Jerusalem Sunday, Reuters, 27 December 2015
Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, the army said, the latest attack in 12 weeks of heightened violence.
Since the start of October, Israeli forces or armed civilians have killed at least 130 Palestinians, 81 of whom authorities described as assailants. Most of the others have been killed in clashes with security forces.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said the two Palestinians were relatives, one aged 17 and the other, 23.
The surge in violence has been fueled by Palestinians’ frustration over Israel’s 48-year occupation of land they seek for an independent state, and the expansion of settlements in those territories which were captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war.
Palestinian leaders say a younger generation sees no hope for the future living under Israeli security restrictions and with a stifled economy. The latest round of U.S.-brokered peace talks collapsed in April 2014.
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