Kerry ‘condemns’ synagogue attack
20 Nov 2014 4:46 AM IST
US secretary of state John Kerry angrily condemned Tuesday’s deadly attack on a Jerusalem synagogue and demanded that the Palestinian leadership take immediate steps to end incitement to violence as Israeli-Palestinian tensions soared.
‘This morning in Jerusalem, Palestinians attacked Jews who were praying in a synagogue,’ Kerry said shortly after Israeli authorities reported that two Palestinians had stormed the synagogue, attacking worshippers with knives, axes and guns, and killed four people before being killed in a shootout with police. Kerry commented after speaking by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who vowed to ‘respond harshly’ to the attack.
‘This morning in Jerusalem, Palestinians attacked Jews who were praying in a synagogue,’ Kerry said shortly after Israeli authorities reported that two Palestinians had stormed the synagogue, attacking worshippers with knives, axes and guns, and killed four people before being killed in a shootout with police. Kerry commented after speaking by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who vowed to ‘respond harshly’ to the attack.
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