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               Israeli Troops Join Police in Bid to Stop Attacks

   by VOA News

   Hundreds of Israeli troops joined police at sites across the country
   Wednesday as authorities try to halt a wave of Palestinian stabbing and
   shooting attacks.

   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Cabinet announced early in the day
   that it had authorized police to seal off "centers of friction and
   incitement in Jerusalem."

   Many of the recent attackers have come from Arab areas of Jerusalem,
   and while much of the violence has taken place in east Jerusalem and
   the West Bank the attacks have also spread to other areas of Israel.

   A statement from Netanyahu's office Wednesday said the government will
   revoke the permanent residency rights of terrorists and will confiscate
   the property of those who carry out attacks.

   The month of violence reached its deadliest day Tuesday with at least
   three Israelis killed.

   U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said late Tuesday he will travel to
   Israel and the Palestinian territories to try to calm the violence
   between Palestinians and Israelis.

   "I will go there soon, at some point appropriately, and try to work to
   reengage and see if we can't move that away from this precipice," he
   said.

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   'Escalating tensions'

   Two Israelis were killed Tuesday when a Palestinian with a gun and
   another with two knives attacked passengers on a Jerusalem bus. Israeli
   security forces on the scene shot one of the attackers and wounded the
   other. Elsewhere in Jerusalem, a man crashed a car into people at a bus
   stop, then got out of the vehicle and began stabbing pedestrians.  One
   person was killed and several were injured.  That attacker was also
   shot.

   A third attack took place in Raanana, just north of Tel Aviv, where
   authorities said an assailant stabbed a civilian at a bus stop before
   being subdued by others and detained by police.

   More than a dozen Israelis were wounded in the three attacks.

   In Washington, the White House condemned the killings on Tuesday,
   expressing concern about "escalating tensions" after the deaths this
   month of seven Israelis and 29 Palestinians, eight of them children.

   White House Spokesman Josh Earnest said that the U.S. condemns in the
   strongest possible terms the terrorist attacks against Israeli
   civilians that have resulted in the loss of lives and numerous
   injuries. Ernest called on all sides to show restraint.

   In a speech to parliament, Prime Minister Netanyahu said his government
   will use all means available to end the Palestinian violence.  He also
   urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stop inciting the
   violence.

   The Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, had
   appealed to the Security Council on Monday to take "real action" to
   bring calm and demand Israel immediately stop "aggressions" against
   Palestinian civilians.
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