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Israeli forces shoot 2 Palestinians in Hebron after alleged car ramming attack
Sept. 16, 2016 2:08 P.M. (Updated: Sept. 17, 2016 11:45 A.M.)
▻http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?ID=773158

HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man at the entrance of the Kiryat Arba settlement in the occupied West Bank district of Hebron and critically wounded a woman who was also in the vehicle after the two allegedly carried out a car ramming attack on Friday that left three Israeli civilians injured.

The slain Palestinian was later identified by locals as Moussa Muhammad Khaddour, 18, while the wounded Palestinian woman was identified as Moussa’s fiance, 18-year-old Raghad Abdullah Abdullah Khaddour, the sister of Majd Khaddour who was killed by Israeli forces at the same junction in June after attempting a car ramming attack.

Israeli army spokesperson Peter Lerner said in a statement that three Israelis were wounded in the attack, without specifying the extent of their injuries.

He added that Raghad Khaddour was evacuated from the scene. Lerner also posted a picture of the crime scene on twitter, showing blood-stained car seats with a large knife placed on the passenger seat. Lerner did not reference or explain why a knife was placed in the center of the passenger seat in his statement.

Later Friday evening, Karim Ajwah, a lawyer from the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ affairs, said Ragahad Khadour was “in a difficult and worrying medical condition.”

Ajwah said that Khadour, who was at the intensive care unit of the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, was shot with live fire in the abdomen area, connected to a respirator, and had completed an operation earlier in the day. Her condition was difficult but stabilizing, he said.

The two Palestinians originate from the village of Bani Naim, which has experienced an escalated crackdown by Israeli forces after a series of attacks were committed by Palestinian residents of the area at the end of June and early July. The village was completely sealed from the rest of the West Bank for more than a month as Israeli forces placed the entire village under a military blockade and revoked Israeli travel permits for some 2,700 residents of the village.

#Palestine_assassinée

Did Turkey abandon Hamas in Israel deal?
▻http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/07/hamas-reaction-turkish-israeli-agreement-restore-ties.html

Hamas worked to contain “the shock” of the Turkish-Israeli agreement, which at first seemed to be a complete abandonment of the condition to totally lift the siege on Gaza, particularly since it did not stipulate the establishment of a seaport or sea-lane passage to the outside world. But people close to Hamas tried to defend and justify the Turkish position.

These people are probably reflecting Hamas’ desire not to direct sharp criticism toward Ankara, as it does not have the privilege of multiple regional and international ties, while other posts and reports of people close to Hamas continued to criticize the Turkish-Israeli agreement.

Abdullah Abdullah, a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council and head of the Palestinian Legislative Council’s Political Committee, told Al-Monitor, “The Palestinians and Hamas should not blame Turkey for waiving [its condition] for the deal with Israel. The deal represents a chance for Hamas to feel its extreme vulnerability, because it had great expectations from Turkey and did not realize that bad circumstances are governing Turkey’s ties with Russia, Syria, Iran, Israel and Egypt. This has prompted [Turkey] to speed up the signing of the agreement with Israel in a Machiavellian way, contrary to Hamas’ liking and hopes.”

Read more: ▻http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/07/hamas-reaction-turkish-israeli-agreement-restore-ties.html#ixzz4DGl6MxuA

Chef de guerre afghan, un métier à plein temps
▻http://blogs.afp.com/makingof/?post/abdel-rachid-dostum-chef-de-guerre-afghan-un-metier-a-plein-temps

On le disait mélancolique, un peu boudeur et très triste d’être ignoré par le tandem Ashraf Ghani-Abdullah Abdullah qui dirige l’Afghanistan. Il aurait même lâché du lest sur la bouteille sur les conseils avisés de son médecin personnel. C’est dire s’il allait mal, le général Abdel Rachid Dostum, premier vice-président afghan et cacique de la petite communauté ouzbèke au passé si tortueux qu’il ferait passer Cent ans de solitude pour une comptine pour enfants. Source : Making-of

All the President’s Strongmen
▻http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/12/08/all-the-presidents-strongmen

He prevailed (...) in part thanks to the support of warlords and strongmen — without whom no one can rise above 3 percent of the votes in Afghanistan. Now these strongmen expect their rewards.

To complicate matters further, so do the supporters of Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah, with whom Ghani created a national unity government. This presents Ghani with a major dilemma. If he does not award the strongmen with government positions (or, in most cases, leave them in the positions they already occupy), they could turn against the government, potentially triggering more violence in an already unstable security situation. Yet leaving them in office would prolong the exclusive and predatory post-2001 political order that is a major factor driving the insurgency.

#Afghanistan, encore un grand succès des #Etats-Unis

#Taliban threatens Afghan voters
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/taliban-threatens-afghan-voters

Taliban insurgents threatened Monday to attack #Afghanistan's run-off presidential election, warning voters to stay away from polling stations for fear of injury or death. Afghans are due to go to the polls on June 14 to choose whether Ashraf Ghani or Abdullah Abdullah should succeed President Hamid Karzai. The militants, ousted from power in Kabul by a 2001 US-led invasion, threatened to attack the first round of voting on April 5 but the day passed with a high turnout and no major security incidents. read more

#presidential_elections