Thu 09 July 2020:
Clashes broke out between Palestinian youths and the Israeli security forces on Thursday (July 9) in the Bab al-Zawiya area in the center of Hebron, West Bank.
The Israeli soldiers used disproportionate violence against the Palestinians protesting Tel Aviv’s annexation plan of the West Bank, firing rubber bullets and tear gas, stun grenades.
The protesters threw stones and plastic bottles on the soldiers.
No injuries have been reported yet during the clashes.
A week ago, the Bab al-Zawiya area witnessed confrontations between Palestinian youths and the Israeli army, in rejecting the plan to annex Israel to the West Bank.
As part of US President Donald Trump’s Deal of the Century, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had announced last month that his government would formally annex the Jordan Valley and all settlement blocs in the West Bank.
The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is viewed as occupied territory under international law, thus making all Jewish settlements there — as well as the planned annexation — illegal.
Palestinian officials have threatened to abolish bilateral agreements with Israel if it goes ahead with the annexation, which will further undermine the two-state solution.
The majority of the international community, including the European Union members, do not recognize Israel’s sovereignty over territories that it has occupied since 1967.
-Anadolu Agency
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