Two dead as violence in Jerusalem, West Bank simmers

    JERUSALEM - A Palestinian motorist rammed his car into a group of soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the Israeli military said, wounding three before another opened fire at the driver who was, according to the Palestinian health ministry, killed. A Palestinian official said the 23-year-old was a member of the Palestinian security forces. In Jerusalem, a man detained by Israeli police near a flashpoint holy site grabbed an officer's gun and fired it, prompting the unit to shoot him dead, the force said, an account doubted by Arab leaders and probed by authorities. The Jerusalem incident overnight at the edge of the Al Aqsa Mosque complex, an i...

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