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Palestinian Authority condemns Manchester synagogue terror attack
Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas condemns the terror attack at a Manchester synagogue yesterday in which two people were murdered.
In a statement, Abbas condemns the killing of “innocent civilians” and says that the Palestinian presidency “rejects harm to civilians in their homes and places of worship.”
“Solidarity with the Palestinian people must not be used to carry out acts of violence or antisemitic actions,” he adds.
The assailant, Jihad al-Shamie, was a British citizen of Syrian origin, and police have not publicly indicated the motive behind the attack.
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