美国国会研究服务部：以色列和美国关系背景简要介绍（英文版）

Violence and unrest over Gaza and Jerusalem. Violence and unrest has flared in May 2021around Gaza and Jerusalem, and has sparked Arab-Jewish rioting in some Israeli cities—partly inconnection with a controversial case about the possible eviction of several Palestinians from theirEast Jerusalem homes. Israel-Gaza violence has escalated to a level not seen since 2014 as theSunni Islamist group Hamas (a U.S.-designated terrorist organization) and other militants firerockets into Israel, and Israel