US condemns Israel expanding West Bank settlement bloc

The cell planned to abduct one or more Israelis, kill them, and then negotiate to trade the bodies for jailed terrorists.

Relations between Israelis and Palestinians remain tense amid a wave of attacks on Israelis by Palestinians and some Israeli Arabs which have killed 22 Israelis since the beginning of October. 22-year-old Ammar Rajabe, also of Jerusalem’s Old City, was the intended driver of the auto that would be carrying the kidnapped Israelis.

Ezra Nawi, a Jewish radical left-wing activist who campaigns for Palestinian rights, has been secretly recorded boasting of turning Palestinian real-estate dealers who sell land to Jews over to the PA, which tortures and kills them.

Some observers attribute the recent uptick in violence to a July arson attack in the West Bank by suspected Jewish settlers that killed an 18-month-old Palestinian child and his parents, which led to an worldwide outcry.

“The American Historical Association has just spend a spent a serious amount of time discussing the Israeli government’s violation of Palestinians’ right to education”.

Witnesses told Middle East Eye that Israeli bulldozers began demolishing the two storey house after midnight.

Ms Rabinyan’s agent said more than 5,000 copies of the book had been sold in a week, a large number in Israel’s small market, and many stores had sold out.

By contrast, families of Palestinians arrested for acts of violence committed in Israel get stipends from Palestinian organizations ranging from $1,200 to $3,500 per month. Ahmad, 19, ‘Alaa, 19, and Muhannad Kawazba, 18, had been shot dead after they purportedly attempted to stab Israeli soldiers at Gush Etzion junction.

The Palestinian Wafa news agency named those killed as Ali Muhammad Aqqab Abu-Maryam and Said Judah Abu-al-Wafa and said they had been shot “in cold blood”.

A spokeswoman said the attack occurred in the north of the Jordan Valley.