Palestinian girl killed after attempted stabbing

“Settlement activities are a violation of worldwide law and run counter to the public pronouncements of the Government of Israel supporting a two-state solution to the conflict”.

Selling property to Jews is a taboo among Palestinians and is illegal under Palestinian law. “The army was protecting the settlers like they always do”, Haddad added, recalling that soldiers fired tear gas and the crowd of Palestinians who gathered.

Israel will allow the settlers removed from two houses in Hebron to return once their paperwork is in order, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. The Palestinians seek to establish an independent state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.

The city is the location of the Cave of the Patriarchs, a revered Jewish shrine, which sits alongside the Ibrahimi Mosque, worshipped by Muslims as the Sanctuary of Abraham.

More than 160 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli military forces or settlers since the start of October, many of whom were teenagers.

According to Israeli daily Ynet, the government chose to form a ministerial committee on settlements, which will strip the defence minister of his authority to evacuate homes in the territories.

The following day, Israeli troops shot and wounded a 17-year-old Palestinian who had stabbed a pregnant Israeli woman in another settlement.

Hours later, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas came out against Palestinian groups he said were encouraging youth to take part in an nearly four-month long surge of violence with Israel which has raised concern of wider escalation a decade after the last Palestinian uprising subsided.

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely on Sunday urged Netanyahu to quickly complete the examination of the Hebron houses’ purchasing process. Many of the Palestinians killed have been attackers, while others have been shot dead by Israeli security forces during clashes.

Yaalon called on officials to “act responsibly and restrain their expressions” and support the rule of law.

Minister of Tourism from Netanyahu’s Likud party, Yariv Levin, condemned the eviction, saying that such a decision “naturally has implications on the stability of the coalition”. Media reported that three parliamentarians were threatening to boycott Knesset votes until those evicted were allowed back in.

“This is the time to fight terror and strengthen and support the settlements, and not to fight the settlers”, he posted on Twitter.