During the incident, the terrorist approached the soldier wearing a “press” flak jacket and carrying a camera.
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In his remarks to reporters Thursday, Netanyahu rejected accusations by the Palestinians that Israel is using excessive force in its attempt to confront the stabbing attacks.
‘Unforgivable’ Israel’s agriculture minister Uri Ariel, from the right-wing Jewish Home party, called on Mr Netanyahu to restore Israeli control over the site: “The Palestinians tell outright lies about Israel infringing on the status quo on the Temple Mount while desecrating and torching a Jewish holy site”.
Rioters set fire to a tomb which Jews revere as that of the biblical figure Joseph.
Palestinian factions had called for protests against Israel in a “day of rage” Friday.
Jordan has custodian rights over the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, Muslims’ third holiest site. A spate of protests, clashes and retaliatory stabbings have ensued.
Seven Israelis have been killed and dozens wounded.
RAMALLAH/GAZA, October 16 (Xinhua) – Five Palestinians were killed on Friday in the clashes that broke out between Palestinians and the Israeli army in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, medical sources said. The protesters also demand an end to Israel’s decades-long military occupation of the Palestinian territories and the cessation of settlement building, both of which are illegal under worldwide law. But if we reduced the conversation to that, it would be like reducing the conversation around race riots in the United States simply to condemnations on attacks on store owners without talking about the systematic racism that exists that underlies all of this, causing this kind of political violence. Palestinian officials have said more than 30 Palestinians have been killed in the past month. Israel has intermittently banned its citizens from visiting the site in the years since due to the cost of military protection required to secure safe passage.
Standing side by side with South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Obama also said that South Korea and the USA would “never accept North Korea as a nuclear state” and added that he supports long-term efforts at reunification. The persons asked to pass through the metal detectors set up in the Old City are always Palestinians, ordered to lift up their shirts and pants, take off their shoes and empty their bags even after passing through, from time to time with their children looking on in horror, children’s faces distorted by fear.
The Palestinian boy, Ahmed Manasra, was run over by an Israeli vehicle after involvement in the stabbing of an Israeli boy.
“No amount of frustration is appropriate to license any violence anywhere at any time”.
Rather than seeking to appease the perpetrators by blaming the victims for their fate, Secretary Kerry should be discouraging further violence by outright condemnation and by meaningful threats of sanction against the Palestinian Authority leadership.
In his remarks, Kerry said: “Unless we get going, a two-state solution could conceivably be stolen from everybody”. She says the officers shot and killed the teenager after he tried to stab them.
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“I think it’s potentially useful because it might stop the wave of incitement and false allegations against Israel”, he said.
