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On Tuesday Israel demolished homes of two Palestinian militants who carried out deadly attacks in Jerusalem a year ago.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas urged the Palestinian security forces to quell the violence, accusing Israel of pouring oil on the flames of the uprisings.

The Israeli has a clear obligation under global law to protect the Palestinian civilian population, including from Israeli citizens.

Obama administration officials say they continued to aggressively enforce sanctions against Iran throughout the negotiations, are still doing so, and will strictly enforce the remaining sanctions after the deal is implemented.

A deadly terror attack in Jerusalem’s Old City leaves two Israelis dead.

Benet’s wife and two-year-old child were injured.

In this context, Nidal al-Bizri, the president of the Nablus Businessmen Forum, told Al-Monitor, “The Palestinian participation in the opening of such a hall amid the continuous Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque looks like a hard decision for Palestinian businessmen”.

Supporters of the Israeli prime minister watched the speech from the wings of the United Nations General Assembly hall, bursting into applause when Netanyahu condemned the deal and vowed to ensure Iran didn’t obtain a nuclear weapon.

Police spokesperson Luba Samri said the Palestinian attacker took a gun from one of the wounded men and opened fire at police and tourists.

In an impassioned speech interspersed with bouts of dramatic silence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday condemned the Iran nuclear deal as empowering Tehran to spread further unrest in the Mideast while leaving the country capable of making an atomic bomb.

Police spokeswoman Luba Samri claimed the demonstrators had stockpiled petrol bombs, fireworks and stones to throw as missiles. By noon the site was quiet, police said.

The hilltop compound in Jerusalem’s Old City is a frequent flashpoint and its fate is a core issue at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Israeli Prime minister Bibi Netanyahu brought the Internet to its knees with a powerful moment of silence in the middle of his impassioned United Nations speech, Thursday. Prime Minister Netanyahu, speaking today at the United Nations about the UN’s inaction against...

The bulk of Netanyahus speech on Thursday focused on his condemnation of the nuclear deal with Iran, but he also took turns at accusing the United Nations of repeatedly bashing his country.

The three injured civilians were moved to Nablus hospital after sustaining moderate injuries in the legs, local sources reported.