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The upsurge began last month when tensions at a flashpoint holy site in East Jerusalem revered by Jews and Muslims boiled over amid rumours Israel planned to relax long-standing rules to strengthen Jewish rights at the complex. Israel has repeatedly denied such claims.
The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on Friday on the upsurge of violence.
There has been a wave of stabbings and ad hoc gun attacks on Israelis by Palestinians since early October, and one apparent revenge stabbing by an Israeli.
The attacks, some of which have been fatal, have struck in Jerusalem and in northern and central Israel, and in the occupied West Bank.
Israel has tightened security and clashed with rioting Palestinians, leading to deaths on the Palestinian side.
There has also been associated violence in the border area inside the neighbouring Gaza Strip.
Yes, but they're happening to the East and North of Jerusalem. Unless it hits the news 99% of the population would not know it happened. Keep in mind that many of these videos cover a narrow field of vision. So what looks like a full blown confrontation is actually the equivalent of two to four city blocks. Most of it is staged as how else would the Arab Press be the first ones there. Once they leave it disperses.
Nutshell: The Palestinians aired a fake story about a 13 year old Pali boy getting "executed" by Israeli forces. In Reality, the boy was recovering in an Israeli hospital. He's alive. He's in the hospital because he stabbed a 13 year old Israeli boy and got hit by a car when fleeing the scene. But facts don't matter to the Pali's so they responded by going on stabbing attacks on Israeli civilians and police/IDF. So far 8 Israeli civilians have been killed in these attacks.
Have the Palestinians ever inflicted significant damage to Israel?
What is the usual result? Israel killing hundreds of Palestinians including children and women?
All Israel needs or wants is justification in the eyes of the world to kill more Palestinians ... and they always get it.
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