Israeli occupation forces last night killed a young Palestinian man identified as Hamam Said, 23, in Tel Rumeida, shortly after executing two other young Palestinians in Gush Etzion illegal settlement, south of Bethlehem, under the same pretext.
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Later, a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli woman outside a West Bank supermarket, wounding her moderately, the military said.
Fresh violence between Palestinians and Israelis erupted in September following disputes over the al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem. Removing residency rights en masse appears highly unlikely due to legal hurdles and domestic and global opposition.
The annexation was never internationally recognized, and few Palestinians applied for Israeli citizenship, viewing it as acceptance of an illegitimate occupation. After the latest restrictions were implemented, four Israelis were killed in two attacks blamed on Palestinians.
Tensions have flared amid increased Jewish presence on a Jerusalem site they revere as the Temple Mount and that the mostly Muslim Palestinians revere as one of their holiest sites, containing the Al-Aqsa mosque. Palestinians seek recognition for their independent state, proclaimed in 1988, on the territories of West Bank, as well as East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.
The speech came amid new violence between Palestinians and Israelis.
The military says the Palestinian drew a knife at an army post before forces shot him.
Netanyahu has said the violence is the result of incitement by Palestinian leaders, including Abbas, as well as social media.
The Palestinian Health Ministry says at least 64 Palestinians have lost their lives since the beginning of the month. It immediately annexed east Jerusalem as part of its capital in a move that has never been internationally recognized.
The situation is especially dire in neighborhoods outside the separation barrier.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday called for worldwide protection for Palestinians against “extrajudicial killings” by Israeli security forces. But interaction between Jews and Arabs is largely superficial, and Arab neighborhoods suffer from neglect and poverty, with overcrowded classrooms, pothole-ridden roads and limited municipal services. Mr. Sideman called the Jewish attacker a criminal and condemned his actions, then added, “what sets us apart from the Palestinian leadership is we condemn such activities”. Israeli police said that he had a knife in his hand when he was shot, after stabbing a 16-year-old Israeli boy who was lightly injured.
The official, however, said there was no discussion of the matter at the forum and Mr Netanyahu did not ask that it be included on the agenda of a future meeting.
“Neither [Israeli premier] Benjamin Netanyahu nor anyone on earth can shake or weaken the deeply rooted Jordanian-Palestinian relationship”, he said. “The Prophet Mohammed said to respect the dead is to bury them”, he said. “They demolish houses and don’t give permits for building, they besiege the Palestinian quarters in the city. All of this will only lead to more deterioration in the city”, Husseini said.
Violence continued in the West Bank Monday. Israel meanwhile worries that any worldwide presence would endanger its claim to sovereignty over the site.
After an intense diplomatic drive to defuse the tensions, Israel and Jordan – the custodian of the holy site – agreed Saturday to allow surveillance cameras at Al-Aqsa, but this has run into trouble as the two locked horns over the installation.
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“Israel has been doing this for decades…” Entry of other Muslim worshippers into the mosque compound has since been restricted by Israeli police.
