Meanwhile, in East Jerusalem, clashes erupted Wednesday after an Israeli security guard shot one Palestinian dead and wounded two others. The slain victim was a thirty-two-year-old man with five children. The security guard works for an Israeli settlement in the Arab neighborhood of Silwan. Palestinian Authority spokesperson Ghassan Khatib called the shooting a violent escalation.

Ghassan Khatib: “The killing of a Palestinian resident in Silwan in East Jerusalem represents a very dangerous Israeli violent escalation that threatens the peace efforts and can, if it continues, defeat the peace agenda.”