Netanyahu criticized Abbas's actions, saying the Palestinian president embraced terrorists as heroes when he welcomed Palestinian prisoners' release from Israeli detention. "To glorify the murderers of innocent women and men as heroes is an outrage," Netanyahu said. "How can he say he stands against terrorism when he embraces the perpetrators of terrorism and glorifies them as heroes?"
Netanyahu continued, "I'm wondering what a young Palestinian would think when he sees the leader of the Palestinian people embrace people who axed innocent men and women, axed their heads or blew them up or riddled them with bullets. What's a young Palestinian supposed to think about the future?"
He said Abbas did not condemn recent attacks against Israel and accused the Palestinian Authority of continuing its "unabated incitement against the state of Israel." Netanyahu said Abbas must lead the Palestinians toward reconciliation and peace, which he said he is prepared to make...
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