After weeks of rising tension, which started with the eviction of Palestinian families in East Jerusalem and resulted in several Palestinian deaths, Israel raided the al-Aqsa Mosque, one of the holiest sites in Islam, causing more than 50 injuries. On May 10, Hamas fired rockets toward Jerusalem for the first time since 2014, prompting Israel to retaliate with airstrikes. As the violence escalated, United Nation’s Security Council had three attempts to issue joint statements condemning Israel and calling for ceasefire, all of which blocked by the United States. After 11 days of fighting, which saw thousands of rockets fired from Gaza and hundreds of airstrikes on Palestinian territory, Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire proposal brokered by Egypt on May 20. The deadly conflict has led to more than 200 killed in Gaza, including more than 60 children, and at least 10 killed in Israel
In this Policy Alert, we examine the Rising Powers’ reactions to the latest round of violence between Israel and Palestine.
Read the Policy Alert here.
