Israeli army kills Palestinian in Bethlehem raid

Israeli troops have shot dead a Palestinian protester in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, according to Palestinian medical sources.

And on Sunday, another young Palestinian – Amer Skafi, 21 – was killed by Israeli forces after allegedly carrying out a vehicular attack that left three Israelis injured in Jerusalem’s Romema neighborhood, which has recently seen an upsurge in violence following a period of relative calm.

The Ofer military court near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah said on Monday that Jarrar, who is a prominent political figure and activist, received her sentence a day earlier.

On December 8, approximately 4,000 plush toys of rock-throwing men dressed in Palestinian clothing were seized at the Haifa port by Israeli authorities, who said that the dolls were intended for the Palestinian Authority as a part of an incitement campaign.

According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the latest killings bring the total number of Palestinians shot dead by Israeli security forces since October 1 to 117, including 25 children and five women.

Near-daily Palestinian attacks on Israelis that began in mid-September are showing no signs of relenting.

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On Saturday, US Secretary of State John Kerry said settlement-building raised questions about Israel’s long-term intentions. Haim Balilty, it is very likely that the trial would not have ended this week but would have continued for many more months.

He told a conference at the Brookings Institution in Washington that if that were to happen, Israel would have to assume full governance of the West Bank, potentially leading to a one-state solution that would endanger Israel’s future as a Jewish and democratic state.

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely said: “These dolls were making their way to the Palestinian Authority with one clear goal, and that was to poison the minds of innocent children”.

Reportedly, the United States of America was pushing for more meaningful gestures, such as increasing the Palestinians’ responsibilities in the so-called Area C that constitutes around 60% of the West Bank and is under exclusive Israeli control, both security and civilian. Local residents said that Israeli soldiers fired live rounds, tear gas canisters, and stun grenades “indiscriminately” through the camp’s narrow alleys.