Latest from Israel/Palestine: 2 killed, 9 children detained, Pope furious

Abd al-Rahman Atta, 23, and Huthayfah Fares, 27, were killed by Israeli forces near Tulkarm (photo)

Two Palestinian young men were killed, nine Palestinian children were detained; the pope is disgusted by Israelis who spit on Christians.

Israeli Occupation Forces Kill Two Palestinians near Tulkarm – VIDEO

reposted from Palestine Chronicle, October 5, 2023

Israeli forces killed two young Palestinian men near the village of Shufa, south of the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that the victims were identified as Huthayfah Fares, 27, and Abd al-Rahman Atta, 23.

Two Palestinians were killed and two more injured during an Israeli military raid in the village of Shufa, near Tulkarm. pic.twitter.com/b0KBzI7ocl

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 5, 2023

WAFA correspondent in Tulkarm said that Atta and Fares, both from the Tulkarm refugee camp, were killed during an Israeli military raid…[more]

Israeli soldiers arrest a young Palestinian boy following clashes in the center of the West Bank town of Hebron, on June 20, 2014. (photo)

Israeli military detain 9 Palestinian Children aged 8 to 13

reposted from Palestine Chronicle, October 4, 2023

Israeli occupation forces detained nine Palestinian children aged between eight and 13 in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

According to WAFA, the children were detained on their way home from school and were taken to an unknown location.

The Israeli army has intensified its presence in Hebron as illegal Jewish settlers celebrate the Jewish Sukkot holiday…[more]

the pope is furious over the news that in Israel, Israeli Jews have been spitting on Christians (photo)

‘Pope Is Furious’ Over anti-Christian Spitting Incidents, Catholic Church Representative Says

reposted from Ha’aretz, October 4, 2023

Ahead of a Jerusalem parade on Wednesday in which a large evangelical delegation is slated to march, Christian figures have condemned incidents in which Jewish youths in Jerusalem spat at Christian pilgrims.

Wadie Abu Nasser, the spokesman of the Council of Heads of Catholic Churches in Jerusalem, told Army Radio on Wednesday that the incident has reached the highest echelons of the faith. “It’s reached the whole world, up to the big boss,” he said. “The pope is updated on every incident, he’s furious.”…[more]

For a complete list of Palestinians and Israelis killed since 2000, please visit Israel-Palestine Timeline

NOTE: The entire West Bank has been under Israeli occupation since 1967; all its official entrances and exits are controlled by Israeli soldiers, making its Palestinian inhabitants virtual prisoners. Many are families that were ethnically cleansed from Israel during Israel’s founding war (see this and this and this) and its 1967 war. Israeli forces often invade them; one example is here.

Israel was established in 1947 through a war of ethnic cleansing of the indigenous population, both Muslims and Christians, and it continues to steal other people’s land for illegal colonies known as ‘settlements.’ While Palestinians most often use nonviolent resistance, a small number use armed resistance against the invaders.

Thanks to the pro-Israel lobby in the US, Congress disburses over $20 million per day of Americans’ tax money directly to and/or on behalf of Israel.

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