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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Analysis-Abbas-forced-by-Kerry-condemns-attack-382225

Abbas Forced by Kerry to Condemn Synagogue Attack

(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - PA President Mahmoud Abbas was forced to condemn the Jerusalem synagogue attack after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had phoned him twice over the past few days to demand that the Palestinians stop anti-Israel incitement. Over the past few months, Abbas and the PA have been telling Palestinians that Israel is planning to destroy the mosque on the Temple Mount. They have also declared the Palestinians who carried out the recent terrorist attacks in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Gush Etzion to be "martyrs." As Abbas spoke out against the synagogue attack, several senior PA and Fatah officials went on Arab TV stations to declare that it was a "natural response to Israeli crimes."

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