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WORLD NEWS Thursday 14 april 2022
Israeli forces kill Palestinian as West Bank raids continue

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli for violence.
forces shot and killed a Pal- In the Gaza Strip, Palestin-
estinian man during clashes ian militant groups called
on Wednesday, the Pales- on Palestinian residents of
tinian Health Ministry said, the West Bank and Israel
as Israeli troops continued to camp out at Jerusalem's
a days-long operation in flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque
the occupied West Bank this weekend.
in response to a spate of After a meeting with
deadly attacks. Hamas's Gaza leader Ye-
The death was the latest in hiyeh Sinwar, the factions
a wave of Israeli-Palestinian called for mass protests to
violence that has erupted break the Israeli restrictions
as Muslims mark the holy recently imposed on the
month of Ramadan. city of Jenin and said mili-
The Israeli military said its tants in Gaza were on alert
forces shot an armed sus- "and ready to take the
pect during clashes in necessary decisions to pro-
which stones and firebombs tect our land, people, and
were thrown at troops in the holy sites."
northern West Bank town Israel's government has
of Beita. But Palestinian of- sought to lower the flames
ficials said Mohammed As- by moving ahead on its
saf, 34, just happened to Palestinian security officers carry the body of Muhammad Assaf, during his funeral in the West plan to ease restrictions
be driving through the area Bank village of Kufr Laqef, near Qalqiliya, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. on Palestinians in the West
at the time. Associated Press Bank and the Gaza Strip
Murad Shtaiwe, a Fatah during the holy month. But,
party spokesman, said As- dier was lightly wounded in That assault, as well as three which could lead to further with two of the attackers in
saf, a lawyer, was driving the clashes and that it ar- other attacks elsewhere in escalation and mutual vio- the recent violence from
relatives to school. They rested 15 people in its raids Israel in recent weeks, have lence. Jenin and the surrounding
passed through an area Wednesday. killed 14 people, the dead- The tensions have esca- area, Israel has tightened
where clashes were taking Israel has sent troops to liest outburst of bloodshed lated as Muslims mark Ra- restrictions on movement in
place and Assaf was fatally comb through Palestinians against Israelis in years. madan, which this year and out of the city.
shot, Shtaiwe said. cities and villages in recent On Wednesday, Egypt's converges with major Jew- Jenin is considered a strong-
"What happened today is a days, looking for suspects Foreign Ministry spokesman ish and Christian holidays. hold of Palestinian militants.
new crime," he said. or accomplices tied to re- Ahmed Hafez said the Arab In the coming week as Israeli forces often come
The Israeli military did not cent Palestinian attacks on state strongly condemned Passover and Easter com- under fire when operating
immediately respond to re- Israelis. Last week, a Pales- Israel's West Bank opera- mence, tens of thousands in the area. Even the Pal-
quests for comment. tinian gunman opened fire tions and what he called from the three faiths are estinian Authority, which
The Palestinian Health Min- on a packed Tel Aviv bar, excessive force against expected to stream into administers parts of the oc-
istry said 11 others were killing three and fleeing the Palestinians. Hafez urged Jerusalem's Old City, the cupied West Bank and co-
injured as a result of the scene, sparking an hours- in a statement for "contain- emotional heart of the ordinates with Israel on se-
Israeli military's activities. long manhunt that culmi- ing such growing and ac- Israeli-Palestinian conflict curity matters, appears to
The military said one sol- nated in his killing by police. celerating developments," and a frequent flashpoint have little control.q
Dutch ABN AMRO bank apologizes for historic links to slavery

THE HAGUE, Nether- and that of other banks of goods harvested by en-
lands (AP) — Dutch bank that were its direct prede- slaved persons," the bank
ABN AMRO apologized cessors uncovered a dark said.
Wednesday for historic links side. ABN AMRO CEO Robert
to the slave trade in the The bank said the research Swaak said the bank has a
18th and 19th centuries, revealed that "ABN AMRO's proud history, but "we must
including the involvement predecessor Hope & Co. also recognize that it has a
of one of the bank's prede- played a pivotal role in the darker side as well."
cessor institutions in "day- international slave econo- He said ABN AMRO "apolo-
to-day business" of planta- my of the 18th century. Not gizes for the past actions
tions. only were slavery-related and activities of these pre-
The bank is the latest institu- operations a source of decessors and for the pain
tion to apologize for historic much of Hope & Co.'s prof- and suffering that they
ties to slavery, following the its, the firm was also actively caused."
Bank of England in 2020 involved in the day-to-day Lead researcher Pepijn The logo of the state-owned ABN-AMRO bank sits on its head
and the municipality of business of plantations." Brandon of the Internation- office in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Jan. 9, 2014.
Amsterdam last year amid The plantations were in the al Institute of Social History Associated Press
a global Black Lives Matter Caribbean on Dutch colo- that documented the histo-
reckoning over the police nies and other islands. ry said it revealed "slavery- the Netherlands at the end people, who said they want
killing of George Floyd in Another bank that went related operations formed of the 18th century. to see "concrete measures
Minneapolis. on to become part of ABN a core part" off the business ABN AMRO said it had dis- to help improve the struc-
ABN AMRO said in a state- AMRO, Mees en Zoonen, of Hope & Co., which was cussed the findings with tural social disadvantages
ment that research it com- "brokered insurance for the largest financial and representatives of the de- facing descendants of en-
missioned into its history slave ships and shipments commercial company in scendants of enslaved slaved persons."q