{Jerusalem ramped up security after two Palestinian cousins wielding a gun and butcher knives attacked a synagogue during morning prayers, killing four worshipers and a policeman.}<\/p>\n
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed a strong reaction to Tuesday’s killings. He characterized the attack, which drew condemnation from around the world, as the result of a “blood libel” fanned by Palestinian leaders.<\/p>\n
Even after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack, Netanyahu insisted it was “not enough” of a response.<\/p>\n
Addressing reporters Tuesday night, the Israeli Prime Minister called for national unity against “those human animals who committed this massacre” and against those — singling out Hamas and the Palestinian Authority — who he claimed “disseminate libels against the state of Israel.”<\/p>\n
The terror attack — the deadliest in Jerusalem since 2008 — came at a particularly tense time in region. It follows recent deadly stabbings and vehicle attacks which, while not the same as the large-scale suicide bombings that defined last decade’s second intifada, have left Jerusalem on edge.<\/p>\n
At the heart of the unrest is the holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem, known as the Temple Mount by Jews and Haram al-Sharif (the Noble Sanctuary) by Muslims.<\/p>\n
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