Two Palestinians rammed vehicles into Israeli soldiers in separate attacks in the occupied West Bank on Friday and were then shot dead, Israeli police and military said.
A wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence that began more than eight weeks ago has shown no end in sight. It is the worst unrest since last year's Gaza war and has prompted talk of a new Palestinian uprising, or Intifada, against Israel.
| They keep talking about it, as if talk could make it real. |
Near the city of Hebron, a Palestinian slammed his car into a group of Israeli soldiers wounding six,
"Three bruises, a torn sleeve, a split lip, and Avi was hit by a thrown rock, sir!"
"Carry Avi down to the ambulances, Corporal, they can't come up past this mess." |
before being shot dead, a military spokesman said.
A few hours earlier another Palestinian rammed his car into Israeli soldiers at a bus stop near a Jewish settlement, police said. He was shot dead by a civilian
| ...note that the civilian must have been carrying, which is likely to be a permanent change in Israeli law and culture... |
and two Israeli soldiers were injured. Police and the Palestinian Health Ministry said the driver was the brother of a man who on Sunday had been shot dead in a similar incident nearby.
| If they keep this up, that's one family name that will have deliberately erased itself from history -- a heckuva sacrifice for the unachievable. |
Almost-daily Palestinian stabbings, car rammings and shootings, have killed 19 Israelis and one US citizen since October 1 and Israeli forces have killed 92 Palestinians,
| ...the typical ratio for such activities in that part of the world nowadays... |
some of whom were carrying out assaults and others in clashes with police and troops. Many of those killed have been teenagers.
| In every generation they must relearn the lesson. |
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