Israeli Citizenship and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: The attack ratcheted up fears of sustained violence in a city already on edge amid soaring tensions over its most contested holy site. , according to Hamilton Spectator. Police said the dead worshippers were three Americans and a Briton, and that all held dual Israeli citizenship. The attack occurred in Har Nof, an ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood that has a large population of English-speaking immigrants. Two Palestinian cousins armed with meat cleavers and a gun stormed a Jerusalem synagogue during morning prayers Tuesday, killing four people in the city bloodiest attack in years. Police killed the attackers in a shootout. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to "respond harshly," describing the attack as a "cruel murder of Jews who came to pray and were killed by despicable murderers." He immediately ordered the demolition of the attacker homes, as well as homes of Palestinians who carried out several other recent attacks. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.