Paramedics treat a wounded Palestinian in Jerusalem.
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They lightly wounded one policeman before being shot by a policewoman at the scene, the spokeswoman said.
Thousands of Palestinians in the city of Hebron have gathered for the funerals of five teenagers shot dead by Israeli forces in alleged stabbing attacks, including one girl who Amnesty worldwide says was unlawfully killed.
Friday’s incidents were the latest in a series of Palestinian attacks that began in mid-September and were accompanied by widespread unrest, including clashes between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli troops.
Earlier Friday, one Palestinian was killed and another wounded during a knife attack on Israeli police near Hebron.
The Palestine Return Centre, who organised the roundtable event where Kaufman made the comments, is a consultancy which focuses on issues relating to dispersed Palestians and their return to Israel.
Also this week, Israeli forces conducted at least 110 invasions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem.
Yesterday, dozens of protesters outside the site, known to Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque, condemned restrictions on access imposed by Israel, which has split it into a mosque and a synagogue.
In the first week of October the Palestinian government reported a record number of 117 settler attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank, reflecting a sharp increase of violence carried out by Jewish extremists against Palestinians concurrent to the wave of attacks in Jerusalem. They said that Palestinian patients must be allowed to travel overseas to receive medical treatment and medical delegations should be permitted to enter Gaza.
In recent weeks, Israel and the Palestinians have been gripped by a wave of violence that has left more than 60 Palestinians and nine Israelis died.
The Jerusalem stabbing took place at a station of the city’s light railway – a frequent target of assailants in recent weeks. The two Palestinians had driven a motorcycle to an Israeli paramilitary police checkpoint at a junction near a Jewish settlement, dismounted and rushed at the troopers with knives drawn, an Israeli police spokesperson said.
The Palestinian was shot and killed at a checkpoint between the West Bank and Israel when he tried to stab a border guard, police said.
The incident, on October 12, involved not only Ahmed Manasra, but his 15-year-old cousin, Hassan, who was shot dead after the second attack.
On the morning of 17 October, 18-year-old Hebron resident Fadel al-Qawasmeh was walking to work when he was shot and killed by an Israeli civilian. They said the wounded man was in critical condition.
Violent clashes also broke out in Bethlehem and Hebron. As more people show up to help, the soldiers continue to push back.
Palestinian protesters fought with Israeli police outside Ramallah Friday and police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at hundreds of youths who burned tires and threw stones and firebombs during a separate protest in Hebron.
She said the driver hit him with the jeep to prevent the attack.
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The draft calls on both parties to refrain from actions or statements that might undermine or prejudice negotiations or their outcome, “including continued expansion of settlements and demolition of Palestinian homes in the occupied territories”.
