On Saturday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said settlement-building raised questions about Israel’s long-term intentions.
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Jarrar is also an outspoken feminist activist who was involved in a Palestinian bid to press for war crimes charges against Israel at the International Criminal Court.
The last round of peace talks reached an impasse in April 2014.
Since October 1, nearly daily attacks and clashes between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers have killed 111 on the Palestinian side, 17 Israelis, an American and an Eritrean.
He pointed out that his organisation documented Israel’s acknowledgement, in reports, that its police and army killed Palestinian children by shooting directly at them and continuously without prior attempts to arrest them.
A Palestinian man was shot and killed on Sunday evening in Jerusalem after he ran over an Israeli and stabbed another, Israeli police said.
Netanyahu said the PA has been inciting violence in Israel over a sensitive holy site that is sacred to both Jews and Muslims.
Hebron, home to some 850 Israeli settlers who live in heavily guarded enclaves surrounded by tens of thousands of Palestinians, is a frequent flashpoint of violence. She has criticized the Palestinian Authority for its security cooperation with Israel, which has continued even during months of Israeli-Palestinian fighting.
Young Palestinians have grown frustrated with Israel’s occupation and the complete lack of progress in peace efforts in addition to their own fractured leadership.
Erekat is in fact the chief Palestinian negotiator with Israel as well as a high PLO official, so one may say the path to peace is in the hands of a man who thinks it appropriate to honor terrorists.
The Fatah Central Committee gave its backing to a strategy that combines the terror intifada with diplomatic and legal moves in the worldwide arena aimed at achieving recognition of the state of Palestine as well as an Israeli withdrawal to the 1967 borders with no political quid pro quo from the Palestinians.
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It follows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ‘s launched a heavy-handed crackdown on sectarian violence in the wake of a series of killings in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
