A LARGE DEMONSTRATION IN SHEIKH JARRAH LEADING TO A CONFRONTATION 09/04 BETWEEN POLICE AND MEMBER OF KNESSET (MK) OFER KASIF The regular weekly demonstration in Sheikh Jarrah, which has POLICE DECIDED TO PREVENT SITTING ON been going on for the past 12 years, has become particularly large, against the background of the impending evacuation of THE STEPS AT THE DAMASCUS GATE DUE dozens of the neighbourhood's residents from their homes. 13/04 TO THE COVID PANDEMIC Before dispersing the demonstration, the police attack MK Ofer On the morning of the first day of Ramadan, the police decide to Kasif (joint list). The photos provoke a public outcry, and the issue prevent people from sitting on the steps in the Nablus Gate of evacuating Palestinians from Sheikh Jarrah makes headlines. plaza, a traditional meeting and gathering place for Muslim worshipers at Al Aqsa, and set up roadblocks. WAQF STATE THAT POLICE CUT-OFF SPEAKERS AT AL-AQSA MOSQUE TO NOT 14/04 DISTURB THE CEREMONY AT THE WESTERN WALL VIDEO OF A PALESTINIAN SLAPPING AN On the eve of Israel's Remembrance Day, the Waqf (the ULTRA-ORTHODOX ON THE LIGHT RAIL Jordanian run authority responsible for maintaining the Al 15/04 BEGINS A WAVE OF SIMILAR ASSAULT Aqsa compound/ temple mount) claimed that police cut off VIDEOS the loudspeakers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque so as not to interfere A tiktok video of a young Palestinian slapping an ultra-Orthodox with the ceremony at the Western Wall plaza. In the Nablus youth on a light rail begins a wave of similar assault videos Gate plaza, the police forcibly disperse young Palestinians. against ultra-Orthodox people. MK SMOTRICH AND MK BEN GVIR ARRIVE AT DAMASCUS GATE TO REPRIMAND THE 18/04 POLICE FOR NOT ENDING THE RIOTS BRAWLS BETWEEN YOUNG ARABS AND MKs Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir from the right-wing Religious Zionist Party arrive at the Damascus Gate with dozens JEWS IN CENTRAL JERUSALEM of supporters to reprimand the police for not protecting Jews in A brawl breaks out between dozens of young Jews and Arabs in the area. 21/04 Tzahal Square in Jerusalem. The police needed to intervene to separate the parties. DOZENS INJURED AND DETAINED IN TENSIONS CONTINUE TO RISE AHEAD OF CLASHES FOLLOWING A MARCH THE CELEBRATIONS FOR "YOM ORGANISED BY THE "LEHAVA" IN 22/04 YERUSHALAYIM" - JERUSALEM DAY JERUSALEM Dozens of people were injured, and dozens more were arrested The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that 105 Palestinians in clashes during a march by the far-right Lehava organisation were injured in the clashes, 22 of whom were evacuated to in Jerusalem. The Lehava demonstrators wanted to reach hospitals in moderate condition. In addition, a Jewish driver Damascus gate but were blocked by the police, who forcibly was injured when Palestinians attacked him in East Jerusalem. dispersed them. In several cases, members of the organisation At least 50 protesters - members of the far-right and attacked Arabs. At the same time, violent clashes also took Palestinians - were arrested in the riots. place at Damascus Gate between police and Palestinians. The police used cavalry, parachutes and stun grenades. THE BARRIERS AT DAMASCUS GATE 25/04 WERE REMOVED BY ORDER OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE The chief of police decides to rem ove the barriers at Damascus PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT ABBAS Gate. As a result, there is a pause in clashes in the area. ANNOUNCES THE POSTPONEMENT OF PALESTINIAN PARLIAMENTARY 26/04 ELECTIONS Palestinian elections last took pl ace in 2005, and have not taken place since. They were planned to take place in 2021 but DEMONSTRATIONS OF SOLIDARITY IN were postponed on the 26/04 with no announced plan for a date. 3-4/05 JERUSALEM AND UMM AL-FAHM WITH THE RESIDENTS OF SHEIKH JARRAH Demonstrations of solidarity in J erusalem and Umm al-Fahm JEWS AND PALESTINIANS CLASH AT with the residents of Sheikh Jarrah. The hashtag "Save Sheikh SHEIKH JARRAH AFTER MK BEN-GVIR Jarrah" in Arabic rises to the top of Twitter's list of trends in Israel. MOVED HIS BUREAU TO THE 6/05 NEIGHBOURHOOD Palestinians and Jews clash in the Sheikh Jarrah BEN GVIR DISBANDED THE BUREAU HE neighbourhood of East Jerusalem after MK Itamar Ben Gvir HAD ESTABLISHED IN SHEIKH JARRAH; (Religious Zionist Party) moved his Bureau to the scene. Ben Gvir claimed he was doing so in protest of "police helplessness 7/05 200 PALESTINIANS INJURED IN CLASHES in protecting Jewish residents." IN JERUSALEM The police arrested fifteen people during that night. The Prime Minister's Office demands MK Itamar Ben Gvir A vehicle of a Jewish resident was set on fire. dismantles the makeshift bureau he established in Sheikh Jarrah. During the evening prayers on Temple Mount, fierce POLICE ARREST PALESTINIANS ON clashes begin between Muslims and police in the Old City and SUSPICION OF CIVIL DISORDER IN EAST inside the Temple Mount area. More than 200 Palestinians JERUSALEM; HIGHWAY 1 IS BLOCKED TO were injured in the riots. Inside Temple Mount, Hamas' 8/05 operatives are involved in incidents. Piles of stones are piled up TRAFFIC in mosques. Palestinians chanted for the head of Hamas' Towards the night of al-Qadr, the police prevent the buses of military wing, Muhammad Daf. Muslim worshippers from travelling on Highway 1 and arrest people due to intelligence information that they intend to cause disruption that evening and on Yom Yerushalayim. In CONFLICTS BETWEEN JEWS AND response, all the passengers get off and start marching to PALESTINIANS AT THE GATES OF THE Jerusalem. The road is blocked, and police use stun grenades to 9/05 HEBREW UNIVERSITY disperse the protesters, eventually surrendering and allowing At the gate of the Hebrew University, clashes break out buses to continue—further clashes in the Old City and at the between young Jews and Palestinians, which include mutual gates of the Temple Mount. stone-throwing. Police disperse the parties using stun 10/05 grenades. ABOUT 300 WOUNDED IN CLASHES BETWEEN PALESTINIANS AND POLICE ON THE TEMPLE MOUNT; CLASHES BREAK OUT IN JERUSALEM; HAMAS ISSUE ULTIMATUM The police do not approve the ascent of Jews to the Temple Mount on Yom Yerushalayim. After young Arabs collect and throw stones and fireworks at the police, the raid the compound with large forces. Massive stone-throwing at the police and their response through riot control measures, ending with about 300 Palestinians and nine police officers wounded. Palestinians throw stones at an Israeli vehicle and attack the vehicle driver, who was rescued by a police officer who shot in the air. In the afternoon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decides not to allow the flag parade to march through Damascus Gate. Hamas has issued an ultimatum to Israel that if all the police forces do not leave al-Aqsa and the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood by 6:00 PM and all detainees are released, they will act against it. With the expiration of the ultimatum, the organization launches missiles in the direction of Jerusalem, and a house in Beit Nekofa was hit by shrapnel..