Rumors that Israel plans to change the status quo on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem has particularly triggered outrage among Palestinians, which in turn has led to violent riots at the Temple Mount, which is a holy site for both Jews and Muslims.
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The deputy minister, perhaps alluding to the breakdown in official Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, added that “we can not conduct an open dialogue with our neighbors until a drastic change is made in the Palestinian education system, which, as of now, only plants the seeds of fear and hate in its youth”.
Later the same day, dozens of Israeli soldiers ransacked Skafi’s home in East Jerusalem’s Beit Hanina district.
At least 89 of those slain were killed “in cold blood”, according to the ministry. Local residents said that Israeli soldiers fired live rounds, tear gas canisters, and stun grenades “indiscriminately” through the camp’s narrow alleys.
Jarrar has been a high profile advocate for using the International Criminal Court to prosecute alleged Israeli war crimes, and she’s been critical of cooperation between Palestinian security forces and Israel.
Israel accuses Palestinian political and religious leaders of inciting the violence.
The dolls, which were dressed in the Palestinian colours of red, green, black, and white, and in face-covering keffiyehs, were set to be sent to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, and bore the slogans “Jerusalem is ours” and “Jerusalem, here we come”. Israeli police said a 16-year-old Palestinian was arrested in connection with the incident but later released.
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Alleged attacks on Israelis have mainly been carried out by young Palestinians – many of whom have used improvised weapons, such as kitchen knives or vehicles – rather than organized resistance groups. She is a longtime member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a leftwing group that’s a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), and is also considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. and Israel.
