Clashes at the Gaza-Israel border kill Palestinian

The remarks followed a warning by a senior Yaalon adviser that the U.S.-backed Palestinian administration, which quietly coordinates West Bank security efforts with Israel despite the diplomatic impasse between the sides, might change course.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country’s relations with the European Union needed to be reset. The resolution reportedly calls for an explicit distinction to be made between Israel and “all territories occupied by Israel in 1967”, new efforts to save the two-state solution and an worldwide support group to promote peace in the region, among other measures.

Shir-On expressed the Israeli government’s anger at what he called Wallström’s “twisted presentation of reality”, and her “biased, even hostile treatment of Israel”.

At least 159 Palestinians, including children and women, have lost their lives at the hands of Israeli forces since the beginning of last October.

Left-wing Israelis and Palestinians demonstrators hold placards during a demonstration calling for a better future for both people, at the West Bank near Jerusalem January 15, 2016.

Ties between the two countries have been strained after Ms Wallstrom recognised the Palestinian state in 2014 when her centre-left Social Democrat party took power.

Israeli soldiers killed, on Thursday afternoon, a young Palestinian man, at a military roadblock, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

Israeli officials have a blunt message for Margot Wallstrom, the Swedish foreign minister: You are not welcome here.

Over the same time period, 152 Palestinians have been killed, a lot of them while carrying out attacks on Israeli civilians or security forces.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that “multiple riots” were taking place along the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel on Friday.

Twenty-three Israelis and one US citizen were killed in stabbing, shooting and vehicular attacks committed by lone-wolf Palestinian attackers.

The assailant tried to stab the IDF soldiers securing the square who opened fire and killed the suspect.