Thirty two killed by Israeli forces

The families of three Palestinians identified as Karam Al-Masri, Yehya Haj Hamad and Samir Kousa – who are now being held in Israeli jails – have received notices ordering them to evict their homes ahead of their demolition within 48 hours. Jews are allowed to visit the site, but are not allowed to pray, to avoid provoking tensions.

Ahmad, the boys’ uncle, added that the authorities have refused to hand over Hasan’s body, in line with a measure passed by Israel’s security cabinet on Wednesday that applied to any Palestinian killed after allegedly attacking an Israeli.

The attacks have been used as “an excuse for Israel to get rid of as many Palestinians [in Jerusalem] as possible”, according to Rima Awad, a member of the Coalition for Jerusalem, a group that campaigns for Palestinian rights in the city.

A coalition of human rights organizations – including Amnesty worldwide and the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories – has charged that police and soldiers are “too quick to shoot to kill”, while criticizing calls for civilians to carry weapons.

To Israelis, it shows a knife attacker bleeding as police keep angry locals back and wait for an ambulance. “Die!” and telling police to finish him off with a shot to the head.

“We will use and not hesitate to use all means at our disposal to restore calm to the cities of Israel!” Dozens of Palestinian protesters have also been killed in the violence.

During a news conference on October 14, press secretary Josh Earnest said the White House has “deep concerns” about violence in Israel and condemns the loss of any innocent life, whether it be Israeli or Palestinian. The second assailant was shot to death by police when he ran towards them refusing to drop his knife.

The Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas blames Israeli aggression and the continuing spread of Jewish settlements into the West Bank for fuelling Palestinian anger. Mobile phone videos and pictures of the latest attacks have been uploaded to Facebook, You Tube and Twitter and have quickly gone viral.

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released the photo of Mansara to media outlets Thursday in an apparent bid to refute Abbas’ claim. In a letter sent to EU Special Representative for the Peace Process Fernando Gentilini, Erekat said that the decision “sends the problematic message that the global community accepts the Israeli requests not to intervene, and thus signaling that it accepts the Israeli escalation”.

Netanyahu says a meeting with Arab leaders and Abbas “might stop the wave of incitement and the false allegations against Israel”.

Israel insists that all Jerusalem will remain its eternal capital.