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Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein and Director of Research and Special Projects Liz Berney, Esq. released the following statement:
ZOA condemns the Biden/Blinken U.S. State Department’s recent hypocritical, antisemitic, outrageous statements that: (1) equated innocent Israeli Jews murdered by Palestinian Arab terrorists with Palestinian terrorists who ambushed and attacked Israelis; (2) falsely called Jews building and living in Jewish homes in the ancient Jewish homeland of Judea/Samaria an “obstacle to peace”; but never called Arab terrorists or pay to slay policies or PA President Mahmoud Abbas praising these murders of Jews an obstacle to peace and (3) failed to identify that Palestinian Arab terrorists were the perpetrators of the murder of four innocent Israelis – even after Hamas took credit for murdering these innocent Jews, and even after the Palestinian Authority praised the terrorists. These Biden State Department statements only encourage more anti-Israel and antisemitic violence, and contradict the Biden administration’s assertions that it is combating antisemitism.
Biden State Dept. Again Fails to Mention Palestinian Arab Perpetrators; and Fails to Condemn Palestinian Authority for Praising Terrorists: On Tuesday, June 20, two Palestinian Arab terrorists entered a restaurant and gas station and shot and murdered four innocent Jews (Nachman Shmuel Mordoff, age 17; Elisha Antman, age 18; Harel Masoud, age 21; and Ofer Feirman, age 63) and injured four more Jews. Hamas’ al-Qassem brigades proudly and promptly claimed credit for the attack, and the Palestinian Authority and Fatah praised the terrorists as “heroic Martyrs” and “men true to what they promised Allah,” who carried out the “heroic Eli colony operation.” (See PMW report.)
Shamefully, as always, Biden officials’ condolences and other statements failed to state that Hamas/ Palestinian Arabs were the perpetrators of the murders of innocent Jews; and failed to condemn the Palestinian Authority’s praise for the terrorists. For instance, U.S. State Dept. Spokesperson Matthew Miller’s June 20, 2023 statement merely condemned “the terrorist attack” without saying who perpetrated the attack. Likewise, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides’ revised tweet on June 20th condemned “the senseless murder of four innocent Israelis today” – again without saying who perpetrated these murders of innocent Jews; and Nides’ initial, much criticized tweet (discussed below) was even worse. Neither statement mentioned the Palestinian Authority’s praise for the terrorists.
Why can’t U.S. officials have the decency to identify and specifically condemn the Palestinian Arab perpetrators of this and other heinous attacks, and condemn the Hamas and Fatah incitement and Palestinian Authority “pay to slay” payments that promote and reward these horrors? And why is the Biden administration still sending over $1.5 Billion to Hamas-allied UNRWA and to projects and services that benefit the Palestinian Authority Violating the Taylor Force Act? It’s an outrage!
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