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PA’s Abbas calls Palestinian terror attacks ‘justified popular uprising’

(JNS.org) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that the ongoing wave of Palestinian terror attacks in Israel is a "justified popular uprising." The violence has come due to "the despair of young Palestinians over the lack of a political horizon for the two-state solution, the [Israeli]

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Relative calm returns to contentious Jerusalem holy site

Written by Daniel Estrin JERUSALEM (AP) — Quiet returned to a contentious Jerusalem holy site Wednesday after three days of clashes between Muslims and Israeli forces at the hilltop compound and following a spurt of Palestinian attacks against Israelis that killed one citizen during a Jewish holiday.