On Tuesday, an Israeli hospital said Richard Lakin, a dual Israel-American citizen critically wounded in a Palestinian attack two weeks ago had died of his wounds.
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The Palestinians who protested across the West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron) after the funeral of Eyad Jaradat were met by Israeli forces’ live fire and tear gas.
Israeli authorities say at least 34 of the Palestinian dead were involved in attacks on Israelis.
Amnesty worldwide said on Tuesday that it had found a few of the killings of Palestinians had been unjustified, and that Israeli forces were using “extreme and unlawful measures”.
The statement comes amid the latest wave of violence which has seen 58 Palestinian fatalities and 2,100 injured, while 11 Israeli deaths and 127 wounded have been reported.
Restrictions on visits to the Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque, a Muslim holy site, and a perceived lack of progress in addressing the freedoms of Palestinians in East Jerusalem, have prompted a growing sense of frustration on the part of Palestinians.
At the UN Human Rights Council, Abbas took aim at Netanyahu’s recent remarks on former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini’s relationship with Adolf Hitler. Israel then imposed restrictions on women (mourabitoun) and men (mourabitat) under the age of 30, who probably consider themselves to be defenders of the “noble sanctuary”, from entering the mosque compound.
The violence has been fueled by Palestinian allegations that Israel is trying to alter a delicate arrangement at the holy site, a charge Israel denies.
The official said Netanyahu recently called for the review of Jerusalem neighborhoods that lie outside of Israel’s West Bank separation barrier.
The Palestinians say it is the result of frustration stemming from almost 50 years of Israeli occupation, repeated failed peace efforts and a lack of hope in gaining independence anytime soon.
Earlier this week, Netanyahu told the Israeli Knesset that the Temple Mount “will be managed as it has been until now”. An Israeli Jew and an Eritrean have also been killed after being mistaken for attackers.
He said the bodies would be buried in cemeteries reserved for attackers, “as has been done in the past”.
But there has been no apparent action toward implementing a Jordanian proposal, promoted by US Secretary of State John Kerry, to try to stem the bloodshed by installing cameras to monitor Jerusalem’s flashpoint al-Aqsa mosque compound. We can no longer bear all these sanctions, all these attacks perpetrated by the settlers and the Israeli army.
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Further straining the situation, an Israeli Arab lawmaker on Wednesday visited the mosque compound, defying a ban by Netanyahu on visits by lawmakers and government ministers, to avoid provoking Muslim anger.
