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Israeli soldiers shoot dead ‘knife-wielding’ Palestinian
Israeli soldiers have reportedly shot dead a knife-wielding Palestinian allegedly threatening to attack them in the occupied West Bank. The incident is said to have taken place when the Israeli troops were raiding a refugee camp to arrest suspected extremists. The army said the suspect had drawn a knife and charged towards the...
Israeli parliament passes controversial impeachment law
Israel's parliament has passed a law that would allow it to impeach an MP who incites racism or supports armed struggle against the state, report world.korupciya. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the measure ended an "absurd situation" whereby someone who "supports terror" was allowed to...
High Court to rule on councils’ Israeli goods ‘boycott’
THE High Court is set to rule on the legality of local council "boycotts" on Israeli goods produced on the West Bank. A Jewish rights organisation has asked two judges in London to rule that the councils, in passing the boycott resolutions, breached equality law duties and failed to have regard "to the need to...
Israeli soldier ‘shot wounded Palestinian attacker dead’
An Israeli soldier has been detained after a video emerged showing him apparently shooting a Palestinian in the head as he lay wounded and motionless on the ground. The Palestinian was soon declared dead. He was one of two attackers who had earlier stabbed another Israeli soldier in the West Bank city of Hebron. The Israeli...
Israeli troops shoot and kill Palestinian attacker in West Bank: army
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian who tried to stab them in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the military said, the latest in a months-long wave of Palestinian attacks that shows little sign of abating. The Palestinian had infiltrated a security fence near the Israeli settlement Salit, the military said. When soldiers...
Israeli PM Netanyahu faces protests during 2-day UK visit
Protesters are gathering outside Downing Street to call on British Prime Minister David Cameron to impose sanctions on Israel as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in the UK. Netanyahu will spend two days in Britain to discuss a range of issues including stalled peace talks and the labeling of products made in Jewish...