Israeli officers shoot dead knife-wielding Palestinian woman

Palestinian news agency Ma’an said Palestinians were also being denied entry to the mosque, which was already subject to heavy security checks.

Palestinians have also carried out shooting attacks and used vehicles to attack Israelis.

Officials say at least two of the Israeli victims are in the hospital.

Netanyahu travels to the U.S. Sunday afternoon to meet Obama in the White House on Monday, the Israeli public radio reported.

It is unfortunate that pro-Israeli students, such as Ms. Silver, can not remove themselves from the anguish and guilt they must experience in supporting a state that maintains a status quo of racism and escalating police brutality (no quotes) resulting in the extrajudicial execution of Palestinian Arabs. Sometimes it lets injured Palestinians bleed to death.

An Israeli army spokesperson said Israeli forces “are now searching the area for potential suspects” in the stabbing attack, Press TV reported.

In another incident near a different Israeli settlement a Palestinian man hurt four people in a car-ramming attack. The driver was then shot and killed by Paramilitary police troopers.

Since early October, 12 Israelis and 79 Palestinians have been killed across Israel and throughout the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem territories, as the violence spread amid dim prospects for renewing peace talks.

A report, issued by the Detainees and ex-Detainees Affairs Committee in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said that many Israeli jails and detention centers are getting overcrowded.

The recent escalation in violence is thought to be motivated in part by the increase of Jewish visits to parts of Jerusalem holy both to Jews and Muslims, and the failure of global efforts to broker a peace deal between Palestinians and Israelis. “If you are suffocating someone with a pillow, you can not expect that person to passively welcome asphyxiation”, Vijay Prashad, the director of worldwide Studies at Trinity College, wrote in Counterpunch last month, referring to Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian people.

Unrest had appeared to be declining over the past few days, but several attacks on Friday as well as clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinians shattered the lull.

The percentage of Palestinians who said they believe in the violent means rose to 32 percent from 25 percent in 2013, according to a Gallup survey released Monday.