More than half of the Palestinians have been alleged assailants.
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No U.S. president should pressure Israel to surrender land to which God gave it the title deed, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Thursday, distinguishing himself from others in the field by declaring his opposition to the “two-state solution”.
Seven Palestinians were shot and injured by Israeli army fire during clashes that took place following the fatal shooting, while scores of residents suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
“I want to wait until I meet with Bibi”, Trump said, referring to his upcoming meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when Trump is scheduled to visit the country later this month.
Trump was also very vague when RJC executive director Matt Brooks asked him about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the peace process, which he had spoken about to the AP earlier. That would enable them to enter Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank to deal with armed gangs that continue to reject the authority of the PA.
Meanwhile, an Israeli vehicle travelling near the West Bank city of Ramallah was hit by gunfire late on Thursday, the army said.
Unusually, two Palestinians were wounded by tank fire after entering the no-go zone close to the border fence east of the city of Khan Yunes.
At least 113 Palestinians have been killed since 1 October, many of them suspected of attacking Israelis. And they booed him when he declined to state unequivocal support for Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel.
The current violence is still limited, said Rynhold and others, but could spread.
This is the third attack in the last 24 hours against Israeli citizens.
The Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, said Thursday it had arrested a number of youths belonging to a “Jewish terrorist” organization and that interrogators were checking “concrete suspicions” they were connected to the Duma attack.
Israeli officials privately accept that the violence is likely to continue. The stabbing attacks have left Israelis feeling unsettled, with many now carrying pepper spray.
“With cases like that of the Dawabsheh family, the fact is that arrests don’t always end up leading to proper indictment, or that the sentences given are too light for the crime”, said Amjad Iraqi, the global advocacy coordinator at Adalah, an organisation that advocates for the legal rights of Arabs in Israel.
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While occasional stabbings keep trickling on in Israel and the West Bank, turning into a depressing routine, several news items caught my eyes this week. The toddler’s 4-year-old brother Ahmad was also hurt in the attack and is still being treated in an Israeli hospital.
