Palestinians Kill Four More in Synagogue Attack: Explosion in Violence After 6 Months of the Israeli Government Killing Thousands, Arresting Hundreds and Taking More Land in the West Bank and Jerusalem

Jerusalem Synagogue Attack Leaves 3 Americans, Briton Dead

First responders give first-aid after two Palestinian men attacked a synagogue in Jerusalem  (Screen capture from
YouTube video)

By AP/The Huffington Post
Two Palestinian cousins armed with meat cleavers and a gun stormed a Jerusalem synagogue during morning prayers Tuesday, killing four people in the city's bloodiest attack in years. Police killed the attackers in a shootout.

The attack ratcheted up fears of sustained violence in a city already on edge amid soaring tensions over its most contested holy site.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to "respond harshly," describing the attack as a "cruel murder of Jews who came to pray and were killed by despicable murderers." He immediately ordered the demolition of the attackers' homes, as well as homes of Palestinians who carried out several other recent attacks.

Police said the dead worshippers were three Americans and a Briton, and that all held dual Israeli citizenship. The attack occurred in Har Nof, an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood that has a large population of English-speaking immigrants.
The U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem identified the Americans as Aryeh Kupinsky, Cary William Levine and Mosheh Twersky.

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