CCTV captures moment Palestinian woman attacks security guard after pulling
While violence had waned somewhat in recent days, the fresh attacks signalled that knife, gun and vehicle assaults that began at the start of October were set to continue despite tough Israeli security measures. It overlooks the Western Wall, the holiest place on earth for Jews. On the agenda of the White House talks, Netanyahu said, is “possible progress with the Palestinians, or at least, stabilizing the situation when it comes to them”.
By now, President Obama recognizes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bullish, self-centered, and two-faced approach to politics; however, as they meet next week in Washington, can the USA really afford to turn a blind eye to his latest attempts to win support among right-wing voters?
A 50-year-old Israeli man is in moderate-to-critical condition, after sustaining stab wounds to his stomach in Samaria on Sunday afternoon, in what is the third Palestinian terrorist attack since the morning, Israeli news sources reported.
Such one-dimensional narrative dehumanizes and ignores the plight of hundreds Palestinians who have been maimed or killed, including those summarily executed. No arrests have been made. “Generally speaking, the terrorists have not been operatives of any established terrorist organization”, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
As she spoke, an Israeli stun grenade whistled in, sending her and her friends running.
They dispersed like a flock of birds, but nearby another group of young women launched into action. He will shoot you. “In a few areas, for example around the settlement of Kiryat Arba, we know that people are being attacked by settlers every night now, it’s the same with Shuhada Street”.
For Israeli security forces, stones and firebombs pose a potentially deadly threat. Even after the killing of Palestinians, Israeli authorities withhold the bodies of the deceased for extended periods of time.
While Israeli police do make formal extradition requests to the PA, the vast majority have been rejected out of concern that they would be seen as traitors who collaborate with Israel.
The protests in Hebron are not what they used to be a few weeks ago. In the West Bank and Gaza Strip, occupation, settlement expansion, political repression, collective punishment and denial of access to places of worship have brought Palestinian society to a tipping point. Hamas has been egging on violent resistance on its Web sites and via the media but has been careful not to have its leaders at the forefront.
“Oh men of the West Bank, next time, attack in a group of three, four, or five”.
The assailant – who was identified by the Palestinian Maan news agency as a 22-year-old Palestinian woman from the Husan village west of Bethlehem – was shot by the security guard and taken to Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem. In fact, there are more than 50 laws that directly or indirectly discriminate against Palestinian citizens in all areas of life. The city itself, which has always had a heavy Israeli army presence, is now seeing increased soldier numbers. Palestinians without residency permits are not permitted to pass through the checkpoints.