Last week, the American vice president traveled to Israel to meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders; his arrival coincided with multiple terrorist attacks, one of which left an American citizen, Taylor Force, dead and several Israelis wounded. Khaled Abu Toameh writes:
Biden arrived in the region hoping to persuade the Palestinian leaders to issue a “condemnation” of the reign of terror [that began in October], which they continue to describe as a “popular and peaceful uprising.” . . . The Palestinian president, [in response], offered “condolences” over the killing of a U.S. citizen in Jaffa the previous day, . . . “while stressing at the same time that the occupation authorities [sic] have killed 200 Palestinians over the past five months,” according to a statement released by the PA leadership. . . . Abbas is doubtless also upset because Israel has killed Palestinian stabbers and shooters.
[Yet just] before Biden arrived in Ramallah, Abbas’s Fatah faction praised the murderer of Force, calling him a “martyr.” Fatah was quick to delete the posts to avoid embarrassing the Palestinian leadership during Biden’s visit.
It seems, [then], that the murder of an American visitor is condemnable, but the murder of some 34 Israelis since last October, including a pregnant woman and [numerous] civilians, is somewhat less so. . . . But Abbas explained everything to Biden: Israel was in fact fully responsible for the “violence and bloodshed” because of the “occupation” and “settlements.” . . .
While Abbas was busy offering his condolences for the killing of the U.S. citizen, his ruling Fatah faction was busy glorifying Palestinian assailants who killed Israelis.
Read more on Gatestone: http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/7606/palestinians-incitement-biden