Ban Ki-moon and Pope Francis Decry Violence in Israel

More attention is being placed on the Palestinian uprising and violence:

October 20, 2015

Another stabbing attack Tuesday morning in the West Bank left an Israeli soldier wounded and the assailant killed, increasing the fear in the country that no place is safe.The military said the Israeli officer was injured lightly in the stabbing. The army said the attack took place in the West Bank village of Beit Awwa near Hebron during a “violent riot” of Palestinian demonstrators.

Syria and Jerusalem partitioned?

News reports tell of more violence in Syria and Israel as well as the partitioning taking place.  First notice something related to Syria:

October 16, 2015

GENEVA – Talk of a Holy war in Syria is deeply worrying U.N. advisers and the second ranking United Nations official says the religious or ethnic partition of Syria would be part of an extremely dangerous trend.