Israel welcomed parts of the Quartet report but signaled no change in settlement building, saying the document “perpetuates the myth that Israeli construction in the West Bank is an obstacle to peace”.
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Investigators say a 9-year-old girl in Compton lost her left hand and fingers on her right hand in an explosion that was likely caused by the use of illegal fireworks.
Since last September, Palestinians have carried out dozens of stabbings, shootings and attacks using cars that have killed 33 Israelis and two American tourists.
He was killed when the vehicle crashed after the attack.
The settler population in the West Bank is estimated at 531,000: in late 2012 the population of the West Bank settlements was 341,400; in late 2011 there were 190,423 individuals living in Israeli neighborhoods in East Jerusalem.
Israel has approved 560 new homes for the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim, a spokesman for the settlement said Monday, in a move likely to further raise tensions following a series of Palestinian attacks.
“The only way to curtail and ultimately stop the violence is a political agreement that would end the occupation and separate Israel from a newly established Palestine, a sovereign independent state, living side-by-side with Israel in peace and security”. Kiryat Arba is on the outskirts of Hebron in the West Bank.
Israel says the violence is fueled by a Palestinian campaign of incitement, and a glorification of attacks by Palestinians on social media.
A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is slipping away, the United Nations special coordinator for Middle East peace warned on Sunday, after both sides shrugged off criticism by global mediators.
According to retired Israeli intelligence official Yosef Kuperwasser, in 2015 the PA paid out around $13.4 million a month to the next-of-kin of “martyrs” – a term it applies to all Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, whether they were carrying out militant attacks or were non-combatants.
The army was conducting searches for the gunman on Saturday.
Thirty-five Israelis have now been killed in a wave of knife, gun and car-ramming attacks since October. “Yes, he might have killed a small girl, but Palestinian kids are being killed too”.
Palestinian officials did not respond to requests for comment on the allegations.
The ministry said in a press release that such policies are not new and have no grounds as Israel resorts to these policies and measures on daily basis in an attempt to dampen the current unrest. At times, they have accused him of making comments amounting to incitement. Gen. Gadi Shamni told Israel Radio. “We will defend and honor her dignity by redoubling our efforts around the world to defeat the scourge of radical Islamist terror”.
The settlements are considered illegal by Britain and most of the worldwide community and Israel’s settlement policy was criticised in a joint report released Friday by the US, EU, UN and Russian Federation.
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The Israeli army says Hebron residents with work permits in Israel also will not be permitted to leave the area but humanitarian and medical cases will be allowed. “Nobody has a political vision”.
