Palestinian tries to stab Israeli troops in WBank, shot dead – army

Israeli authorities did not allow the players and coach from Gaza’s second city Khan Yunis to enter the West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel for almost 50 years.

“These steps by Israeli authorities are the latest examples of what appears to be a steady acceleration of settlement activity that is systematically undermining the prospects for a two-state solution”, Kirby said.

The Israeli military says it has shot dead a Palestinian who tried to stab soldiers at a West Bank checkpoint.

“The fact that there are elections in the USA might be perceived in Israel as an opportunity to get away with things, but this is the Americans saying, ‘We are still watching you, ‘” Ofran said. In 2015, he campaigned to have Israel suspended from Federation Internationale de Football Association because, he claimed, Israel was restricting the movement of Palestinian Arab players. In particular, the Israelis were angered at criticism of building plans for Jerusalem neighborhoods, all of which are considered certain to remain in Israeli hands in any final settlement.

Israel continues to interfere in the sportsmanship of the Palestinians. Palestinians, however, desire East Jerusalem as a capital of its own state.

The memorial will feature 521 black pinwheels, each bearing the name of one of the 521 Palestinian children who were killed by the Israeli military’s “Operation Protective Edge” during the summer of 2014. According to Erekat, the global community, especially Russian Federation and the USA, are preoccupied with Syria and Iraq. “They are a violation of the Geneva convention, which specifically prohibits the occupying power from transferring people in the areas it is occupying”.

Violence broke out when Palestinian youths clashed with Israeli troopers at the northern entrance to the nearby Balata refugee camp and the adjacent Amman Street, with young Palestinian men throwing stones and empty bottles at Israeli forces.

Four Palestinian youths were also detained in the northeastern West Bank town of Far’un.