EU’s Mogherini says discussed with Netanyahu ways to calm tension

“I believe people want this to de-escalate”, he said of Abbas and Abdullah, whom he will meet on Saturday in Amman.

Kerry will meet with Netanyahu in Berlin on Thursday at the outset of a trip aimed at finding ways to end the violence between Israelis and Palestinians, Kirby said.

“The Secretary-General briefed the King about his meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, in which he appealed to them to put an end to the continuing violence in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Israel”, indicated a readout issued by the Secretary-General’s spokesperson.

Two Palestinians brandishing knives who were thwarted in an attempt to board a school bus full of children stabbed a yeshiva student at the bus stop.

The attack came after a Palestinian stabbed a soldier in the West Bank and was shot by troops, the military said. Several dozen then rushed toward the fence and tried to damage it, the army said.

It says both the soldier and the Palestinian were wounded in Friday’s incident and were taken for medical treatment.

Nine Israelis have been killed in Palestinian stabbings, shootings and vehicle attacks since the start of October, while 48 Palestinians, including 24 attackers, among them children, have been killed by Israeli security forces in response.

Tension around the Jerusalem shrine, a 37-acre hilltop platform, has been one of the triggers of the current violence.

The Palestinians accuse Israel of trying to change the longstanding “status quo” at the site, which allows Jews to visit but not to pray.

JERUSALEM (AP) – The latest developments in a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence (all times local).

“It is absolutely critical to end all incitement, to end all violence and to find a road forward to build the possibility, which is not there today, for a larger process”, Kerry told reporters as he and Netanyahu posed for pictures.

The mosque is Islam’s third holiest site but is also revered by Jews as the site of two destroyed biblical temples.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says the four men – two civilians and two prison guards – would appear in court Thursday in the southern city of Beersheba, where the attack occurred.

Meanwhile, barriers and checkpoints that Israel set up last week on the outskirts of Arab neighborhoods of the city remain in place.

Israel has been applying sweeping restrictions on entry into the compound since August 26. The count was conducted Wednesday, the United Nations said.

Earlier, the EU’s top diplomat said the “Quartet” of Middle East peace mediators would meet in Vienna on Friday to urge Israeli and Palestinian leaders to tone down their rhetoric and calm down the situation on the ground. Soldiers rush toward him, beat and kick him while he lies on the ground, then drag him outside.

It’s not clear what happened before the footage begins.

Ansar Aasi, 25, the man in the video, said Friday he wasn’t involved in violence.

Palestinian security forces identified the assailant as Mussab Ghanimat, 17, from the nearby village of Sureif.