(JTA) The U.S. Senate passed a resolution by unanimous consent on Tuesday expressing support for Israel and condemning Palestinian terror attacks. The resolution condemned in the "harshest terms possible" attacks that have left 11 Israelis dead and 145 wounded, and called on PA President Mahmoud Abbas to stop incitement by Palestinian officials and media. The Senate "stands with the people of Israel during these difficult days" and supports the Jewish state's right to self-defense, rejecting "any suggestion of the moral equivalence of Israeli security personnel" protecting its citizens and "terrorists' intent to deliberately take innocent lives." Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., introduced the resolution, which had 67 co-sponsors.
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