A Palestinian policeman shot three Israeli soldiers, seriously wounding two, at a West Bank checkpoint Sunday before being killed by soldiers, the Israeli military said.
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According to the Israel Defense Forces, he drove up to the checkpoint near Ramallah, left his auto and opened fire on soldiers manning the area.
Three Israeli soldiers were wounded before the alleged assailant was shot dead.
We are engaging with Arab countries in the region to harness the support that both sides need to bring peace and security to Israelis and Palestinians alike. Ynet, a leading Israeli news site, reported that a friend of Sukari said that he had been anxious about his debts. They are convinced it can only mean one thing: Hamas is tunneling under their homes from Gaza and will one day emerge, guns blazing, to attack or kidnap them.
The figures provided by rights group Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) shows that more than 7,000 Palestinian prisoners are now held in some 17 Israeli jails, dozens of whom are serving multiple life sentences. While diplomats were not directly impacted, “the travel restriction on Palestinians is having an effect in terms of our ability to engage”, one Western diplomat said.
He worked as a bodyguard for the Palestinian Authority’s attorney general in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Palestinians said the measures – which were common during the second Palestinian uprising, or intifada – amounted to collective punishment.
Many analysts say Palestinian frustration with Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, the growth in illegal settlements on occupied land, the complete lack of progress in peace efforts and their own fractured leadership have helped feed the unrest. At least 151 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire, including 106 who were said by Israel to have been attackers. Instead, the government he headed increased the pace of construction in the settlements and undercut the prestige of the Palestinian Authority led by Mahmoud Abbas.
In Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, 2016 has begun much as 2015 ended – with unacceptable levels of violence and a polarised public discourse.
Barghouti has strongly advocated the worldwide campaign of boycotts, divestments and sanctions (BDS) against Israel, a campaign that has gathered momentum in recent years.
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The news comes amid increasing violence in Palestine and Israel since October through stabbing attacks and a major Israeli crackdown on Palestinian anti-occupation protests.
