Secretary of State John Kerry's Meeting With Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu

Indeed, it is Palestinian refusal to come to terms with the very existence of Jews in the ancient Jewish homeland that is the core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I looked on as the city's mayor, Nir Barkat, quickly arrived to assess the situation and calm the onlookers.

Police said the soldiers had grown suspicious when the man, speaking in Hebrew, asked to see their IDs and proclaimed, "I am ISIS", referring to the Islamic State militant group.

"If you are in the wrong color, you have a higher chance to be harassed by policemen", says S., an Israeli feminist activist who is now under personal attacks after posting on her Facebook page about the topic. He said the man was from the restive Russian region of Dagestan, worked as a security guard and was not stable.

"I don't know how fit he was to carry a gun", he said.

Palestinian attacks have Israelis on edge. Eight other Israelis have been killed in the attacks, but two additional casualties generated extreme reactions among the Israeli public. He was upset by her "equivalence between Israeli victims of terrorism and Palestinians who have been killed by Israeli security forces in the act of carrying out terror attacks". As the Eritrean lay on the ground, a mob of people cursed him, kicked him and hit him with objects.

Opposition legislator Tzipi Livni accused hard-line politicians of fomenting a climate of fear and danger with their calls for people to arm themselves.

In addition, Israel has maintained a military occupation of the West Bank since 1967 and has appropriated large portions of its land and its resources for Israelis.

So many friends have been close to terrorist attacks. The leaders are now telling us that most of the terrorists were, in fact, innocent civilians who were shot dead by Israel while they were on their way to buy food for their families or going to work.

"If parties want to try, and I believe they do, want to move to a de-escalation, there are a set of choices that are available", he told a joint news conference with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Israeli settlers and the Israeli government have seized Palestinian water resources and allocated them unevenly to Israelis, resulting in Israelis receiving on average 300 liters per capita per day (l/c/d) while Palestinians have access to only 70 l/c/d. "Israel will not agree to an worldwide presence on the Temple Mount".

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki said he would never dismiss the possibility of a meeting if it could help de-escalate the violence.

Murray McCully told a United Nations Security Council ministerial meeting that the draft will also reaffirm the council's commitment to a two-state solution and direct talks to achieve peace.

The declaration comes in the wake of escalated violence between Israelis and Palestinians, with deaths on both sides.

Ronald S Lauder, the president of the World Jewish Congress, said in a statement that UNESCO had given in to false claims and to radical, one-sided Palestinian demands.

"Since 2003, following... the repression of the last intifada (Palestinian uprising), the Arabs in Israel have been on a trend of hardening their views about Israel".

Also Thursday, Israeli troops placed a concrete barrier in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, near a Jewish holy site where thousands of faithful are expected for a pilgrimage this weekend. "There are extremists on the Palestinian side and the Israeli side". But it's hard to see how pulling a knife and stabbing ordinary Israelis will do that.

Israelis, tense with the expectations of knifing attacks on the streets of their towns, were subjected to world headlines defining them as the perpetrators and Palestinians as the innocent victims.

As of Tuesday, October 19th, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was scheduled to take up a draft resolution prepared by the Palestinian Authority and to be introduced by six Arab states that would designate the Kotel or Western Wall as part of al Aqsa Mosque and the tomb of Rachel as the burial place of Bilal Ibn Rabah, a companion of the prophet Mohammed. Just as Abbas won't accept the legitimacy of a Jewish state no matter where its borders are drawn, the people hearing his lies about the Temple Mount who go out to murder aren't killing for the sake of a better border. Right-wing Knesset members and nationalist religious Jews seek to change the status quo on the Temple Mount by allowing Jews to pray there. In a August 1 speech Abbas employed a long-used libel, inciting anti-Jewish violence by falsely claiming Jews planned "to get rid of al-Aqsa and establish their so-called 'Temple.'" On September 16, he exhorted, "The al-Aqsa is ours...and they [Jews] have no right to defile it with their filthy feet...We bless every drop of blood that has been spilled for Jerusalem".