Israeli UN envoy calls on Security Council to ‘unequivocally condemn’ Ariel attack

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, calls on the Security Council to “unequivocally condemn” the deadly terror attack in the West Bank town of Ariel earlier today, and pressure the PA to end its practice of paying stipends to the families of terrorists who target Israelis.

“The Palestinian leadership must be held accountable for today’s horrific murder in Israel,” Danon says in a statement. “This terror attack is the direct result of incitement and payments to terrorists by the Palestinian Authority.

“Instead of inviting Mahmoud Abbas to address the Security Council to disseminate lies and hate, the Council should unequivocally condemn this attack and demand that he stop paying stipends to terrorists,” he says.

Abbas will deliver a rare address to the UN Security Council on February 20 to address the US’s recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.