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| Palestinian attacker rams car into Jerusalem rail line; 1 killed | Palestinian attacker rams car into Jerusalem rail line; 1 killed |
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| JERUSALEM – A Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem rammed his vehicle into a train platform Wednesday and then assaulted people with a tire iron, leaving one person dead and injuring at least 14, before being chased and shot dead by police, authorities said. | JERUSALEM – A Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem rammed his vehicle into a train platform Wednesday and then assaulted people with a tire iron, leaving one person dead and injuring at least 14, before being chased and shot dead by police, authorities said. |
| The attack took place just two weeks after another Palestinian resident, Abd al-Rahman al-Shaludi, plowed his car into a crowd of disembarking passengers at a different light-rail stop, killing a 3-month-old Jewish girl with U.S. citizenship and a visitor from Ecuador who was converting to Judaism. | The attack took place just two weeks after another Palestinian resident, Abd al-Rahman al-Shaludi, plowed his car into a crowd of disembarking passengers at a different light-rail stop, killing a 3-month-old Jewish girl with U.S. citizenship and a visitor from Ecuador who was converting to Judaism. |
| The two incidents — which Israeli authorities are treating as terrorist attacks -- come as tensions in the city spike on several fronts. | The two incidents — which Israeli authorities are treating as terrorist attacks -- come as tensions in the city spike on several fronts. |
| The light-rail train, which runs from the mostly Jewish neighborhoods in the western part of the city through mainly Arab districts in the east, has become a lightening rod for Palestinian anger. The cars are pelted with rocks and firebombs on a near-daily basis. | The light-rail train, which runs from the mostly Jewish neighborhoods in the western part of the city through mainly Arab districts in the east, has become a lightening rod for Palestinian anger. The cars are pelted with rocks and firebombs on a near-daily basis. |
| Earlier Wednesday, Palestinians and Israeli police clashed near another flashpoint in the city: the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a holy site for both Muslims and Jews, who refer to it as the Temple Mount. At least 14 people were injured, news reports said. | Earlier Wednesday, Palestinians and Israeli police clashed near another flashpoint in the city: the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a holy site for both Muslims and Jews, who refer to it as the Temple Mount. At least 14 people were injured, news reports said. |
| It was the second time in less than a week the area has been drawn into the city’s unrest. Israeli authorities last week took the rare step of closing the site for a day after a Palestinian gunman wounded an Israeli-American activist who is leading campaign to allow access for Jewish worshippers. | It was the second time in less than a week the area has been drawn into the city’s unrest. Israeli authorities last week took the rare step of closing the site for a day after a Palestinian gunman wounded an Israeli-American activist who is leading campaign to allow access for Jewish worshippers. |
| Jews and Christians are normally allowed to visit the site as tourists. But they are banned from praying, singing and making religious displays. | Jews and Christians are normally allowed to visit the site as tourists. But they are banned from praying, singing and making religious displays. |
| The first and second Jewish temples — historically the center of Jewish life — were located on the same spot. Romans destroyed the second temple in A.D. 70. Jews now pray at the Western Wall, the ramparts close to the site. | The first and second Jewish temples — historically the center of Jewish life — were located on the same spot. Romans destroyed the second temple in A.D. 70. Jews now pray at the Western Wall, the ramparts close to the site. |
| Jordan, which oversees the Al-Aqsa area under a special arrangement, said Wednesday it was recalling its ambassador to Israel and would submit a complaint at the United Nations Security Council over continuing unrest at the site. | Jordan, which oversees the Al-Aqsa area under a special arrangement, said Wednesday it was recalling its ambassador to Israel and would submit a complaint at the United Nations Security Council over continuing unrest at the site. |
| In Paris, Secretary of State John F. Kerry met with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, who would not predict how long the ambassador would stay recalled and urged for the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. | |
| Tensions have been running high since the summer when three Jewish Israeli teens were abducted and murdered by Palestinians in the West Bank and, in a revenge attack, a Palestinian teenager was burned alive by Jewish extremists. | Tensions have been running high since the summer when three Jewish Israeli teens were abducted and murdered by Palestinians in the West Bank and, in a revenge attack, a Palestinian teenager was burned alive by Jewish extremists. |
| Following the attack on the light rail, local media named the suspect as Ibrahim al-Akri, a resident of Shuafat. Israel Radio said that his brother had been among the Palestinian prisoners released and deported three years ago in a deal with the militant Palestinian group Hamas to free captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. | Following the attack on the light rail, local media named the suspect as Ibrahim al-Akri, a resident of Shuafat. Israel Radio said that his brother had been among the Palestinian prisoners released and deported three years ago in a deal with the militant Palestinian group Hamas to free captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. |
| Israel’s minister of internal security, Yitzhak Aharonovitch, told reporters that he would ask Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to reinstate a previous policy of destroying the family homes of those who carry out such attacks. | Israel’s minister of internal security, Yitzhak Aharonovitch, told reporters that he would ask Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to reinstate a previous policy of destroying the family homes of those who carry out such attacks. |
| This policy was common during the second Intifada, or Palestinian uprising, more than a decade ago. | This policy was common during the second Intifada, or Palestinian uprising, more than a decade ago. |
| Carol Morello in Paris contributed to this report. |