Deadly attacks continued to rage in the West Bank yesterday ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s sit-down with President Obama to discuss the almost two-month wave of violence between Israel and the Palestinians. He is a resident of the Immanuel settlement in the West Bank. “Cut them into body parts”.
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Al-Sharawi, a mother of seven, was the widow of Fuad al-Sharawi, a Palestinian killed by Israeli forces in 1988 during the first intifada.
Israeli politicians have been encouraging security forces to take on a tougher approach to Palestinians, with a few urging them to shoot suspects on the spot.
The council blamed the Israeli government for these heinous crimes, stressing the illegitimacy and illegality of the settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, which violate worldwide law, the global legitimacy’s resolutions and the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Unlike with Black Lives Matter, which protests police violence against African Americans, the deaths of Palestinians occur in the context of lethal knife attacks perpetrated against innocent Israeli civilians, soldiers and police.
At least two Palestinians who carried out terror attacks against Israelis have turned themselves in to Palestinian security forces over the past two weeks.
Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian woman at a West Bank checkpoint after she pulled a knife in an attempt to stab guards on Monday, the Defense Ministry said.
On Sunday, a Palestinian driver was shot dead after intentionally crashing his auto into a West Bank bus stop, injuring four people.
For Mr Obama, the discussions on military aid and enhanced security cooperation come as he seeks to reduce tensions with Mr Netanyahu and underline his pro-Israel credentials ahead of U.S. elections where the issue may dog the Democratic nominee.
One Israeli legislator from the center-right Yesh Atid party, Yair Lapid, told Israeli soldiers in October that Palestinians who threaten Israeli troops or civilians “should be shot to be killed”.
In Jerusalem, the Israeli police commander in the city, Moshe Edri, said alleged attackers are “likely to be killed”.
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The spokesperson of the Presidency Nabil Abu Rudeineh said in a statement published by the Palestinian official news agency Wafa that the position of President Abbas is clear.
