President Barack Obama comments on today's terrorist attack on worshippers at a synagogue in Jerusalem, during his meeting with his National Security and Public Health teams to receive an update on the Ebola response, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Obama strongly condemning Tuesday's attack at a synagogue in Israel that killed four people, including three U.S. citizens. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Republished November 18, 2014 - 9:20 AM
Original Publication Date November 18, 2014 - 8:30 AM
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Tuesday strongly condemned the attack at an Israeli synagogue that killed four people, including three U.S. citizens. He called the attacks "horrific" and without justification
He said too many Israelis and too many Palestinians have died in recent months, and he urged leaders and ordinary people from both sides to work "co-operatively" to lower tensions, reject violence and seek a path forward toward peace.
Secretary of State John Kerry, travelling in London, also condemned Tuesday's attack. Kerry demanded that the Palestinian leadership take immediate steps to end incitement to violence. Kerry spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to express condolences.
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