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An Israeli artillery unit fires toward targets in Gaza Strip, at the Israeli Gaza border, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli-Palestinian fighting sparks bitter political battles

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Palestinian terrorists say their rockets come from Iran

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., left, joined at right by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., responds to base remarks by President Donald Trump after he called for four Democratic congresswomen of color to go back to their &quot;broken&quot; countries, as he exploited the nation's glaring racial divisions once again for political gain, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019. All four congresswomen are American citizens and three of the four were born in the U.S. Omar is the first Somali-American in Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Pompeo raps Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticism of Israel: ‘Deep flavor of antisemitism’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Smoke is seen from a collapsed building after it was hit by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. The Israeli airstrike was the latest in a series of assaults on targets in the Gaza Strip after a long dispute between Israel and Hamas erupted into an exchange of rocket attacks from Gaza and Israeli retaliation. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Weary Gaza marks Muslim feast as violence spreads in Israel

By Fares Akram and Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., arrives for a photo opportunity on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Nancy Pelosi says Israel has the right to defend itself, Hamas rocket attacks risk more lives

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Israeli police patrol during clashes between Arabs, police and Jews, in the mixed town of Lod, central Israel, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. As rockets from Gaza streaked overhead, Arabs and Jews fought each other on the streets below. Rioters torched vehicles, a restaurant and a synagogue in one of the worst spasms of communal violence that Israel has seen in years. (AP Photo/Heidi Levine)

Israeli-Palestinian clash rattles Trump Abraham Accords, Biden agenda

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration joint hearing Wednesday, March 3, 2021, examining the Jan. 6, attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Ted Cruz calls Israeli-Palestinian clash a ‘direct result’ of Joe Biden’s ambiguous stance

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

An Israeli soldier stands guard next to an Iron Dome air defense system as smoke rises from an oil tank on fire after it was hit by a rocket fire from Gaza Strip, near the town of Ashkelon, Israel,, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel’s vaunted Iron Dome stretched to limit by Hamas rocket barrage

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. Rockets streamed out of Gaza and Israel pounded the territory with airstrikes early Wednesday as the most severe outbreak of violence since the 2014 war took on many of the hallmarks of that devastating 50-day conflict, with no endgame in sight. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Escalating Mideast violence bears hallmarks of 2014 Gaza war

By Fares Akram and Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

A Palestinian man inspects the rubble of a partially destroyed residential building after it was hit by Israeli missile strikes, at the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, early Tuesday, May. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Israeli airstrikes hit Hamas commander’s home, Gaza tunnels

By Fares Akram and Karin Laub - Associated Press

Cars burn after being hit by a missile fired from Gaza Strip, in the southern Israeli town of Ashkelon, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Ted Cruz accuses Ilhan Omar of acting as ‘press secretary for Hamas’ after she rips Israel

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Israelis run to shelters as air attack sirens goes off during a Jerusalem Day march, in Jerusalem, Monday, May 10, 2021. Explosions have been heard in Jerusalem after air raid sirens sounded. The sirens came Monday, shortly after the Hamas militant group in Gaza had set a deadline for Israel to remove its security forces from the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Hamas fires rockets deep into Israel, escalating tensions

By Ilan Ben Zion and Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Gaza reporter says she was beaten for not wearing headscarf

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Israeli police officers detain a Palestinian demonstrator during a protest against the planned evictions of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of east Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Shadowy Hamas commander warns Israel over Jerusalem

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 22, 2021 file photo, Israeli border police block members of &quot;Lahava&quot;, a Jewish extremist group, from approaching the Damascus Gate to protest amid heightened tensions in the city, just outside Jerusalem's Old City. A year of relative calm between Israel and the Palestinians has come to an abrupt halt in recent days with the eruption of nightly clashes between Arab youths and Israeli police in east Jerusalem and a heavy barrage of rocket fire launched from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

EXPLAINER: New players add volatility in Jerusalem tensions

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

People, some wearing masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, pray the evening prayer during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, outside a mosque in Gaza City, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, the worst fears are now coming true in the crowded, blockaded Gaza Strip: A sudden surge in infections and deaths is threatening to overwhelm hospitals weakened by years of conflict and Israeli border closures. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Virus surge in crowded Gaza threatens to overwhelm hospitals

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Protesters chant anti Israel slogans during a protest in solidarity with fellow Palestinian worshippers in Jerusalem, at the main street of Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Saturday, April 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

EXPLAINER: New players add volatility in Jerusalem tensions

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Palestinians hold Hamas movement green flags attend a protest in solidarity with Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem, in Gaza City, Friday, April. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Jerusalem tension triggers Gaza-Israel fire exchange

By FARES AKRAM and JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Palestinians run away as a stun grenades are fired by Israeli police during clashes at Damascus Gate just outside Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, April. 22, 2021. Palestinians clashed with Israeli police over restrictions on Ramadan gatherings ahead of a planned march by Lahava, a Jewish extremist group, to the area later on Thursday amid heightened tensions in the city. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israeli police arrest dozens in night of chaos in Jerusalem

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press