2021 in the State of Palestine
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Events in the year 2021 in the State of Palestine.
Incumbents
State of Palestine (UN observer non-member State)
Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in the State of Palestine
- 23 April - More than 100 people are injured after clashes in East Jerusalem.[1]
- 27 April - Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas decided to postpone the 2021 Palestinian parliamentary elections.[2]
- 6 May
- Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in West Bank in response to the drive-by shooting of three Israelis days prior.[3]
- Multiple Palestinian factions including members from Hamas rejected President Mahmoud Abbas' decision to postpone the 2021 Palestinian parliamentary elections.[4]
- 7 May - At least 200 Palestinians and 6 Israeli police officers are injured following clashes in Al-Aqsa Mosque compound after reports of Israel's intention to evict Palestinians from land claimed by Jewish settlers.[5]
- 8 May - Second night of clashes in Al-Aqsa Mosque injures 100 Palestinians.[6]
- 9 May
- 10 May
- Hamas launches more than 100 rockets into Jerusalem in retaliation to the storming of Al-Aqsa by Israeli forces a day prior.[9]
- IDF launches missile attack on Gaza Strip, killing 20 people including 9 children.[10]
- 11 May
- Hamas launches another 130 barrage of rockets to Israel.[11]
- A total of 28 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the worsening crisis between Palestine and Israel.[12]
Deaths
- 1 February – Abd al-Sattar Qasim, writer (born 1948).[13]
- 2 February – Naim Attallah, Palestinian-born British book publisher (born 1931).[14]
- 14 February – Mourid Barghouti, poet and writer (born 1944).[15]
See also
References
- ^ "East Jerusalem clashes leave over 100 injured". BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "PA President Abbas tells EU he decided to postpone Palestinian elections: report". i24News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village after shooting". ABC News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Palestinian factions mull next steps after Abbas calls off elections". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Al-Aqsa mosque: Dozens hurt in Jerusalem clashes". BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "At least 100 injured in 2nd night of clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians in Jerusalem, Palestinian Red Crescent says". CNN. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "25 wounded, 23 arrested as Palestinians, Arab Israelis protest across Israel". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Israel airstrikes kill 20 in Gaza, Palestinians say, after militants fire rockets at Jerusalem". Yahoo News. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Hamas targets Jerusalem after clashes at revered mosque". The Canadian press. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "'20 killed' in Gaza Strip air strikes after Hamas fires rockets towards Jerusalem". Sky News. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Hamas says launched 130 rockets towards Tel Aviv". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Hamas rockets target Tel Aviv after Israeli raid flattens Gaza tower as tensions escalate". SBS News. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "وفاة-الأكاديمي-الفلسطيني-عبد-الستار-قاسم وفاة الأكاديمي الفلسطيني عبد الستار قاسم". arabi21.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Quartet chairman Naim Attallah dies, aged 89". thebookseller.com. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti dies at the age of 76". english.ahram.org.eg. Retrieved 15 February 2021.