Stabbed Israeli man mistaken for Arab lashes out at escalating violence

Also Friday, a 20-year-old Palestinian was shot dead during clashes with Israeli forces near the Erez Crossing in Gaza, Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra said.

This is the third incident in a week that a Jew tried to attack an Arab in apparent revenge for the more than dozen cases of stabbings that have been carried out at random by Muslims in Israel.

Palestinian medics say three Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in clashes between stone-throwers and troops in several West Bank towns.

Another example (many, in fact) came from the BBC, which told viewers of its website: “Palestinian shot dead after Jerusalem attack kills two”.

The Israeli military said that the assailant, who had “disguised himself as a news photographer”, attacked the soldier and wounded him.

A coalition of human rights organizations – including Amnesty worldwide and the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories – has said police and soldiers are “too quick to shoot to kill” and criticized calls for civilians to carry weapons. The soldier was moderately wounded.

Protests have erupted repeatedly along the Israel-Gaza border in recent weeks, as part of the upswing in violence during this period.

Palestinian security forces extinguished the blaze early Friday. For many older people living in Jerusalem the violence is reminiscent of past Israel Palestine conflicts.

Photojournalist and MEE contributor Faiz Abu Rmeleh, who is based in East Jerusalem, said that: “Citizens are complaining about the collective punishment policy [of the closures and restrictions]”.

Young men were being widely stopped and frisked in the city, with police requiring many to partially undress, Abu Rmeleh said.

In this atmosphere of fear, many Israelis are changing the routes of their commutes, and many who have handgun permits are carrying weapons.

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The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, accsued the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, on of “incitement and lies” after he claimed in a speech in Ramallah on Wednesday that Israel engaged in the “execution of our children in cold blood” and waved a photograph of 13-year-old Ahmed Manasra.

Recent developments have made things worse.

Heavy restrictions on prayer have been enforced on the site, with men under the age of 40 not allowed to pray there and other restrictions also periodically taking place. He said “any such intervention would violate the decades-long status quo”.

US President Barack Obama was planning to visit the region at the “appropriate” moment, she added.