Utterly shameful for Yang to try to show up to an Eid event after sending out a chest-thumping statement of support for a strike killing 9 children, especially after his silence as Al-Aqsa was attacked. But then to try that in Astoria? During Ramadan?! They will let you know. https://t.co/r721mHyfri— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 11, 2021 Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have been rising over the past week after Israeli police clashed with Palestinians worshippers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque as celebrations were taking place during the Muslim holiday of Ramadan. Israeli forces have carried out multiple airstrikes across the Gaza Strip in retaliation to a barrage of thousands of rockets fired by Hamas.