وفا : شهيد و88 مصابا واعتقال 275 مواطنا خلال شهر آذار wafa.ps - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wafa.ps Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Israel, Palestinians at odds over deadly West Bank shooting
April 6, 2021 GMT
JERUSALEM (AP) Israel and the Palestinians put forth competing claims after Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian man early Tuesday at a temporary vehicle checkpoint in the occupied West Bank near Jerusalem.
The military said the soldiers thwarted an attempted car-ramming attack in the village of Bir Nabala. But the man’s wife, who was in the car with him and was wounded by the gunfire, said the couple followed the soldiers’ instructions and posed no threat.
Palestinian attackers have carried out a series of car-ramming attacks in recent years, often targeting soldiers in the occupied West Bank. But rights groups say Israeli troops often use excessive force, or in some cases kill innocent people wrongly identified as attackers.
Israel s use of deadly force challenged by shooting survivor republicworld.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from republicworld.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Security Council briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question (as delivered by UN Special Coordinator Wennesland), 22 April 2021
Format
Allow me to begin by wishing all Muslims of the world a blessed Ramadan.
I brief you today as Palestinians and Israelis are immersed in consequential political and electoral processes. Preparations continue for the Palestinian Legislative Council elections, scheduled for 22 May, while Israelis are engaged in efforts to form a governing coalition after the elections held on 23 March.
These developments may have significant implications for the prospects for advancing peace in the months ahead.
The holding of credible elections in Palestine is a crucial step towards renewing the legitimacy of national institutions and reestablishing Palestinian national unity. I encourage international support to these efforts.
Hours after Israeli soldiers shot and killed Osama Mansour at a temporary checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, the military announced that it had thwarted a car-ramming attack but the facts didn't seem to add up. By all accounts, Mansour had initially stopped his car when ordered to do so. His wife, the mother…