Jason Greenblatt Demands Abbas Condemn Deadly Palestinian West Bank Terror Attack

A picture taken on July 26, 2018 shows Israeli security forces at the Adam settlement in t
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The Times of Israel reports: A top US official charged with brokering Middle East peace blasted the Palestinian Authority Thursday for its failure to condemn a terror attack inside a settlement that left one man dead and another with moderate injuries.

Special envoy Jason Greenblatt described the assault inside Adam, in the West Bank north of the Jerusalem as, “Yet another barbaric attack.”

“When will President Abbas and Palestinian leaders condemn the violence? Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families tonight,” he wrote on Twitter. The comment came after a Palestinian teen sneaked into Adam and stabbed three people before being shot and killed.

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