Israeli troops shoot Palestinian woman after alleged stabbing attempt

A new survey released by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah showed that a majority of Palestinian respondents support the current wave of terror stabbings and a violent intifada and oppose a two-state solution with Israel.

A Palestinian drove a vehicle into Israelis at a Jerusalem bus stop yesterday injuring eight people before being shot dead, police and rescue services said.

The violence has killed 119 on the Palestinian side, 17 Israelis, an American and an Eritrean.

Although the survey found widespread support among Palestinians for the violence, the attacks have been carried out by individuals and are not part of a widespread uprising like the two intifadas of the late 1980s and early 2000s. “[But] the response from Israeli security forces has resulted in alleged attackers, protesters, and even bystanders being killed and injured”.

Police spokeswoman Luba Samri identified the attacker as Abed Almohsin Hassoneh, 21, from the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina.

Israel’s defense minister said on Tuesday there was still not enough evidence to indict the Jewish suspects who torched a Palestinian home in July, killing an infant and his parents.

Since the beginning of October, Israeli forces have killed 112 Palestinians, 67 of whom Israel says were assailants or had been caught on camera carrying out assaults.

The attack, by Israeli ultra-nationalists, put Israel under growing worldwide pressure to resolve the case.

“We again voice deep concern over reports of excessive use of force by Israeli forces”, she said.

Speaking on Monday, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said that young Palestinian demonstrators were “driven by despair (at the fact) that a two-state solution is not coming”.

Although Palestinians agree with the message issued by Abbas, support for the aging leader is dwindling.