The Hamas operatives had planned to use the bodies of their kidnapped Israeli victims as bargaining chips in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, according to the Shin Bet, which called it a similar plan to the kidnapping and murder of three Jewish teens in June 2014. The publication overseas is also being sped up and the translation deals had been agreed, for Hungary, Spain and Brazil. Mohannad Halabi, a 19-year-old law student from the West Bank, stabbed to death two Israelis in Jerusalem’s Old City in early October before he was shot dead by police.
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Abu Baker expressed concern over the escalating Israeli measures and frequent violations, which aim to seize more agricultural land, increase Palestinians’ discomfort and threaten their lives.
Israel’s Ministry of Education recently banned a book that teachers in Israel were hoping to add to the high school curriculum.
His wife Suher witnessed her home being demolished and said: “The house is not more important than my son”.
Among the reasons given was that “intimate relations between Jews and non-Jews threatens the separate identity”, according to the protocol of a parliamentary debate on the issue.
However, the apparent block has angered cultural figures and left-wing sections of Israeli society.
A campaign led by a video of Jews and Arabs kissing was launched in protest at the ministry’s decision last week.
Rabinyan describes herself as a “proud Zionist” – the Jewish political movement for creation and consolidation of Israel as a Jewish state – but at the same time said pretending such relationships don’t exist would be foolish. “The Palestinian Authority catches them and kills them”.
The Israeli military claimed that the two who were killed had been “threatening” the heavily-armed military encampment with knives in their hands.
Pupils could study the book but it would not be included in the final exam, it said.
There has always been friction between the right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu and cultural figures.
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By contrast, families of Palestinians arrested for acts of violence committed in Israel get stipends from Palestinian organizations ranging from $1,200 to $3,500 per month.
