2021 in the State of Palestine

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Events in the year 2021 in Palestine .

Incumbents

State of Palestine (UN observer non-member State)

• President (PLO): Mahmoud Abbas
• Prime Minister: Mohammad Shtayyeh
• Government of Palestine – Eighteenth government of Palestine

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in the State of Palestine

• 4 February - Israel razed Khirbet Humsa al-Fawqa for the second time because of what it claimed was an illegal settlement next to a military firing range. The Israeli rights group B'Tselem called the demolition "unusually broad," accusing Israel of seeking "to forcibly transfer Palestinian communities in order to take over their land." ^[1]
• 23 April - More than 100 people are injured after clashes in East Jerusalem. ^[2]
• 27 April - Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas decided to postpone the 2021 Palestinian parliamentary elections. ^[3]
• 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. ^[4]
  • Multiple Palestinian factions including members from Hamas rejected President Mahmoud Abbas' decision to postpone the 2021 Palestinian parliamentary elections. ^[5]
• 7 May - At least 200 Palestinians and 6 Israeli police officers are injured following clashes in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound after reports of Israel's intention to evict Palestinians from land claimed by Jewish settlers. ^[6]
• 8 May - Second night of clashes in Al-Aqsa Mosque injures 100 Palestinians. ^[7]
• 9 May
  • Clashes intensify after protests spread across major cities in Israel and Palestinian territories. ^[8]
  • Israeli forces storm Al-Aqsa mosque, injuring more than 300 Palestinians. ^[9]
• 10 May
  • Hamas launches more than 100 rockets into Jerusalem in retaliation to the storming of Al-Aqsa by Israeli forces a day prior. ^[10]
  • IDF launches missile attack on Gaza Strip, killing 20 people including 9 children. ^[11]
• 11 May
  • Hamas launches another 130 barrage of rockets to Israel. ^[12]
  • A total of 28 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the worsening crisis between Palestine and Israel. ^[13]
• 7 July - Khirbet Humsa al-Fawqa was demolished by Israel again for at least the third time. ^[14]
• 6 September - Six Palestinian prisoners escape from Gilboa Prison, a maximum security prison in northern Israel. ^[15]
• 10 September - Palestinians hold rallies across West Bank following calls from Hamas and other Palestinian factions to hold "day of rage" in solidarity with the escaped Gilboa prisoners. ^[16]
• 20 October - A Palestinian woman is held in detention and prevented from breastfeeding her baby by Israeli police officers. ^[17]
• 11 December - 2021 Palestinian local elections
• 23 December - Some 125 Palestinian civilians sustained light to moderate injuries during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces, which erupted shortly after hundreds of Israeli settlers protected by army attempted to break into and attack the village of Burqa, according to medical sources. The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) told that 42 Palestinians, including a journalist, were injured after being hit with rubber-coated steel rounds, while another 83 sustained suffocation from inhalation of teargas fired by the Israeli army. PRC added that a girl was treated for shock after a group of violent Israeli settlers attacked her family’s home on the outskirts of the village. ^[18]

Deaths

Mourid Barghouti

• 1 February – Abd al-Sattar Qasim, writer (born 1948). ^[19]
• 2 February – Naim Attallah, Palestinian-born British book publisher (born 1931). ^[20]
• 14 February – Mourid Barghouti, poet and writer (born 1944). ^[21]
• 5 May - Izz al-Din Manasirah, poet, critic, intellectual and academic (born 1946). ^[22]
• 17 July - Mohammed Milhim, politician (born 1929). ^[23]

See also

• Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2021

References

1. Israel begins razing Palestinian Bedouin village for second time 4 February 2021 www.nbc.com accessed 18 April 2021
2. "East Jerusalem clashes leave over 100 injured". BBC News. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
3. "PA President Abbas tells EU he decided to postpone Palestinian elections: report". i24News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
4. "Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village after shooting". ABC News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
5. "Palestinian factions mull next steps after Abbas calls off elections". Al-Monitor. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
6. "Al-Aqsa mosque: Dozens hurt in Jerusalem clashes". BBC News. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
7. "At least 100 injured in 2nd night of clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians in Jerusalem, Palestinian Red Crescent says". CNN. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
8. "25 wounded, 23 arrested as Palestinians, Arab Israelis protest across Israel". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
9. "Israel airstrikes kill 20 in Gaza, Palestinians say, after militants fire rockets at Jerusalem". Yahoo News. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
10. "Hamas targets Jerusalem after clashes at revered mosque". The Canadian press. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
11. "'20 killed' in Gaza Strip air strikes after Hamas fires rockets towards Jerusalem". Sky News. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
12. "Hamas says launched 130 rockets towards Tel Aviv". Deccan Herald. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
13. "Hamas rockets target Tel Aviv after Israeli raid flattens Gaza tower as tensions escalate". SBS News. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
14. Israel again tears down contested Palestinian hamlet in Jordan Valley 7 July 2021 www.timesofisrael.com accessed 14 July 2021
15. "Six Palestinian prisoners escape Israeli jail through tunnel". BBC News. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
16. "Palestinians hold 'day of rage' solidarity protests for escapees". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
17. "Israel Police Prevented a Palestinian Detainee From Breastfeeding Her Baby". Haaretz. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
18. "125 Palestinians injured as settlers attack Burqa village".
19. "وفاة-الأكاديمي-الفلسطيني-عبد-الستار-قاسم وفاة الأكاديمي الفلسطيني عبد الستار قاسم". arabi21.com (in Arabic). February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
20. "Quartet chairman Naim Attallah dies, aged 89". thebookseller.com. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
21. "Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti dies at the age of 76". english.ahram.org.eg. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
22. Hana, Rim (5 April 2021). "Prominent Palestinian poet Izz al-Din Manasirah dies". Tunisie Numerique. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
23. "الرئيس ينعى عضو اللجنة التنفيذية الأسبق محمد ملحم". WAFA Agency. Retrieved 17 July 2021.