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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAfter Years of Quiet, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Exploded. Why Now?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/world/middleeast/israel-palestinian-gaza-war.htmlIt was the night of April 13, the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. It was also Memorial Day in Israel, which honors those who died fighting for the country. The Israeli president was delivering a speech at the Western Wall, a sacred Jewish site that lies below the mosque, and Israeli officials were concerned that the prayers would drown it out.
The incident was confirmed by six mosque officials, three of whom witnessed it; the Israeli police declined to comment. In the outside world, it barely registered.
But in hindsight, the police raid on the mosque, one of the holiest sites in Islam, was one of several actions that led, less than a month later, to the sudden resumption of war between Israel and Hamas, the militant group that rules the Gaza Strip, and the outbreak of civil unrest between Arabs and Jews across Israel itself.
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(35,454 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)The most disgusting part about it is that they also are demanding that Joe Biden fix things. WTF??? What's wrong with the rest of the world? Why does it always have to be us? Where is the United Nations?
NQCowboy68
(67 posts)This is all about Netanyahu trying to remain in power and disrupting the mandate given to Lapid to form a govt.
no_hypocrisy
(46,122 posts)They went to court, got the go-ahead, and proceeded to try to remove non-Hamas Palestinian residents.
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)violence will continue.
JI7
(89,252 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)Bibi is going on trial for corruption soon. He's escalating things in an attempt to keep his filthy ass out of prison.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)kentuck
(111,103 posts)He had no doubts with Trump.
brooklynite
(94,596 posts)Both Netanyahu and Hamas are vested in the status quo and need the other as a foil. The Arab-Israeli coalition Government under development presented a risk to both.