Palestinian security sources identified the attacker as Haytham Yassin from the village of Assira al-Shamaliya near Nablus, believed to be in his mid-30s. On Tuesday, she returned to the same theme, saying: “It is vital that there is a thorough, credible investigation into these deaths in order to clarify and bring about possible accountability”.
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Israeli energy minister Yuval Steinitz went as far as to call Wallstrom “anti-semitic, whether consciously or not”, and Israel’s deputy foreign minister has said Israel will “close its gates” to officials from Sweden. Stabbings have become frequent; young Palestinians have lunged at Israelis with knives, and more than 100 Palestinians have been killed. He reiterated this criticism in a meeting with foreign journalists on Thursday, dubbing Wallstrom’s comments “outrageous, immoral and stupid”.
Israel says the violence is fueled by a Palestinian campaign of lies and incitement.
The foreign ministry senior official expressed the Israeli government’s anger at what he called Wallstrom’s twisted presentation of reality, and her biased, even hostile treatment of Israel.
GAZA Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians in a stone-throwing clash near the Gaza border on Friday, a Palestinian medical official said. “Does the Swedish foreign minister suggest that there be examinations of what happened there in Paris”, he asked.
Two other Palestinians were wounded during the clashes east of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, he added.
No injuries were reported among the Israelis.
There has been an ongoing deterioration in the relationship between the European Union and Israel, which many believe was largely sparked by 2014 offensive of Gaza, which resulted in more than 2,200 Palestinian casualties. Israel accuses Abbas of inciting violence.
The town is among numerous Palestinian communities that have been subject to surging incursions in continuing attempts to curb the recent wave of protests against persisting violence by Israeli forces and illegal settlers.
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The Israeli military says a Palestinian killed an Israeli woman in a stabbing attack in a West Bank settlement.
