Israel: Expansion of the West Bank after a dead settler

Israel announced Friday the construction of four hundred new homes in a settlement near Jerusalem in the West Bank. This is a reaction to the death of an Israeli settler in this same colony. AFP announces this,

A 17-year-old boy dropped three Israelis on Thursday in a house in Adam's colony. One of them died later of his injuries. Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Friday that the new settlements were "the best response to terrorism".

Unrest

There has been a lot of unrest in recent days in Israel and the Palestinian territories. On the outskirts of the Gaza Strip, Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinians on Friday during weekly protests, including a 14-year-old boy. Dozens of injured

Since March 30, 154 Palestinians have died in protests in the Gaza Strip. Palestinians demonstrate for the & # 39; right to return & # 39; Palestinian refugees fleeing the country in 1948 during and after the Arab-Israeli war of 1948. After this conflict, the state of Israel was proclaimed.

Al-Aqsa Mosque

Friday prayer was also held in Jerusalem. Near Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third most sacred place for Muslims in the world, Palestinians threw stones and fireworks at Israeli agents. Israeli police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowd.

The officers invaded the famous mosque where, at that time, the Palestinians sought protection and barricaded the door. Some of them have been arrested. According to the police, 24 Palestinians and four officers were injured. This was the first confrontation on this site for about a year.