Sweden’s relations with Israel have been strained since the Social Democratic-led government in 2014 recognized Palestinian statehood, and Wallstrom’s comments on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have elicited angry responses from Israeli officials.
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She deepened the rift previous year by describing Palestinians’ plight as a factor leading to Islamist radicalisation.
Issa Qaraqe said on Tuesday that Palestinian prisoner Mohammed al-Qeq is in Afula hospital where a team has been tasked with force-feeding him, Palestinian Ma’an news agency reported.
Rights groups have accused Israel of using excessive force to quell the unrest. “We are Israel’s friend and the Palestinians’ friend and both states have a right to exist”.
In recent months a wave of Palestinians stabbings, vehicle rammings and shooting attacks have killed 24 Israelis.
She was referring then to the more than 100 Palestinians killed in two months, most while committing or attempting to commit knife attacks in Israel and the Palestinian territories, and others in clashes or attacks.
The driver of the vehicle was shot and wounded, and fled the scene, the spokeswoman added.
Israeli forces Monday shut down a major checkpoint connecting between Nablus in the north and Ramallah in the central West Bank, passengers and taxi drivers told WAFA.
Tel Aviv has tried to change the demographic makeup of al-Quds over the past decades by constructing illegal settlements, destroying historical sites, and expelling the local Palestinian population. The rest were killed in clashes with security personnel.
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Israeli settler Yosef Haim Ben-David, 31, is said to have led the attack on Abu Khdeir but his lawyers say he suffers from a mental illness and was not responsible for his actions at the time. An Arab citizen of Israel shot and killed one person and wounded 11 in the incident.
