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Thursday, August 29, 2019
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Thursday, August 29, 2019
Breaking silence after attack, Abbas condemns violence against civilians
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePalestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas denounces violence against civilians a week after a bombing attack in the West Bank killed an Israeli teenager and wounded her father and brother.
“We condemn the use of violence against civilians and we respect the Semitic religions — Judaism, Christianity and Islam,” Abbas says, speaking to reporters alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.
His statement does not refer to any specific attacks against Israelis.
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