Israeli Fires on Palestinian Protesters Near Ramallah, Killing One<br />By IAN FISHERMAY 18, 2017<br />JERUSALEM — An Israeli settler whose car was caught up in a pro-Palestinian street demonstration in the West Bank on<br />Thursday opened fire on the protesters, killing a 23-year-old Palestinian man and wounding a news photographer.<br />The United Nations official responsible for coordinating the Middle East peace process, Nickolay E. Mladenov, condemned the shooting in a post in Twitter, writing, "Those responsible must be investigated<br />and prosecuted." Demonstrations in support of the hunger strikers have been growing, as have clashes between civilians and both the Israeli and Palestinian security forces.<br />Since 2015, several dozen Israelis — some tallies put the figure at nearly 40 — have been<br />killed by Palestinians in a wave of attacks, mostly vehicle rammings and stabbings.<br />Over the same period, Palestinian officials say, more than 250 Palestinians have been killed by violence;<br />Israeli officials say most of them were killed while carrying out or attempting attacks.<br />At a protest near the city of Ramallah on Thursday, Israeli soldiers fired on demonstrators, wounding one Palestinian.
