The Palestinian leader also promised that the site would be repaired.
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A Palestinian man wearing a T-shirt with the word “press” written on it in large letters has stabbed and wounded an Israeli soldier.
A tinder-box for Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it is the third holiest site in Islam and the holiest in Judaism. Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan called the US remarks “foolish”.
The arson comes at a time of heightened tensions between Israel and the Palestinians. “They were very angry and wanted to attack the soldiers”, he said of the stone-throwers, majority teens. It accomplished little, ended in internecine violence, and was an important factor in the much bigger Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe) in 1948. Then Mahash conducted a few investigations, even if they were deeply flawed.
He said France is drafting a council statement that will appeal for restraint by all parties and maintaining the status quo at Jerusalem’s holiest site.
In response to the stabbings, Israel has taken unprecedented measures, including setting up checkpoints in Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem despite its long-standing assertion that the city is united. Alloun fell to the ground after the first shot.
“It could happen again”, he said, adding that he was willing to meet Abbas.
Adalah and Addameer accused the police of seeking to “disrupt the investigation in advance” and “damage essential factual findings”. He said Israel is doing what any government would do in dealing with “people wielding knives, meat cleavers, axes, trying to kill people on their streets”. “The authorities are engaged in attempts to prevent justice from being done”. As she stands nearly immobile before them, several shots are fired, wounding her. Manasra was shown to be in obvious pain in the video, which made its rounds through a variety of social media platforms.
“And this is the time to cry out and say enough is enough is enough”, he said.
Shalom named Abed, who survived the shooting, as one of two Palestinian citizens he wanted to strip of their citizenship. But the teenagers who are picking up knives and attacking Israeli Jews are not reading these assurances. Despite Abbas’s claims, Manasrah is recovering in an Israeli hospital and is listed in light-to-moderate condition. It is because they don’t want us here.
On Thursday, Israeli forces delivered at least seven home demolition orders to the families of suspected Palestinian assailants, according to the rights group HaMoked. Israeli flags were also waved, along with signs reading “Israel we are with you”.
There were warnings that the fire could worsen the unrest.
Israeli repression may work in the short run but only a political settlement can head off a wider wave of violence.
“This is the result of Palestinian incitement”.
The attacker’s name has not been released, but local journalists said they did not know him. “It seems the police can follow proper procedures when Jews are involved”.
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At the center of the accusation is a 13-year-old Palestinian boy named Ahmed Mansara, who stabbed two Israelis Monday in Jerusalem.
