Israeli Soldiers Kill 2 Palestinians Attempting Knife Attack

The campaign, used by Palestinians to protest against Israel’s house demolition policy, may become a tremendous success since many Palestinians view Halabi as the “hero who ignited the Third Intifada’s fire”.

The Local Committee stated that many Israeli soldiers hid behind Palestinian olive trees in an attempt to abduct protesters, but the residents managed to uncover their hideout and foiled their attempts.

The army has stepped up its routine nightly raids in West Bank towns and villages as a wave of stabbing, shooting and car-ramming attacks continues across the country, with over 25 Israelis having been killed in such attacks since October.

Two Palestinians tried to stab Israeli soldiers manning a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank yesterday before being shot dead, the army said. Some 25 Israelis have also been killed.

According to a report from the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas canisters at Palestinians who were rallying at Beit ‘Einun junction following the funeral procession.

Since Oct. 1 Israeli forces or armed civilians have killed at least 139 Palestinians, 89 of whom authorities described as assailants.

The magazine Time Out responded by publishing a video showing Arabs and Jews kissing to break what they called a taboo in Israeli society.

His wife Suher witnessed her home being demolished and said: “The house is not more important than my son”.

The radical left-winger, who was born in Jerusalem to Jewish parents from Iraq, speaks Arabic fluently and is mostly active in the southern Har Hebron region of Judea.

“Uvda” reported that an activist with the prominent Israeli human rights group B’Tselem worked with Nawi to set up a sting to lure the prospective seller to Palestinian Authority territory where he would be arrested. Alyan was shot dead on 13 October after allegedly trying to stab an Israeli soldier.

Asked what the secret police do with the information, he says: “They catch these guys and they kill them”. He was subsequently killed by an Israeli security guard. The attack occurred in the north of the Jordan Valley, according to a military spokeswoman.