Asia/Oceania, North America, South America, Europe and Africa)) per gender will qualify.


2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup
At the CBVC Final, NOCs/NFs which have already obtained two quota places will compete in a bracket separate from those NOCs/NFs still seeking a quota place(s).


2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup, Africa (CAVB)
Teams will compete in the sub-zonal tournaments, with all teams advancing, with each team carrying over the points it earns to the five zonal tournament, where teams not entered in the sub-zonal tournaments can enter. The top team in each group plus top three runners up will advance to the continental cup.


2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup, Asia/Oceania (AVC)
41 Asian and Oceanian nations including 2 non IOC members (Macau and the Northern Marina Islands) registered to take part. The top two from each subzone group will qualify for the Zonal tournaments, with the top three from each zonal tournament advancing to the continental championship.


2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup, Europe (CEV)
Teams will be split into groups of four, where an elimination bracket will determine the 3 teams to advance to the next stage from the sub-zones.


2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup, North America (NORCECA)
The North American zone see the sub zones divided into the Caribbean, Central and Central American zones. The two Caribbean zones will meet and the central and Central American zones will meet in the zonal tournaments. Both Caribbean zones will have an elimination bracket where two teams per country competing in a two-game series, if there is a tie a fifth game will be played by both countries. In the second round of the bracket the series will be a best of three. The winner and runner up of the main bracket and of the repechage will advance to the next round.


2010–12 European Nations Cup First Division
The 2010–12 European Nations Cup is the premier rugby union competition below the Six Nations Championship in Europe.


2010–12 European Nations Cup First Division
The divisions play on a two-year cycle with the teams playing each other both home and away. From 2009 onward, the title is awarded according to a one-year ranking. Georgia won the 2011 title.


2010–12 European Nations Cup First Division
The competition was altered slightly for the 2010–2012 edition. The top division, formerly Division 1, now Division 1A, saw the relegation of Germany, which was replaced with Ukraine. The Division 1B, formerly the Division 2A, was enlarged from five to six teams. No team was relegated from this division, but the Netherlands was promoted from Division 2B.


2010–12 European Nations Cup First Division
The champions of 1B will be promoted to 1A for 2013–14, while the last placed team in each division will be relegated. Unlike the previous edition, which also functioned as the 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying, the 2011–2012 Division 1A edition has no additional purpose.


2010–12 European Nations Cup Second Division
The 2010–12 European Nations Cup Second Division is the third tier rugby union in Europe behind the Six Nations Championship and the 2010–12 European Nations Cup First Division.


2010–12 European Nations Cup Second Division
The second division comprises four pools (2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D). Teams within each division play each other in a home and away round robin schedule over a two-year period.


2010–12 European Nations Cup Second Division
At the end of each season a champion is declared, but for relegation and promotion only the two years ranking are considered.


2010–12 European Nations Cup Second Division
The first in the 2010–2012 ranking of each pool will be promoted while last place teams will be relegated.


2010–12 European Nations Cup Second Division
Winners of pool 2A, will be promoted to division 1-pool B for the 2012–14 edition while the last place team in pool 2A will be relegated to pool 2B. Likewise, winners of 2B will be promoted to 2A, last place in 2B will be relegated to 2C, winner of 2C will be promoted to 2B, last place of 2C will be relegated to 2D, winner of 2D will be promoted to 2C and last place of 2D will be relegated to 3; The winner of 3 replacing the relegated 2D team. Additionally, there will be playoff matches between second place teams and fourth place teams between pools. Winners of these playoffs will determine if additional promotions/relegation occur. There will no playoff between the fourth of 2D and the second of 3.


2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment
The 2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment refers to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) dealing with several proposed and actual conference expansion and reduction plans among various NCAA conferences and institutions. Moves that involved the SEC were a relatively small part of a much larger NCAA conference realignment that began in the 2010–11 academic year and continued through the first half of 2014. The SEC was one of the least impacted conferences, as no member schools announced plans to join other conferences, while two schools from the Big 12 Conference joined the conference as all-sports members. Several other schools have been rumored as potential expansion candidates.


2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment
Although realignment within the NCAA continued into 2013 and 2014, the next credible rumors involving either current or potential future SEC members did not surface until 2021, when Big 12 members Oklahoma and Texas were widely reported to have seriously discussed a potential move to the SEC, soon followed by both schools receiving and accepting invitations to join the SEC no later than 2025.


2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment, Background
The SEC last had a membership change in 1992, when Arkansas left the Southwest Conference and South Carolina, a football independent and a member of the Metro Conference in all other sports, joined. This allowed the SEC, which after the additions had 12 members, to split into divisions and hold the first conference championship game in Division I-A football. The SEC had also considered adding Texas, Texas A&M, Florida State, and Miami.


2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment, Background
Neither the 1996 nor the 2005 conference realignments affected the SEC, as the conference neither gained nor lost members during either event, although once again Texas and Texas A&M were considered as members in 1996 after the dissolution of the Southwest Conference, before both joining the newly formed Big 12 Conference.


2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment, Background
The next wave of realignment began in 2010, after both the Big Ten Conference and Pacific-10 Conference (now Pac-12) announced plans to expand to 12 members. These moves triggered a cascade of conference moves nationally.


2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment, Background
Unlike other conferences such as the Big East (which required a 27-month notification period before a member could leave) and the ACC (which imposes a substantial exit fee to departing members, equal to three times the ACC's operating budget or around $50 million), the SEC allows members to voluntarily leave the conference at will, with no exit fees. In addition, whereas a major point of contention within the Big 12 was the unequal distribution of revenue among member schools, the SEC distributes television revenues generally equally among member schools (with slightly higher allocations for schools participating in bowl games and the NCAA men's basketball tournament).


2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment, 2010-2011
Though the SEC was not looking to expand (and in no danger of losing any existing members), it was rumored that several schools were interested in joining the conference.


2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment, 2010-2011
The most notable rumor involved Big 12 member Texas A&M. (This was not the first time that A&M had been rumored as an SEC candidate; A&M had been considered for membership as far back as 1990, when Arkansas and South Carolina ultimately joined.) A&M was part of a rumored move of six Big 12 schools to the then Pac-10: in addition to Colorado (which would be the first school offered and quickly joined), the other schools rumored involved long-time rival Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State (at that time, the entirety of the Big 12 South Division excluding Baylor). However, A&M was reportedly also considering a move to the SEC (either paired with Oklahoma or by itself); it was rumored that Gene Stallings, the former A&M and Alabama football coach who was at that time a member of the A&M System Board of Regents, was leading the SEC move.


2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment, 2010-2011
ESPN reported on June 11 that Texas, Texas Tech, and the two Oklahoma schools were prepared to accept an invitation from the Pac-10. The report also indicated that Texas A&M was torn between the Pac-10 and SEC, and was given a 72-hour deadline to decide on its future destination. Ultimately, the Texas and Oklahoma schools elected to remain in the Big 12, with A&M guaranteed a $20 million annual payment from Big 12 television revenues (equal to that of Texas and Oklahoma but above that of the remaining members).


2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment, 2010-2011
Meanwhile, on the eastern side, rumored candidates included West Virginia from the Big East, and the ACC member institutions from Virginia and North Carolina excluding Wake Forest (the two "traditional Southern states" where the SEC does not have a member school; Virginia Tech being the most rumored as a possible pairing with fellow senior military college Texas A&M). Ultimately, neither West Virginia nor any ACC school joined the SEC. However, the threat of one or more of its members possibly joining the SEC in the future led the ACC to vote unanimously on September 13, 2011 to raise its exit fees to $20 million.


2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment, 2011-2012
As with the prior wave of realignment, the SEC had no issues with members seeking to leave and no concrete plans to expand. But as with the prior wave, rumors of possible expansion surfaced, once again led by Big 12 member Texas A&M.


2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment, 2011-2012
In July 2011, the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents met to discuss the long-term impact of the Longhorn Network, a new TV channel devoted to Texas Longhorns sports that was set to launch a month later. Shortly before the meeting, an official of ESPN, partners with Texas in the network, gave a radio interview in which he strongly hinted that the network would also televise high school games of potential Longhorns recruits.


2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment, 2011-2012
According to Sports Illustrated writer Andy Staples, the Longhorn Network broadcasting high school games (to the perceived benefit of Texas – which already operates the University Interscholastic League (UIL), the governing body for public school athletics in the state – and the perceived detriment of the conference's other schools) "was too much [for A&M] to bear."


2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment, 2011-2012
Though the Big 12 made new rules to stop the high school telecasts (and the NCAA would ultimately declare that such broadcasts would be considered in violation of recruiting rules), on August 15, 2011 the A&M System Regents met in a special session to, among other matters, authorize "the president (R. Bowen Loftin) to take all actions relating to Texas A&M University's athletic conference alignment", the first official step in A&M's long-rumored move to the SEC.


2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment, 2011-2012
A&M announced on August 31, 2011 that it would leave the Big 12 in June 2012 to join the SEC (in what Dr. Loftin referred to as "the 100-year decision"), but the invitation process was prolonged by various moves by the Big 12, which feared that A&M's departure would scuttle the conference. Most notably, Baylor president Ken Starr threatened legal action if the SEC invited A&M. In early September, the SEC issued a formal invitation to Texas A&M, but it was dependent on the Big 12 and its members releasing the conference from any liability with regard to the move. The SEC invitation was not final until September 25.


2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment, 2011-2012
Although at the time of the SEC's announcement of A&M's admission it was not actively pursuing additional members (notwithstanding scheduling issues arising from having 13 members), schools such as the aforementioned ACC schools and West Virginia from the 2010-2011 rumors once again came up as potential members. However, West Virginia ultimately joined the Big 12 on October 28, 2011.


2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment, 2011-2012
But the Big 12 Conference's press release also hinted at another departure – Missouri was not listed among the "expected" ten members for the 2012–13 school year. The hint turned out to be correct: nine days later, on November 6, 2011, the SEC officially announced that it had added Missouri as its 14th member.


2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment, 2011-2012
Though once again no ACC-member school opted to leave for the SEC, the ACC announced (concurrently with the announcement of Notre Dame joining the conference as a member in all sports except football) an even more massive increase in exit fees. The fee jumped from a fixed $20 million to an amount equal to three times the conference's annual operating budget (at the time a member announces its intent to leave; for 2012–13, the fee would be roughly $50 million).


2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment, 2011-2012
The SEC expansion also indirectly led the Big 12 to revise its network deal with ESPN to extend it to 2025 (the same time as its deal with Fox Sports expires) and, more significantly for the stability of the conference, the conference also extended the league's grant of rights from six to 13 years (until 2025). This means that if a school leaves the Big 12 during the term of the newly extended contract, the league will keep all of that school's broadcast revenues for the duration.


2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment, Membership changes, Gallery of SEC membership changes
A map of the SEC as it existed between 1991 and 2011, with East (blue) and West (yellow) divisions


2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment, Membership changes, Gallery of SEC membership changes
The SEC as it has existed since 2011, after the additions of Texas A&M and Missouri


2010–2011 Angola Basketball Cup, 2011 Angola Men's Basketball Cup
The 2011 Men's Basketball Cup was contested by 12 teams. Recreativo do Libolo, beat Petro Atlético in the best of three games finals, to win its second straight cup title.


2010–2011 Angola Basketball Cup, 2011 Angola Women's Basketball Cup
The 2011 Women's Basketball Cup was contested by four teams, with Interclube and Maculusso, playing for the title, at the best of three games, on November 10 and 12 2010, with Interclube winning the title by beating Maculusso 86-35 and 75-41.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation
Following the Belgian general election held on 13 June 2010, a process of cabinet formation started in Belgium. The election produced a very fragmented political landscape, with 11 parties elected to the Chamber of Representatives, none of which won more than 20% of the seats. The Flemish-Nationalist New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), the largest party in Flanders and the country as a whole, controlled 27 of 150 seats in the lower chamber. The Francophone Socialist Party (PS), the largest in Wallonia, controlled 26 seats. Cabinet negotiations continued for a long time.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation
On 1 June 2011, Belgium matched the record for time taken to form a new democratic government after an election, at 353 days, held until then by Cambodia in 2003–2004. On 11 October 2011, the final agreement for institutional reform was presented to the media. A government coalition was named on 5 December 2011 and sworn in after a total of 541 days of negotiations and formation on 6 December 2011, and 589 days without an elected government with Elio Di Rupo named Prime Minister of the Di Rupo I Government.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Background
Tensions had risen between the Flemings and the Walloons: Flanders accused the Walloon region of being dependent on economic subsidies from the Flemish region. The Walloon population, meanwhile, accused the Flemish of being segregationist with the language policy in the Flemish region.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Background
The most recent election had been fought mainly on the failure to resolve the conflict over the electoral arrondissement of Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde. The conflict centred on political and linguistic differences in the arrondissement, with the Flemish desiring to split the arrondissement into two separate areas, while the Walloons wished to keep it together.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Informateur De Wever
Bart De Wever (N-VA) announced he would seek negotiations with the PS. PS leader Elio Di Rupo was tipped to become the next Prime Minister, because the "Socialist" parties emerged as the largest "party family" in the elections (39 seats in total), and because the N-VA lacks a Francophone counterpart.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Informateur De Wever
The King of the Belgians, Albert II, gave Bart De Wever the task of informateur (someone who prepares for a formateur, the person who leads the formation of a coalition government) to smooth the path for the future government. One of the tipped "optimal" coalitions is what is called the "mirror government," a government using the same coalitions that exist in the Flemish (CD&V, N-VA and SP.A) and Walloon (PS, CDH and Ecolo) regions respectively, though in the federal government.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Pre-formateur Di Rupo
De Wever reported back to the king on 8 July 2010, suggesting that there was "not enough agreement on key issues" for a coalition to work and was therefore relieved of his duty as informateur. The king was expected to appoint PS leader Elio Di Rupo as formateur. However, on 9 July the king appointed Di Rupo "pre-formateur" instead, a new position stopping short of the traditional prime-minister-in-waiting role of formateur; it was likely intentionally established as a new position as appointing Di Rupo as "explorer" or "deminer" would have reminded voters of the government formation crisis of 2007–2008.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Pre-formateur Di Rupo
Originally, Di Rupo seemed to be, according to analysts, looking at the possibility of a coalition between the N-VA, CD&V and the SP.a on the Flemish side. However, Di Rupo eventually expanded his consultations to include the heads of the major democratic political parties in order to forge a so-called "dual approach", attempting to create the two-thirds majority needed to enact institutional reforms, especially in the case of Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Pre-formateur Di Rupo
Unfortunately, Di Rupo was unable to reach a consensus between the parties. The N-VA and the CD&V accused the Walloon parties of moving too slowly in negotiations, as well as being too vague and too reserved in the details on the concessions they were willing to make. On 29 July 2010, Di Rupo met with the King to give the sovereign a progress report on negotiations.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Pre-formateur Di Rupo, Attempted resignation
On 29 August 2010, Di Rupo met with King Albert and submitted his resignation as pre-formateur, releasing a statement to the press suggesting that the N-VA and the CD&V were unwilling to continue negotiations. This came on the heels of the N-VA and the CD&V's rejection of a potential compromise. The king, however, refused to accept the resignation, asking Di Rupo to continue as pre-formateur in an attempt to reach one final agreement.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Pre-formateur Di Rupo, Attempted resignation
In a press conference the next day, Di Rupo explained where the deadlock lay. The parties involved were able to reach an agreement on how much control each region would have on income and spending, but were stuck on the issues of Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde and funding for Brussels.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Pre-formateur Di Rupo, Attempted resignation
An agreement was not reached, and Di Rupo again asked the King to relieve him of his duties as pre-formateur on 3 September.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Mediators Flahaut and Pieters
Upon Di Rupo's resignation, King Albert entrusted Danny Pieters, N-VA Senator and President of the Belgian Senate and André Flahaut, PS Representative and President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives to act as mediators in order to revive the negotiating process.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Mediators Flahaut and Pieters
The two mediators met with members of the seven parties and attempted to make some headway in the stalled negotiations by creating a framework to address concerns brought up in the pre-forming negotiations, something that the PS and the N-VA agreed to work within.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Mediators Flahaut and Pieters
Concurrently, however, tensions began to strain negotiations, with the PS displaying frustration at the state of negotiations and accusing the N-VA of trying to sabotage the process. The N-VA suggested that the PS and the other Walloon parties were merely unwilling to part with the "pocket money federalism", which refers to the distribution of financial means in Belgium where the regional governments are not accountable for their earnings or spendings.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Mediators Flahaut and Pieters, The N-VA exit negotiations
On 4 October, Bart De Wever called a press conference at his party's headquarters, and announced in a bilingual statement, that the N-VA would be pulling out of the current negotiations, calling on all parties involved to start over. "For us, this story ends," he said in his statement, "I refuse to participate in this childish game". He placed blame for the failure of the talks on the Walloon parties, saying "We received no answers to the vital questions being asked by Flemings".


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Mediators Flahaut and Pieters, The N-VA exit negotiations
The Walloon parties shot back, saying that they no longer trusted De Wever, and again accused him of trying to deliberately derail negotiations. "After long weeks of negotiations we almost had a deal", said Laurette Onkelinx from the Parti Socialiste (PS). "What is on the table is a fundamental reform of Belgium and at the last moment Bart De Wever, with tears in his eyes, says 'no, sorry, but this is not enough'”


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Mediators Flahaut and Pieters, The N-VA exit negotiations
The next day, the king dismissed Pieters and Flahaut as mediators.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Clarificator De Wever
On 8 October, King Albert gave a "clarification task" to Bart De Wever. He had to try to converge the viewpoints of the negotiating parties in 10 days.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Clarificator De Wever
On 17 October, De Wever presented to the parties the first written proposal of the negotiations. Within 24 hours, it was rejected by the Francophone parties (PS, cdH & Ecolo).


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Mediator Vande Lanotte
On 21 October 2010, the King asked Johan Vande Lanotte, a former president of Flemish social-democratic party SP.a, to be a mediator to resume government formation talks soon. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Yves Leterme's outgoing government was asked by the King to stay on as a caretaker government with limited powers. As a result of this crisis, Belgium had no budget for 2011 and continued functioning with regular resolutions which prolonged the 2010 budget from month to month. Eventually on 10 January 2011, with no end to the political crisis in sight, and financial markets becoming alarmed about the lack of progress in addressing the budget deficit, Belgian King Albert II asked caretaker prime minister Leterme to craft a new budget for 2011.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Mediator Vande Lanotte
While Vande Lanotte was preparing his proposal, the government formation broke the 2007 record of 194 days on 25 December.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Mediator Vande Lanotte
On the evening of 3 January 2011, the presidents of each of the seven parties received a copy of the proposal by Vande Lanotte, which had been three months in the making. Each copy had ever so minimal differences as to recognize the source of any potentially leaked document. The 60-page-long document contains five chapters:


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Mediator Vande Lanotte
The following day, all negotiating parties responded. The Flemish parties expressed strong reservations about Vande Lanotte's proposals, while the Francophone parties were lukewarm. Eventually five of the seven parties agreed to Vande Lanotte's proposal, but two Flemish parties rejected it outright.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Mediator Vande Lanotte
On 6 January 2011, Vande Lanotte submitted his resignation to the king, requesting to be relieved of his position as mediator as he claimed there was a lack of political will to reach an agreement. However the resignation was rejected by King Albert. The King however assigned De Wever and Di Rupo to work in close cooperation with Vande Lanotte to reach an agreement that both the N-VA and the PS could support. This "triumvirate" did not work out, and on 26 January 2011 Vande Lanotte again requested the King to relieve him of his task, to which the King agreed.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Informateur Didier Reynders
Finance minister Didier Reynders was appointed informateur by the king on 2 February 2011 and reported to the king on 16 February 2011, although the mission was extended to 1 March.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Negotiator Wouter Beke
CD&V leader Wouter Beke was appointed negotiator (onderhandelaar) on 2 March 2011 by the king to try to find an agreement on state reform. He tendered his resignation on 12 May 2011.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Formateur Elio Di Rupo
Elio Di Rupo was appointed formateur, someone to lead the formation of a coalition government, on 16 May 2011 by the king. Di Rupo presented his report and a negotiation proposal on 5 July 2011. However, De Wever rejected the proposal on 7 July 2011. There are now discussions whether an international mediator is a viable option, or whether elections will have to be held. Di Rupo tendered his resignation as formateur on 9 July 2011.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Formateur Elio Di Rupo
On 15 July 2011, he started a final attempt to form a government, with negotiations excluding N-VA, but including CD&V (who had previously stated they would not join a government without N-VA). On 20 July 2011, CD&V accepted certain conditions set by Di Rupo regarding the BHV issue, signaling a breakthrough in coalition negotiations.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Formateur Elio Di Rupo
On 6 September 2011, Di Rupo presented his updated reform plan. This was seen as the final push to finish coalition negotiations; should this attempt fail, early elections were expected to take place.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Formateur Elio Di Rupo
Amid news that caretaker PM Leterme would become deputy secretary-general of the OECD in 2012, coalition talks failed yet again on 14 September 2011, with an emergency meeting set for the same day. In the night from 14 to 15 September 2011, a compromise deal was finally reached on BHV. Late on 7 October 2011, the final details of the state reform were finally agreed upon.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Agreement
On 11 October 2011, the agreement between the Flemish parties CD&V, Open VLD, sp.a, Groen! and the Francophone parties PS, MR, CDH and Ecolo for a sixth institutional reform was presented to the media.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Agreement
However, a government coalition still had to be formed. The green parties Groen! and Ecolo will not be in the coalition, because only a normal majority is needed to form a government. However, there will not be a majority on the Flemish side. A nuclear power phaseout was also agreed.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Further talks
On 21 November 2011, Di Rupo presented a final proposal for the 2012 budget to the negotiation parties; the social and Christian democratic parties accepted it, but the liberal parties refused. Di Rupo then tendered his resignation as formateur to the king, who implored him to keep trying to find a solution and gave him a few days to reconsider his resignation request. An agreement was reached on 26 November 2011, which meant that Di Rupo would not be resigning.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Further talks
The last details were negotiated on 30 November 2011, and the coalition partners reached an agreement on the allocation of ministries on 5 December 2011. The new government was sworn in on 6 December 2011. This brought the Belgian government formation to a conclusion after 541 days. It also ended what was believed to be the longest period in which a country has been without an elected government, at 589 days; Leterme had been serving as caretaker prime minister since his resignation on 26 April 2010.


2010–2011 Belgian government formation, Speculation on the possible partition of Belgium
Towards the end of July 2011, party leaders of the Rattachist-separatist Walloon Rally (which does not have any seats in parliament) held talks with the Union for a Popular Movement of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the French Socialist Party resulting that in the event of a split with Flanders, Wallonia could become the 28th region of France. In a poll of the French daily newspaper Le Figaro suggest that around half of Walloons and around 66% of French Republic citizens favour this plan. Belgian minister for Climate and Energy, Paul Magnette, also suggested incorporating Wallonia into Germany instead of France if the crisis in Belgium were to escalate.


2010–2011 China drought
The 2010–2011 China drought was a drought that began in late 2010 and impacted eight provinces in the northern part of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It was the worst drought to hit the country in 60 years, and it affected most of wheat-producing regions in the PRC.


2010–2011 China drought, Drought, Cause
The drought began as early as September 2010 in some regions, though widespread lack of rain and snow began in October. The lack of precipitation caused lower than normal snow cover, putting wheat crops at risk of being killed by frost as well as reducing the amount of moisture in the ground.


2010–2011 China drought, Drought, Effects
The provinces of Anhui, Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Shandong and Shanxi were impacted by the drought. As well as destroying wheat crops, the drought caused water shortages for an estimated 2.31 million people and 2.57 million livestock. Within the eight provinces, 20% of the farmland and 35% of the entire wheat crop was impacted. By February 2011, the drought hit a total of up to 7,730,000 hectares (19,100,000 acres) of winter wheat that had already been planted. Some lakes, including Lake Hong in Hubei province, dried up significantly,  with the Hubei lake shrinking to one-eighth of its normal surface area and one-fifth its usual depth, forcing 3,234 local residents to relocate.


2010–2011 China drought, Drought, Effects
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the potential of damage to China's wheat harvest was likely a factor in an increase of worldwide wheat prices in early 2011.


2010–2011 China drought, Drought, Effects
By the start of June, the drought had affected 35 million people, including 4.2 million facing a drinking water shortage. Direct economic damage had reached 15 billion yuan (about 2.3 billion USD), while several provinces resorted to using cloud seeding to induce artificial rain.


2010–2011 China drought, Drought, Effects
On 24 June 3.65 million people and 3.47 million head of livestock were short of drinking water in the autonomous regions of Inner Mongolia and Ningxia and the provinces of Gansu and Shanxi despite the flooding in other parts of China.


2010–2011 China drought, Drought, End
During late February and early March, three events of snow or rain impacted much of northern China, leaving less than a third of the total acreage of wheat production still affected. The precipitation occurred at about the time wheat planted in late 2010 was beginning to sprout and needed water. Government irrigation and aid efforts also contributed to lessening the impact of the drought. Tian Qi Zhu, a wheat expert at the Shandong Agricultural University, said on 7 March that "[e]xcept for some areas up in the hill region of Shandong where there is still insufficient water, I would say the drought is under control.


2010–2011 China drought, Drought, End
Despite flooding in many regions by 20 June 2011 a government minister reported that drought was still affecting 72.19 million mu (4.81 million hectares) in unflooded parts of Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu provinces and some northern provinces.


2010–2011 China drought, Response
By early February 2011, the Chinese government had spent nearly US$15 billion in cash payments to farmers and subsidies to reduce the price of materials like diesel fuel, pesticides and fertilizer. The government announced in early February 2011 several tactics to combat the effects of the drought. On 11 February, it was announced that an estimated US$1 billion would be spent on obtaining water to be used on wheat fields, including drilling about 1,350 new wells and sending personnel from the China Geological Survey and the Ministry of Land and Resources to attempt to locate new below-ground water reserves. On 9 and 10 February, cloud seeding had been used to induce rain, resulting in 3 millimetres (0.12 in) of snow. Indirectly, the government said it raises the prices of some grains, provide farmers with technological aid and release grain from its reserves to avoid a spike in prices.


2010–2011 China drought, Response
Some farmers affected by the drought criticized the government for not doing enough to support the agriculture industry during the drought, or for giving aid too late. Others blamed the restrictions on using water from certain sources, intended to go to industrial or residential developments, for increasing the effects of the drought on their crops.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike
The 2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike was a strike in South Korea and the Philippines from 28 December 2010 to 10 November 2011, resulting from the layoff of 400 Hanjin Heavy Industries employees. The goal of the strike was to prevent the layoffs and improve overall working conditions.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, South Korea, Initial strike
On 15 December 2010, Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co., LTD announced the lay-off of 400 blue collar workers. As a result, the labor union began striking within 5 days. Hanjin management subsequently refused to meet with the labor union for roughly the next 16 days. In response, from 6 January 2011, Kim Jin-sook, then a committee member of the Busan branch of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, began to occupy the 35m high No.85 crane at Yeongdo Shipyard. Hanjin management immediately submitted legal paperwork to have Kim removed and pay one million won in damages. The stalemate between the two sides continued until 14 February, when Chae Kil-yong (채길용) of the workers' union occupied the 45m high No.17 crane. The No.17 crane was released by protesters in a news conference on 13 May, after an 87-day period of occupation.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, South Korea, First Hope Bus event
Crane No.85 remained occupied, prompting the civic group Creating a World Without a Temporary Worker (비정규직 없는 세상 만들기 네트워크) to organize a Hope Bus event for strike encouragement on 11 June. The Hope Bus, with 44 people on board, was blocked from entering the shipping yard by police, whom deemed the protest illegal. After a 20-minute blockade, the Hope Bus successfully reached the Hanjin Heavy Industries shipping yard. As the clock hit midnight of 12 June, about 10 ladders were erected for the protesters to climb the 4m high wall.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, South Korea, First Hope Bus event
Police unsuccessfully attempted to remove the ladders, resulting in the injury of about 20 protesters and about a dozen Hanjin employees. Around 3 o'clock that morning, the Hope Bus protesters were able to rendezvous with Kim Jin-sook on Crane No. 85. A pop performance, dance, and poetry began around 4 o'clock and ended around 11 o'clock that morning. As Kim Yeo-jin and five other Hope Bus members left the shipyard, they were apprehended by police and not released until 3 o'clock that afternoon.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, South Korea, Second Hope Bus event
With the stand-off between management and labor ongoing and the success of the first Hope Bus, a second Hope Bus was organized on 9 July 2011. Some estimates gave 10,000 Hope Bus protesters present on 9 July, while the police estimated protesters to number over 7,000. The initially planned protest was opened by several famous South Korean lawmakers, including Chung Dong-young of the Democratic Party and Rhyu Si-min of the Participation Party. Lawmakers present were of opposition to the conservative Lee Myung-bak administration in power at the time.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, South Korea, Second Hope Bus event
As such, representatives from Democratic Labor Party, New Progressive Party, and other more minor parties were present on 9 July. The evening event was initially intended to be held at Busan Station Square, where it occurred peacefully until approximately 9:20 pm. Protesters began to take to the one side of the central road, marching toward Hanjin Heavy Industries. Initially, the police controlled the central road for the protesters. However, the police quickly concluded that the protests had deteriorated by violent demonstrations such as road trespassing and attempting unauthorized entry into Hanjin Heavy Industries.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, South Korea, Second Hope Bus event
The police issued an initial warning for the protesters to disperse, before using water cannons to fire a diluted tear gas mixture into the crowd. The tear gas mixture was allegedly diluted below the standard ratio owing to the presence of the elderly and the young at the protest. Nevertheless, protesters would deem the tear gas tactic an inhumane use of police force soon after the event. In a statement, the Korean Federation Medical Activist Groups for Health Rights (보건의료단체연합) criticized the used of tear gas liquid. The police were also publicly criticized for leaving behind tear gas at the site of the event, owing to the methylene chloride and CS gas that is harmful to humans.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, South Korea, Second Hope Bus event
In the process of dispersing protesters, police arrested 50 people on site. If any charges were found against those apprehended, they were punished accordingly.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, South Korea, Second Hope Bus event
As a result of the situation on 9 July, Sohn Hak-kyu of the Democratic Party made a statement on 12 July, warning potential protesters to not interfere with the planned employee-only demonstration at Hanjin Heavy Industries on 14 July. Most notably, Choi Eun-bo (최은보), a Democratic Party member from the local Yeongdo District was disciplined by his superiors for his role in the 9 July incident. As a result, Choi came out against the Hope Bus on 18 July, insisting that the quality of life of local residents took priority.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, South Korea, Third Hope Bus event
On 30 July 2011, a third Hope Bus event kicked off with over 10,000 self-claimed participants, though police estimated approximately 5000 were present. The organizers of the Hope Bus pledged to carry out the third protest without large-scale conflict. The events on the day of the third Hope Bus began at 11am, as more than 2,000 Hope Bus protesters gathered onto more than fifty buses and headed towards Busan. By 6:30pm, Hope Bus participants from over 73 different cities began to arrive at Busan Station.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, South Korea, Third Hope Bus event
In response, at 8pm, as approximately 1,000 people representing the Yeongdo Autonomous District Residents Commission (영도주민자치위원회) as well as other local residents gathered at the Busan bridge and the Yeongdo bridge in order to stop the protesters from gathering. The local residents commission was unsuccessful at stopping the protest, as participants gathered approximately 800m away from the Yeongdo shipyard at 9pm.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, South Korea, Third Hope Bus event
Also at 9pm, as the protest began to gather, 300 members of conservative groups, including the Korea Parents Association, physically blocked two public buses from crossing Yeongdo bridge into Yeongdo shipyard. The conservative protesters asked the bus passengers to disembark before forcibly dragging passengers off the bus. Before police could take control of the situation, one man was injured. The bridge would not be cleared until 11pm, when the rest of the protesters made their final advance to the official gathering place 800m from the Yeongdo shipyard. In the process of the final advance of the protesters, there were more minor scuffles with police.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, South Korea, Third Hope Bus event
In order to prevent protesters from advancing towards Hanjin Heavy Industries and the still occupied Crane No. 85, the police established a car wall between the protesters and the shipyard. The official event, dubbed the Nanjang Culture Festival (난장 문화제) lasted from 2am to 9am, with [Pungmul], songs, dances, and speeches featured. Via mobile phone, Kim Jin-sook was able to thank protesters for their support. By 6am, the Kyunghyang Shinmun reported that police estimated 3,500 participants remained. The remaining protesters cleaned the protest site at 8am, closing the festivities at 9-9:30am. The protest concluded at Busan City Hall, where a 30-minute to 1 hour press conference was given at 11 or 11:30am.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, South Korea, Third Hope Bus event
The Chairman of Hanjin Heavy Industries, Cho Nam-ho (조남호), responded to the second and third Hope Bus protests in a press conference on 10 August after returning from a 50-day business trip. Cho appealed to the people and government for financial assistance.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, South Korea, Fourth Hope Bus event
Attendance dwindled to 3,000 for the fourth Hope Bus event, which occurred on 28 August. The fourth Hope Bus event was held at 10:00am at the Independence Gate in Seoul, with the intent of peacefully marching towards Hanjin Heavy Industries Headquarters beginning at 10:30am. The protesters successfully reached within 30m of Hanjin Heavy Industries at 11:40am, but they were quickly blocked by a wall of more than 7,000 police officers. At 12pm, the police gave protesters until 12:10pm to disperse before they took action. True to their word, the police proceeded to forcibly dissolve the protest with water cannons.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, South Korea, Fifth Hope Bus event
The fifth Hope Bus was announced on 25 September, with the upcoming event to take place on 8 October. This date coincided with the opening weekend of the 16th Busan International Film Festival. In a joint press conference at Busan City Hall on 26 September, Busan mayor Hur Nam-sik and Busan City Council chairman Jae Jong-mo (제종모) announced their opposition to the fifth Hope Bus event. Hur and Jae's given reasoning was that the four prior buses were detrimental to solving the labor crisis, and had done great damage to the citizens of Busan.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, South Korea, Fifth Hope Bus event
Furthermore, Hur and Jae asserted that stopping the Hope Bus event would contribute to the success of the film festival. The conservative Advancement Unification Party was against the fifth Hope Bus event as well. In a statement on 27 September, party spokesperson Yoon Hyeon-yeon (윤혜연) blamed government incompetence and the ignorance of Hope Bus participants towards the concerns of the local citizens of Busan for the ongoing Hanjin Heavy Industries crisis. Yoon maintained that the presence of a fifth Hope Bus event would present traffic dangers as well as a black mark on the international reputation of South Korea.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, South Korea, Fifth Hope Bus event
As the 16th Busan International Film Festival opened on 6 October, actress Kim Kkot-bi, director Kim Jho Gwangsoo, and director Yeo Gyun-dong unveiled a message supporting the Hanjin Heavy Industry strikers on the red carpet. The statement read, "I ♥ CT 85, GANG JUNG" in English, referring to the occupation of crane No. 85 as well as the local opposition to the construction of the Jeju Civilian-Military Complex Port.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, South Korea, Fifth Hope Bus event
The initial plan for the fifth Hope Bus was to have the rally begin at 6pm on 8 October, with a peaceful march to Hanjin Heavy Industries. Before the fifth Hope Bus began, the police threatened action if any protesting took place outside of the reported rally areas.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, South Korea, Fifth Hope Bus event
A reported 4,000 protesters came from around the country to participate in the fifth Hope Bus. However, the Busan Station, Yeongdo shipyard, and various other checkpoints soon became barricaded by police. Six buses from Seoul were detained as soon as they arrived at Busan Station, and six protesters were arrested in the process. At 10:50 PM, protesters re-organized and attempted a second march to the Yeongdo shipyard, but were immediately met with water cannons diluted with tear gas. In all, 59 protesters were detained that night, with 56 remaining in police custody the next day.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, South Korea, Resolution
On 11 November 2011, labor and management reached an agreement, allowing Kim Jin-sook to end her 309-day occupation of crane No. 85. A sixth and final Hope Bus was held at 5:30pm on 19 June at Cheonghak Waterside Park in Busan, with 200 supporters, including 60 former Hanjin Heavy Industries employees, present. The purpose of the final Hope Bus was merely to thank the supporters, and thus did not attract police intervention.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, Philippines
Protests were also leveled at the Subic Bay manufacturing facilities of Hanjin Heavy Industries, organized by members of local Filipino labor and Catholic groups on 20 March and 29 March 2011. The protests were organized due to reports of 31 deaths due to industrial accidents since 2007, as well as a labor group claiming 11 cases of illegal work, 63 cases of illegal layoffs, and 23 cases of job suspension.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Timeline, Philippines
On 3 July 2011, a Filipino Hope Bus was organized. The Filipino Hope Bus piggybacked on the previous energy of the unrelated 20 March and 29 March demonstrations, while drawing inspiration from the first Hope Bus demonstration on 11 June.


2010–2011 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike, Legacy
Starting from 1 February 2013, it took 22 days of negotiations to arrange a 15.8 billion won settlement between Hanjin Heavy Industries management and the labor union due to the death of a laborer. As of 1 December 2013, five Hanjin Heavy Industries workers had separately committed suicide since the resolution of the 2010-11 labor dispute. On 2 December 2013, the wife of Cho Nam-ho, chairman of the Hanjin group, was found dead in a possible suicide.


2010–2011 Israel Football League season
The 2010–2011 Israel Football League season was the fourth season of the Israel Football League (IFL). The league expanded to eight teams with the expansion team Herzliya Hammers and was divided in two divisions: North and South.


2010–2011 Israel Football League season, Regular season
The regular season consisted of ten games for each team. Two games (home and away) against each team within the same division, and one game against each of the teams from the other division.


2010–2011 Israeli Final Four
The 2010–2011 Israeli Final Four, the sixth Israeli Final Four was held at Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv, Israel on 24 and 26 May 2011 to determine the winner of the 2010–2011 Israeli League. The Participating teams are: Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Gilboa Galil, Hapoel Jerusalem and Maccabi Rishon LeZion.


2010–2011 Israeli Final Four, Venue
The Yad Eliyahu Arena is an indoor sports arena in Tel Aviv, Israel. Opened in 1963 as an open-air venue with a capacity of 5,000, it was covered in 1972, and further renovations since then have brought its current capacity to 11,700. It had hosted the 1971–1972 FIBA European Champions Cup final, the 1993–94 FIBA European Championship Final Four, the 2003–2004 Euroleague Final Four, and all previous Israeli Final Fours.


2010–2011 Israeli Final Four, MVP
Semifinal 1 - Jeremy PargoSemifinal 2 - Gal MekelFinal Four MVP - David Blu


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
Direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority took place throughout 2010 as part of the peace process, between United States President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. The ultimate aim of the direct negotiations is reaching an official "final status settlement" to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict by implementing a two-state solution, with Israel remaining a Jewish state, and the establishment of a state for the Palestinian people.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
In early 2010, Benjamin Netanyahu, imposed a ten-month moratorium on settlement construction in the West Bank as a gesture for the Palestinian Authority, after previously publicly declaring his support for a future Palestinian state, however he insisted that the Palestinians would need to make reciprocal gestures of their own. The Palestinian Authority rejected the gesture as insufficient. Nine month later, direct negotiations between Israel and the PA relaunched, after nearly two years of stalemate.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
In early September, a coalition of 13 Palestinian factions began a campaign of attacks against Israeli civilians, including a series of drive-by shootings and rocket attacks on Israeli towns, in an attempt to derail and torpedo the ongoing negotiations.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
Direct talks broke down in late September 2010 when an Israeli partial moratorium on settlement construction in the West Bank expired and Netanyahu refused to extend the freeze unless the Palestinian Authority recognized Israel as a Jewish State, while the Palestinian leadership refused to continue negotiating unless Israel extended the moratorium. The proposal was rejected by the Palestinian leadership, that stressed that the topic on the Jewishness of the state has nothing to do with the building freeze. The decision of Netanyahu on the freeze was criticized by European countries and the United States.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, Background
Direct negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government have continued for many decades and remain a complicated issue to resolve.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, Background
When President Barack Obama took office in January 2009, he has made peaceful settlement of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict a top priority of his administration, appointing former Senator George Mitchell as his peace envoy.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, Background
In March 2009 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to Israel. She said that Israeli settlements and demolition of Arab homes in East Jerusalem were "unhelpful" to the peace process. Clinton also voiced support for the establishment of a Palestinian state. Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu supports Palestinian self-government but did not explicitly endorse US and Palestinian visions for Palestinian statehood. Upon the arrival of President Obama administration's special envoy, George Mitchell, Netanyahu stated that any resumption of negotiations with the Palestinians will be conditional on the Palestinians recognizing Israel as a Jewish state. So far the Palestinian leadership has rejected a US-backed proposal extending a settlement freeze in exchange for recognizing Israel as a Jewish state, as this issue had not been sufficiently clarified by Israel at that time.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, Background
On June 4, 2009 Obama delivered a speech at the Cairo University in Egypt in which Obama addressed the Muslim world. The speech called for a "new beginning" in relations between the Islamic world and the United States. With respect to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the President stated that "the only resolution is for the aspirations of both sides to be met through two states" and called upon both Israel and the Palestinians to resume negotiations. In addition, during the speech Obama added that "The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements" as it "undermines efforts to achieve peace. It is time for these settlements to stop."


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, Background
On June 14, in what was understood as a response Obama's Cairo speech, Netanyahu gave a speech at Bar-Ilan University in which he endorsed, for the first time, a "Demilitarized Palestinian State", after two months of refusing to commit to anything other than a self-ruling autonomy when coming into office. Netanyahu also stated that he would accept a Palestinian state if Jerusalem were to remain the united capital of Israel but open to all religions, the Palestinians would have no military, and the Palestinians would give up their demand for a right of return. He also claimed the right for a "natural growth" in the existing Jewish settlements in the West Bank while their permanent status is up to further negotiation. In general, the address was viewed as a significant turnaround from his previously hawkish positions against the Israeli–Palestinian peace process.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, Background
On July 12, 2009, Mahmoud Abbas told Egyptian media that he would not cede any part of the West Bank to Israel, that he would demand territorial contiguity between the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and that he would never waive the Palestinian right of return. In a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, Abbas demanded that any peace deal be based strictly on the 1967 borders and the Arab Peace Initiative. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat rejected any "middle ground solutions", saying that the Palestinians would reject any deal between the U.S. and Israel that would allow any construction to continue in Israeli settlements.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, Background
On 23 August 2009, Netanyahu announced in his weekly cabinet meeting that negotiations with the Palestinians will begin in September 2009 and will be officially launched on his visit to New York, after he had accepted an invitation from President Barack Obama for a "Triple Summit" there. He added that there is progress with special envoy George Mitchell, though there is no full agreement on everything, and there will be more rounds of meetings until September. On the same day, a spokesman for PA President Mahmoud Abbas said there would be no negotiations so long as Israel continued West Bank settlement construction.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, Background
On 20 September 2009, the White House announced that it will host a three-way meeting between President Obama, Prime Minister Netanyahu and PA President Mahmoud Abbas, within the framework of the United Nations General Assembly, "in an effort to lay the groundwork for renewed negotiations on Mideast peace." The meeting took place on 22 September, in New York. Afterwards, Netanyahu said that he agreed with Abbas during the meeting that peace talks should be relaunched as soon as possible.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
On 25 November 2009, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, imposed a 10-month construction freeze on all of its settlements in the West Bank. Calling it "a painful step that will encourage the peace process" and urged the Palestinians to respond. Israel's decision was widely seen as due to pressure from the Obama administration, which urged the sides to seize the opportunity to resume talks. The Palestinian Authority rejected the gesture as being insignificant due to the limited construction on some pre-approved housing units, failure to extend the freeze to East Jerusalem, and failure to dismantle already-built settlement outposts illegal under Israeli law. The Palestinians refused to enter negotiations, despite Israeli appeals to do so.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
A partial freeze on construction in East Jerusalem, which Israel annexed in 1980, and regards as its sovereign territory, was imposed under the observation of U.S. consular officials, though not acknowledged by the Israeli government. On 19 July, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu froze a major construction project in Pisgat Ze'ev as a "diplomatic gesture" to the United States. However, some construction continued, and the Obama administration voiced disappointment over the matter, stating that it viewed construction there as a violation of the settlement freeze. On 10 March 2010, Israel approved the construction of 1,600 apartments in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood during a visit by US Vice President Joe Biden, sparking a diplomatic crisis between Israel and the United States.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
A partial step towards full negotiations took place around the middle of March 2010, as Israeli and Palestinian teams began indirect negotiations through US intermediaries. These negotiations were interrupted within few days by the Palestinian Authority in protest of Israeli actions in East Jerusalem. They were renewed in May of that year. On 10 May 2010, Israel joined the OECD. Previously, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad had written to the organization, urging it to suspend Israel's application, and before the vote, called numerous OECD heads of state to lobby against Israeli membership. Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki also wrote to OECD members that accepting Israel would legitimize its "racist" and "dangerous" policies towards Palestinians.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
On 31 May 2010, relations between Israel and the Palestinians were further strained when Israel carried out the Gaza flotilla raid. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated that "Israel has committed a massacre", and declared a three-day mourning period. Palestinian official Mustafa Barghouti said that the attack would lead to the international boycott growing in strength, and called Israel "the most despicable state in the world". Prime Minister Salam Fayyad also criticized the attack.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
On 8 July 2010, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the Arab League that the Palestinian Authority would abandon peace talks and attack Israel if the Arab states would invade, saying "if you want war, and if all of you will fight Israel, we are in favor. But the Palestinians will not fight alone because they don't have the ability to do it".


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
In August 2010 Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton stated that a Palestinian state was possible to achieve within one year.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
A renewed effort to negotiate peace was initiated by the Obama administration by getting the parties involved to agree to direct talks for the first time in a long while. U.S. President Barack Obama was successful in obtaining support for direct talks from Egypt and Jordan. The Egyptian and Jordanian governments managed to persuade the Palestinian leadership to accept Israel's settlement freeze and enter direct talks nine months after the start of the freeze. The aim of the talks was to forge the framework of a final agreement within one year on a two-state solution, although general expectations of a success were fairly low.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
On September 2, after ten months and seven rounds of indirect talks that began in November 2009, U.S.-brokered direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority began in Washington D.C. On September 14 a second round of Middle East peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority concluded in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas stated that during the talks, the Palestinian Authority and Israel agreed on the principle of a land swap, with Israel exchanging small parts of its own territory in exchange for border settlement blocs. The issue of the ratio of land Israel would give to the Palestinians in exchange for keeping border settlement blocs was an issue of dispute, with the Palestinians demanding that the ratio be 1:1, and Israel offering less.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
During the direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, Hamas and Hezbollah reaffirmed to threat peace talks if both sides were matriculated towards any possible agreement. A Hamas-led coalition of 13 Palestinian militant groups initiated a violent campaign to disrupt peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. A series of attacks killed and wounded eight Israelis, including two pregnant women, between August and September 2010. Israeli and Palestinian Authority security forces responded with raids that resulted in the deaths and arrests of militants involved in the attacks. Rocket and mortar attacks from the Hamas-run Gaza Strip also increased in September.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
On September 21, 2010 Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad stormed out of a meeting in New York, which was held as part of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meetings, and canceled a scheduled joint press conference with the Israeli President Shimon Peres and Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon following Ayalon's demand that the meeting summary refer to the notion of "two states for two peoples", meaning Israel as a Jewish state alongside a Palestinian state, rather than a Palestinian state alongside a bi-national Israel.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
Ayalon later commented on the event, stating: "What I say is that if the Palestinians are not willing to talk about two states for two peoples, let alone a Jewish state for Israel, then there's nothing to talk about", and that "if the Palestinians think that they can create one Palestinian state and one dual-nationality state, this will not happen".


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
President Obama indicated in a speech to the United Nations he held on September 23, 2010 that he was hopeful of a diplomatic peace within one year. Contrary to popular belief, Israel did not boycott the speech, but did not attend due to the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
As the Israeli 10-month freeze on settlement construction was nearing its expiration date on September 26, Mahmoud Abbas stated that he would abandon the negotiations if settlement construction was renewed. He said "Israel has a moratorium for 10 months and it should be extended for three to four months more to give peace a chance." In the view of the Palestinian Authority leadership, Israeli construction of settlements constitutes Israel's imposition of "facts on the ground" in the West Bank, and is a violation of international law. See generally, International law and Israeli settlements


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
On September 22, the Knesset passed a law requiring a public referendum and the votes of at least 60 Knesset members ahead of any withdrawal from East Jerusalem or the Golan Heights. The law was criticized by the Palestinian Authority and the Arab League.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
On September 25, a day before the Israeli settlement freeze's expiration, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas claimed in the United Nations General Assembly that Israeli settlements were a key issue, stating that "Israel must choose between peace and the continuation of settlements". The United States pushed Israel to extend the settlement freeze.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
Despite Palestinian and international pressure to extend the Israeli 10-month moratorium in construction of new Israeli settlement homes in the West Bank, on September 26 the ten-month settlement freeze expired at 22.00 (GMT). Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on West Bank settlers to "show restraint" following the end of the freeze. Several Israeli right-wing politicians called for a swift resumption of construction, and backed settlers' plans to resume building as soon as possible.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
Avigdor Lieberman, the Israeli Foreign Minister and leader of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, rebuffed claims that the renewal of West Bank settlement construction was a provocative move meant to torpedo the peace talks. Lieberman said the Palestinians failed to accept the gesture of the moratorium for nine months and "now they are pressuring Israel to continue the very freeze they rejected." Lieberman said Israel was ready to enter peace talks with no preconditions. Lieberman also ruled out that a Palestinian state will be established in the coming of two years.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
The rejection to extend the moratorium was harshly criticized worldwide. Abbas stated that Netanyahu cannot be trusted as a 'genuine' peace negotiator if the freeze is not extended.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
On October 2, 2010 the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated that peace negotiations will not continue until Israel imposes a new freeze for the construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, thus putting a de facto halt to the current Israel-Palestine peace negotiations.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
On October 4, 2010, Netanyahu stated that the Israelis were working behind the scenes with the United States to resolve the issues and resume talks. Israeli sources had said that this would involve a 60-day extension of the freeze. Israeli ambassador to the United States Michael Oren said that the United States had offered Israel "incentives" for an extension of the freeze.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
Chief Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath accepted a US proposal to extend the West Bank settlement freeze by another two months. Sha'ath said the Palestinians accept such a limited extension provided the two sides can reach an agreement on the borders between Israel and a future Palestine in those two months.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
After a meeting in Libya on 8 October 2010, the Arab League leaders announce their support for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's decision to stop peace talks with Israel over the expiration of the 10 month Israeli moratorium on construction in the West Bank. The Arab League also stated that it would give the United States another month to persuade Israel to renew the settlement moratorium and that "The committee will convene again in a month to study the alternatives".


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
On 11 October 2010, during a speech at the opening of the third session of the 18th Knesset, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered a settlement freeze if the Palestinian Authority would declare its recognition of Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people. The Palestinian Authority quickly rejected Netanyahu's proposal and stated that the issue of the Jewishness of the state has nothing to do with the matter. The proposal was immediately rejected by the Palestinian Authority.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
Palestinian President Abbas said that "We will never sign an agreement recognizing a Jewish state", and Chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said that Palestinian President Abbas stressed that he would never sign an agreement recognizing Israel as a Jewish state". Speaking on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, chief negotiator Saeb Erekat stated on October 11 that the PA "forcefully reject all these Israeli games. The racist demands of Netanyahu cannot be tied to the request to cease building in the settlements for the purpose of establishing a state." Palestinian negotiators announced that their recognition of the Jewish state would undermine the rights of Israeli-Arabs, and eliminate the right of return for millions of Palestinian refugees to Israel proper.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
On October 15, it was reported that Israel had approved new construction in East Jerusalem.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
On 13 October 2010 Yasser Abed Rabbo, the secretary general of the PLO, stated in a press statement that the PLO would recognize Israel as a "Jewish state" in exchange for a sovereign Palestinian state within the 1967 borders which would include East Jerusalem stating that "Any formulation the Americans present – even asking us to call Israel the 'Chinese State' – we will agree to it, as long as we receive the 1967 borders. We have recognized Israel in the past, but Israel has not recognized the Palestinian state."


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
Abed Rabbo's statements were immediately disowned by the Palestinian political factions, mainly because his remark were viewed as conceding the right of return for millions of Palestinian refugees to Israel proper. The Fatah movement called for Abed Rabbo's immediate resignation. Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath dismissed Abed Rabbo's statements and claimed that "Abed Rabbo's statements don't represent the views of the PLO or Fatah movement or President Abbas". In addition, the Hamas government in Gaza called for the immediate resignation of Abed Rabbo.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
In November 2010, the U.S. government offered Israel a package of incentives in exchange for an  agreement by the Israeli government to a 90-day freeze on settlement construction in the West Bank excluding East Jerusalem. The centerpiece of the deal was a military aid package worth $3 billion, including delivery of 20 additional F-35s,various missile and layered defense systems, and an explicit acceptance of the legitimacy of existing security needs and a commitment not to redefine them.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
In addition to security provisions, the proposed incentive package also included a U.S. promise to veto any U.N. Security Council resolution relating to the peace process during the agreed upon negotiating period and a guarantee that the U.S. would not ask Israel to extend the 90-day moratorium when it expired. The Security Cabinet of Israel considered the offer. Former Ambassador Dan Kurtzer, commenting on the deal said: "But now, the administration says it is prepared to pay off Israel to freeze only some of its settlement activity, and only temporarily.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
For the first time in memory, the United States is poised to reward Israel for its bad behavior." Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejected the U.S. freeze proposal, as it did not include East Jerusalem, while Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat reiterated demands for unconditional recognition of the 1967 borders, and for withdrawal from all of East Jerusalem.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
On December 2, a Palestinian official announced that Washington had officially informed the PA that Israel had refused to agree to a new settlement freeze.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak tried to restart negotiations by imposing a de facto settlement freeze by blocking building plans in the West Bank settlements. Ariel Mayor Ron Nachman threatened to sue Barak.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Egypt and met with President Hosni Mubarak. Netanyahu urged Mubarak to pressure Abbas into direct talks.


2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, 2010–2011 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
According to Dr. Mohammad Shtayyeh, a senior Palestinian negotiator who spoke at a conference hosted by the Brookings Institution's Doha Center, the Palestinian leadership used the cessation of direct talks to adopt a new strategy with the goal of declaring an independent state of Palestine. The initial step of this strategy was to ask the international community to recognize an independent Palestine along 1967 borders, to which the achieved some success in late 2010 and early 2011. Several Latin American countries recognized the State of Palestine, including Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Uruguay. This was met with fierce opposition from Israel, which claimed that early recognition was a violation of the Road Map.