then it's pretty simple to divide jerusalem. to have the jewish neighborhoods for the jews and the arab neighborhoods for the palestinians. it's pretty clear that this is something that can be done, can be achieved. we need to have negotiations in good faith, and unfortunately, israelis and palestinians can't sit alone. they need a third party to go between them. >> when you say jewish neighborhoods for jews, and palestinian neighborhoods for the palestinians, those neighborhoods, where they are, would they be contiguous? would they be related or connected in any realistic way to a palestinian entity that's also self governing? >> i agree, it's very hard. as time goes by and there is no solution, they are we're getting further and further away of being able to have a continuous contiguous territory. but there are solutions, practical solutions that can be found, that still can secure contiguity. >> do you buy that? is there enough left that a finger of land for the palestinian entity. this is enough east jerusalem for us to say

i did speak to some palestinians in jerusalem.hat was remarkable is that they , do notpprove of it approve of this murder, but they share with those who perpetrated -- they share the sense of despair and anger that palestinians live with all the time. all the time. people do not dare to condemn, even though some people feel uncomfortable about such a killing, such an operation. by the way, i don't think the popular front adopted it officially. people say the two youngsters are members or fans of the popular front. are notssarily members necessarily that they got in order from the popular front, but this is still to be seen. yes, it is very, very tense. i was making the comparison between the neighborhood where , veryived, the two men in the, no investment livelihood, and the welfare of the people. while this neighborhood is relatively a new neighborhood under lands of the village of the destroyed palestinian spacious, many new newcomers, immigrants from other countries. the two guys work there, i think they faced every morning --

let's take you now to west jerusalem where we've got these live pictures coming to you from west jerusalem, where funerals for the victims of the attacks are taking place currently. our correspondent told us that thousands expected to attend the if you know release. security across the city has been beefed up in light of the if you know release, as well as the rising tensions. let's get more from west jerusalem. we are getting reports of clashes in israel in the aftermath. we saw pictures of that before. tell us a little bit more about that. >> that's right, a very tense situation right across occupied east jerusalem and west jerusalem as we were just seeing with those pictures at that funeral of those four israelis who were killed in an early morning attack at a synagog in west jerusalem. in occupied east jerusalem, we've already seen confrontations between palestinian youths, and israeli security forces, israeli security forces which have used stun grenades, tear gas canisters and the like against palestinian protestors, but of course, the background of all this and these picture at this

1967 over the entire area of jerusalem. so -- >> i know what it's done, but has the u.s. recognized has any president since 1948 recognized israel's sovereignty over that area? >> in a formal sense, no. but allowing individuals to recognize that, that would not be a false statement. >> ms. lewin, may i just i know your time is but if i might just go back to the thought that the chief justice gave you that you agreed with. here's the way a passport begins. it begins, "the secretary of state of the united states of america hereby requests all who it may concern to permit the citizen," blah, blah, blah. that's what that's the you know, the secretary of state requests all of these who are going to be looking at this passport. and then in haig vs. agee, we described a passport as a letter of introduction in which the issuing sovereign vouches for the bearer and requests other sovereigns to aid the bearer. so this is, this passport, it seems, both on what it says itself and on what we've said about it, it's like a letter from the

very hot in jerusalem.you know now. [ inaudible ] about the policy they try just to protect. [ inaudible ] yesterday they decided to diminish the people who were done some action against. [ inaudible ] they never, they never diminish the. [ inaudible ] i think that this is a natural reaction of the occupation. for the. [ inaudible ] we expect more in jerusalem and more up rising in jerusalem. so israel should speak loudly to stop all its bad behavior, its policy in jerusalem and give the. [ inaudible ] to live like any people everywhere. but if they continue to support this. [ inaudible ] to kill the palestinians and to do everything bad against palestinians third pictures anything to come from israel. >> security is tight in west jerusalem this morning, as tensions between israelis and palestinians continue to rise. at least four israelis have been killed and six others injured this tuesday morning in an tack at a synagog in west jerusalem. two armed men with action "as" and knives carried on the the attac

we want to calm things down as quickly as possible so people in jerusalem, all people in jerusalem, people of all communities can enjoy peace and quiet again. that's the problem. >> i'm hearing mixed messages. i'm so sorry. we're going to have a heavy-handed reaction to this and we're going to try to calm things down. those are not synergistic with one another, those comments? >> no, on the contrary. we're going to be tough with the terrorists, with the people who do these attacks and we have a police presence to make sure that things remain quiet in jerusalem and that people are protected, that there is safety. there's no contradiction. in order to achieve these -- to ensure calm, you've got to act forcibly against the extremists. ultimately that i think is what the u.s. government would do to protect its people if faced by a similar terror threat. >> so if i'm understanding you, mr. regev, perhaps a more targeted approach to those responsibility. but two men who have been identified, do we know who paid them, do we know who organized them or who the head of the snake is? is that where yo

another day of bloodshed and grief in jerusalem. two palestinian men walked into a synagogue armed with axes and knives. 7 minutes later four worship four were dead including the assailants. >> more violence on the streets of jerusalem. this time in the city's west. a synagogue in an orthodox jewish neighborhood was the target. according to israeli police two people wielding guns and axes attacked worshipers during morning prayers. the assailants are palestinians are east jerusalem. >> israely police units were dispatched and responded quickly. arrived at the scene, shot and killed the two terrorists. the area has been cordoned off and they continue to search the neighborhood to make sure there aren't any further terrorists. that the attack took place at a holy site will likely provoke further anger. in the past month, violence has surged in israel and occupied palestinian territories. just on sunday, a palestinian bus driver was found hanged inside a vehicle in jerusalem. autopsy results show he committed suicide but the victim's f

we are in a battle over jerusalem. >> jerusalem witnessed a state of violence partly over contested holy site. it's created security challenge, and one to the overall negotiating efforts. >> we are against the killing of innocent people, being palestinians, israelis. it doesn't matter. this is not helpful for, you know, the peace process, and for, you know, trying to de-escalate the situation and the tension in jerusalem. israeli palestinian leaders tried to find the solution at the table. the conflict continues to play out on the streets, with both sides suffering losses. >>> now, stephanie dekker joins us from occupied east jerusalem. i understand where you are is where israel has resumed the controversial policy of house demolitions. >> that's right. it's the apartment just behind me. you can probably see it up there, it's the fourth floor. this is the home of the man responsible for ramming this car into a gathering of people, west jerusalem, a light train station killing a woman and a 3-month-old baby. this is what happened. people will tell you that they evacuated the families of t

we're going to take you live to jerusalem to the mayor of jerusalem. mr. sorry about what happened in your city, thank you so much for taking the time with me this afternoon. >> thank you, brooke. thank you very much. >> focusing on the facts. can you tell me as much as you know as far as who these attackers were? >> well, we're talking about two individuals that have been incited by the hamas and terrorist movements. and unfortunately, also, a lot of the palestinian leaders, they were incited to go and kill jews and took butcher knives and went into synagogue and butchered and killed people while they're praying. and it's unacceptable and impossible to grasp. how people could behave like this. and it's very, very clear to us that it's after months of incitement and terrorizing people, and this -- enough is enough, we have to stop the terrorist attacks. that is exactly what the national government and we will do. >> let me ask about that. these terrorists weren't from the west bank, they were from jerusalem. so in terms of the safety and well being in your

do i know whether this person was born in jerusalem or in haifa? >> no, you don't. >> so how does it advertise to the world that the president is contradicting himself? all you know is that the person was born in israel. it could've been anywhere in israel. >> the world knows that we will issue thousands of passports to people born in jerusalem identifying them as warning israel, and the world knows that we will be doing that because the congress of the united states required. those actions -- >> but it is not a communication campaign in the passport itself, is it? you are just saying that this piece of legislation advertises to the world what the situation will be, but you're not compelling the president to say that this individual was born in jerusalem and were going to say he was born in israel, because you can't tell that from the passport. >> your requiring the president to make statements thousands of times they contradicted official recognition position of the united states. that a border guard in a country where a person is traveling over w

jerusalem.bc news. >> president obama has condemned the assaults on the synagogue but called for calm. we now report from what caused the tension in jerusalem and the consequences the attacks could have. in jerusalem followed months of tension. in jerusalem, tension combined with no bright light on the political horizon often leads to bloodshed. israelis and palestinians are as far apart as ever. more than 20 years of attempts to make peace have failed. t the heart of the unrest in jerusalem is the fact that another generation is being swept up by the long war between palestinians and israelis. what is enraging palestinians, not just those on the street, are fierce about the acts on the mosque and built on what was the site of the jewish temple until it was destroyed by the romans around 2,000 years ago. many palestinians don't believe israel when it says it has no plans to change the status quo there. this should cut deeply in palestinians fears in east jerusalem which they want as their capita

first of all, can you confirm your group was behind this attack this morning in west jerusalem?ernible] . >> reporter: once again just to clarify do you claim responsibility for the attack on the synagogue in jerusalem, "yes" or "no"? >> we believe that those people in the situation -- [indiscernible] . >> reporter: it's not definite you are behind the attack but the palestinians in the attack belong to your group, am i right in saying this? >> no, no, this is very good and [indiscernible] . >> we are going to have to leave it there unfortunately the line with you in gaza is not very clear and that was the senior pflp leader joining us live from gaza. we also will be live in west jerusalem in just a moment and first let's look at how the events unfolded in west jerusalem and here is garald tan's report. >> reporter: this is a scene of another attack and this time at a synagogue in north in an orthodox jewish neighborhood, according to israeli place they came in and believed to be palestinians from east jerusalem. >> the units were dispatched and responded at the scene and shot a

citizen born in jerusalem if the citizen requests it. president bush signed the act but issued a signing statement, noting that the provision interfered with the constitutional functions of the presidency in foreign affairs and did not enforce it. these arguments are just shy of an hour. >> we will hear argument first in case 13628, zplif vitt to have skiviller cannery. ms. lewin? >> -- does not amount to formal recognition by the united states of that designated location's sovereign status. this is the principal reason why congress's law authorizing jerusalem-born steps to carry passports to say they were born in israel is a legitimate congressional exercise of congress' power to regulate foreign commerce -- >> suppose that -- suppose that the president and the secretary of state put on the passport the place of birth, written it out, the place of birth on this jerusalem-born citizen's passport listed as israel at the holder's request. this is neither an acknowledge.by the department of state or president of the united states that jerus

this palestinian neighborhood in occupied east -- jerusalem. protests follow what the israeli police are calling a hit and run terror attack. a man drive his car into a platform of waiting people at a train platform. the man was shot dead. he is widely reported as having connections to hamas. police say they shot him because he was trying to attack bystanders with a metal rod. >> translator: in recent days we have witnessed growing incitement by the head of the palestinian authority, including the sending of a condolence letter to the family of would-be assassin sin -- and calling to prevent jews from visiting the mosque. the ramming attack in jerusalem is a direct result of the incitement. we are in a continuous battle over jerusalem, which i have no doubt we will win. >> reporter: the attack happened shortly after a violent confrontation between israeli police and palestinian protesters at the al-aqsa compound in occupied east jerusalem. the fighting began after a group of far-right israeli activists tried to enter the holy site. they were th

-- or occupied east jerusalem and west jerusalem. that is when a palestinian man drove his week into a crowd of people waiting at a train station. and one person was killed in that attack, and police later shot dead the palestinian driver of the vehicle. >> a struggle for control of east jerusalem. we have a statement by an israeli minister talking about building a temple at the mosque. how is that planning into the tension? >> reporter: i think it's enormously to be perfectly frank. the truth is, we have heard and particularly from some of these activists, we understand from eyewitnesss that they were chanting as they were trying to access the compound, they were chanting that very thought, that a third temple will be built there. they believe the al-aqsa was built on the foundation of one of their temples, and you have these groups advocating for that. it certainly inflames things within the palestinian communities who increasingly see the al-aqsa compound and mosque as something that is being desecrated by israeli security forces.

these are inflamed in east jerusalem. we will of course be bringing you more details on the story once we get it. just to repeat, a driver rammed a car, and two police men have been run over. it happened in east jerusalem, and we'll bridge you more details as we get it >>> moving on, thousands are expected to demonstrate in mexico over the disappearance of 43 students. families are organising a protest on wednesday. it followed the arrest of a major and his wife linked to the disrespects of the student. >> reporter: captured, mexico's wanted couple. a former mayor and his wife. both are suspected of having links to a drug gang, masterminding an attack. it left 43 university students missing. federal police arrested a couple in a small apartment in the city, during a pre-dawn raid. it was a much-needed break for the federal government. police are looking for the students, more than a month after they disappeared in guerrero. >> translation: investigations advance. i hope in the next few days we can give you more substantia

>> we know he comes from the refugee camp in east jerusalem. this is all coming after tensions in east jerusalem have been extremely high in recent days. we've seen almost daily clashes between palestinian protestors and israeli police in the old city of jerusalem around the compound t area the jews refer to as temple mount. >> talk us through what happened there. we have pictures of the temple mosque area. we saw some amateur video footage from that area today. >> reporter: that's right. this was from early this morning. israeli police have moved into the sight to clear in a sit-in by protestors. they heard jewish right wing activists were planning to visit the site and they were sitting there to protect the area as they saw it. as police tried to clear the area using stun grenades and other methods we're told, rocks were thrown and other items. a number of palestinians were hurt. one young man was hit in the face by a rubber bullets we're told. israeli police say a number of their officers were also hurt. the scene there is now calm. it's a r

we have the latest from ben wedeman in jerusalem. ben, what can you tell us about the investigation. >> reporter: the israeli police are looking at two individuals as they identified as the perpetrators of the attack that occurred five hours ago. 7:00 local time at the synagogue in west jerusalem. now, they are focusing on the neighborhood in east jerusalem, a palestinian neighborhood. the two perpetrators in their 20s are cousins. they were, of course, killed just outside that synagogue in the morning. we understand that there are large presence of security forces at the moment. the israeli police spokesperson say they arrested nine people involved in riots with the israeli security forces. now the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said israel will use a firm hand to punish those behind this attack. now he and other israeli officials are pointing the finger of blame at hamas and also the palestinian president abbas for incitement for the tensions around on the temple mount. an area where we have seen cl h clashes for some ti

mayor, tensions are high in jerusalem this hour. a deadly attack inside a synagogue. we're looking at live pictures now. police say four israelis are dead and six wounded after two men attacked with knives and axes. then police shot and killed two palestinian suspects. and there was word of another suspect being at large, but we understand from our ben wedeman that is not the case. at this hour. >> and cnn is getting reaction right now from u.s. secretary of state john kerry. he has condemned this attack as an act of pure terror. he spoke moments ago. take a listen. >> our hearts go out to all israelis for the atrocity of this event and for all the reminders of history that come with it. this is -- simply has no place in human behavior, and we need to hear from leaders who are going to lead, lead their people to a different place. >> john kerry made his comment while meeting with the british foreign minister in london. hamas has not claimed responsibility but says it supports "any military action against the occupation." we'll certa

a resident of an east jerusalem refugee camp. the attack is part of a wave of violence in jerusalem. fueled by tensions surrounding the noble sanctuary, known to jews as the temple mount. last week, there was an attack on a right wing rabbi, one of the leading voices calling for jews to be able to pray at islam's third holiest site. for the first time in 14 years, it was completely closed. >> they definitely feel that their place of worship is being lost. >> reporter: wednesday morning, tensions boiled over. clashes broke out between israeli forces and palestinian youth. as you can see, the police have yous cleared this area using stun grenades and force. they're trying to get all of the people out here waiting to get to the site from the area. minutes later, there's an uneasy calm. the city of jerusalem remains on edge. >> we're going to continue to look into what's taking place there. we'll get you live to israel for more on the violence, including a look at the history site where they have been fighting. >>> now to stories out

the particular issue of jerusalem is a complex one because within the municipality of jerusalem, thenian authority does not have any security jurisdiction. so even if the palestinian authority wanted to do something in this area, they're not permitted to operate there precisely because the israelis don't want them to. the entire area of the municipality of jerusalem is under the security jurisdiction of the israelis. it is policed by the israelis, and there's an israeli civil war in those areas. so you know, it's very easy to sort of blame the palestinians and the palestinian authority on the situation on the ground there, but the reality is, israel doesn't want them to operate there. so there's not like there's much they can do here. israeli authorities are going to have to seriously question the underlying cause of discontent with the palestinian population in the municipality of jerusalem and their political concerns, their social, economic concerns, and start dealing with them as equals instead of as a lesser people within the municipality. >> something that may be a very long wa

david michaelis at link tv and he comes with west jerusalem and i come from west jerusalem, so we come from the same seat. but in reality, two different worlds. >> i was born in jerusalem and i've been living there all my life, since 1945. five years ago i came to the united states to launch a tv channel. and that's how i met jamal dajani. he challenged me to think about solutions that hadn't been discussed until now. and one day we said, well, we should test it on the ground. >> the reality there is very harsh. but why don't we go over there and do it. >> we are here in a bubble. after sometime of working together with jamal i said let's do this in california. you only have to choose in that neighborhood what kind of latte you want in the morning. >> when i go there i'm always eager to go to my people, to my neighborhood. i want to have the least interaction with the israelis as possible. >> many israelis don't want to know about palestinians. they don't want to reach out. they don't want to cross into streets and neighborhoods where the palestinians live because of a mixture of stere

he is live in jerusalem. not one, but possibility two incidents unfolding as we speak. >> that's right. very confusing situation on the ground here in jerusalem. what i can tell you is what we have been told by the police. they told us that a man driving a struck drove into a crowd of people waiting at a light rail station. a number of police were injured. after the driver of the car drove into the pedestrian waiting at the light rail station, we understand he tried to flee the scene. got involved in the altercation with the police. what we don't know who this man was, or the motivation behind this. what i can say is over a week ago we saw a similar situation in jerusalem, in which a palestinian man drove his car into a group of people waiting at a light rail station. two people died of their injuries this their attack as described by police. one of them a 3 month old baby girl. here we are with another incident. and this situation developing and trying to get more clarification over what happened. >> tell us

>> ben wedeman with the latest from jerusalem, thank you. a series of violent attacks against a backdrop of incitement, are we seeing the start of a third palestinian anti-fattah or an uprising? let's bring in elise labott. how is the u.s. responding to all of this? >> well, you heard president obama, secretary of state john kerry condemning the attacks. they have both been concerned about the rising tensions between israeli and palestinians for months, wolf. and today, while also condemning today's terrorist attack, secretary of state kerry who just met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and mahmoud abbas in jordan called on orders to redouble their efforts. >> our hearts go out to all israelis for the atrocity of this event and for all of the reminders of history that come with it. this is -- simply has no place in human behavior and those who are going to lead, lead their people to a different place. >> now, secretary kerry suggested he's in agreement with netanyahu, the direct result of incitement by the palestinian leadershi

they could be jerusalem residents, residents of east jerusalem which is predominantly palestinian. and of course the residents of east jerusalem have access to all parts of jerusalem, west and east. >> ben, thank you, ben wedeman with the very latest on that attack on the jewish synagogue that happened an hour or so ago. ben wedeman will continue to report on that. and we'll bring you more information as soon as we get t. >>> cnn has learned that president obama has ordered a comprehensive review to the u.s. response to americans taken hostage by terrorists overseas. a focus will be on how families are kept informed. >> this comes after the beheading of another american. peter kassig was trying to help the syrian people. now his parents are speaking publicly about their loss. more from nick robertson. >> our hearts are battered, but they will mend. the world is broken, but it will be healed in the end. and good will prevail. >> reporter: peter kassig's parents are asking for prayers and privacy. the day after a video was released showing the aftermath of the beheading of their son,

to the mayor of jerusalem.ing about wanting peace, fears of retaliation in those attacks. what about safeguards and security there in jerusalem and beyond. how are -- raised security, especially. this was a synagogue. holy sites. >> this is a -- place where the attack took place this morning is not an area that is normally the site of any trouble whatsoever. it's a quiet, religious neighborhood. but now we see the israeli police and security forces have a dual challenge. on the one hand, they want to prevent further attacks along the lines of what we saw this morning. they have gone and detained some of the relatives of the two palestinian attackers from the synagogue attack this morning. they've deployed extra forces in the flash point neighborhoods of east jerusalem. and at the same time, they have to deal with angry crowds of israelis in the street. many of them calling for revenge against palestinians. so it's a double challenge, which they've really got their hands full at the moment. brooke? >> you know,

stephanie decker, in west jerusalem. a televised address, warning of eminent consequences for the attack. >>ly deal harshly with this. otherothers that give the palestinians the prize of recognition, that they do not do the same for israel, we won't expect this. we will win, we will maintain law and order on the streets, the houses of the terrorist whose carried out this attack will be destroyed. i have decided to strengthen the security and it's attacks and also it's defense. people on israel, i call on you to be on the look out, all terrorists and the people who send them will be found. but it is forbidden for anyone to take the law into their own hans. >> joins us live now from west jerusalem. we just heard the prime minister pretty much calling on people not to take the law into their own hards, what is the situation like in jerusalem tonight? are people heeding that call? >> at this stage it doesn't amir as if they are. we understand a far right rally has taken place that has resulted in two arrests we also understa

i was born in jerusalem, i worked as a doctor in jerusalem for 15 years.d they prevent me from going to jerusalem to visit my sister or to go to the mosque, i have to break israeli laws. so it's a system of racial discriminations against palestinians. we have apartheid. this would deescalate the violence. >> so that would suggest that until some of the largest issues are dealt with, we're likely to see more of these incidents flare up from time to time. thanks so much for your insight this morning, just past 10:16 there in the west bank. thank you. >> we'll take a short break here. still to come on cnn, the drummer from the rock band ac/dc was in court today instead of on stage. the grave charges that could land him in prison. >>> plus, a woman abducted from a philadelphia street. you see it here in this footage. she has been found alive. we'll bring you her amazing story of being rescued after this break. let me get tyes?straight... lactaid® is 100% real milk? right. real milk. but it won't cause me discomfort. exactly, no discomfort, because it's milk wi

but the situation in jerusalem, now extremely tense. this is the worst attack in the city since 2008. wolf? >> the prime minister of israel responding with that statement. you heard it, israel will respond with a heavy hand. has anyone claimed responsibility for this terror attack? >> reporter: no. 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

instead, their talks overshadowed by events in jerusalem.y gave a press conference standing side by side, john kerry saying our hearts go out to all israelis for the atrocities of this event and for all the reminders of history that come with it. pure terror web called it and the senseless brutality. he called on the palestinian leadership to show maximum constraint. here's more of what he he had to say. >> i call on the palestinian leadership at every single level to condemn this in the motor powerful terms. this violence has no place anywhere and particularly after a discussion that we had just the other day. >> we're not expecting to hear anymore from john kerry here in london p.m. presumably his attention turning to the talks in iran. the german foreign minister was speaking in kiev on a visit there to ukraine. with this warning, what has happened now is a tragedy. i hope it will also be allowed wakeup call. he said the tensions can quickly lead to a violent eruption. back to you. >> meanwhile, spain's parliament is holding a vote to roy

to say that someone born in jerusalem is actually born in israel. versus someone born in taiwan thing that i was born in america. they can self identify all they want. >> yes, since 1848 they have identified over the entire area. >> any president since 1948 recognizes israel's sovereignty over that. >> in a formal sense now, but allowing individuals to recognize that would not be at all statement. >> if i might just go back to the chief justice and what he said. the you agree with. it begins with a passport, with the secretary of state of the united states of america requesting all that it may concern to commit the citizen and law, blah, blah. and all of these are going to be looking at this past. and then we describe this passport it is a letter of introduction in which the issue vouchers for the bear and the rest others to aid the bear and this is the past or in both and what it says itself and what we have said about it and it's like a letter from the secretary of date and communication. >> it is a communication to facilitate this, not to make pu

jerusalem. >> reporter: at this train station in jerusalem, these new concrete blocks are being put in place to give extra protection. this is after two deadly attacks by palestinian motorists in this area in just the past two weeks. now, there's lots of extra security in this area. the whole city remains on edge. but actually, tensions have been rising now for several months. and here's one of main reasons why. we've come to the old city of jerusalem. and if you go through that big door just behind me, you reach the al-aqsa mosque compound. it's the third holiest site in islam. you can see palestinian muslims are going through there to pray. but this site is also sacred to jews who call it temple mount. and after a number of recent visits by right wing jewish extremists who are calling for change to restrictions here, which prevents jews from praying at the site, there have been a lot of protests, a lot of anger. jordan has even recalled its ambassador to israel over this issue. the israeli pri

>> both who came here were from east jerusalem. we're continuing the investigation as to their backgrounds, if they arrived on their own, how they arrived in the area, why they targeted the area. at the moment, our main emphasis is tightened security in and around jerusalem including public areas and malls. >> reporter: thank you very much. okay, there you have it, errol. definitely police are on the scene, have been for some time. that alert clearly going to be heightened after this incident. esfl err errol? >> ben wedeman there just past 9:00 in the morning. the latest information from officials. the two attackers killed. security heightened. four israelis killed in this terror attack from a few hours ago. ben wedeman live for us. thanks. >>> now to other major news. a city in the u.s. state of missouri's on edge waiting for the big decision in the shooting death of michael brown. a story we've covered extensively on cnn. he's the unarmed black teenager shot and killed by a white policeman in ferguson. a grand jury is expected to

police shot the assailants, to palestinians from east jerusalem. the palestinian authority distanced itself from the violence. >> we strongly condemn this incident and did not accept attacks on civilians. we condemn the attacks on the a mosque and other holy sites. >> israeli security forces entered the east jerusalem neighborhood. they surrounded the assailants' homes and detained relatives. tuesday's attack could herald a spiral of violence in the middle east conflict. on the streets of gaza supporters of hamas hail the attackers as heroes. >> for reaction from the israeli government least both to paul, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry agreed he accused hamas of creating a mood of incitement that led to today's killings. he described the situation in jerusalem following the attacks. >> as you can imagine, emotions are high. it is not every day 2 butchers with knives and weapons go into a synagogue and butcher for people -- 4 people. there has not been an attack of this nature for many years. emotions are very high. the first thing the lead

israel, rather just jerusalem. that is keeping with a decades old policy in the united states that it maintains a policy of neutrality about the status of jerusalem. the family says that it is not trying to make foreign policy here. it is not trying to challenge the president's ability or power to establish a policy about whether jerusalem status should ultimately be determined in the course of israeli-palestinian talks. simply to express their right to that kind of declaration. but the u.s. state department on the part of the government said that it does have foreign policy implications given the fact that anything regarding jerusalem is always something that is rife with all kinds of repercussions throughout the middle east. >> so what would those implications be, tom? >> the government does not specify about that. and in fact, there's been very little actual back and forth about what this would mean ultimately because, again, this child was born in western jerusalem. it's not as though they were trying to claim

it comes to weeks after a similar attack in jerusalem. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says hamas is to blame for the violence there. >> the running attack in jerusalem is a direct result of the incitement by mahmoud abbas and his partners in how must -- hamas. we are in a continuous battle over jerusalem, which i have no doubt will win. >> earlier, scuffles broke out outside a mosque. muslim protesters threw stones and firecrackers at israeli security forces. the clashes took place as jewish worshipers attempted to visit the compound, a holy site for both jews and muslims. police shut the site for the second time in seven days after the incident. it was also closed last week after protests sparked by the shooting of a jewish activist. there were further clashes in other parts of jerusalem. an arab lawmaker accosted police, asking if they wanted to shoot the boy with her after they threw stun grenades at protesters. the clashes continued into the night. both israeli and hamas leaders have accused the other of fueling tensions ju

nick schiffron for us live in jerusalem, thank you. >> spokesman for the israeli police in jerusalemns us by phone. thank you so much for your time. i imagine it's a very busy day for. you first of all, can you confirm that three out of four of the victims killed are actually u.s. citizens? >> what i can confirm is the four rabbis killed this morning were killed by two palestinians from coming just inside the synagog. unfortunately, they killed those rabbis when they were operating early in the morning. our police units arrived in the scene and there was a quick shooting outside the synagog itself where our police officers managed to neutralize the two suspects who were both shot and killed at the scene. six people were taken to hospital, four with serious injuries, two with moderate injuries and since then, we're carrying out security members in jerusalem in order to prevent disturbances from taking place and prevent any further attacks here in jerusalem. >> how are police describing what the scene was like in the synagog? >> the situation was hoe risk, as you can imagine. people we

west jerusalem in 1914, eved jerusalem in 1967 they've been engaged in ethnic cleansing. what is called the ongoing netbar, this policy has been going on for people that vial i think no laws or israeli laws, or anyone else. israeli is trying to improve muslims and christians from their land, as part of an ongoing policy and used the violence as an excuse to accelerate the policy, but it's a policy that has been ongoing for many years, and making the situation more catastrophic, and more inflammatory and problematic. how effective is it in offering a disincentive for people to take part in attacks? >> well, psychologist would tell you it's not very effective because a person who committed the act of violence is already dead. the family numbers, 20 people, for example, living in a house that you demolish, who did not do anything, those people actually will have now new incentive to engage in resistance. so they will carry out more violence. clearly this is not why israel does it. it does not do it because of incentive issues, it does it because it's part and parcel. as i sa

the mayor of jerusalem telling us that they want the people of jerusalem to be extremely vigil about the situation. 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

jerusalem, islam and judaism, sacred land. israel closed it off, threatening to close it to muslim worshippers. mahmoud abbas called it an act of law. >> translation: this sacred place belongs to muslims, the jews have no right. >> translation: the israeli police should open the gate. it should open for jewish visitors. >> reporter: it was reopened to muslim prayers, but access limited to those over 50. roman legends, crusaders, and arab armies fought on this plateau, it's been a plateau. it includes the development of the rock, and the al- absque mosque. a place were the prophet mohammed began his journey. it's where the first and second temple stood years ago, at its base the whaling wall, a spiritual focus for jews, who were denied access when jordan controlled the city. the israeli government prohibits jews praying on the mount. a growing most by zionists seeks to reopen the area and rebuild the temple destroyed by the romans. the complexity of jerusalem was recognised and designated an international city. during the 1948

that are already in jerusalem. those units were mobilized and are in different areas not just in east jerusalem but now also in public areas, railway stations, bus stations and near the light railway which runs through jerusalem and thousands are commuting every day. our main emphasis is to heighten security, to check people that look suspicious, suspicious vehicles and heighten intelligence and get to those potential terrorists before they have any opportunity whatsoever. the point i have to make is due to the fact of what weaver seen over the last few days, we've seen the incitement by both palestinian authorities as well as palestinian media that unfortunately has continued to call upon radicals and fanatics to carry out terrorist attacks and yesterday we saw the sat results of the calls and extremism. >> you see that in places like gaza, yet you had mahmoud abbas yesterday condemn these attacks. how do you contain that? >> we're focusing on the ground level. the different units of the israeli police, border pol

and heightened security both in and around north jerusalem neighborhoods as well as east jerusalem neighborhoodsrist attacks from taking place. there were some disturbances in the neighborhood where the terrorists came from as well, where police quickly responded and made nine arrests. so there are tensions that are being felt. but unfortunately, after this sad and pretty much sickening attack this morning, heightened security will continue in all general security public places around jerusalem, the light railway, public train stations, and bus stops as long as necessary. throughout the day, security measures are still being carried out, and let's just emphasize that there are six people in hospital, four in serious condition, including a police officer who is in critical condition at the moment. >> and that's an important note to make. we don't know how much life may be lost there. micky, is it true that they may reinstitute the older policy of house demolition, as a way of clearing the area and securing it? and if so, how would that work? >> well, whatever decision will be made by the governme