After Wednesday’s terror attack in Jerusalem, schools around Israel decided to cancel class trips that had been scheduled to visit sites in the city – including to the Kotel, where many schools, religious and secular, take children on a regular basis.

The Kotel and the Old City of Jerusalem are off the agenda for schools altogether, as are Ammunition Hill, the City of David, the Mt. Of Olives, and other areas in the eastern part of the city. Schools that do go to Jerusalem will visit the Knesset, the High Court building, Yad Vashem, etc. Schools are fearful that if they do try to schedule visits to sensitive areas of Jerusalem – even if security is high and they are perfectly safe – parents will keep their kids at home.

Schools instituted a similar policy, keeping kids away from sensitive areas of Jerusalem, last month when an Arab terrorist plowed into a crowd waiting for a train at Jerusalem light rail station. Schools decided to reschedule canceled trips, but those trips are again on hold until further notice.

One person was killed and at least 13 wounded in Jerusalem, when a terrorist drove his vehicle into a crowd of pedestrians at the Shimon Hatzadik train station, located on Shimon Hatzadik street north of the Old City and not far from the Municipality building. Shortly after the attack one of those wounded in the attack – identified as a border policeman – was pronounced dead on his way to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. A total of five victims are being described as in “serious” condition, at least two of whom are critical and “fighting for their lives” according to reports. At least two others are “moderately” wounded.

The terrorist was shot dead at the scene by Border Patrol officers.

The attack was similar to one that occurred in October, in a terrorists rammed his vehicle into a crowd waiting for a train in Jerusalem. In a statement, Netanyahu said at the time that Abbas’s incitement was behind that attack as well.