“Israel won’t agree to aid supporters of terrorism, and therefore COGAT made a decision to revoke all the benefits pertaining to the governor of Hebron and bans his entry into Israel”.
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The document slams Israel’s settlement policy, accusing Israel of “steadily eroding the viability of the two-state solution”, while at the same time calling on the Palestinian leadership to restrain Palestinians from instigating terror.
Humeid said on Facebook he does not enjoy any special privileges and has “no business in Israel” that would lead him to enter the Jewish state. Humeid responded via Facebook he had “no business in Israel” anyway.
The brutal killing of the teenage girl in her sleep on Thursday triggered an uproar and was followed a day later by a road ambush by Palestinian gunmen that killed a Jewish rabbi and father of 10 in front of several of his children. He was then shot dead by the settlement’s security force.
A wave of violence since October has killed at least 214 Palestinians, 34 Israelis, two Americans, an Eritrean and a Sudanese. The Palestinians want these areas, along with the Gaza Strip, for the establishment of a future state.
To be noted, Israeli settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the Golan Heights, both occupied since 1967, are considered illegal under global law.
Among the measures announced was blocking the Hebron governorate with over 700,000 residents, where the attacker’s native town of Bani Naim is located, and withdrawing work permits from all of its residents.
The flare in tensions comes amid an ongoing spate of violence.
Haaretz quoted an unidentified Israeli official as saying the new homes slated for the settlements were aimed at “sweetening the pill” for right-wingers upset by the construction plans for Beit Safafa and seeking a strong response to recent deadly Palestinian attacks on Israelis.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday strongly criticized an Israeli decision to advance settlement plans in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, reiterating that “settlements are illegal under global law”.
Dozens of Palestinians were injured as clashes broke out between Palestinian protestors and Israeli security forces, as hundreds of Palestinians attempted to cross into Jerusalem to visit the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third most holy site, on the last Friday of Ramadan.
Police said the woman had tried to stab a policewoman who was searching her at the entrance to a shrine revered by Jews and Muslims.
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Palestinian negotiators insist that Israeli settlement building on Arab land must stop before a comprehensive peace agreement can be reached.
