Palestinian lawmaker sentenced to 15 months in Israeli prison for incitement

Meanwhile, Israeli naval forces fired on Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of the besieged Gaza Strip and detained two fishermen.

She kneels down and picks the knife up, and after that appears to talk to the soldier as she holds it. As she kneels, a second soldier aims his weapon at her.

Tensions are high after more than two months of near-daily Palestinian attacks that have killed 19 Israelis.

According to a poll released Tuesday by the Israel Democracy Institute, the majority of Israelis say the current wave of stabbing, shooting and car-ramming attacks that began in October is a “limited uprising”.

In the West Bank town of Hebron on Monday, paramilitary police fatally shot a Palestinian after he stabbed and critically injured an Israeli, police and hospital sources said.

An Israeli army spokesperson had no information of his death, but said that Israeli soldiers had opened fire after Palestinians threw “pipe bombs and Molotov cocktails” at them.

To be noted, The killing of Shahin brings the total number of Palestinians killed since the beginning of unrest in early October, 2015, to 117, including 25 minors, and five women, in addition to at least 13,500 injuries.

“The ongoing ugly crimes by the Israeli occupation against our young men who lead clashes at the front line won’t prevent them from escalating the clashes with Israeli occupation soldiers and settlers”, the statement continued.

In east Jerusalem, an American tourist was lightly wounded by stonethrowers on Tuesday.

On Saturday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said settlement-building raised questions about Israel’s long-term intentions.

Israel said yesterday that customs officers seized a shipment of dolls bound for Palestinian stores that were masked in keffiyeh scarves and holding fake stones in their hands.