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that, we are now hearing comments from senior israeli officials, including the prime minister benjamin netenyahuappealing for calm. we have also heard from the chief rabbi here in jerusalem, also appealing for calm. but the fact of the matter is, although it's clear the israeli leadership is becoming very concerned about what is going on with the protest and violence, there is still a huge security presence, and that isn't helping calm things down. and we are expecting more protests. this issue which has been brewing here in the occupied east of jerusalem, is quickly becoming an international concern. we heard jordan raise concerns to the u.n. security council. we have the e.u.'s foreign minister here discussing the issue, and the white house has expressed concern. there is a lot of pressure for israeli to calm things down here, and the measures they have been using doesn't seem to be doing the trick, if you will, so one would imagine that's is why we're hearing these comments and appeals for calm by the israeli government. >>> the ukrainian military is aledging that a convoy of tanks and other

context and we only have to consider the fact that, here we are, with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netenyahuin jordan. it is very clear that the israelis are deeply concerned about what is going on, not only in occupied east jerusalem, but also in the occupied west bank and israel as well. it is a very tense situation. a situation which has resulted in the deaths of at least six israelis. we have also seen an increasing number of what has been described as revenge attacks. culminating on that attack on a mosque in the occupied west bank. we have been trying to reach out to sources within the prime minister's office, they have been very closed lipped about just what exactly the prime minister will be discussing, but of course it is very clear the issue -- or rather the situation that is unfolding on the streets of the palestinian territories and indeed israel is one of those key issue, and he no doubt wants to find a way to calm tennings. >> just remind us where jordan actually fits into all of this. >> well jordan and israel 20 years ago signed a bilateral security agreement, and this is onl

election and think that obama -- his strength has been diminished and therefore some, like benjamin netenyahu might just wait for obama to go, waiting for his successor. but ultimately the policy is going to be dictated by the president of the united states and a lot of people are expecting policies to continue here in turkey as well as iraq and syria. >> how to deal with isil became a campaign issue in some races. turkey has been vocal about how the u.s. is handling that fight. will that change now? >> no, the criticism is not only from turkey, it's from the moderate opposition, the very u.s. allies. they are complaining the training isn't fast enough, and the air strikes are hitting the wrong targets, and now u.s. officials are considering expanding those strikeses specifically against al-nusra, that is an al-qaeda-linked group. but so far there's no indication yet that the white house itself is actually indicating -- that it is willing to expand those air strikes. >> al jazeera's nick schifrin in istanbul. nick, thank you. >>> our global coverage continues with dana lewis in london. are e.

israeli prime minister benjamin netenyahu vows to respond with what he calls a heavy hand. wedeman is live for news jerusalem. what do we know, ben? >> this city has been tense for weeks in fact months, but what we saw this morning was for jerusalem, the worst attack in six years. breaking overnight, a deadly terror attack shattering the peace of early morning prayers inside a jerusalem synagogue. police say two palestinian men armed with knives, axes and a hand gun entered the building in west jerusalem. >> this is simply has no place in human behavior. >> the assailants travelled from east jerusalem, killing four raerls and injuring six others, including two responding police officers. this video shows israeli police officer trying to enter the synagogue. >> deadliest terror attack in the city in years. >> what

in response, benjamin netenyahu has suggested an iron fist.e says anyone even protesting the israeli government should, quote, move to the west bank or to gaza. these are loan wolf attacks. nobody believes this is some kind of terror campaign, dictated from the top, so they are very difficult to stop. the israeli government has tried to increase the penalties for anyone protesting or committing violence. anyone throwing sense to, for example, at police, could be sentenced up to 20 years in prison. but it has not meant decrease in violence. quite the opposite in fact. both sides are very fearful right now that there is nothing stopping the violence, and it only can get worse. >>> lincoln mitchell is a research scholar at columbia university, who focuses on the middle east and is with us tonight. why are we seeing this violence now? >> there could be any number of reasons. there is always a little bit of violence in the region, a little bit of violence between israelis and palestinians, so this could be just random. it might be an uptick because

joining news jerusalem is mark regev, spokesman for israeli prime minister benjamin netenyahu. you, sorry it's under these circumstances. let me ask this question with all due respect. i understand the outrage is obvious, that this was uncalled for and there's no justification. however, when there is retaliation for this, whether it's knocking down homes or whatever subsequent actions rail takes, how do you understand the process of finding peace? >> chris, with respect we're not retaliating. we taking steps to protect our people. and to prevent further atrocities like the one we saw yesterday. we've beefed up our police presence in the city, security presence to deter further attacks. we're looking at different ways that we can better protect our people. but we're not talking about retaliation. we're talking about protection and deterrence. >> because that's a big difference, it's not just language. it winds up being what motivates the next cycle. and you've consistently said on this show, consistently, the goal is to get past this and towards a more peaceful process. where do

israeli prime minister benjamin netenyahu blames hamas for those attacks. >>> top terror target has beene state department had named him a especially designated global terrorist after connecting him with plots to attack american embassies, one of those plots forced 19 diplomatic locations to close in the middle east and africa last summer. >>> a philadelphia woman has been rescued after being violently abducted in this incident all caught on video. carlesha freeland-gaither is heading home now to be with her family after being released from a hospital in maryland where police nabbed her alleged abductor. delven barnes was cornered in his car with gabather in the ba seat. this guy is also facing charges for abduction of a 16-year-old girl in virginia. >>> take a look at this drake university student winning himself a brand new f-150. first-year student makes a lay-up, a free throw, a three-pointer and a half-court shot in 30 seconds, sending people at drake university's event into a frenzy. as you notice, chris, were you cringing he needed three tries to make the lay-up, four tries to sin

the dysfunction in the relationship between president obama and the israeli prime minister benjamin netenyahusten to vice president biden. he talks about i've had difference with bebe, but he's my pal. >> i signed a picture for bebe, a long time ago. i have a bad habit, no one ever doubts i mean what i say. sometimes i say all that i mean, though. and i signed a picture a long time for bebe, he's been a friend for over 30 years. it said bebe, i don't agree with a damn thing you say, but i love you. we really are good friends. >> if you have a signed picture from joe biden. you're all set. this is designed to make mends, there a senior white house official told a reporter that bsh basically called the prime minister a four-letter word and that caused a bit of a stir right before the elections and you know, he's trying to make amends, as he's been known to do. >> in his unique way. >> in his biden-esque way. on this veterans day, one son of a veteran is giving a big tribute to his dad. that would be president george w. bush, releasing a book about george h.w. bush. this is one excerpt, about th

israeli prime minister benjamin netenyahu responded in a public speech later in the day, saying thatan president doesn't make good partner for peace right now. that he is lying about this issue. but israel has no intentions of changing the status of these religious sites in jerusalem. that said, overnight an attack on an ancient synagogue, a fire attack there. and on a, on a mosque in the west bank as well. a firebomb attack there, destroying more or less the lower floor of that mosque. about 200 people normally pray there. the real incendiary image to emerge from that is a pictures of burnt korans on the floor. when tensions are so high, it's a tinder box. the concern is that the next contentious event like this, yesterday's shooting of a palestinian young man, the next contentious event could really spike violence into a direction that it's not quite reaching at the moment, chris. >> and the question is nic, how do they control it where does it lead? the questions have plagued the region longer than we've been alive. we'll stay on it, thank you very much. >>> clearly a lot of chaos

israeli prime minister benjamin netenyahu and jordan's king abdullah spoke thursday, trying to ease tensions between the two nations following clashes with demonstrators at jerusalem's temple mount. cnn's erin mcgloughlin is tracking latest developments live from jerusalem. what's the latest? >> hi, alisyn. we're hearing of clashes that are taking place at a palestinian refugee camp in eastern jerusalem, the refugee camp that was the home of the palestinian driver that drove his van into a tram station earlier in the week, killing two israeli citizens. one of which died just this morning. a 17-year-old israeli student. we're also hearing of clashes taking blaiplace in the west ba. as for the situation here, outside the damascus gate dmns to the old city in east jerusalem, things are relatively quiet. friday prayers are over. a lot of the police out to secure the area have packed up and gone away. this wholly site known to muslims as the noble sanctuary and to jews as the temple mount has been an increasing source of tension of late. many muslims are suspicious that there could be a change to