“Yahya Taha, 21, from the village of Qattaneh … died after he was shot and wounded in the head during clashes”, Aljazeera reported citing a Palestinian health ministry statement. Firebombs and stones were been hurled at the troops by the Palestinians, as per the army. The Palestinian health ministry said the dead man was 51.
Advertisement
Eighty-seven Palestinians have been killed since October 1, some while carrying out assaults and others in clashes with Israeli forces. He said the PA would cease to abide by agreements signed with Israel, including the 1993 Oslo accords, claiming Israel had shown that it, too, was no longer committed to them, that the State of Palestine was under occupation and that Israel must “fully assume all its responsibilities as an occupying power”.
He said the wall would fill in a gap in the barrier Israel began building in the early 2000s in response to Palestinian attacks.
One of the boys, an eighteen year old from Abu Sneineh was taken to the police station, while the global activists continued to monitor the events and ask for the age of the younger child who was still outside, detained by Israeli forces.
An Israeli policeman seals off a bus station where a Palestinian man rammed his vehicle into Israelis soldiers on a highway next to Kfar Adumim in the occupied West Bank on November 27, 2015.
Meanwhile, International Workers Transport Federation president Paddy Crumlin condemned Monday’s “cold-blooded” shooting of Palestinian taxi driver Shadi Khasib by an Israeli settler. The Palestinians seek all of the West Bank, captured by Israel in 1967, as the heartland of their future state.
The Israeli premier Erekat added “also refuses to talk about the issues of Palestinian refugees and [the status of] Jerusalem while insisting on Israeli control of the Jordan Valley Palestinian airspace and all border crossings in any future agreement”.
Government officials, however, have rejected the idea, an Israeli official said. Both the officer and the official spoke on condition of anonymity because the offer has not been made public.
Advertisement
Israel says the unrest stems from incitement by Palestinians. Palestinians also accuse Israel of using excessive force in suppressing violence. That law imposes a minimum sentence of three years on rock throwers, and can strip them and the parents of minors of losing social security benefits.
