Let’s see, what happens when TikTok meets Palestinian grievances about right-wing Israeli land grabs in Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem? And then you add the holiest Muslim night of prayer in Jerusalem into the mix? Then toss in the most emotional Israeli holiday in Jerusalem? And a power play by Hamas to assume leadership of the Palestinian cause? And, finally, a political vacuum in which the Palestinian Authority is incapable of holding new elections and Israel is so divided it can’t stop having elections?
What happens is the explosion of violence around Jerusalem on Monday that quickly spread to the Gaza front, and has people asking: Is this the big one? Is this the start of the next Palestinian uprising?
نيويورك تايمز: إذا أشعل الشارع الفلسطيني انتفاضة جديدة فستكون هزة للجميع بمن فيهم المطبعون
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Jerusalem Day violence: Dozens of Palestinians wounded in clashes on Temple Mount
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Muslims rioting on the Temple Mount, May 10, 2021 (screenshot from Israel Police Twitter feed)
Channeling NPR’s May 8 broadcast which falsely charged that Israeli “[p]olice have thrown stun grenades at Palestinian crowds as they were breaking their Ramadan fast,” Newsweek’s Jason Lemon fabricated the same day: “Israeli security forces cracked down on Muslim Palestinians performing Ramadan prayers in East Jerusalem” (“Bernie Sanders, Progressives Raise Alarms About ‘Israeli Extremists’ Amid Violence Against Palestinians‘”).
The article’s second paragraph continued:
Israeli police said that more than 200 Palestinians and 17 police officers were injured in clashes on Friday, after authorities cracked down while Palestinians worshippers gathered for prayers at Al-Aqsa mosque in East Jerusalem during Ramadan, the holiest month of the year for Muslims, Israeli newspaper
Israeli police decided to break up a contentious Jewish march in Jerusalem on Monday after rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, as tensions in the city are running high after days of violent clashes involving Israeli police, Muslim worshippers and both Jewish and Palestinian protesters.
Clashes which unfolded Monday morning on the Temple Mount compound left more than 300 Palestinians wounded, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, prompting an Israeli decision to bar Jews from entering the holy site, one of several flashpoints in the city, as Muslims mark the final days of Ramadan and Jewish Israelis celebrate Jerusalem Day.
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