election, israeli forces invaded gaza, killed half a dozen hamas militants. that led to qassam rockets attacking israel, huge israeli of killings -- all palestinians, as usual. by the end of december, a couple of weeks later, hamas offered to renew the cease-fire. the israeli considered it and rejected it. this was a dovish cabinet, led -- rejected it and decided to launch the next major military operations. that was cast lead, which was a horrible operation, so much so that it caused a very substantial international byction, investigations united nations commission, amnesty international, human rights watch. in the middle of the assault -- the assault, incidentally, was carefully timed to and immediately before president obama's inauguration. he had already been elected, but he wasn't inaugurated yet. so when he was asked to comment on the growing atrocities, he responded by saying that he could not do so, the united states has only one president and he wasn't president yes. she was talking about lots of other things, but not this. the attack was timed to en

hamas has dominated life there ever since.s is about reasserting that dominance and i think the palestinian authority watches with anxiety. in times of unrest and uncertainty in the middle east. the appeal of the more militant hamas to young palestinians is very powerful. i think there's a sense on the palestinian authority side that they perhaps are losing ground to their more radical rivals, hamas. and hamas i think is determined to assert its control in gaza and to make sure that the palestinian authority does not do anything to rebuild its authority there. i think you have to assume from the fact that no one was killed in this wave of explosions that it's intended more as a warning than an attempted assassination, but it does show you that at a time when the two factions have been talking about building a unity government for all palestinians, that the fact of the matter is that behind the headlines, if you like, relations between them remain very bad. >> kevin connolly there, just to explain that there have been reports o

nobody is making any direct link between them and, for instance, hamas. and, of course, east jerusalem is completely under israeli control. so there's only so much the israeli authorities can do in retaliation for this brutal attack that took place this morning. >> ben, there's already claims from relatives of these assailants that, i think, somewhere along the lines of 13 different family members ranging from sisters to parents of these attackers have been arrested in that neighborhood. but at this point, is anyone being definitive about claiming responsibility and saying, we did it and this is why? >> reporter: the only group that seems to be doing it -- for instance, hamas has not claimed responsibility. it expressed support for the attack but didn't claim responsibility. the popular front for the liberation of palestine, a marxist organization, did issue a statement that some have interpreted as being a claim of responsibility. but our understanding is that no one in the families, the extended families of these two palestinians who were killed this mo

the leadership of the hamas. and it's responsible. i don't want any investigation by them.se actions delay rebuilding. it delays moving a hundred thousand people back into their homes before winter. >> a hamas spokesman responded by accusing the president of being divisive. >> translator: it's a partisan and despicable speech that did not carry any good intentions neither toward hamas nor towards the people of gaza. >>> the leaders of the u.s. and china have struck an agreement on climate change in beijing. the world's two biggest polluters have agreed to reduce their carbon emissions. in 2013 china produced 29% of the world's carbon dioxide. together the two countries produced almost half of the world's carbon emissions. the question now is whether these other countries might be pressured to follow the u.s. and china's lead. adrian brown reports from beijing. >> reporter: china's go engineered clear skies for this week's apac summit. on wednesday president's barack obama and the chinese president, agreed to measures that might one day ensure those blue skies. after a welco

but if he checked the hamas website, there is no praise for the operation on the hamas own website. the various hamas have not come out taking responsibility, just as the fprp didn't. it would have been short sited, if it is stupid, for any of them to take such respondability, what is for sure is what seem people have been calling leaderless apprising or leaderless deservices, or leaderless resistence. in jerusalem has proven to be, or is proving to be more so every day. >> where duh this leave this dynamic? are we headed towards -- largely no one is in control of the sort of cycle we are seeing. >> i have read about 15 or 16 titles today about whether there is or isn't. on the horizon the various scenarios and various feasts. some say it is not possible because of the particular way in which the palestinian political structure is today. this is not a her test call movement to fight on and so forth. but let me tell you, just privately about what could bring about such. is the total impass that we live in today. so israel's logic that israelis can have peace, settlement, and occupati

hamas is not involved in it.e call on them to stop blaming others. >> the ceremony would have been the first time one was allowed in the strip since hamas took control. it appears as a breach of the unity pact they signed in april in an effort to overcome their deep political rifts. the 10th anniversary of yasser arafat's death comes amid a wave of violence. >> for more, let's bring in our correspondent. tell us more about the commemorations there today. >> we saw thousands of people attending the commemoration and ramallah. we did not see the green hamas flag flying. during his lifetime, yasser arafat was the leader of the whole palestinian people. in the 10 years since his death, he has become the fata leader. although there is nominally a unity government, there is such tension between the two main palestinian factions, the more islamist hamas and the more secular fata in the west bank, we are seeing separate ration -- sup a reparation -- such a separation between them that even mahmud abbas mentioned the lack

what you see in hamas, hamas is the palestinian version of isis.rs where this fight is happening. you have a rising tide throughout the region. it is happening with isis, with boko haram. and it important to stand together. >> i spoke with the spokesperson for the israeli police earlier. and emthere was no indication this was a coordinated plot. these were two individuals on their own may have been incited, may have been inspired to kill those. >> we don't know if an organization gave directories to these specific individuals, but definitely a climate has been created which basically pushes people to do these actions. you just saw people danlsing in the streets. by the way, they were dancing in the streets when the twin towers went down on 9/11. >> they were handing out candy. we have some still photos we can show our viewers. you see the pictures of those two terrorists who were killed by israeli police. you see them handing out candy. the earlier video we showed was from last week. they were celebrating something else. but it is still pretty grue

hamas took responsibility for today's attack, which is a strange kind of attack. a guy just drove a truck into a crowd of people at a tram stop, and got out and wielding an iron bar started hitting people until he was shot dead by police. that was followed by violence and very as parts of the city centers on a holy site to both muslims and jews, and which has been the focus of protests in recent weeks. >> so the most violence in nearly a decade. why is this escalation happening now? what is fueling it? >> there has been trouble in jerusalem ever since july when a palestinian teenager was abducted and murdered by israelis. that came in the middle of an ongoing search for the killer of three israeli teenagers in the west bank, which got hundreds of palestinians arrested. that has fueled deep resentment among palestinians, and it was followed almost immediately in july and august by the israeli attack on hamas, and all this has been accompanied by a series of announcements of new israeli settlements in and around east jerusalem, so there's an awful lot of different f

but hamas makes martyrs out of them.ian leaders make martyrs out of the killers. >> i want to go back to ben wedeman, because i think he's one of our finest reporters, frankly. and ben, the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas condemned this killing, correct, but hamas did not? >> reporter: yes, that's correct. he did come out and condemn it. he said any attacks against civilians, he is opposed to. he did, however, go on to add that israel has to do more to try to stop jewish worshippers or to going into the compound of the mosque, which has been a flash point in recent weeks. now, the u.s., the u.s. secretary of state, john kerry, has been trying to get all sides, the palestinian authority, the israelis, the jordanians, who have responsibility for the temple mount, to try to do all they can to lessen the tensions. but the problem on both sides is that there are extremists who have their own agenda. and that seems to be the problem, in that their agenda, whether it's hamas or jews extremists, are driving these situations

has come out and said "i am a supporter of hamas." what c.a.r.e. has condemned, in fact, is the conviction of the 1994 word trade center bomber. they've condemned the conviction of the blind sheik in 1995 who was arrested and sent to jail for planning to blow up new york city trademarks and condemn calling osama bin laden -- it is a political front for the muslim brotherhood. it is a funding front for hamas. >> but they say they're basically just a muslim civil rights organization. and whenever you do a segment about c.a.r.e., you know how to reach me, ibrahim, they raise nasty notes suggesting they're going to sue you. here's the statement they said in response to us. let's put it on the board so viewers can see. standby. here tes. we are seeking clarification of the government about this shocking and business bizarre report. there's absolutely no factual basis for the inclusion of cair and other american and european civil rights and advocacy groups on this list. >> do these people sound like civil rights activists? currently serving a 23-year pr

friends of hamas is not an idea that exists. the whole idea was a joke that the conservative media ran with as if this was a real group that really was paying the defense secretary. this is like when mitch mcconnell fell for the prison at guantanamo were getting g.i. benefits. it had been written by a comedian because it's funny. they didn't think it was funny. and now we've got a new one. the deal that president orb made that announcement, cob sebtive media posted an exciting and new exclusive scoop. there's one case lynch was involved in that few are talking about. the mainstream media doesn't want you talk about this. that's what they don't want to talk about. she's part of a clinton scandal. surely, nobody remembers what that scandal was because it was never quiet clear what the scandalous behavior was. she was right in the middle of it. and the mainstream media will not tell you what they're covering up. they published that on saturday. sunday, they published a cover up story. hey, this scandal about loretta lynch is a big

on november the 5th hamas militant drove a mini van killing a policeman and later that day a attack ind west bank killed three soldiers and five days later a palestinian fatally stabbed a soldier at a tel aviv train station and another person stabbed in the west bank and last wednesday in revenge attack they set fire to a mosque and on sunday a palestinian bus driver found hanged in his vehicle close to jewish settlement and palestine neighborhood and say it was a suicide but the driver's family believes he was murdered and let's speak to a political analyst and columnist with us and is live from tel aviv and good to have you with us. first of all, what do you make of the fact that today's attack happened in aorthodox neighborhood and what is the significance of this in your opinion? >> i think if you add this to the previous attack as you just mentioned on both sides, that is creating mosques and tension over the rumors or even more than rumors statements by israeli politicians there looking at violation of the status quo on the temple mount. all this is leading us to a very worrying

hamas is celebrating and handing out candy. the leader's statement is claiming that this is a great moment. how does the leadership get around that? >> that's a very tricky question obviously. the palestinian authority president put out a statement condemning it and obviously is the chairman of the palestinian authority. he has the authority to speak on behalf of the people, however as you mentioned, the faxes including islamic jihad welcomed this attack saying that they are calling it a revenge or response to what is happening in jerusalem over the past several weeks and called for further similar attacks to be carried out in defense of israeli violatio violations. in the cycle of violence, there were points of departure. you can look at it over the past 24 hours to the past six or seven months. the government has been upset about the coalition agreement or the government that has been formed involving the two major factions. none the less they occupied east jerusalem and elsewhere. more importantly they angered this country.

hamas called him a martyr. >> hamas blesses the greatest operation in jerusalem and considers it a normal reaction to israel's crimes in jerusalem and that -- at al-aqsa. >> israeli prime minister -- the israeli prime minister does not just blame hamas. >> the attack in jerusalem is a direct result of incitement by a boss -- by abbas. we are continuously battling over jerusalem. i have no doubt we will win. >> hours later in the west bank, another driver intentionally rammed into three israeli soldiers. wounded, they were taken to a nearby hospital. >> the palestinian who ran over those three israeli soldiers in the southern west bank last night has now turned himself in, saying it was not a deliberate attack but an accident. also today far right israelis are due to march on the al-aqsa mount, which has been at the heart of an increasingly violent dispute in recent weeks with hard-line israeli politicians stepping up to man's for the removal of restrictions preventing jews -- stepping up demands for the removal of restrictions preventing jews from worshiping there. >> it has always been c

then hamas is a splinter group that the state department recognizes as a terrorist group but hamas is the problem. but the palestinians have been the problem lately. >> yes, so there's the good palestinians and the bad palestinians. hamas is supposed to be the bad palestinians, abbas and fat ta are supposed to be the good palestinians except the good palestinians have been inciting this violence. president abbas when there was one of those attacks that you just mentioned he called the person a martyr had was going to go to heaven. he called on people to prevent -- he publicly called in a speech just 11 days ago, on november 11, he called in a speech for palestinians to rise up and prevent the continuation of the holy sites by jews. and asked them to stand and defend the holy sites. that's what they did. these people responded to president abbas, the good palestinian leader, who has called on them to use violence to defend the holy land. >> he comes out today and says i condemn what i saw in this synagogue this morning. then he goes on -- president obama didn't mention it, then he goes

that is hamas and fattah. even during the summer conflict, there were clashes between the two movements inside gaza, when hamas was fighting. the thing to take away from this is that we've seen a lot of headlines the last couple of years about the two palestinian factions coming together to form a unity government, technically in newspaper headline terms, that has happened to some extent. but events like the violence of this morning, those explosions at the homes of fattah activists, clearly thought the work of hamas, they show you that the underlying relationships remain dangerously bad, whatever the headline politics looks like. >> okay. kevin in jerusalem, always good to talk to you. we should just point out on that, no one has claimed responsibility for those explosions. fattah accused hamas, but hamas have condemned the attacks. >>> now, let me bring you some other stories making headlines around the world. approval has been given to restart nuclear reactors, the first to come back online since the meldow

, it is basically trying the put the blame on hamas and other militant groups why israel would have to take responsibleiy for the rising tensions. >> the young palestinians throwing stone at israeli police becoming an almost daily occurrence. are we in your view on the eve of a third intefada, a third uprising? >> this is a conventional way of resisting the israeli occupation and we have seen this model of resist this occupation in the beginning of the first intifada, now we are witnessing this activity now in east jerusalem as a result of the israeli aggressive measures against the palestinians. whether that is going to lead to a third intifada or not, in order for a third inl intifada e successful, it doesn't seem to me that the palestinian leadership is in a position to allow a third, no control over the palestinians in east jerusalem so basically it is the responsibility of israel to deal with the palestinians in east jerusalem. i can assure you the palestinian leadership is not going to allow the a palestinian intifada in the west bank or gaza, any failed intifada might turn into

. >> friends of hamas is not a thing that exists. the whole idea of friends of hamas was a joke that the conservative media ran with as if this was a real group that really was paying the u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel. friends of -- this is like when mitch mcconnell fell for the report that said guantanamo prisoners were getting gi bill benefits. now we've got a new one. president obama this weekend made his formal announcement his nominee to succeed eric holder is federal prosecutor loretta lynch from new york. the day president obamma made that announcement at the white house, conservative media posted a very exciting and somewhat damning new exclusive scoop about loretta lynch. quote, there's one case lynch was involved in that few are talking about. see, sure, the lamstream media doesn't want you talking about this. that's why we have the brave conservative media to dig this stuff out and tell america's hard truths that the lamestream media. >> loretta lynch was part of president clinton's whitewater defense team in 1992. th

we have seen today hamas has praised the attack but have not claimed responsibility. it makes it difficult for the security forces to respond. >> israel has promised a very firm response. we have seen police move into the attackers neighborhood. what else might be in store? >> we have seen earlier tonight president nine yahoo! has spoken to the state. he wants to restore law and order. they have decided to start demolishing the homes of the family, and the police presence will be strengthened. we see more checkpoints, a street police think that lloyd, mainly in the arab neighborhoods where they live. >> the violence in jerusalem has entered a new phase. this is the first attack on a synagogue. >> yes. it is the first attack for a long time in this manner. detentions here were running high. he asked people to not take law into their own hands. the situation stays tense. more police are on the streets in jerusalem. >> following that story, thank you. >> to other news, russian president vladimir putin says the united states wants to subdue his country but will never succ

some reports suggest turkey provided hamas with as much as 300 million in annual aid. that support came to a head in 120 when the turkish sponsored gaza freedom flotilla was intercepted and boarded. it deft eight turks and one duel national turkish american dead. >> there's a lot of sympathy among the turkish public for palestinian rights. it's not to suggest that the ruling party has been able to allay that public sympathy with political support for hamas. >> on the southern flank, turkey has a porous border, a smuggler's haven for centuries. turkey's neighbours are swept up in violence and turmoil. the president was once a close ally of syria's president bashar al-assad. but he broke with damascus after syria's bloody assault on citizen protesters in 2011. since then, turkey purply let militants, including turks, cross its border into syria, to fight against the bashar al-assad regime. according to the british newspaper, "the guardian", turkey allowed saudi arabia and qatar to ship hundreds of tonnes of light weapons across the border to aid the anti-bashar al-assad

the militant group hamas praises the attackers as euros -- her oes.he israeli prime minister has thomas to come down -- promised to come down hard on militants. >> as a nation, we will settle the score with every terrorist and the dispatchers. we have proved we will do so. but no one must take the law into their own hands, even if blood is boiling. >> israel has runners -- resumed the demolition of houses belonging to attackers. they destroyed the house of a man who killed two israelis at a tram stop in october. the palestinian authority president has distanced himself from the synagogue killings. >> we condemn this incident, and we do not accept attacks on civilians. we also condemned the attack on the al-aqsa mosque. >> palestinians accuse israel of increasing religious tensions in jerusalem. many here are worried they could be facing a new palestinian intifada, or uprising. >> joining us from our parliamentary studios in berlin is yakov hadas-handelsman, the israeli ambassador to germany. welcome to the program, mr. ambassador. thank you for your t

hamas is applauding the attack.ister benjamin netenyahu is promising a harsh response. back at home, a virginia woman has been charged with lying to the feds about trying to connect a contact of hers with isis. heather kaufman caught the eye of authorities after praising the terrorists on her facebook page. 29-year-old was arrested when she promised to link up an undercover fbi agent with the group in syria and later told officials she had not done so. the charges against her could be upgraded. >>> federal court challenges have been filed against affirmative action policies at harvard, and the university of north carolina, chapel hill. among the key allegations, harvard specifically limits the number of asian-americans it admits each year. the suit says there are quote race-neutral alternatives, including socioeconomics and boosting financial aid. both universities say their policies fully comply with federal law. >>> i'm not going to lie to you, the next story makes me very squeamish. former baseball slugger jose c

but hamas is a religious organization who believes that sit a it is acting in the interest of god. that's why they won't recognize israel, that's why their charter calls for the killing of jews and the establishment of a caliphate. hamas is isis but it's on the border of israel rather than as far away as isis is from the united states. >> alan dershowitz, thank you for your insight. i appreciate. we'll talk much more about this horrible incident in jerusalem in the coming hours on cnn. >>> let's turn the terror group isis and its alarmingal tloent successfully recruit newcomers, including those from the west. today a virginia woman is charged with lying about her ties to the terror group and her social media postings promoting isis. cnn's deborah feyerick is chasing down details. she joins me now with more. good morning. >> morning, carol. about half dozen facebook accounts suggest this woman was becoming more and more radicalized and supportive of isis, posting images of the "virtues" of mujahadeen and claiming "i love isis." she was upset that her account kept getting deleted bec

obviously hamas is seen by israel as a terrorist organization and at the same time, hamas has been fighting over the course of the last several years. very much against israel by using these types of tactics, terrorist tactics. they believe in their eye what is they call armed resistance as the only way for the palestinian people to achooe their independence. obviously mahmoud abbas and the palestinian authority, still believe in negotiations and a peace process. and that's why they condemned it. >> and what has benjamin netanyahu said about israeli reaction to this? >> he asked israelis to be restrained. and not take matters in their own hands. that's something israel has seen in the past. vigilante acts of revenge and he's worried about that happening again. he's asked his own members of parliament saying that's going to enflame tensions further. and he's basically making a call to people to calm things. he knows this is not something israeli police can calm on their own. they've seen random lone wolf attacks. and he's hoping that by calling tensions across the board, he'll be able to sor

no claim of responsibility as yet, but hamas says it supports it as payback for the death of a palestinian bus driver under disputed circumstances. our ben wedeman joins us now from jerusalem live with the very latest. so ben, take us through what we know right now about this attack on worshippers in the jerusalem synagogue and how much authorities are learning about the two suspects who were shot and killed by police. >> reporter: yes. rosemary, we understand from the israeli police that two men from palestinian east jerusalem from the neighborhood of jebal mukabr came at 7:15 in the morning, that's less than three hours ago, to this synagogue behind me in the har nof neighborhood of west jerusalem. they entered the synagogue. they were armed with knives, axes, and a handgun according to the police. now, eyewitnesses tell us that they saw a commotion outside the synagogue shortly afterwards. one woman said she saw a man bloodied and wounded sitting by the front steps of the synagogue, and then she saw the attackers, the presumed attackers coming out and the police arrived very quickly on

his words have been harsh saying we will respond to terror with a heavy hand and blames hamas and thenian authority for insightful language that leads to these attacks. we had a statement yesterday in response to the detective of the hanging of a palestinian man that the israelis say was a suicide, but that's not believe odd the palestinian street where they blamed netanyahu and elements of his government of insightful language that turn hatred against arabs, we are similar narratives from the two sides. we spoke to the police commissioner. it was interesting what told us he says we currently have for solution to deal with these kind of attacks. these attacks what has been happening over the last few weeks seem to be individual taking matters in their own hands. this specific attack on the synagog again at the moment, we don't know the specifics. it seems that these two men are cousins from a neighborhood in east jerusalem. these are the initial reports, unconfirmed. also unconfirmed reports that they belong toy presume called the popular front for the liberation of palestine. again u

he put the blame for this attack on hamas. other palestinian radical groups and the palestinian authority led by abbas. he says they have been inciting to launch attacks against israelis. >> condemning that attack. we will following that story all morning. >>> turning to the battle against isis. the islamic terror group's beheading of peter kassig leaves just two known western hostages. one cantile. we have cnn's erin mclaughlin with more. erin, the most recent murder, they didn't say who the next person in line was. that was a difference. we know there are other westerners still being held. tell us about it. >> reporter: that's right, christine. we don't have an update on the condition of the other westerns taken hostage. as you mentioned, the latest isis video is different from other videos showing the beheadings of other western hostages. in the end, it does not name a next victim. even though we do know that a 26-year-old american woman, an aid worker, is being held hostage. she has been held reportedly since august of 201

we heard hamas praising the attack but not claiming responsibility. there was a statement that came out attributed to the popular front for the liberation of palestine, a militant secular marxist organization which indicated that perhaps these two men were somehow affiliated with the organization. but there was no direct claim of responsibility. and this is one of the problems now that the israeli security forces are facing in jerusalem because it appears that this may be one in a long string of what they're calling lone wolf attacks, attacks by people who, not for clear motivations, are launching these attacks but with no link to the usual suspects, so to speak. so it becomes more difficult for the israeli security forces for intelligence to really understand where the next attack might be coming from. wolf? >> and the local authorities, as you know, ben, they've identified these four rabbis who were killed in this knife and ax attack, whatever you want to call it, let me give you their names, they identified the dead as rabbi arira capinsy. what do

hamas, as you mentioned, did praise the attack and keeping in mind that it is believed that hamas was behind the kidnapping and murder of the three israeli teenagers that sparked the war in gaza. >> ben wedeman in jerusalem, thank you so much. at the white house, president obama condemning the attacks but imploring both sides to back away from the violent ledge where they are teetering. >> too many israelis have died, too many palestinians have died and at this particular time it's important to try to work together to lower tensions and to reject violence. >> watching tear gas canisters and stun grenades while palestinians threw rocks and firecrackers, israeli settlers are assaulting palestinian workers. joining me now, former israeli ambassador to the united states, michael orrin. good to see you, as always. how will the government respond? as we pointed out, when three israeli teens were kidnapped and killed, that basically began a war. >> always good to be with you, jake. thanks for having me on. israel tonight is mourning the death of these four rabbis. they are israeli citizens a

we do know he was affiliated with hamas.to take his vehicle and slam into innocent people. so we do see that he was acting alone. therefore, we have to strengthen our intelligence circles and try and find those suspects before they get out on the streets of jerusalem or possibly other areas as we experience late in this area in the west bank. >> you say acting alone but affiliating with hamas but not necessarily receiving orders, this was not a hamas coordinated attack, is that what you're saying? >> that's more or less what's taking place. the terrorists are leaving different areas. but we have to focus at the moment on what's going on, on the ground level. heightened security will continue in jerusalem as more than 1,000 police officers are working in and around the different neighborhoods with emphasis on the old city to prevent disturbances there. this will continue as long as necessary, leading up to the next 24-48 hours, friday prayers on the temple mount and the weekend. >> a lot of fears of a third entifadha that wou

they've been laying the blame more on abbas than hamas. i think that given the incendiary atmosphere that will be created by this kind of attack, which by the way, resonates with israelis for obvious reasons, not only because it is a place of worship, but because the very image of orthodox victims evokes memories, even of the holocaust, if i can go so far. i think that no, most israelis are probably not into the nuances righted now between apass and hamas. on a day like this, there is as lot of feelings of revenge, and emotional upheaval. >> thank you. >> let's go to libby casey in washington, d.c. the u.s. is responding to the attack, specifically secretary of state john kerry. what did he have to say? >> that's right, the secretary of state is in london for meetings. he has condemned this attack in jerusalem, calling it an act of terror. >> people coming to worship god were hatcheted and hacked and murdered in that holy place in an act of pure terror and senseless brutality and murder. i call on -- >> secretary kerry has called prime min

he has come out also earlier in the day condemning what he callcall called incitement by hamas as well as the palestinian authority led by president mahmoud abbas. so certainly we're expecting some sort of further, plan nation as to what israel's steps will be. it's important to keep in mind that these attackers don't come from the west bank, they don't come from gaza, they live within an area that is under full israeli control, michaela. >> quickly, i'm wondering, ben, if you can give us an understanding that the authorities believe these were lone wolf actors if you will. but we have also been reporting here in the last few weeks of other similar attacks. >> yes, we've had a variety of attacks. in fact, six people have been killed in the last few weeks by what are being described as these lone wolf attacks. attackers largely from east jerusalem with no apparent affiliation to any radical palestinian organizations. and this is what makes it so difficult because under normal circumstances these t israeli security forces intelligence who are quite capable have a lot of means at their --

the plot that was unearthed in that war was to allow those tunnels for hamas commandos to enter israelmen, women and children, kidnap some of them. that was too much. the israeli public said enough is enough. and on the palestinian side of the situation with palestinian moderates, you hear people saying there is no peace process. there was supposed to be, john kerry, our sekts had made some efforts at it. but that's completely dead which is an anomaly really. usually at this stage in the second term of a u.s. presidency, there would be some kind of a peace process. there is nothing. what you have is a boiling over. you have these events one after the other and it's building towards something that will be very bloody and dangerous. >> is this sort of american giant looming in the background saying let's try to work something out when we learned last week that our president is writing to the ayatollah in iran who is on twitter. can i get the ayatollah tweet on the board? this is like the ayatollah is this barbaric wolflike and infanticidal regime of israel which spares no crime has no cu

hamas is hailing it. a bash is condemning it. we are going to join with netanyahu speaking about the incident. >> speedy recovery to the injuried and the policeman who thanks to them, prevented a greate greater -- this attack was done in cruelty. fence the people of israel and against the state. hamas the islamic and the palestinians have no end to the terror against the safe of israel. they say that the injuries are trying to get on to the temple mount, and to destroy the places of prayer. this is a lie and the lays have already paid a heavy price. they have taken a life, a three-month-old baby. a baby who went to the western wall with her parents. for the time. they have taken the lives of who will always be remembered. and the girl now and al the soldier all of them are pure souls. all of them are sacrifices from this terror. and today, further sacrifices have joined them. in a blood bath. yesterday an east jerusalem bus driver committed suicide. the autopsy has proven that beyond any doubt. but this has caused the attacks tod

neither five top or hamas -- neither fatah or hamas believe it is isis, but it has put into doubt plans to commemorate. >> thank you for that update. not to ukraine where there are reports of a new russian tank incursion into the country -- now to ukraine, where there are reports of a new russian tank incursion into the country. dirty tanks, 16 candles -- 30 tanks, 16 cannons. another column crossed another border point in the same region. there has been no independent verification on this. moscow has not commented on the so-called reports. meanwhile, there are questions over whether or not russia will receive highly anticipated shipment of warships from france. france says that so far the deal won't go through until the situation in ukraine has calmed down. the french finance minister says conditions have not yet in medford delivery. russia says -- have not yet been met for delivery. russia says a date for delivery has already been set. it is a deal worth 1.2 billion euros. not to a rare primetime appearance for francois hollande. halfway through his -- now to a rare primetime appearan

. >> these are all killers and hamas is not a killer? >> tear gnaw is not cute. >> that's right, he is not cute. hamas is not cute. >> that flag you waive is the psychological genocide of this planet. >> i'm sick? hamas is a terrorist organization. do you not agree with that? >> it is part of the people who enslaved the whole planet. >> how did daabs get there. he says these are our best and bright ease, then we should all be afraid, very afraid. there was another flag experiment on campus that day. let's see how the students reacted. >> in that flag you waive. it is a psychological genocide of this planet. it is part of the people who enslave the whole planet. >> i didn't know alec baldwin could golf. you were applauding the berkeley students it surprised me. >> i know you though that. this is my kryptonite. the worst on any campus is those who say digest is a -- divest is a terrorist state. they are speaking truth to power. they are saying yeah, that's right! the most irritating is the ones you know. >> i think it is a proxy for americ

to stab people. >> hamas praised this attack but is not claiming responsibility. palestinian president mahmoud abbas condemned it. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says, quote, israel will respond with a heavy hand. >>> a preemptive state of emergency is adding fuel to a tense situation in missouri. during a teleconference with reporters last night, governor jay nixon activated the missouri national guard and explained the unprecedented move. >> my hope and expectation is that peace will prevail, but we have a responsibility. i have a responsibility to plan for any contingencies that might arise. i hope there's no violence. the effort is to maintain peace and i'm hopeful that will occur. >> in a statement, the naacp's president says the decision is presumptuous to the hundreds of peaceful demonstrators who have embraced their constitutional right to protest. the fbi is also on high alert. nbc news confirmed the agency sent out an advisory to police last week. it warned of extremist demonstrators who might exploit the grand jury announcement in an atempt to attack

and the various other factions including hamas and jihad, saying they are responsibility for inciting the sort of behavior among palestinians whatever the case, the leader has condemned these killings. let's hear them. all of these actions are not helping the palestinian state, that live side by side in peace we call for complete cessation, in order to lead to peace. >> it is weeks now since we have seen this tit for tat violence. enwith it comes to the group that was behind this, we know who the two men were there entered the synagogue, but when it comes to any clarity as to what was behind them, how much of that do we have? is not rah lot. the palestinian plameing the leadership, whether it's hamas -- which is very influential in gaza, and in some parts of the west bank, or islamic jihad. another armed group that has a faction as well. associated the violence that we have seen to them, and going as far to say that the situation that we see in the region with isil and other armed groups in various other middle east countries really fueling this but the fact is the group which has cla

on east jerusalem on the west bank, on gaza, looking for people with affiliations with groups like hamas or islamic jihad. but when the individuals are acting alone with no clear links to any groups, it's very difficult or much more difficult to -- the kind of attack we saw this morning. >> we know the two attackers were said by people who knew them to have been fearful of changes, to some of the holy cities where you are there in jerusalem. can you tell me more about that? >> reporter: well, this is something that's been going on for several weeks, this is the question of the status of what they called the temple mount, what muslims call the holy sanctuary, which is where the mosque and -- and there have been certain members of the israeli parliament have been pushing for access for jewish worshippers to that site. but there's an old agreement going back to 1967 where there would be no worship by jews or christians on the temple mount. and there are those members, some members of the israeli who want to change that. the palestinians, the palestinian authority have been quite opposed to

israel says hamas leaders in turkey were the ones calling the shots here. a reuters news agency quotes a hamas spokesman as saying the group has no information about these israeli claims. >>> now, torrential rain has brought flooding to northern gaza city, forcing hundreds of people from their homes. as we've been telling you these past few hours. the u.n.'s relief agency has declared a state of emergency there as well. people throughout gaza are already struggling to rebuild after a heavy israeli bombardment earlier this year, you may remember. >> that's just not right. they don't even have homes yet. >>> well, that winter storm that hit the northeastern u.s. this week has left tens of thousands of homes without power, and for some it may not be back on until later today. authorities in maine and vermont say wet snow on power lines left many people trying to prepare their thanksgiving dinners in the dark. well, the meal must go on. so i'm sure they found a way, right? >> that's true, actually. >> nor'easter? i'm saying what nor'easter. i'm just trying to f

but israel had no time to grieve over its loss of these three because hamas had been engaged in rocket attacks against israel that began when the three boys were abducted and murdered. their intensity increased as the search began and once israel found the bodies, hamas began firing rockets, hundreds of rockets into innocent israeli civilian populations. among the constant barrage of the ts and warning sirens, iron dome successfully shot down rocket after rocket aimed at the israeli people over the course of the latest operation called protective edge. the performance of iron dome, madam speaker, shows how great both israeli and american technology and expertise are and why it is vitally important that our two countries continue to work together on projects such as iron dome, david fling, arrow and many others. congress recognizes the fact and that is why we continue to fund these major projects in a bipartisan manner because we understand that -- the threats that israel faces and we understand the importance of israel's right to defend herself to ensure its continued existence. i auth