Author of the article: National Post View Publishing date: May 14, 2021 • 4 hours ago • 4 minute read • A heavily damaged house is pictured at a targeted residential neighbourhood in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on May 11, 2021, as rockets are fired by the Hamas movement from the Gaza Strip towards Israel. Photo by Jack Guez /AFP via Getty Images Article content The volley of rockets that Hamas has launched against civilian targets in Israel this week is unconscionable and must be condemned in the strongest possible terms by Canada and the international community. Tensions have been simmering in recent weeks in east Jerusalem, where Palestinian protesters — egged on by falsehoods about Israel threatening Muslim holy sites, and angered over a highly charged private property dispute currently in front of the Supreme Court that could see four Palestinian families evicted from their homes — have been clashing with police on the Temple Mount on a nightly basis.