Thousands of Palestinians attended the funeral of 19-year-old Malik Akram Shahin on Tuesday morning, hours after he was shot dead by Israeli forces during a detention raid into Duheisha refugee camp south of Bethlehem.
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After the incident at the Dheisheh refugee camp, clashes also broke out at Aida, another camp in Bethlehem, official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
The person killed was identified as Malek Shahin.
Israel says the current spate of violence is due to incitement by Palestinian leaders over the Jerusalem holy site as well as videos encouraging violence spread on social media.
An Israeli border policeman prevents medics from evacuating a wounded Palestinian protester who was shot by border police during clashes in Bethlehem yesterday.
“The Palestinians are continuing to incite their youth, using any means necessary to educate them about violence and hatred”, Hotovely said.
The military says shots fired from Gaza hit Israeli army vehicles along the border on two separate occasions over the weekend.
The dolls also carry banners in traditional Palestinian colors that say “Jerusalem is ours” and “Jerusalem we are coming”.
Awash in money from USA donors, the settlements are politically powerful in Israel, backing far-right political parties who support seizing more territory from the Palestinians and expanding the settlements deeper into that territory. Both those men were apprehended, they said.
Relations between Jerusalem and Stockholm worsened after Israel’s foreign ministry again took exception to Margot Wallstrom’s comments, but the Swedish premier defended her, saying her remarks had been blown out of all proportion.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry recently received criticism for suggesting that Israel form a “two-state solution” with Palestine in order to preserve Israel as a Jewish state.
