Palestinian driver runs down Israeli officer, is slain

The number of wounded in the confrontation was not immediately clear, but Palestinian medics told the AFP that many people were hit by rubber bullets in the upper parts of their bodies, while others suffered from smoke inhalation due to tear gas.

Israel has freed a Palestinian who earlier this year conducted an unprecedented 66-day hunger strike. They note his long history of supporting nonviolent resistance, reiterated as recently as September in a speech to the United Nations, and the continued cooperation of Palestinian security forces with their Israeli counterparts.

According to DCI-Palestine’s statistics, at least 53 percent of Palestinian children in East Jerusalem arrested by Israeli forces are subjected to violence, while 86 percent are coerced into signing confessions in Hebrew, a language they do not know.

According to Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronot, the Israeli army arrested 1,553 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem – and inside Israel itself – since the beginning of October.

Last week it said it had released seven bodies, apparently to ease tensions, but Palestinians say they are still awaiting 10 corpses and protests over the issue have led to clashes.

The installation of cameras is a victory for the Israeli authorities, who plan on making use of them to track and follow Palestinians entering at the state.

Claims that Israel changed the rules have sparked Palestinian attacks against Jews.

“Living in a country where there is nothing else but war, everyone expects to know death, injury or lose a child”, said Natsheh.

The residents of Hebron are the butt of many jokes in Palestinian popular culture.

On Friday, dozens of protesters outside the shrine condemned restrictions on access imposed by Israel, which has divided it into a mosque and a synagogue.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a press release that a Palestinian teenager has been shot dead by Israeli forces at the northern entrance to the city of Halhul.

Palestinian security officials identified him as Ibrahim Skafi, 22, from Hebron.