US donors pump millions into Israeli settlements

An Israeli newspaper investigation says USA donors have pumped more than $200 million into Jewish West Bank settlements in recent years.

Jarrar was arrested at her West Bank home in April.

A spokeswoman for Wallstrom at the time said her comments about Palestinians and the Paris attacks had been made in different sections of the interview, but that the story had been presented to suggest a link.

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. Under interim peace agreements, Israel maintains control over frequency spectrums.

The left still favors a pullout, but the rationale has shifted to something more like nationalism: without a pullout, Israel would no longer be a Jewish-majority democracy because half of its population in effect will be Palestinians, a lot of them without true democratic rights.

Medical sources with Beit Jala Hospital said on Tuesday that Malik Akram Shahin was shot in the head with an explosive bullet, which caused his skull to shatter into “hundreds of pieces”. “The actions of the Israeli military court are politically motivated and are part of a deliberate attack on Palestinian politicians”.

It is the second such war over words between Sweden and Israel in three weeks.

In addition to the stabbings, car-rammings, and shootings, there have been many incidents of Palestinians throwing rocks at Israeli cars in the West Bank and attacking Jerusalem’s light rail as it passes through East Jerusalem neighborhoods.

The Palestinian leadership hewed to the line of all-out confrontation with Israel.

In the aftermath of Shahin’s killing, clashes erupted between Israeli troops and Palestinians in ‘Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem.

He said: ‘When indoctrination and incitement of Palestinian children to hate and kill Israelis begin at pre-school ages, it’s no wonder they go and murder Israelis when they are teenagers or older’.

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