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Chaos and Mourning in Jerusalem After Synagogue Attack

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Two Palestinians from East Jerusalem burst into a West Jerusalem synagogue Tuesday morning, killing four people and wounding several others. Three American-Israeli dual-citizens were identified among the victims. This latest attack is being viewed by both sides as a potential turning point in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

An Israeli police officer gestures as he holds a weapon near the scene of an attack at a Jerusalem synagogue, Nov. 18, 2014.
An Israeli police officer gestures as he holds a weapon near the scene of an attack at a Jerusalem synagogue on Nov. 18, 2014.Ronen Zvulun—Reuters
Israeli emergency personnel take out a body of an Israeli man outside a synagogue on Nov. 18, 2014 in Jerusalem.
Israeli emergency personnel remove the body of an Israeli man from a synagogue in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014.Ilia Yefimovich—Getty Images
People react as they stand outside a synagogue on Nov. 18, 2014 in Jerusalem.
People react as they stand outside a synagogue in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014.Ilia Yefimovich—Getty Images
Israeli police crime scene investigators stand near bodies of suspected attackers outside a synagogue on Nov. 18, 2014 in Jerusalem.
Israeli police crime scene investigators stand near bodies of suspected attackers outside a synagogue in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014.Lior Mizrahi—Getty Images
Israeli security personnel run next to a synagogue, where a suspected Palestinian attack took place, in Jerusalem, Nov. 18, 2014.
Israeli security personnel run next to a synagogue, where a suspected Palestinian attack took place, in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014.Ronen Zvulun—Reuters
A bullet hole in a synagogue's front glass seen from inside and looking outwards to the Har Nof neighborhood in Jerusalem, Nov. 18, 2014.
A bullet hole through the front window of a synagogue in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014.Jim Hollander—EPA
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish youths look at the scene of a shooting attack in a synagogue in Jerusalem, Nov. 18, 2014.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys look at the scene in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014.Sebastian Scheiner—AP
Mourners gather for the triple funeral of Rabbi Kalman Levine, Avraham Goldberg and Arieh Kupinsky on Nov.18, 2014 in Jerusalem.
Mourners gather for the funerals of Rabbi Kalman Levine, Avraham Goldberg and Arieh Kupinsky in Jerusalem on Nov.18, 2014. Ilia Yefimovich—Getty Images
Ultra-Orthodox Jews carry the body of Mosheh Twersky during his funeral in Jerusalem, Nov. 18, 2014.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews carry the body of Mosheh Twersky during his funeral in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014. Oded Balilty—AP

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