Two Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli security forces after reportedly trying to ram them with their cars in separate attacks as soldiers raided the occupied West Bank.
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Netanyahu cited a poll by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research released Monday regarding Palestinian attitudes toward the two-state solution and stabbing attacks on Israelis, which said that 45 percent of Palestinians still support a two-state solution and 67 percent support stabbing attacks on Israelis.
Police said the Palestinian assailant, 21-year-old Abdul Mohsen Hassouna from Beit Hanina in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, had died, while Israel’s medical services said none of the victims’ injuries were life-threatening.
More than half of the Palestinian fatalities have been alleged attackers, while others have been shot dead by Israeli security forces during clashes.
The United Nations on Tuesday called the wave of Palestinian terror attacks in recent months “unacceptable”, but criticized Israel for the “excessive use of force” in its self-defense against terrorism.
Since mid-September, Palestinians have killed 19 Israelis in stabbings, shootings and vehicular rammings.
Palestinians are frustrated by Israel’s 48-year occupation and with peace talks going nowhere.
Israeli soldiers check the bags of Palestinian women during a patrol in the West Bank city of Hebron …
Clashes also took place between the Israeli soldiers and local youths, who hurled stones and empty bottles at them, while the Israeli soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes, and kidnapped Mahmoud Nayef Abu Lateefa, 26, after repeatedly beating him.
Qalandiya camp was established in 1949 in the wake of the creation of Israel and has grown into a densely populated town with 11,000 registered refugees.
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UN “Human Rights” Council spokeswoman Cécile Pouilly expressed grave concern “at the unrelenting violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and in Israel”.
