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• Yona Simcha Schreiber, afkomstig uit een nederzetting op de Westbank, wordt beschuldigd van mishandeling gemotiveerd door vijandigheid jegens een religieuze groep. • Een Israëlische kolonist, die wordt verdacht van het schoppen en verwonden van een Franse katholieke non in Jeruzalem, zal voor de rechter verschijnen voor mishandeling uit haat tegen een religieuze groep, aldus het Israëlische ministerie van Justitie. • De aanval op de non, een 48-jarige onderzoeker aan de French School of Biblical and Archaeological Research in Jeruzalem, vond plaats op Mount Zion, net buiten de Oude Stad.

Local officials and witnesses say attackers shot at students first then those who arrived at the sceneTwo Palestinians, including a 14-year-old schoolboy, have been killed in the occupied West Bank after Israeli settlers opened fire near a school amid mounting assaults on education in the territory, witnesses and local officials have said.The Palestinian health ministry said Aws al-Naasan, 14, and Jihad Abu Naim, 32, were killed in the attack on the village of al-Mughayyir, which also left three others wounded. The head of the local council told Reuters that Israeli settlers had entered the village and opened fire near a school – first at students, and later at others who arrived at the scene. Witnesses said settlers were eventually followed by Israeli soldiers. Continue reading...

Aipac-backed lawmakers denounce ‘extremist’ violence in West Bank as support for Israel becomes a political liabilityAs Israeli settlers ramp up violent attacks on Palestinian civilians in the West Bank, often as Israeli forces stand by, denunciations are mounting in the US, even from Democratic legislators and public figures who are typically staunch defenders of Israel.In recent days, dozens of settlers have torched homes and vehicles and attacked Palestinians in apparently coordinated attacks. Since the start of the month, Israeli settlers and police have killed at least 10 Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, including two young brothers and their parents as they returned from a Ramadan shopping trip. Continue reading...