Explainer-Jerusalem tense over evictions and holidays Reuters 5/9/2021
By Maayan Lubell
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - East Jerusalem has seen nightly clashes during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, with Palestinians pitted against Israeli police and settlers.
The issues and the scale of the protests have varied, covering religion, land and politics, but running through them all is the core conflict between Israelis and Palestinians over the city that has sites sacred to Judaism, Islam and Christianity. Here are some of the factors that have brought Jerusalem to near boiling point:
When did the protests start?
From the beginning of Ramadan in mid-April, Palestinians clashed nightly with Israeli police who put up barriers to stop evening gatherings at the walled Old City s Damascus Gate after iftar, the breaking of the daytime fast.
JERUSALEM Clashes erupted between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police outside the Old City of Jerusalem on Saturday as tens of thousands of Muslim…
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JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s two main political rivals each asked the president on Wednesday for the chance to try to form a government, after Netanyahu failed to meet an overnight deadline to assemble a coalition.
Israel’s longest serving leader, Netanyahu, 71, has been fighting to hold onto office through four inconclusive elections since 2019.
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President Reuven Rivlin will make an announcement at 1530 GMT “regarding entrusting a member of parliament with forming a government,” an official statement said, without stipulating whether he would name his candidate in his remarks.
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