Three soldiers were injured.
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“Indictments are a rarity when Israeli soldiers or settlers resort to violence against Palestinians and investigations can last for years before being closed, absolving perpetrators of any wrongdoing”, Brad Parker, attorney and global advocacy officer at Defence for Children worldwide – Palestine, told Al Jazeera after the arrests. She said police found an axe in Hassoneh’s vehicle, suggesting he meant to attack Israelis. Israelis have killed at least 113 Palestinians in the same period, of whom 76 are said by Israel to be assailants.
“These dolls were making their way to the Palestinian Authority with one clear objective, and that was to poison the minds of innocent children”, Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely said.
Two Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli security forces after reportedly trying to ram them with their cars in separate attacks as soldiers raided the occupied West Bank.
Two paragraphs in two different stories in the media demonstrate the worst aspects of the continuing coverage of the wave of terror attacks against Israelis over the past few months.
Medics say the casualties in yesterday’s incident near the western entrance to the city, included one person who was in serious condition and a baby. It said most of the fatalities did not even pose a threat to the troopers’ life.
Two Palestinians were killed overnight in separate attempts to ram their cars into Israeli soldiers carrying out arrests at a refugee camp near Ramallah, Israeli and Palestinian sources said Wednesday. The violence erupted over tensions at a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem, sacred to both Jews and Muslims, and quickly escalated and spread.
The housing plan was approved years ago but delayed due to American pressure on Israel to rein in settlement construction, according to municipal committee member Hanan Rubin.
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In his annual pre-Christmas address, Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal, the top Roman Catholic cleric in the Holy Land, called for calm to be restored.
