Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to take "iron hand" against a wave of Arab violent protests and blamed the Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas for stoking the tensions.
UN political chief on Wednesday said Israel's new settlement plans in East Jerusalem threaten the viability of the future Palestinian state, urging meaningful negotiations toward the goal of a two-state solution.
A three-month-old baby was killed and eight other people wounded when a Palestinian rammed a vehicle into a crowd of commuters at a light rail station in east Jerusalem late on Wednesday, police and witness said.