Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Monday justified the current wave of terrorist attacks against Israelis, claiming the young Palestinian Arabs who have been carrying out the attacks are doing so out of “frustration”.
Speaking at an anti-corruption conference held in Ramallah, Abbas claimed that the young terrorists are not sent by him or by other Palestinian groups to carry out attacks, but that the “popular uprising”, as he put it, derives from a sense of despair that characterizes the younger generation.