![]() The Ramadan permits were also suspended for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including permits to visit relatives in Israel, travel abroad and attend prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. ![]() Israel considers the Ramadan permits a goodwill gesture toward Palestinians. Israel on Thursday suspended most of 83,000 special permits for Palestinians to visit Israel during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and beefed up police patrols in Tel Aviv. “The realization of a just peace, and creating a positive climate, that is what will lead to the lowering of tension and violence in the region,” the statement continues. “The presidency has repeatedly rejected all operations against civilians from any party, no matter what the justification.” Speaking to Army Radio he said: “We might be the only country in the world where another nation is under occupation without civil rights (.) You can’t hold people in a situation of occupation and hope they’ll reach the conclusion everything is alright.”įor his part Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said in a statement that he rejected all attacks on civilians. However in the aftermath of the shooting Tel Aviv’s mayor Ron Huldai struck a markedly different tone on Thursday - and stoked controversy - by linking the continuing violence to Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories. “There will be intensive action by the police, the army and other security services, not just to catch every accomplice to this murder but also to prevent further incidents.” “We discussed a range of offensive and defensive steps which we shall take in order to act against this phenomenon,” Netanyahu’s office quoted the premier as saying. The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, met his defence minister and security leaders shortly after the attack and then travelled to the scene. The shooting – in the first week of Ramadan – occurred when Israelis were getting used to a recent and marked drop in the recent months of violence and in one of the softest of targets – in a restaurant in an area of restored buildings popular with both residents and tourists and soldiers from the nearby military headquarters. Israeli policemen arrest a suspect man shortly after the shooting attack. I saw wounded people on the floor and helped one of them until a paramedic arrived.” I also fled and then I returned to the restaurant to see if there were any more people. When the shooting began people tried to flee into our kitchen. “They didn’t look like ultra-Orthodox people. Yosef Jibrin, a barman at Max Brenner, commented to Ynet on initial reports that the men may have disguised themselves as observant Jews. The two of them simply took the guns out and opened fire.” Suddenly they pulled guns out and starting firing. “They had bags and they ordered something to eat. The restaurant’s manager told the Ynet news website what he recalled: “I was sitting in the restaurant and they were acting like any regular customer. The attack was welcomed by Hamas, the Islamic militant group that rules Gaza. The attack, it appears, lasted a minute before one of the assailants was shot by a security guard while the other was arrested by police. People flee shooting in Tel Aviv Guardian ![]()
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