Jerusalem under high tension after an attack on a synagogue

More security forces in the streets and punitive measures against the families of bombers. Such are the responses of Israel after the bloody attack on a synagogue in West Jerusalem. Four rabbis and a policeman were killed.

"We are very scared. We hope that this will stop and that it is not just the beginning, "said the young mother.

This resident of Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, says the contrary feel very safe. "At first I was afraid to come here," she said, "but when I see police patrols, they are really paying attention to all the details."

In East Jerusalem, the Palestinian part of the city, annexed and occupied by Israel, the police are perceived by some as more of a source of tension, and security.

"The problem is the police," said the resident, "is working with the government discriminates against Arabs and against the Jews, that people leave Jerusalem. But that will not happen. Our life and work here. Whatever they do, they do not achieve their goals. "

Israel resumed the controversial practice of using explosives to blow up the housing attackers. The apartment of a man who killed a baby and a tourist pouncing on a tram late October, has been blown on Wednesday at dawn. Other such operations should follow.

"We are very scared. We hope that this will stop and that it is not just the beginning, "said the young mother.

This resident of Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, says the contrary feel very safe. "At first I was afraid to come here," she said, "but when I see police patrols, they really pay attention to all the details."

In the eastern part of the city

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Jamal Khamis, east Jerusalem resident:

"The policy is the outcome. They work with the government to Discriminate entre Arabs and Jews, to make people leave Jerusalem. Goal this won't happen. Our lives and work are here, and Whatever They Do, They Will not Succeed. "