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[h=4]Violence unabated, Kerry to meet with Netanyahu, Abbas[/h]The Israeli military on Sunday said it removed 30 Jews who illegally entered a West Bank tomb that was recently torched by Palestinians.
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Secretary of State John Kerry says he'll be meeting this week with Israel's Prime Minister and the Palestinian President in a bid to ease tensions in the Middle East. Kerry also discussed the efforts in battling violent extremism (Oct. 18) AP
Palestinian youths stand next to a burning car belonging to an Israeli settler that was set on fire by Palestinians as it entered the northern Palestinian West Bank city of Nablus, early on Oct. 18, 2015, to visit and pray at Joseph's Tomb.(Photo: Jaafar Ashtiyeh, AFP/Getty Images)
Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday that he will meet with<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas this week in an effort to quell a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>wave of deadly<span style="color: Red;">*</span>violence that has swept across Israel in recent weeks.
Kerry, speaking at a luncheon in Paris, said he will meet with Netanyahu in Germany and then with Abbas and King Abdullah in Jordan.
The violence continued Sunday: Hours after Kerry spoke, several people were wounded in an attack at the central bus station in the southern Israeli town of Beersheba. The Israeli news website Arutz Sheva said seven people were injured, one critically and two seriously. One attacker was killed and another was in critical condition, the website said.
About 40 Palestinians and eight Israelis<span style="color: Red;">*</span>have died in the month-long surge in violence. Many<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Israelis have been victims of stabbings, and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Netanyahu has criticized a U.S. assessment that Israel has used excessive force in response to the violence.
The leader of Lebanon’s Shiite Hezbollah group,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Hassan Nasrallah, on Sunday<span style="color: Red;">*</span>called the unrest a “renewed<span style="color: Red;">*</span>intifada"<span style="color: Red;">*</span>carried out by a new generation of Palestinians who believe in resistance.
Also Sunday,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>300 soldiers were deployed to patrol public transportation stations, buses and major traffic arteries in Jerusalem.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Soldiers are expected to bolster police forces pending establishment of a civilian security force for public transportation.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Other recent security measures include concrete barriers and random checkpoints established<span style="color: Red;">*</span>near some Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem.
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Israelis kill 4 Palestinians as violence surges
The Israeli military<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said it removed 30 Jews who illegally entered a West Bank holy site Saturday night<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to protest the burning of the holy site by Palestinians. Violence erupted at the site,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>revered by some Jews as the tomb of the biblical figure<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Joseph,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>after<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the 30 were confronted by Palestinians, Israeli<span style="color: Red;">*</span>media reported.
The military removed the Jewish worshipers in consultation with Palestinian security forces. One worshiper was lightly wounded and five were sentenced to four days of house arrest, Arutz Shiva<span style="color: Red;">*</span>reported.
Palestinians set fire to the holy site<span style="color: Red;">*</span>late Thursday after the militant group Hamas called for a "day of rage" against Israel. The blaze was extinguished by Palestinian security force, and Abbas condemned the attack and called for an investigation.
USA TODAY
Palestinians torch Joseph's Tomb ahead of 'rage' day
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Joseph's Tomb torched: Who was Joseph?
The violence<span style="color: Red;">*</span>began<span style="color: Red;">*</span>over the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Jewish New Year, fueled by rumors that Israel was plotting to take over Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site, a hilltop area<span style="color: Red;">*</span>revered by Jews as the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Temple Mount<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and home to the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Al-Aqsa Mosque. Israel has vehemently denied the claim.
Two weeks later<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Abbas further fueled tensions, tell<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the United Nations his government would no longer honor agreements with Israel aimed at<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a permanent peace and would force Israel to take over responsibility for governing<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Palestinian territories.
Recent surveys released by<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey show growing despair by Palestinians over their future. Two-thirds of Palestinians want Abbas to step down and a clear majority favors a return to an<span style="color: Red;">*</span>armed rebellion<span style="color: Red;">*</span>—<span style="color: Red;">*</span>intifada.
Kerry did not discuss details of his trip. The Associated Press, citing U.S. officials, said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Kerry probably will be in Germany on Thursday and Jordan on Saturday. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss Kerry's travel plans.
Pope Francis called for an end to the violence<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in Israel on Sunday, saying the moment called for "much courage and much strength of spirit to say no to hatred and revenge."
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