Kerry says ‘senseless’ Mideast violence must end

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has said that the US and Jordan are also opposed to independent observers at the site, known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary. Those measures have so far failed to stop the violence. They said an Israeli soldier was killed, five police were lightly wounded and five civilians were wounded to varying degrees. Israeli officials say an Israeli soldier was also killed and several others hurt in the attack carried out by an Arab attacker armed with a gun and knife.

Police identified him as Habtom Zarhum, with Israeli media describing him as an asylum seeker, like many Eritreans who have come to Israel.

Israeli media showed footage of a blood-streaked floor and rows of ambulances outside the bus station.

– About 1.7 million “Arab Israeli” citizens in Israel proper can vote and in theory have equal rights. To these more liberal Israelis, the apparently perpetual occupation of the Palestinians is a moral stain that also, by tying Israel inexorably to a Palestinian population equal to its 6 million Jews, contains the seeds of self-inflicted ruination. “Netanyahu has lost the ability to keep the safety of Israel’s citizens and Jerusalem’s unity”. The wall would effectively divide Palestinian Jabel Mukaber and Jewish Armon Hanatziv, raising criticism among the government’s opposition, which considered the move a de facto division of Jerusalem.

– Another 2 million Palestinians live in Gaza, an enclave that between 1948 and 1967 was held by Egypt. The area is squeezed between Israel and Egypt and ruled by the Islamic militant group Hamas as a theocratic police state where women are subjugated, dissent is punished, and alcohol is banned.

“This has no political meaning, said Emmanuel Nahshon, a spokesman for Israel’s foreign ministry”. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said there would be an investigation to determine who was involved in the beating.

On Sunday, the six slabs lined a sidewalk on a road between the Jewish and Arab neighborhoods.

Israeli police condemned the bludgeoning, which it said rendered the victim unrecognizable. It did not prevent pedestrians from leaving or entering.

While Netanyahu has said he supports the establishment of a Palestinian state, there has been no progress in peace efforts during his six years in office, and expectations of a negotiated agreement have faded.

Much of that hopelessness is found in Arab areas of east Jerusalem.

African migrants frequently complain of racial discrimination in Israel.

The new restrictions come amid simmering tensions between Israeli forces and Palestinian protesters, which has seen dozens of Palestinians accused of attempting to stab Israelis killed. An Eritrean migrant was also killed in the attack after an Israeli security guard fired at him, apparently thinking he was an assailant.

The daily attacks have caused a sense of panic across Israel and raised fears that the region is on the cusp of a new round of heavy violence.

Instead, he said what is needed is clarity over pledges by Israel to maintain the status quo at the hilltop compound revered by Jews as the Temple Mount and home to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third-holiest shrine and a key national symbol for the Palestinians. Such visits are coordinated with Israel.

Beer Sheva is located in Israel and not in Palestinian territory.

Palestinian students sit in the West Bank town of Hebron on October 19, 2015 next to an empty chair … With little control over their travel, they observe helplessly the constant expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied land between their disconnected areas.

Police have not discussed a motive, but a few Bedouin groups have been at odds, at times violently, with Israeli authorities over issues of their own, according to the website of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. In consultation with Palestinian security forces, the military extracted the worshippers.

“It should be noted that the police see this in a very severe light and will not allow people to take the law into their hands, and everyone should act with restraint and carefulness and allow the police to do their job”, Samri said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a French proposal for placing worldwide observers at a Jerusalem shrine that has become a flashpoint spurring a wave of Palestinian attacks.