Palestinian stabs Israeli in West Bank, shot dead – Israeli police

Afterwards clashes erupted at Aida, another camp in Bethlehem, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. The person killed was identified as Malek Shahin, but the reason for the raid was not yet clear.

The Israeli army claimed residents had thrown “pipe bombs and molotov cocktails” at them. They say the continued expansion of Jewish settlements on captured lands proves that Israel does not want peace.

Following Israeli condemnation of her remarks, Wallstrom’s spokesman said she was discussing worldwide law and did not intend to accuse Israel of extrajudicial killing. Meanwhile, 88 Palestinians, including one Arab Israeli, have been killed by Israeli fire.

Khalida Jarrar was convicted in Israeli military court of incitement to violence and belonging to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, an illegal organization banned by Israel.

Malik Akram Shahin, 19, who was shot dead by Israeli forces in Bethlehem overnight Monday, was killed by an explosive bullet fired at his head, medical sources at the Beit Jala Governmental Hospital told Ma’an.

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”.

The Palestinians are also frustrated by the failure of decades of peace talks to deliver them an independent state.

Relations between Jerusalem and Stockholm worsened after Israel’s foreign ministry again took exception to Margot Wallstrom’s comments, but the Swedish premier defended her, saying her remarks had been blown out of all proportion.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s suggestion that Israel needs to look at the option of a binational state was rejected by Israel.

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.

On the neck scarf is a picture of Dome of the Rock-a Muslim holy site located on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, also known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary-and the slogans, “Jerusalem is ours” and “Jerusalem, here we come”, inscribed in Arabic.

The shipment had been marked clothing, rugs and plastic products, but what was found were stuffed toys wearing red, green, black and white scarves, inscribed with “Jerusalem is ours”.