Tel Aviv – Israeli security forces on Wednesday shot dead a Palestinian who deliberately drove over an Israeli at a West Bank junction south of Jerusalem, police said. He was identified as a 22-year-old Palestinian man from the Tulkarem area of the West Bank. A second Border Patrol Officer was also hit, but was not seriously hurt.
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The students were protesting against the separation barrier and what they claim is Israeli aggression against Palestinians.
Renewed violence erupted last month after Israel imposed restrictions on worshipers at Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.
Palestinians and Israeli human rights groups contend the images, many captured by amateur smartphone users, buttress long-standing allegations of excessive force – particularly amid a wave of Palestinian stabbing attacks in which top Israeli politicians and security commanders have encouraged forces to shoot to kill suspected assailants. Thousands of Palestinians have also been injured in clashes with Israeli forces, forcing the Red Crescent to declare an emergency.
Israel’s parliament has passed a law toughening penalties against Palestinian rock throwers.
Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces broke out in Hebron immediately after Wednesday’s shooting death.
“We are working with the Jordanian brothers to revert the situation to pre-2000 and protect our holy sites from the continuous settler attacks”, Abbas said at a meeting of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
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Israel has accused Palestinian officials of inciting the violence by spreading the allegations, which it says are false.
