Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpe of the Land of Israel Task Force said on Wednesday in response to the terror attack in Jerusalem: "Before [PA Chairman] Abbas can revive the third intifada as did his predecessor Yasser Arafat, he should be declared a war criminal who commits crimes against humanity and be treated accordingly."

Rabbi Wolpe noted that this is the same Abbas who was responsible for the murders of the Israeli athletes in Munich and the twenty-two children of Maalot. "This arch-murderer is getting encouragement for the intifada from the Israeli government's talk of a Palestinian state," Wolpe said.