Palestinian shot dead by Israeli police

Published November 30, 2015
Jerusalem: Israeli workers add barbed wire to a security fence along highway 443 which runs from the outskirts of Tel Aviv to the northern entrance of the city on Sunday.—AFP
Jerusalem: Israeli workers add barbed wire to a security fence along highway 443 which runs from the outskirts of Tel Aviv to the northern entrance of the city on Sunday.—AFP

JERUSALEM: A Palest­inian stabbed an Israeli police officer in Jerusalem on Sunday before being shot dead by security forces, and another Palestinian stabbed a woman in the back as she was waiting for a bus, police said, as a two-month wave of violence showed no sign of relenting.

Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said a 38-year-old Palestinian walked past two officers near a gate into the Old City and then yelled “God is greatest” before stabbing one of them in the neck, moderately wounding him.

Other officers opened fire at the attacker and shot him dead. Another knife was later found on his body.

Hours later, a Palestinian stabbed a woman in the back as she was waiting at a Jerusalem bus stop before escaping, Samri said.

The woman, a foreign national, was evacuated to hospital and police fanned out across the city in search of the stabber — a teenager who was later found in a nearby construction site.

The violence erupted in mid-September over tensions at a Jerusalem holy site. Since then, 19 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks, mostly stabbings and shootings.

At least 97 Palestinians have been killed, including 62 said by Israel to be attackers. The others died in clashes with Israeli forces.

Israel says the violence stems from Palestinian incitement and incendiary videos on social media.

Most of the attackers have been young Palestinians in their teens and early 20s. The Palestinians say the violence is rooted in frustration over nearly a half-century of Israeli occupation and lack of hope for obtaining independence.

At his weekly cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the violence was driven by “opposition to the existence of the state of Israel as the national state of the Jewish people, in any borders whatsoever”.

Published in Dawn, November 30th, 2015

Opinion

Editorial

Judiciary’s SOS
Updated 28 Mar, 2024

Judiciary’s SOS

The ball is now in CJP Isa’s court, and he will feel pressure to take action.
Data protection
28 Mar, 2024

Data protection

WHAT do we want? Data protection laws. When do we want them? Immediately. Without delay, if we are to prevent ...
Selling humans
28 Mar, 2024

Selling humans

HUMAN traders feed off economic distress; they peddle promises of a better life to the impoverished who, mired in...
New terror wave
Updated 27 Mar, 2024

New terror wave

The time has come for decisive government action against militancy.
Development costs
27 Mar, 2024

Development costs

A HEFTY escalation of 30pc in the cost of ongoing federal development schemes is one of the many decisions where the...
Aitchison controversy
Updated 27 Mar, 2024

Aitchison controversy

It is hoped that higher authorities realise that politics and nepotism have no place in schools.