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Why Jerusalem Cannot Be ‘Taken Off the Table’
In the past few weeks, Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem has been the site of several violent attacks in which Palestinians, many of them teenagers, have gone out to stab Israelis, and then often paid for it with their lives.
Last month, a Palestinian, just 16 years old, stabbed two border police officers in Jerusalem’s Old City, and was fatally shot.
- Mairav Zonszein
- DAWN
On Dec. 4, a 25-year-old Palestinian man stabbed an orthodox Israeli near Damascus Gate, then apparently tried to stab two Israeli border police officers, who subsequently shot him several times, even after he…
Police denied him medical attention as he lay dying. Several left-wing Knesset members condemned the…