In his first address since the violence began, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said in televised remarks that he supported “peaceful and popular” struggle against Israel.
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In a mid-September poll conducted by Shikaki’s PSR among Arabs living in the West Bank, 79 percent of respondents believe that corruption exists within the PA, and 53 percent say the PA is now a burden on the Palestinian people. One of the attackers was shot dead and the second attacker was subdued by a crowd.
The attack sparked panic among commuters.
Netanyahu also repeated his accusation that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and other leaders had incited attacks against Israelis by criticizing Israeli policies on the Jerusalem’s revered Al-Aqsa mosque.
It also announced that a terrorist’s house that has been demolished will not be rebuilt, and that the permanent residency rights of terrorists will be revoked and their property confiscated.
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday that he is planning a trip to the region “soon”, although officials said the date and location have not yet been set.
Meanwhile, Palestinian attacks continue daily across the West Bank, along the border between Israel and Gaza, and throughout Israeli cities, with the heaviest barrage of attacks striking Jerusalem.
Emily says the deployment was authorized by Israel’s security cabinet, which also authorized police to close off sections of Jerusalem that are “deemed to be centers of friction, potentially Palestinian neighborhoods”.
The upsurge in violence that began on October 1 has led a few to warn of the risk of a third Palestinian intifada, or uprising.
At least 30 Palestinians have died, including alleged attackers, a few of them teenagers.
The administration’s muted response to the outburst of violence clearly demonstrates how the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, once a top priority for any American policymaker, has now been overshadowed by the region’s other urgent crises. Two of their Palestinian attackers were shot dead at the scene.
The comments come after a particularly bloody day Tuesday in which a pair of Palestinian stabbing and shooting attacks in Jerusalem killed three Israelis and another two attacks took place in the normally quiet Israeli city of Raanana.
“It is a terrifying time to be a Palestinian with so many people taking matters into their own hands … but what the last two weeks have shown us is that no matter how hard Israel has tried to fragment the Palestinian people the demonstrations among the Palestinian citizens of Israel and in Gaza in solidarity with Jerusalemites and West Bank Palestinians are evidence that Palestinians retain their sense of belonging to one nation as strongly as ever”, she added.
In addition, military units will reinforce police in a few areas.
Such checkpoints were used during past spikes in violence, much to the anger of Palestinian residents who consider it collective punishment.
“Unfortunately, such kind of incitement will probably bring more and more attacks right now against Jews”, said Eid.
The head of Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, backed the Palestinian unrest which he described as an “intifada”.
In October, UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon said he is “deeply troubled” by statements from Palestinian militant groups, including Hamas, praising the surge in violence.
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The clashes erupted last month when young Palestinians barricaded themselves inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, hurling stones and firebombs at police.
