Israel’s defense minister said on Tuesday there was still not enough evidence to indict the Jewish suspects who torched a Palestinian home in July, killing an infant and his parents.
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Israeli leaders have accused Mr Abbas and other Palestinian leaders of inciting the violence with incendiary rhetoric.
A Palestinian guy died Monday. after ramming his auto in to pedestrians at a crowded bus stop at the western entrance to Jerusalem, wounding 9, in accordance to Israeli cops officers.
Speaking on Monday, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said that young Palestinian demonstrators were “driven by despair (at the fact) that a two-state solution is not coming”.
The army has been criticised by several human rights organisations for implementing a “shoot-to-kill” policy against alleged Palestinian attackers and protestors.
Palestinians aged 18 to 22, a demographic dubbed the “Oslo generation” because they were born after the 1993 Oslo Accords, are the most supportive of an armed intifada and stabbings and the least supportive of the two-state solution.
Israeli police identified the alleged attacker as Abed al-Mhasan, 21, from Beit Hanina in occupied East Jerusalem.
Worldwide condemnation of Israel’s actions in the occupied territory has also intensified and foreign powers have expressed concern over what they say is excessive use of force.
The raid was the latest round in violence that began on 1 October, with nearly daily knife, gun and car-ramming attacks carried out by the Palestinians against Israelis.
Rights group Defense for Children International-Palestine found in July that in the first half of 2014, “86 percent of Palestinian children experienced some form of physical violence during their arrest or interrogation”.
A similar figure supported his resignation in a poll released three months ago.
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In Jerusalem, Mayor Nir Barkat vowed to erect protective barriers near bus stations on the city’s main traffic arteries.
