Palestinian shot dead by troops after stabbing Israeli man

The Palestinian Authority called on the worldwide community to hold Israel accountable for the violence against West Bank Palestinians and for their protection. Many suspect radicalized Jewish teens have been behind those attacks on Palestinian homes, agriculture and livestock, as well as mosques, churches and even Israeli schools and military bases.

Head of a Jewish extremist group Meir Ettinger appears in court in Nazareth Illit, Israel, Tuesday, August 4, 2015.

“It will be a big failure if they don’t catch those responsible for Duma, so they are likely to put all their effort into catching them”, the analyst Meron Rapoport told The Independent.

On Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed sorrow over the death of Saad Dawabshe and said in a statement that he would not countenance terrorism “of any kind”.

On the other hand, the security forces are braced for Arab violence in the coming days since Palestinian leaders seem wary of these measures.

The two, who are in their early 20s, were arrested last week.

Those arrested in Sunday’s raids, as well as the three extremists in administrative detention, have not been directly linked to the firebombing.

“The danger and threats to the Church and to Christians in Israel are imminent”, read the letter of Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Custodian of the Holy Land, to the Israeli Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein as seen by AFP on Monday.

A spokesperson for Israel’s Shin Bet security service said an unspecified number of individuals were “under investigation”. “Anybody who violates it, who carries out hate crimes, terrorism, will face the complete severity of the regulation, together with administrative detention if wanted”.

Meanwhile, B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights group, said the attack was only a matter of time.

Following the attacks on July 31, two 17 year-old Palestinian boys were shot dead by Israeli forces in separate incidents amid clashes in the West Bank.

Numerous people arrested in the crackdown are believed to be associated with the Revolt, a shadowy network described by its members as an anarchistic vision of redemption. Non-Jews are to be expelled, the Third Temple is to be built and religious observance is to be enforced, initially in public spaces.

The Israeli police along with the Shin Bet security Agency cooperate in a raid, which took place overnight between Saturday and Sunday. “For no good reason and because of evil, stupidity and negligence, the life of our attractive flower was cut short”, said her family in a statement, according to the Israeli news website Walla.

Rivlin said the attacks should be a “wake up call” for all Israelis. He said Mohammed Allan was arrested in November 2014 and placed in administrative detention for two six-month periods.

Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a rocket into southern Israel on Friday, without causing casualties, the army said, in an attack claimed by jihadists. Another young activist arrested last week in connection with alleged extremist activity, Eviatar Slonim, was also ordered detained without trial for six months yesterday.