The driver of a construction digger has been shot dead after going on the rampage in central Jerusalem, injuring up to 20 people.

Israeli police say the attacker was a Palestinian from East Jerusalem.

Al Jazeera's David Chater reports from Jerusalem.

SelectPlusBackhoe Attack Near Obama's Hotel in JerusalemBackhoe Attack Near Obama's Hotel in JerusalemThe Associated PressPolice and witnesses say a Palestinian man rammed a construction vehicle into three cars and a city bus in downtown Jerusalem, near the luxury hotel where U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama is to stay Tuesday night. (July 22)(nats of shots)Amateur video captures the moment that a man suspected in a backhoe rampage was shot and killed in Jerusalem. [Notes:video of damaged cars] Crumpled cars line a street where the assault with the construction equipment happened. The attack happened just a short distance from the hotel where Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama is schedule to stay Tuesday night. Police are looking for two other suspects who left the scene. (NATS IN HEBREW)(AVI LEVI, DRIVER OF BUS ATTACKED BY CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE: "I WAS DRIVING ON THE MAIN ROAD AND THE BULLDOZER HIT ME IN THE REAR, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. AFTER I PASSED IT, IT TURNED AROUND, MADE A U-TURN, GAVE ME ONE BLOW WITH THE SHOVEL ON THE SIDE WINDOWS, AND AGAIN ON THE SAME PLACE, ON THE THIRD BLOW HE TRIED TO HIT ME IN THE HEAD AND GOT TO MY WINDOW, SMASHED IT AND I QUICKLY MOVED TO THE RIGHT...OTHERWISE... I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED)The driver of a bus that was hit says the backhoe hit the bus in the rear, passed the bus, made a u-turn and smashed into the bus three more times. The driver says he quickly steered the bus the other way.One person was seriously hurt. At least 16 other people received minor injuries.(SOT: MARK REGEV, ISRAELI GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN) "WE SAW TODAY AGAIN IN JERUSALEM ANOTHER ACT OF SENSELESS VIOLENCE AGAINST INNOCENT CIVILIANS. I THINK ALL PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL MUST UNITE IN CONDEMNING THIS SORT OF ATTACK. WE AS ISRAELIS AS A SOCIETY MUST CONTINUE TO BE VIGILANT AGAINST THE PERPETRATORS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS." (nats from previous)This incident mirrors an attack in Jerusalem earlier this month. In that case, three people died and dozens were wounded before attacker was shot and killed.Police say the driver in Tuesday's attack was a Palestinian from east Jerusalem. He held an Israeli residence permit.

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Israel is the target of at least 65 UN Resolutions and the Palestinians are the target of none.Aside from the core issues—refugees, Jerusalem, borders—the major themes reflected in the U.N. resolutions against Israel over the years are its unlawful attacks on its neighbors; its violations of the human rights of the Palestinians, including deportations, demolitions of homes and other collective punishments; its confiscation of Palestinian land; its establishment of illegal settlements; and its refusal to abide by the U.N. Charter and the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War.

- Donald Neff
From the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs:

Yahya Barakat, who teaches at Al-Quds University, told The Washington Report that
he began work on the documentary the instant he learned that Corrie had been crushed to death by an Israeli-driven Caterpillar bulldozer.

This documentary offers rare footage of Rachel talking to a camera and describing Israeli human rights violations against a Palestinian civilian population.

The film opens with grim images of dinosaur-like Caterpillar bulldozers turning urban Rafah into a garbage pile of destroyed buildings. It continues with interviews of Rachel's fellow International Solidarity Movement volunteers, and concludes with comments from her parents.

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