By SABRA CHARTRAND, Special to The New York Times
JERUSALEM, Nov. 9— The police in Jerusalem today intensified their efforts to separate Palestinians and Israelis and to deter both spontaneous violence and planned attacks between Arabs and Jews, fearing more trouble after a month of killing and disorder.
The authorities closed Jerusalem to Palestinians from the occupied territories, detained several followers of Rabbi Meir Kahane and continued large-scale deployments all over the city. They were seeking to prevent disturbances at Al Aksa Mosque, where at least 17 Palestinans were killed four weeks ago, or attacks by Jews hoping to avenge the assassination of Rabbi Kahane.
Three members of Rabbi Kahane's Jewish extremist movement, Kach, were questioned today on suspicion of involvement in the killing of two West Bank Palestinians the morning after the rabbi was slain. The two elderly Arabs were gunned down in the village of Luban al Sharqiya, not far from a Jewish settlement where Kach members live.
Palestinian witnesses said the gunman drove a car with an Israeli license plate and wore a skullcap. 2 of 3 Freed on Bail
Two of the suspects, David Cohen and David Axelrod, were released on bail after turning over their guns. Nearly all Jewish settlers carry automatic rifles. Mr. Axelrod, an immigrant from the Soviet Union, is Leon Trotsky's great-grandson.
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