Michal Salomon, whose husband, father and sister-in-law were murdered in a July stabbing attack at their home in the West Bank settlement of Halamish, was hosted at the White House yesterday, according to US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt.
“Privileged to welcome Michal Salomon, her 5 children & her father to the White House yesterday,” Greenblatt tweeted.”Her husband, sister-in-law, and father-in-law were brutally murdered by a terrorist at the Shabbat table. Michal & her children escaped certain death only because of her courage.”
https://twitter.com/jdgreenblatt45/status/930423674703941633
The family had been celebrating the birth of a new grandson and thought that the attacker, 19-year-old Omar al-Abed, who knocked on the door, was the first guest to arrive. Shortly after walking in, Abed took out his knife and stabbed to death Yosef Salomon, 70, and his two children, Chaya, 46, and Elad, 36. Yosef’s wife, Tova, sustained several stab wounds to her back but survived.
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