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Police on Saturday standing guard next to Palestinians arrested after the shooting attack near the Lions Gate in Jerusalem's Old City. (Reuters) Last update - 20:46 12/07/2008 Dichter: Recent terror attacks in Jerusalem are not start of new intifada By Haaretz Service and The Associated Press Tags: Jerusalem, Israel, Old City  Public Security Minister Avi Dichter on Saturday said that a spate of recent terror attacks in Jerusalem does not constitute the start of a new intifada, speaking shortly after a shooting attack in the capital late Friday. "It is hard to find a link between the last three attacks in the capital, but the matter will be investigated," Dichter said, referring to the shooting at the Mercaz Harav yeshiva in which 8 people were killed in March, a bulldozer rampage on a busy street which left three dead earlier this month, and the shooting attack late Friday at the entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem. Two policemen were wounded in the most recent attack. They were later named as Border Policeman David Shriki from Rishon Letzion and police officer Imad Gadir from Kfar Zarzir in northern Israel. Advertisement According to Israel Radio, one of the victims, a Border Policeman, was seriously wounded and an another, belonging to the Israel Police, was moderately hurt. The minister, a former Shin Bet security service chief, added that the Israel police needs to check how the two policemen were caught unaware by the terrorist's gunfire. "If the need should arise, the police will know how to draw conclusions," Dichter stated, speaking during a visit to the Jerusalem hospital where the border policeman wounded in the Friday's attack was receiving treatment. Army Radio reported at midday Saturday that the medical condition of the border policeman had deteriorated and was considered very serious. The attacker had opened fire with a handgun toward a group of Israelis at the Lion's Gate of the walled Old City from a Muslim cemetery, police said. One of the victims was reportedly hit in the head and the second in the chest. Both were evacuated by helicopter from the scene. Armed people in the targeted group and police officers shot back and it was not immediately clear if the attacker was hit, police said. Israeli security forces rounded up Palestinian men overnight, and several suspects were reportedly brought in for questioning, but police were still searching for the shooter. Red police tape criss-crossed the Lion's Gate entrance, barring people from entry. On Saturday morning, traffic crawled to a halt outside a main checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank, apparently to search for the perpetrator. It was the sixth attack in Jerusalem since the beginning of the year, and came just a week after an Arab construction worker went on a rampage with a huge earth moving vehicle, killing three Israelis before being shot dead. In March, a Palestinian from Jerusalem shot and killed eight Israelis in an attack on a Jewish seminary in the city. Police Commissioner David Cohen said he did not believe the recent attacks were related, and that the police investigates every terror attack separately. Cohen stressed that the Jerusalem District police have boosted their forces over recent weeks. Related articles: Three dead, dozens hurt in Jerusalem terror attack Three Israeli hikers hurt in shooting attack near Ramallah Police conclude Jerusalem bulldozer killer acted alone Bookmark to del.icio.us   Smoking kills Tehran slams McCain for saying cigarettes could be used to kill Iranians. Case of deja vu Olmert and his office chief Shula Zaken were accused of similar charges back in 1991.   1.   This is only going to get worse before it gets better! 00:37  |  lakshmi 12/07/08   2.   Yet again the palestinian lust for blood and death shows its face 00:42  |  Johnny 12/07/08   3.   YET ANOTHER ATTACK! 00:42  |  Andreas 12/07/08   4.   What?? No Btselem videos? 01:28  |  Arie 12/07/08   5.   People around the world associate Arab men with terrorists 01:29  |  Sam 12/07/08   6.   Not demolishing Bulldozer and Merkaz Harav homes led to this 01:29  |  Genuine Tosefta 12/07/08   7.   Vilnai complained about Sderot "whining" 01:37  |  Arie 12/07/08   8.   Fence them out 01:46  |  judith 12/07/08   9.   Must be prepared for days to come 01:52  |  Fred 12/07/08   10.   THE DEFEATISM OF OLMERT AND LIVNI CAUSES TERROR 02:37  |  Gisser 12/07/08   11.   Was the attacker even an Arab? 03:36  |  johnj 12/07/08   12.   Arab Sickness 03:37  |  Ron 12/07/08   13.   haaretz STICKS to STRAIGHT FORWARD reporting 03:40  |  CK Tan 12/07/08   14.   Yet more Arab terror 04:02  |  Free Gilad Shalit 12/07/08   15.   #11: it may not have been an Arab... 05:18  |  Richard S 12/07/08   16.   What a disgrace this battle between ancient cousins, Eua 06:05  |  JP 12/07/08   17.   The Great Lie about Jerusalem. 07:30  |  Jean Van Daem 12/07/08   18.   # 1 07:54  |  Jeff 12/07/08   19.   to 11: We are not even sure he was trying to kill anybody 09:20  |  Cleaning his gun 12/07/08   20.   to jeff 09:22  |  jhon 12/07/08   21.   Andreas the wise man from Norway 11:10  |  Abu Firas Al Qudsi 12/07/08   22.   Replace Israeli police to local East Jerusalem 11:31  |  Robert of Jerusalem 12/07/08   23.   ANDREAS #3 12:35  |  Miriam Ashkelon 12/07/08   24.   To #19 Abu Firas Al Qudsi 14:47  |  History revisited 12/07/08   25.   Intifada is a myth, it is active terrorism and it always existed 18:03  |  Baruch Gold 12/07/08   26.   Why are there not security cameras all over? 18:08  |  Baruch Gold 12/07/08   27.   johnj # 11,your post made me laugh a little 18:43  |  terrornator 12/07/08   28.   # Abu Firas Al Qudsi - YOUR HOPES 21:31  |  DISRAELI 12/07/08   29.   Baruch Gold#22 22:45  |  johnj 12/07/08   30.   Zero Tolerance is the answer! 02:13  |  Shlomo 13/07/08   31.   Richard S in toronto 02:33  |  Guy From NYC 13/07/08

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