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A series of events in Jerusalem over the weekend show that conflict is still on the horizon. The evictions from East Jerusalem neighborhoods and the reopening of the Temple Mount to Jews could serve as the spark
Israel-Hamas ceasefire takes effect
Clashes follow soon after Gaza truce
The latest violence in Jerusalem came on the first day of the cease-fire brokered to halt fighting in Gaza.
Friday s cease-fire was still holding as clashes took place at the mosque compound.
The confrontations died down within about an hour, with Israeli police retreating to positions at the compound s gates. There were no rockets fired from Gaza nor Israeli strikes at the densely populated Palestinian enclave, despite the tensions in Jerusalem.
In Gaza, however, five more bodies were pulled from the rubble, taking the death toll to 243.
Clashes between police and protesters at the mosque compound had been a key factor in starting the conlifct between Hamas and the Israeli military.
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Commentary By Rabbi Aryeh Spero | May 14, 2021 | 6:09pm EDT
A Palestinian launches flares amid clashes with Israeli soldiers in the city center of Hebron. (Photo credit: HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images)
Lord, it is with heavy heart that we approach you today in prayer on behalf of our brothers and sisters in Israel who are the target of thousands of rockets coming from Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and whose homes are being broken into and burned by violent Arab youths and adults fueled by a jihadist theology to murder their Jewish, and Christian, neighbors.
Many on the left and in the media have taken the side of the terrorists and demand that Israel be prohibited from defending themselves, disingenuously calling that a requirement for peace. But as the Prophet Jeremiah warned: “Peace, Peace? There is no Peace.” And that is because, pushed by Iran and guided by jihadism, Hamas and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) a