Israelis were filmed celebrating Monday night on Jerusalem Day at the Western Wall by singing for God to "take vengeance on the Palestinians" and "erase" them and their "progeny" from all of history.
"Today's Jerusalem Day march ends in an orgy of hate at the Western Wall," Elizabeth Tsurkov reported. "They sing: 'Remember me! Strengthen me! Just this once, God, that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Palestinians (may their progeny be erased!) for my two eyes!' (altering Judges 16:28)."
Today's Jerusalem Day march ends in an orgy of hate at the Western Wall. They sing: “Remember me! Strengthen me! Just this once, God, that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Palestinians (may their progeny be erased!) for my two eyes!” (altering Judges 16:28) pic.twitter.com/jQG7XnjTc9
— Elizabeth Tsurkov (@Elizrael) May 10, 2021
The 1st “Jewish Supremacy Appreciation Day” (officially Jerusalem Day) since prime minister Netanyahu installed Kahanists in the Knesset. This political party has killed 50+ Palestinians and is now in the parliament, thanks to Bibi. This is their wet dream https://t.co/JnxV4ySNGs
— David Sheen (@davidsheen) May 11, 2021
On Monday night, militants in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli military exchanged rocket fire and airstrikes amid a deadly escalation of violence. Hamas and Islamic Jihad, armed groups based in blockaded Gaza, launched a barrage of rockets that landed near Jerusalem and in parts of southern Israel, injuring at least one person. Israeli airstrikes in retaliation killed at least 20 people in Gaza, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, including nine children.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the “terrorist groups” in Gaza had “crossed a red line” with their rocket attacks. But the latest explosion of hostilities has a long tail, following numerous aggressive actions by both Israeli security forces and far-right Jewish supremacist groups in Jerusalem. Two weeks ago, bands of Jewish extremists, including some settlers from the West Bank, marched through Palestinian-populated areas of the holy city, chanting “Death to Arabs,” attacking bystanders and damaging Palestinian property and homes. Israeli attempts to evict a number of Palestinian families in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah — a microcosm of what Palestinians view as part of a long history of dispossession and erasure at the hands of the Israeli state — had stirred Palestinian solidarity protests in various parts of the occupied territories and Israel proper.
It also raised tensions ahead of the commemoration of Jerusalem Day on Monday, an official Israeli holiday celebrating the capture of the city during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. A planned annual march by far-right ultranationalist Israelis was called off after authorities rerouted its path at the last minute. Large numbers still made their way to the Western Wall and sang an extremist vengeance song against Palestinians.
“The Hamas rocket attacks, which included the first strikes against Jerusalem in several years, came after running clashes among Israeli police, Palestinian protesters and far-right Jewish Israelis around the Old City,” my colleagues reported. “Among the hundreds injured were seven who were hospitalized in serious condition, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. Video footage circulated on social media of Israeli police officers brutally beating a detained Palestinian man.”
השוטרים בפעולה. נגיד שהאיש חשוד במשהו, נניח שהמשטרה חושדת בו והוא נעצר.איזה הסבר יש להתנהלות הזו ועוד בנוכחות קצין.עכשיו אמור להתחיל דיון בכנסת על בעיות בחברה הערבית ובראשם האלימות ואז ידברו על שיתוף פעולה ואימון.במשטרה צריכים להפנים סרטון כזה יפרום כל מאמץ להחזרת האימון המיוחל. pic.twitter.com/bh22ZSz3nF
— Jack khoury.جاك خوري (@KhJacki) May 10, 2021
In a State Department statement, the United States appealed for “calm,” urging “de-escalation on all sides,” while singling out Hamas for condemnation and defending Israel’s right to self-defense. This followed a previous statement after Israeli forces stormed the compound of the al-Aqsa Mosque, firing tear gas and stun grenades at hundreds gathered there both in protest and prayer, in which U.S. officials urged “both sides” to eschew unilateral actions. Palestinian protesters threw stones at police and some Jewish Israeli citizens, injuring a couple dozen Israelis. Meanwhile, the Palestinian Red Crescent said more than 600 Palestinians were injured in the Jerusalem altercations.
Israeli forces attack worshippers inside al-Masjid al-Qibli in al-Aqsa Mosque with stun grenades, effectively trapping hundreds of people inside, including many children#Jerusalem #Palestine #AlAqsa #Israel pic.twitter.com/lcv0ZSEtB2
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) May 7, 2021
This terrorism is what the British media call “clashes”.
In reality it is a video of Israeli occupation forces attacking Palestinian Women at Jerusalem's Al Aqsa Mosque. #AlAqsaUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/0ZIy0Rv16a
— Rachael Swindon (@Rachael_Swindon) May 10, 2021
The minute “The most moral army in the world” fired bombs at clinic full of doctors and patients inside Al-Aqsa #Mosque#AlAqsaUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/hlrzB1mVmx
— Abier Khatib (@abierkhatib) May 7, 2021
To pro-Palestinian activists, the Biden administration’s position reflects the broader legacy of U.S. policy in the region. A growing list of rights groups now see the status quo of Israeli military occupation over millions of Palestinians as tantamount to apartheid and see the United States as enabling a morally unacceptable status quo.“There is no both sides here,” Jinan Deena, national organizer for the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee, told the Middle East Eye. “Palestinians are under occupation, and the United States has systematically supported this — whether through funding Israel’s military with our tax dollars or narratives such as this where blame is placed on both sides.”
These conflicts could spiral out of control and kickstart a larger war (which America would be expected to fight).
Nonetheless, Israel told the Biden administration to "stay out" of it, according to Axios.
Israel warns Biden: Stay out of our business...but keep sending $3.8 Bil in military aid, & defend Israel’s apartheid statutes...even as Jewish extremists aim to blow up holy sites, provoke a religious war, as