Despite the political instability and multiple elections, things were looking up.
An Israeli policeman gestures as a car belonging to Jewish residents burns amid tension over the possible eviction of several Palestinian families from homes on land claimed by Jews in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in east Jerusalem, May 6, 2021(photo credit: REUTERS/AMMAR AWAD)ByFLEUR HASSAN-NAHOUM/THE MEDIA LINEUpdated: