[An Nahar] An Israeli settler rubbed out a Paleostinian Saturday at a settler farm in the occupied West Bank after an attempted stabbing, the military said, the latest incident as violence surges in the territory.
An assailant tried to knife an Israeli settler during the "attempted stabbing attack" at Sde Efraim farm northwest of Ramallah, it said.
"The terrorist was neutralized," the army added, confirming to AFP that a settler rubbed out the Paleostinian.
| Efficiently done, without even involving the IDF or the police. |
No one else was maimed in the incident, the army statement said.
An AFP photographer saw Israeli forces preventing a Paleostinian ambulance from accessing the site.
| The knifeman should have killed a Palestinian if he wanted ambulance service. Let that be a lesson to all others who harbour similar ambitions — the live ones, anyway. Once they’re dead they aren’t likely to be nearly as concerned. |
The Paleostinian health ministry said 42-year-old Tariq Maali was killed "after the occupation (Israel) opened fire on him"
near the Paleostinian village of Kafr Nama.
According to Israeli anti-settlement movement Peace Now,
| ...more properly understood as straightforwardly anti-Israel... |
the farm is known as a wildcat settlement, an outpost not recognised by Israel.
All settlements are deemed illegal under international law, which Israel disputes.
| The Palestinians and their supporters keep saying that, as if repetition will make it correct. |
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to pursue a policy of increased settlement expansion in the West Bank, and ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties in his coalition advocate the annexation of some of the territory.
| You know, if the Palestinians were to quickly sign a peace treaty with Israel, like Egypt, Jordan, and the Abraham Accord countries have done, they could include a clause requiring Israel to move back behind the border. Then this kind of problem will go away completely. Unfortunately for the Palestinians and their misunderstanding of international law, the Palestinians refuse to even start seriously negotiate the thing. |
The shooting brings to 18 the number of Paleostinians killed so far this month in the West Bank, according to an AFP tally which includes Death Eaters and civilians.
The inauguration in December of the most right-wing government in Israel's history, led by Netanyahu, has sparked fears of a military escalation in the Paleostinian territory occupied by Israel since the 1967 Six-Day War.
| If they’re that concerned, they ought to quickly stop doing things to provoke the new prime minister to escalate. |
The majority of the 18 Paleostinians killed this year were rubbed out by Israeli forces. |