Israeli troops kill stone-throwing Palestinian youth in West Bank

As a result, he proposes separating Palestinian areas on the outskirts of Jerusalem from the city itself and completing construction of Israel’s controversial separation barrier already walling off much of the occupied West Bank.

In November, Jerusalem suspended diplomatic dialogue with the European Union for a few weeks to strongly protest Brussel’s decision to publish the legislation guidelines that allow member states to place consumer labels “Not made in Israel” on products produced over the Green Line.

According to the EU, European government-funded structures were demolished alongside Palestinian residences in the south Hebron hills last Wednesday.

Israel must address these issues to uphold worldwide law and ensure protection for Palestinians, he said.

The EU holds the position that the lands Israel has occupied since the 1967 Middle East war, including the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, are not part of the internationally recognised borders of Israel.

Aid officials say a lack of coordination between Hamas, the Islamist movement that rules the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority, dominated by rival Fatah, have also contributed to the slow pace of reconstruction.

“The Israeli army launched in August 2014 reprisals against the Palestinians, in response to the abduction of one of its soldiers in the town of Rafah”, Israeli sources said the army official had been killed, they explained.

Since October, 27 Israelis and a US citizen have been killed in near-daily Palestinian attacks that have included stabbings, shootings and car-rammings.

Most of the Palestinians were killed carrying out attacks, while others died during clashes and demonstrations.

There has been no immediate Israeli army comment to the incident.