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Palestinian who rammed vehicle into policeman is shot

Israel’s High Court suspended his detention on August 19 as he was given medical treatment following his hunger strike, which twice left him in a coma.

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Allan went on hunger strike to protest his jailing without charge.

Later in the month, the Israeli army announced his detention would not be renewed and he would be released on November 4. He was released late Wednesday after completing his second six-month term.

The radical Islamic Jihad group says the 31-year-old lawyer from Einabus, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, is a member. At the time, the measure’s co-sponsor Ted Deutch (D – Fla.) said, “It is well past time for President Abbas to stand up and condemn all acts of violence, rather than encouraging violence by glorifying terrorists and teaching children to view Israelis as animals”.

He was previously imprisoned from 2006 to 2009 for allegedly seeking to recruit suicide bombers and aiding wanted Palestinians.

Israel has vehemently denied the allegations, but Palestinians point to an increase in visits by extremist Jews backed by hard-line Israeli legislators.

Eleven Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks, while 71 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire- 45 of them said by Israel to be attackers and the remainder killed in clashes with Israeli troops.

The Ministry also said that 2372 Palestinians were shot with live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets, including many who suffered fractures and bruises after being repeatedly beaten by soldiers and paramilitary settlers in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem. The legislation was first introduced months ago, before the current unrest began.

Two Muslim holy sites at the Temple Mount site will be exempt from monitoring by security cameras, Jordan’s king says, in an apparent attempt to allay Palestinian concerns about his plan to install the cameras inside the hilltop compound.

That is, Peres thinks that the Likud Party and its partners are living in a fool’s paradise if they believe they can annex the whole of Palestinian territory without getting the Palestinians as Israeli citizens eventually.

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Meanwhile, the Israeli army closed the neighbourhood of Ras Al-Amood in Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque, for the third day, closing schools.

Conflict hard to ignore as stabbings reach Israeli heartland