Tens of thousands of people attended funerals in the West Bank on Saturday for Palestinians killed in violence over the past few months during a period of near-daily Palestinian attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers.
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An Israeli court indicted two Israelis on Sunday in connection with a deadly arson attack on a Palestinian family past year, the state attorney said, according to Israeli radio.
“It’s clear the Israeli institutions are not serious”, he said. They live a vagabond lifestyle, many concentrated in Jerusalem and the West Bank where youth groups have long used vigilante means to back illegal settlements.
The stabber, identified by Israel Police as a 17-year-old resident of eastern Jerusalem who holds Israeli citizenship, was shot by police at the scene and evacuated to the hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved a return to the policy of home demolitions in October, despite objections by a military committee that they do not deter attacks.
According to the police indictment, Ben-Uliel and the second suspect met several times to plan the attack and even mapped the layout of the village.
The shootings come as the nation mourns the deaths of two people, who were killed when a gunman opened fire on a bar in Tel Aviv on Friday night. A minor was charged as an accessory.
In the same report, PCHR said, “Israeli forces continued to impose collective punishment measures on the Gaza Strip, which have escalated since the 2006 Palestinian parliamentary elections, in which Hamas won the majority of seats of the Palestinian Legislative Council”.
Also Sunday, in the same court, charges were filed against Yinon Reuveni, 20, for an arson attack in June on the Church of Loaves and Fishes in the Galilee.
Since the current round of Israeli-Palestinian violence erupted in mid-September, at least 131 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire. The Palestinians say it is rooted in frustrations stemming from almost five decades of Israeli occupation.
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The time it has taken Israel to crack down on the Jewish militants compared to the speedy and sometimes lethal response by state security forces to similar actions by Arabs has angered Palestinians contributing to a wave of stabbings car-rammings and shooting attacks against Israelis since October 1. She was moderately wounded and troops were searching for the shooter.
