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The violence coincided with Qadr Night, observed by Muslims, and Jerusalem Day, an Israeli national holiday. The confrontations occurred ahead of a planned Jerusalem Day march by far-right Jewish nationalists that was later cancelled.[26][27] More than 300 people were injured, mostly Palestinians,[28] drawing international condemnation. The Supreme Court ruling was then delayed for 30 days as the attorney general of Israel, Avichai Mandelblit, sought to reduce tensions.[1]
Since the rocket launches and airstrikes began, at least 214 Palestinians have been killed, including 58 children,[39][40][41] while ten Israelis have been killed, including one child.[42][43][44][45][46] On 11 May, the Israel Defense Forces
claimed that at least 15 of the Palestinian casualties were confirmed
members of Hamas, and also claimed that some Palestinian civilian
casualties were caused by errant rocket launches within the Gaza Strip.[47] As of 12 May 2021, both Israel and the Palestinian National Authority reported injuries for at least 300 Palestinians[48][49][50] and 200 Israelis.[51] As of 17 May 2021, at least 38,000 Palestinians have been displaced.
On the night of 13 April, the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, an Israeli police squad raided the Haram al Sharif and, brushing aside mosque attendants, severed the loudspeaker cables used to broadcast the Al-Aqsa muezzin's ritual call to prayer so that the speech being delivered by President Reuven Rivlin below, at the Western Wall, for Memorial Day in Israel would not be disturbed. At the same time, they blocked off access to the Damascus Gate where Muslim worshippers congregate during the holiday.[52][53] The barriers at the Damascus Gate were eventually removed some two weeks later in the wake of protests. [54] On 15 April, a TikTok video of a Palestinian teen slapping an ultra-orthodox Jewish man went viral, leading to several copycat incidents.[55]
The next day, tens of thousands of Palestinian worshippers were turned
away from Al-Aqsa, on the first Friday of Ramadan when Israel imposed a
10,000-person limit on prayers at the mosque.[56][55] On the same day, a Rabbi was beaten in Jaffa causing two days of protests.[55] On 22 April, the far-right Jewish supremacist group Lehava held a march through Jerusalem chanting "death to Arabs".[55]
On 23 April, after fringe military groups fired 36 rockets at southern
Israel, the IDF launched missiles at Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.[55]
In the following days, a Palestinian boy and a 19-year-old Israeli
settler were killed. On 6 May, incendiary balloon attacks launched from
Gaza set off 6 fires[57]
Itamar Ben-Gvir
visited Sheikh Jarrah shortly before the clashes began, where he said
that the houses belonged to Jews and told police to "open fire" on
protesters.[52]Agence France-Presse reported that Israeli settlers had been seen in Sheikh Jarrah openly carrying assault rifles and revolvers leading up to the clashes.[52]
A video was posted of Ben-Gvir, in a joking exchange with the deputy
mayor of Jerusalem, Arieh King, mocking a Palestinian resident shot by
Israeli police during a protest.[58]
The long-running dispute over land in Sheikh Jarrah is considered a microcosm of the Israeli–Palestinian disputes over land since 1948.[59]
Israel's laws allow Jews to file claims over land in the West Bank and
East Jerusalem which they have owned prior to 1948, but reject
Palestinian claims over land in Israel which they owned.[60][61][62][63]
According to Ottoman documents presented by the settler organizations, the land in Sheikh Jarrah was bought by Jewish trusts from Arab landowners in the 1870s.[64] The authenticity of these documents has been challenged by Palestinian claimants in Israeli courts.[65][66] In 1956, the Jordanian government, in cooperation with the United Nations' organization for refugees, UNRWA, housed 28 Palestinian refugee families with tenancy rights in a compound on land that Jordan managed as Custodian of Enemy Property. After the Six-Day War, the area fell under Israeli occupation. In 1972, the Israeli Custodian General
registered the properties under the Jewish trusts, which in turn
demanded that the Palestinian tenants there pay the trusts rent.
Eviction orders began to occur in the 1990s.[67]
The Jewish trusts sold the homes to a right-wing settler organization,
which has since made repeated attempts to evict the Palestinian
residents. Under Israeli land and property laws, Israelis have the right to reclaim properties in East Jerusalem owned by Jews before the 1948 Arab–Israeli War,
but no similar law exists that would allow Palestinians to claim their
lost property inside Israel during the hostilities. The Sheikh Jarrah
district houses the descendants of refugees expelled or displaced from their homes in Jaffa and Haifa in the Nakba of 1948.[68][69][70][71] According to the Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research, this approach to property rights is unacceptable in international law,[67]and
Palestinians consider that, since the land is outside Israel's
recognized borders, Israeli courts have no jurisdiction there, and that
displacing tenents in this context violates the Rome Statute.[72]
OCHAoPT map of Palestinian communities under threat of eviction in East Jerusalem, as of 2016
Settler groups mostly funded by U.S. donors succeeded in having 43
Palestinians evicted from the area in 2002, followed by the Hanoun and
Ghawi families in 2008, and the Shamasneh family in 2017.[20] In 2010, the Supreme Court of Israel
rejected an appeal by Palestinian families who had resided in 57
housing units in the area of Sheikh Jarrah, who had petitioned the court
to have their ownership to the properties recognized.[67]
An Israeli court had previously ruled that the Palestinians could
remain on the properties under a legal status called "protected tenants"
but must pay rent. The move to evict them came after they refused to
pay rent and carried out construction on the properties unauthorized by
those who the courts had recognized as the owners.[73]
In 2021 Israel's Supreme Court was expected to deliver a ruling on
whether to uphold the eviction of six Palestinian families from the
Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood on 10 May 2021, after a court ruled that 13
families, 58 people including 17 children: 6 families by 2 May, and a
further 7 by 1 August.[20] On 9 May 2021, the Israeli Supreme Court delayed the expected decision on evictions for 30 days, after an intervention from Attorney General of IsraelAvichai Mandelblit.[74]
In Israel, four inconclusive elections and Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu's courting of some "openly extreme racist
politicians" encouraged the far-right. The presence of right-wing
Israeli politicians Itamar Ben-Gvir and Arieh King fanned the flames.[87]
Palestinian protests began on 6 May in Sheikh Jarrah, but clashes soon spread to Al-Aqsa mosque, Lod, other Arab localities in Israel and the West Bank.[18] Between 10 and 14 May Israeli security inflicted injuries on approximately 1,000 Palestinian protestors in East Jerusalem. [13]
Sheikh Jarrah
Palestinians and Israeli settlers first clashed on 6 May in Sheikh Jarrah, where Palestinian families are at risk of being evicted. Palestinian protesters had been holding nightly outdoor iftars. On 6 May, Israeli settlers and Otzma Yehudit
set up a table across the street from Palestinians. Social media videos
showed both sides hurling rocks and chairs at each other. Israeli
police intervened and arrested at least 7 people.[88]
Al-Aqsa Mosque
On 7 May, large numbers of police were deployed on the Temple Mount as around 70,000 worshippers attended the final Friday prayers of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
After the evening prayers, some Palestinian worshippers began throwing
previously stockpiled rocks and other objects at Israeli police
officers. Police officers fired stun grenades into the mosque compound,
and into a field clinic.[27][55][89]
A mosque spokesman stated the clashes broke out after Israeli police
attempted to evacuate the compound, where many Palestinians sleep over
in Ramadan, adding that the evacuation was intended to allow access to
Israelis.[51] More than 300 Palestinians were wounded as Israeli police stormed the mosque compound.[90][91] Palestinians threw rocks, firecrackers, and heavy objects, while Israeli police fired stun grenades, tear gas, and rubber bullets at worshippers.[91][92][93][94] The storming came ahead of a Jerusalem Day flag march by Jewish nationalists through the Old City.[91][95] At least 215 Palestinians were injured, 153 of whom were hospitalised.[28] Militants in Gaza fired rockets into Israel the following night.[96]
More clashes occurred on 8 May, the date of the Islamic holy night of Laylat al-Qadr.[97]
Palestinian crowds threw stones, lit fires, and chanted "Strike Tel
Aviv" and “In spirit and in blood, we will redeem al-Aqsa”, which The Times of Israel described as in support of Hamas.[98] The Israel Police, wearing riot gear and some on horseback, used stun grenades and water cannons.[97] At least 80 people were injured.[97]
On 10 May, a video showing a raging fire on the al-Haram al-Sharif,
caused by the conflagration of a tree near the Al-Aqsa mosque, began to
circulate on social media. Below in the Western plaza, a packed group
of Jewish Israelis chanted what Yair Wallach called 'genocidal songs of
vengeance' while cheering the flames with words from a song from Judges 16:28 in which Samson
cries out before he tears down the pillars in Gaza, "O God, that I may
with one blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes!"[21]
West Bank
On 14 May, 11 Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli troops,[99] including one who attempted to stab a soldier, and more than 100 Palestinians were injured.[100][101] There have been daily demonstrations since the escalation in Gaza.[102] As of 16 May, a total of 13 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank.[103]
According to Al Arabiya,
Fatah has backed a call for a general strike on 18 May in the West
Bank, including East Jerusalem. Palestinians in Israel have been asked
to take part.[104]
During the evening and night of 10 May, Arab rioters in Lod
threw stones and firebombs at Jewish homes, a school, and a synagogue,
later attacking a hospital. Shots were fired at the rioters, killing one
and wounding two; a Jewish suspect in the shooting was arrested.[105]
Widespread protests and riots intensified across Israel, particularly in cities with large Arab populations.
In Lod, rocks were thrown at Jewish apartments and some Jewish
residents were evacuated from their homes by the police. One man was
critcally wounded after being struck in the head by a brick, and died
six days later.[6] In the nearby city of Ramle, Jewish rioters threw rocks at passing vehicles.[106] On 11 May, Mayor of Lod Yair Revivio urged Prime Minister of IsraelBenjamin Netanyahu to deploy Israel Border Police in the city, stating that the city had "completely lost control" and warning that the country was on the brink of "civil war".[107][108] Netanyahu declared a state of emergency in Lod on 11 May, marking the first time since 1966 that Israel has used emergency powers over an Arab community.[109][110]Minister of Public SecurityAmir Ohana announced the implementation of emergency orders.[110]
Unrest continued on 12 May. In Acre, a Jewish man was attacked and seriously injured by an Arab mob armed with sticks and stones while driving his car. In Bat Yam,
Jewish extremists attacked Arab stores and beat pedestrians. An Arab
motorist was also beaten in the street, which was caught live by an
Israeli news crew.[111][112]
As of 13 May, communal violence including "riots, stabbings,
arson, attempted home invasions and shootings" was reported from
Beersheba, Rahat, Ramla, Lod, Nasiriyah, Tiberias, Jerusalem, Haifa and
Acre.[113]
Wreckage of a bus and car in Holon after a rocket attack
Hamas
delivered an ultimatum to Israel to remove all its police and military
personnel from both the Haram al Sharif mosque site and Sheikh Jarrah by
10 May, 6pm. If it failed to do so, they announced that the combined
militias of the Gaza Strip ("joint operations room”) would strike
Israel.[29][114][115] Minutes after the deadline passed,[116] Hamas fired more than 150 rockets into Israel from Gaza.[117] The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that seven rockets were fired toward Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh and that one was intercepted.[118] An anti-tank missile was also fired at an Israeli civilian vehicle, injuring the driver.[119] Israel launched air strikes in the Gaza strip on the same day.[120]
On 11 May, the 13-story residential Hanadi Tower in Gaza collapsed after being hit by an Israeli airstrike.[121][122] The tower housed a mix of residential apartments and commercial offices.[123]
IDF said the building contained offices used by Hamas, and said it gave
"advance warning to civilians in the building and provided sufficient
time for them to evacuate the site";[122] Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad fired 137 rockets at Tel Aviv in five minutes. Hamas stated that they fired their "largest ever barrage".[124] In addition, an Israeli state-owned oil pipeline was hit by a rocket.[125]
On 12 May, the Israeli Air Force
destroyed dozens of police and security installations along the Gaza
Strip; Hamas said its police headquarters were among the targets
destroyed.[126] Over 850 rockets were launched from Gaza into Israel on 12 May.[127] According to the IDF, at least 200 rockets launched by Hamas failed to reach Israel, and fell inside the Gaza Strip.[128]
On 13 May, Israeli forces and militant groups in Gaza continued
to exchange artillery fire and airstrikes. Hamas attempted to deploy suicide drones against Israeli targets, with an Israeli airforce F-16 engaging and shooting down one such drone.[129] The Iron Dome intercepted many of the rockets fired at Israel.[130]
On 14 May, Israel Defense Forces' ground and air troops claimed they
had troops on the ground and in the air attacking the Gaza Strip,[131]
although this claim was later retracted and followed with an apology
for misleading the press. That same day, the Israeli Air Force launched a
massive bombardment of Hamas' tunnel network as well as above-ground
positions, reportedly inflicting heavy casualties. It was suspected that
the reports of an Israeli ground invasion had been a deliberate ruse to
lure Hamas operatives into the tunnels and prepared positions above
ground to confront Israeli ground forces so that large numbers could
then be killed by airstrikes. According to an Israeli official, the
attacks killed hundreds of Hamas personnel, and in addition, 20 Hamas
commanders were assassinated and most of its rocket production
capabilities were destroyed.[132][133][134][135] Also on 14 May, a Hamas drone was downed by Israeli air defense forces.[136] In total 160 aircraft were used in the Israeli air force's operation.[137]
As of 16 May, according to the IDF, over 2,000 rockets have been
fired into Israel; approximately half were intercepted by Israeli
missile defences, and 350 fell inside Gaza.[137]
The United Nations says that more than 38,000 Palestinians are
internally displaced, sheltering at 48 UNRWA schools in the enclave.[138]
Al-Jalaa media building bombing
The al-Jalaa media building being destroyed
On 15 May the IDF targeted the al-Jalaa building in Gaza, which housed Al Jazeera and Associated Press journalists, and a number of other offices and apartments.[139][140][141]
The building was hit by at least 4 missiles, approximately an hour
after Israeli forces called the building's owner, warning of the attack
and advising all occupants to evacuate.[140][142]
Gary Pruitt,
CEO of Associated Press, said the news agency was "shocked and
horrified that the Israeli military would target and destroy the
building housing AP’s bureau and other news organizations in Gaza."[143][142] He added that "the world will know less about what is happening in Gaza because of what happened today."[143][144]
An Israeli military spokesperson confirmed the Army struck the
media building, saying it contained "Hamas military intelligence".[142][145] On 16 May, Israel said they had shown the United States evidence that Hamas operated inside the building,[146] however, the U.S. Secretary of State
contradicted that assertion and said he had not seen any evidence that
Hamas was operating out of the tower, and that he had asked Israel for a
justification for the airstrike.[147][148]
Israeli–Lebanese border
On 13 May three rockets were fired from the al-Rashidiya Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon across the Israeli–Lebanese border, landing in the Mediterranean Sea. Hezbollah
denied responsibility for the rocket launches and Lebanese Army troops
were deployed to the refugee camp, finding several rockets there.[149]
As of 16 May, according to the Gaza health ministry, 197 people have
been killed in Gaza, including 58 children, and more than 1,235 others
wounded.[39][40][153] 10 deaths in Israel were reported,[2] including one Indian woman living and working in Israel.[4]
A Hamas commander, identified as Mohammed Abdullah Fayyad, as
well as three high-ranking Islamic Jihad commanders were also killed.
Another Hamas member was killed on 11 May. The deaths of the five
commanders were confirmed by official statements of both the groups. The
deaths of other militants are suspected, but not however confirmed.[154][155][47]
It is disputed whether some of the first victims on 10 May died as a
result of an Israeli airstrike or an errant Palestinian rocket.[47][156]
On 11 May, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad launched hundreds of rockets at Ashdod and Ashkelon, killing two people and wounding more than 90 others.[119][157][158] A third Israeli woman from Rishon LeZion was also killed,[159] while two more civilians from Dahmash and a soldier died the next day.[160][161][162]
Bassem Issa, a top Hamas commander, was killed.[163][164]
Magen David Adom
reported that as of 16 May, 10 people have been killed by rockets
within Israel and they have treated 675 people, including 204 for
stress, 171 injured while running to shelter, and 189 injured during
riots.[165]
Medical facilities and personnel
Hamas has been accused by Israel of using medical facilities to cover its activities. The Ministry of Health
is run by the Hamas government, and wounded soldiers are often treated
in civilian hospitals. As of 17 May the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have
caused the following damage according to the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
4 hospitals run by Gaza’s ministry of health, including the Indonesian and Beit Hanoun hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip.
Dr Moeen Aloul (66), a leading Gaza neurologist, killed when his
house in the Rimal quarter collapsed after an Israeli strike on shops
on the building's ground level.
China, Norway and Tunisia requested a public United Nations Security Council
meeting for 14 May while the United States objected. The Council has
met privately twice but has not been able to agree on a statement over
United States objections. On 12 May, it was announced that Hady Amr,
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Israeli-Palestinian Affairs and
Press and Public Diplomacy, would be sent to the region "immediately".[167] Truce efforts by Egypt, Qatar and the United Nations have so far offered no sign of progress.[168]
On 13 May, Hamas made a proposal for a ceasefire, stating that it
was prepared to halt attacks on a 'mutual basis'. Netanyahu informed
his cabinet that Israel had rejected the overture.[169]
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for an immediate ceasefire, "out of respect for the spirit of Eid", making reference to Eid al-Fitr, an Islamic festival which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.[135]
Hady Amr arrived in Tel Aviv for discussions on how to achieve a "sustainable calm" ahead of a United Nations Security Council meeting on 16 May.[170]
On 16 May, U.S. President Joe Biden held telephone calls with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Mahmoud Abbas.[171]
Following the third United Nations Security Council emergency
meeting in a week the United States has reportedly once again blocked a
joint statement calling for an immediate ceasefire.[172]
Israeli and Palestinian reactions
Sign reading "Save Sheikh Jarrah" on the walls of the neighbourhood
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
defended the actions of the Israeli police and said that Israel "shall
not allow any radical element to undermine the calm". He also said "we
firmly reject the pressure not to build in Jerusalem".[177] Israeli officials asked the Biden administration not to intervene in the situation.[178]
On 10 May 2021, Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority,
issued a statement that the "brutal storming and assault on worshipers
in the blessed al-Aqsa Mosque and its courtyards is a new challenge to
the international community".[179]
Israel's Minister for Public SecurityAmir Ohana
called for the release of the Israeli man arrested for the shooting of
an Arab in Lod, arguing without providing evidence that the suspect was
acting in self-defense and law-abiding citizens bearing arms assist the
authorities. According to a Guardian report, the statement seemed to encourage mob violence.[169]
A spokesman for Palestinian Islamic Jihad
said that Israel "started the aggression on Jerusalem. If this
aggression does not end, there is no point to diplomatic efforts to
reach a cease-fire".[180] Hamas gave an ultimatum
to the Israeli government, saying if they did not remove forces from
the mosque by 2 a.m. on 11 May, then they would conduct another rocket
strike.[181]
Netanyahu convened an emergency security meeting on 11 May, and schools in several parts of Israel were closed.[182]
David M. Weinberg, vice president of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies,
opined that Israel need not apologize for civilian casualties in Gaza:
Hamas is a catastrophe, and Israel has no option but to regularly ‘mow
the grass/lawn’, an IDF metaphor for exercising overwhelming force in
Gaza. Otherwise, as with gardens, weeds will flourish and ‘snakes begin
to slither around in the brush.’ According to Zehava Gal-On, the strategy only leads to perpetual warfare, and assumes talking to Palestinians is pointless."
TPR writes:
However, The Us Secretary is about to engage in some conversations, and has already due to pressure from surrounding countries, and outrage in America. Hamas forces were rumored to be looking at attempting to attack a battleship parked in waters just outside Gaza, with Rocket-fire coming from the Lebanese side of the border into Israel on4-17-21 US time.
In the meantime, regular citizens from both sides, who do not necessarily agree with either Netenyahu's position and action, nor folks in Gaza that do not support Hamas's actions, are merely caught in the middle, and simply want peace, and a chance to work together, integrate, and make it all work.
Some examples of that, can be seen videos in which children from Gaza are making pleas and calls for peace amid the rubble.
He isn't news to this, and has been featured before for his rapping, and has some notoriety at such a young age. Here is a Reuters video, highlighting him, before the current conflict.
He isn't the only child, making an impact in the call for peace, and the call for a ceasefire of the current conflict. With most of the Casualties on the Gaza side, the escalation began with Israelis pressuring evictions of Palestinians, which caused a violent reaction from Hamas, which them escalated into heavily bombing of Gaza, and casualties such as Gaza's Chief medical official who was overseeing Covid Relief.
Part of this particular conflict, which is more heinous, is that it is happening in the midst of a viral global pandemic that is killing millions. On top of children not having access to vaccines, and dealing with family members possibly dying from the virus, now they have to deal with war. For many Palestinians and Israelis alike war, military presence, and occasional skirmishes have been part of their lives, and they have never known peace between the two countries.
He isn't the only child making more sense as the adults, as this 10 year old has gone viral for her succinct and clear headed analysis of how civilians are being affected. Looking much older and sounding a lot wiser for her ten years, she makes it clear, that the folks being bombed and killed are just regular people trying to go about their lives.
And it is not only Children that are feeling the effects but the press as well, as an infamous attack on a building housing AP journalists and Al Jazeera was given warnings by the IDF that the building would be bombed. This was because the IDF believes it was housing Hamas Forces, but the journalists claim the building was being used by the press. The IFJ (International Federation of Journalists) has also condemned the attacks. IDF the Military arm of the Israeli's believes that their warning to folks to evacuate before they obliterate infrastructure, is a measure to be more "humane", and to "minimize civilian casualties".
In this report, an eye witness to this, states that the Journalists were not Hamas, but actual journalists.
This is a more simplified history of the conflict, made by VOX
One of the guiding forces for outrage by many at this time in this particular new conflict, is the fact that The Zionist factions were themselves victims of the Holocaust, but seem to be bent now on the genocide of Palestinians. This thought is not new, but has grown in intensity, to know flare up becasue this conflict is being blasted on social media sites in real time, and people can see more clearly what is actually going on.
This account, on you-tube tries to see how Palestinians and Jews can resolve issues and live together in peace. They ask the questions on both sides, and this puts a human face on the conflict. Which is the purpose of my writing this editorial. War without a human face, is too sanitized, and only reporting one side of a war is unfair to the other side. This video, asks very traditional Hassidic Jews about making peace with Palestinians. As you can see, it isn't very successful.
Under the same account, they ask the Palestinians what they think it would be like about the West bank situation if they would be OK with a "two State" system. They wanted peace, and hopeful for it, but didn't not see a way to a peaceful solution.
To top off this editorial, I would like to leave you with this. This Israeli/Palestinian couple sit down to talk to a news camera, as they explain their 40 year relationship. This is what I wanted to say in this editorial.
That love, and humanity can overcome any obstacle. It will take this to solve the problems in the Middle East, and not bombs, missiles, or diplomacy. it has to come from the people themselves. only then can peace happen.
MTG's behavior is disturbing, and Sociopathic to say the least. It is amazing that we have lowered our standards so low in the halls of Congress.
The sickening sad saga of MTG, and her antics in the House, which would be embarrassing for anyone but the drama with AOC seems calculated. Imagine getting yourself into the House of representatives, and your one goal is to take down one person. That seems to be the only policy that MTG is really after. That and being disruptive, rude, incorrigible, and downright scary.
Fully realizing that being a badass is part of her ongoing cosplay as a Representative of some people some where, although i am not sure exactly who those people actually are she seems to be overdoing it even for her role.
This satire video, fooled many, as a satirist pretends to be Marjorie Taylors daughter, and does so well, many believe it is actually her. As we know, another teen was texting about her mom, 9Last name Conway), and that of course melted into air, as the family settled back into the shadows to repair their relationship. This satirist used that nomenclature, to accurately portray a humorous side to the darkly strange MTG behavior as seen through a fictional teens eyes.
Part of the reason I wanted to post this, was to make sure folks knew this was not actually her daughter, and was satire. Because we do not need fake facts about MTG. The real Facts are scary enough.
And the facts are, that MTG has a history of very aggressive actions against those she is verbally "expressing" herself too. Now, some may say, well she is a woman, and lifts weights and she has a loud manner, but she is harmless. Well, that could be true, but her rhetoric is violent, and the stalking behavior crosses the line. If someone does not wish to speak to you, and walks away, you need to let that go.
Case in point, would be her stalking/harassing David Hogg. Now, in Marjorie's eyes, she is just trying to confront someone whose behavior she thinks is wrong, according to her standards and moral values. She believes everything she sees is a lie, and has a tenuous grip on reality. So she is afraid, and that fear causes her to panic, and lash out at those she thinks should give her answers, or acknowledge her presence.
It is her intense insecurities, that causes her to act like this. it is also behind the guns, and the bulking up. She may feel very vulnerable, and feel the gun, and the muscle mass give her some sort of armor or protection from some imagined fears, and "bogeymen", that may be a complete fiction floating around in her mind. But for her, they are real, and are causing her behaviors.
As AOC has said, she probably does clearly need help. Also, there may be some use of steroidal supplements that may be helping her with dead-lifting of weights. many use them, but there are side affects such as irrational behavior, aggression, confusion, and mental health issues.
This MSNBC Reporter, nails it when she mentions my points above and brings up many other incidents, and calls her doing a 'Fatal Attraction" behavior. This clip also brings up the clip from above as well, from 2019,
Another issue, is the fact that her family received PPP Loans, and after the loans, gave herself 150,00-0 dollars to her campaign. She has money, she isn't a poor woman.
Irregardless of all of this, this would get anyone who was normal indicted, or other problems. It would be better, if Marjorie would actually get some help, lay off the supplements, and getting some sleep. because like her 'Fallen King", it seems she may simply be lacking some much needed sleep.