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Saturday 16 January 2016 - 17:41
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Swedish PM's prob call angers Israeli Netanyahu

Swedish PM
Tehran, January 16, The Iran Project Swedish Prime Minister's call for an investigation into the Israeli forces "extrajudicial executions" angered Israeli Netanyahu who alleged thatthe Swedish official's demand is "outrageous, immoral and unjust".

Netanyahureacted to the Swedish FM earlier remarksduringhisspeech to foreign reporters, alleging that: "People are defending themselves against assailants wielding knives who are about to stab them to death ... and that's extrajudicial killings?"He also expressed anger overthe Swedish PM comments for singling out Israeli in "an absurd way".

Earlier, during the speech in Sweden parliament, Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom noted the violence in the Palestinian occupied territory and death of scores of Palestinian by Israeli forces, saying that: "It is vital that there is a thorough, credible investigation into these deaths in order to clarify and bring about possible accountability."

Meanwhile, the European Union announced Friday in a statement that the body will send $13.4 million to the Palestinian Authority to help the Palestinian families living in poverty in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

According to the Palestinian resources, the EU contributes the Palestinian Authority social allowances program to benefit poor Palestinian people.

As violence surges across the Palestinian occupied territories, two Palestinians were shot dead by the Tel-Aviv soldiers in a refugee camp in Gaza Strip on Friday.

Locals said that a 19-year old and a 26-year-old Palestinians were shot dead by Israelis live bullets when the clashes broke out. According to the Palestinian resources dozens of others also were wounded by the Israeli live weapons during the clashes near the refugee camp.

During the Palestinian weekly protests on Friday in the occupied West Bank, at least five Palestinian were shot injured by Israeli gunfire. Locals and medics said that in Qalqiliya, Bethlehem and Ramallah five Palestinian were shot injured by Israeli live rounds and bullets, and dozens of others were wounded following the inhalation of Israeli tear gas bombs.

Another Palestinian youth also was shot in head by Israeli forces in south of Bethlehem on Friday. Locals said that the 28-year-old Palestinian was shot wounded when Israeli opened fire at Palestinian protesters.

Elsewhere in al-Khalil, thousands of Palestinians took to the streets on Friday to take part in the funeral procession of a 20-year-old Palestinian who was shot dead the day earlier by Israeli forces.
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