In a statement, received by Ma’an, the Civil Administration said the lane would be open “in order to maintain the fabric of life and allow the crossing of workers to Israel”.
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A Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli at a junction in the occupied West Bank on Thursday and was shot, police said. The current wave of violence erupted in mid-September, fueled by rumors that Israel was trying to increase Jewish presence there.
Israeli occupation forces also stormed a Palestinian university in the occupied West Bank, following more than a month of violence that has raised fears of a third Palestinian Intifada, or uprising. “One crude cartoon making the rounds on Facebook, including on the official Palestinian TV page before it disappeared late Tuesday, depicts an Israeli soldier as an ape, accompanied by a pig, over a bloodied youth”, The Times wrote.
Palestinians say that the Israeli Jews living in Hebron are armed and are often responsible for the violence.
Palestinian officials confirmed the man’s death, naming him as Malik Sharif, 25, of Hebron.
The knife used by an Arab terrorist in a stabbing attack in Kiryat Arba. He likewise said that the security of Polish tourists and diplomats could be threatened.
“It is not a sterile environment here, but each incident has a weapon”, she said.
The report also claimed the attackers were largely “personally and socially frustrated”, feeding off anti-Israel incitement on social media networks like Facebook and Twitter. Eleven Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks, while 71 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire- 45 of them said by Israel to be attackers and the remainder killed in clashes with Israeli troops.
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143-a-15-(Neta (NEHT’-uh) Patrick, executive director of Yesh Din, an Israeli watchdog group, in AP interview)-“and Israeli soldiers”-Human rights campaigner Neta Patrick says influential Israelis are using language that may be encouraging soldiers to use excessive force against Palestinians”.
