Israeli troops take aim during clashes with Palestinians, near Ramallah, West Bank, Friday, October 9, 2015.
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Ariel said the prohibition “may be seen by the rioters and terrorists as capitulation to their demands, and will, of course, increase rather than decrease terror”, according to Walla, an Israeli news site. At least seven Palestinians have been killed, and scores wounded, while four Israelis have been killed and more than a dozen Israelis wounded.
Mourners marched in a funeral procession for Mohannad Halabi after Friday prayers.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the man was attacked shortly after 12 p.m. while walking in the area. During the most recent UN General Assembly speeches, none of the leaders of the five countries who hold veto power even mentioned the moribund Israel-Palestinian peace process.
The attempted stabbing came shortly after a Palestinian attacked a police officer with a knife and tried to grab his gun near the entrance to the Kiryat Arba settlement in the West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance service said 288 Palestinians were injured, including 10 by live fire.
JERUSALEM-A 25-year-old yeshivah student was rushed to the hospital in very serious condition after being stabbed by a 19-year-old terrorist around noon on Thursday near the light-rail stop at Ammunition Hill in northern Jerusalem.
As prime minister, Netanyahu has the authority to order police to halt the visits on security grounds, and his office said the ban was open-ended.
A Palestinian was shot dead on Thursday evening in clashes with Israeli police in the Palestinian refugee camp of Shu’fat near east Jerusalem, medics said.
Tensions between the two groups have been inflamed recently over rumors of a planned Israeli power grab at the contested holy site in Old Jerusalem – something Netanyahu has vehemently denied. Israeli Police rescued him and saved his life. The youths had no known links to armed groups and have targeted Israeli soldiers and civilians at random, complicating security efforts to predict or prevent the attacks.
Earlier Friday an Israeli stabbed and wounded 4 Arabs in southern Israel in an apparent revenge attack.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded by condemning Abbas’ speech, calling it “deceitful” and warning it would incite to violence against Jews.
“We will not be silent in front of all [that’s] happening in the other half of our homeland”, said Fouad Safwat, 26, one of the demonstrators. They identified the attacker as an Arab man without providing details.
In Jerusalem, a 16-year-old boy was stabbed on Neviim Street, a road that leads from Damascus Gate to Central Jerusalem.The suspect fled the scene immediately afterwards, but police caught the assailant.
Dimona mayor Beni Bitton said the attacker was a “mentally ill man”. Four Israelis have also been killed in attacks over the past week. Ms Samri said men under 45 are barred from the Al-Aqsa mosque compound while women of all ages can enter. Still, he voiced support for the protesters who have clashed with Israeli police at Al-Aqsa and hurled stones, firebombs and fireworks at them.
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The unrest in Jerusalem has been fueled by Palestinian allegations that Israel is plotting to change a sensitive arrangement at the holy site, revered by Jews as the spot where the biblical Temples were built and by Muslims as the place where the Prophet Muhammed is believed to have ascended to heaven.
