Israeli army shoots Palestinian dead after soldier stabbing bid

Israeli army shoots Palestinian dead after
soldier stabbing bid

Israeli troops have shot and killed a Palestinian who tried to stab a soldier in the West
Bank, military officials said.

The army said the incident happened near a checkpoint between the West Bank and
Israel on Monday.

It said that after soldiers approached two Palestinians at a petrol station, one attempted
to stab a soldierwith a knife, and the troops shot him. The Other Palestinian was
arrested.

It was the third attempted stabbing near the checkpoint in recent weeks, and the latest in
a six-week period of violence.

Eleven Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks, mostly stabbings. A further 69
Palestinians have died by Israeli fire, including 43 whom Israel says were involved in
attacks or attempted attacks.

Response:

Although this article is short, it is showing the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians. The author does seem bias towards the Israeli soldiers by pointing out what the Palestinians have been doing the past weeks and leaving what the soldiers have been doing as a mystery. The author does stick to the facts, but is obviously looking at the Palestinians in a dimmer light. The issue at hand is that the Palestinians are trying to fight against the Israeli soldiers, but the Israeli soldiers have more fire power than that of the Palestinians.; which is seen through the stabbing versus shooting. At this moment, the fighting in Israel is not going to cease and it should be expected that more deaths and violence is to occur. This article gives some perspective to the situation, but is still bias towards the Israeli people.

"Israeli Army Shoots Palestinian Dead after Soldier Stabbing Bid." News World News. Press Association, 2 Nov. 2015. Web. 2 Nov. 2015. <http://www.independent.ie/world-news/israeli-army-shoots-palestinian-dead-after-soldier-stabbing-bid-34161104.html>.