Cut off East Jerusalem, says minister

Israel's deputy prime minister, Haim Ramon, yesterday called for some Arab districts of East Jerusalem to be cut off from the city in the wake of the attack by a Palestinian construction worker who killed three people when he seized control of a bulldozer in the city centre. The attacker, Hussam Dwayat, 30, drove a large bulldozer from a construction site into oncoming traffic on Wednesday, crushing cars and toppling a bus before he was eventually shot dead at the wheel. He was from the Sur Baher district of East Jerusalem and was the second Palestinian resident of Jerusalem to carry out a major attack in the city in the past four months. Others in the government called for his family's house to be demolished. Ramon said the route of the Israel's West Bank barrier should be changed to cut off the Arab areas of East Jerusalem.... [read full story]