1,000 extra security personnel have been deployed to Jerusalem in recent days as a wave of rioting and civil unrest rocked the capital following last Wednesday’s terror attack by a known operative of the Islamist terror militia Hamas. “Police are focusing on containing the situation and have made 20 arrests in different areas since Thursday, where security measures have been emphasized,” said Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the cabinet meeting Sunday morning that Islamic extremist organizations were trying to fan tensions in Jerusalem for their own reasons, vowing that Israel would stop them. “I expect wide support from all Israeli citizens to guard Israel’s capital,” he said. Meanwhile, Karen Yemima Mosquera, the Ecuadorian native who was in Israel to complete her conversion to Judaism and was wounded in last Wednesday’s attack, died of her injuries Sunday evening. Read More
