Israeli Al-Aqsa breaches: Abbas warns of new Intifada

Most Palestinians no longer support a two-state solution to its conflict with Israel, according to a survey released Monday.

The Israeli military said troops shot al-Hashlamun as she tried to stab a soldier.

The Israeli army said that Hashlamoun attempted to stab a soldier using a knife before shooting her in the legs.

A Palestinian teenager shot by Israeli forces at a checkpoint in Hebron died from her injuries on Tuesday, Israeli medical sources said.

Gisha, an NGO advocating freedom of movement for Palestinians, said in a statement that while the Gaza furniture industry has “tremendous potential for growth”, Israel’s limitations on the import of wood beams larger than one centimeter in width stifles production.

Although Israel has dubbed Hashlamoun as a “female Palestinian attacker”, the witness accounts make it seem like her death could have been avoided.

The army spokeswoman said that the attack had been “thwarted”.

While the Israeli government moved to immediately change the status quo governing East Jerusalem, the Allon Plan sought to annex more than 30 per cent of the West Bank and all of Gaza for “security purposes”.

Police said security will be beefed up during the 25-hour fast, which comes two days ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, also known as the Festival of Sacrifice.

Dozens of Jewish settlers stormed into Al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday morning under Israeli police protection.

JERUSALEM-Fine-tuning their response to the worst outbreak of violence in years in Jerusalem, Israeli authorities have authorized the use of snipers against rioters posing lethal threats and have reportedly limited the number of Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount, the current focus of the Arab unrest.

Al-Aqsa, the third holiest site in Islam, is also venerated by Jews as the Temple Mount and is considered the most sacred place in Judaism.

Palestinians say the rock throwing is a visceral expression of frustration over their status in the city and particularly that of the mosque compound, where Israeli forces entered over the Rosh Hashanah holiday last week to disperse protesters who threw rocks and firecrackers.

This past week, my fellow writers on +972 have correctly highlighted that the recent escalations in Jerusalem – of Palestinians throwing stones, the Israeli authorities encouraging live fire against them, and the clashes on the Haram al-Sharif – are neither new nor unexpected.

West Bank and Gaza crossings were also closed during the holiday, and would reopened today. Netanyahu has said repeatedly he is committed to the status quo at the site. Jews are allowed to visit but not to pray, to avoid provoking tensions.

Israel Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that since Friday, an increased police presence in eastern Jerusalem has tamped down the violence.

Hollande called for peace, calm and respect of principles, adding that he was intensifying his contacts with regional leaders “in view of the gravity of the situation”. If new elections were held in the Palestinian territories, 35 percent said they would vote for Hamas, and another 35 percent would vote for Fatah. The survey noted three months ago that 48% had opposed it, while 51% had supported the idea of Israeli and Palestinian states coexisting side by side, though, when factoring in the poll’s margin of error the difference is probably negligible. “They then searched the area and found a body”.