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Palestinians See Tacit PA Approval for Attacks Against Israelis
(New York Times) Diaa Hadid and Rami Nazzal - Fadi Alon, 21, a Palestinian, was fatally shot by Israeli police officers on Sunday after he stabbed and wounded a 15-year-old Jewish boy in Jerusalem. Palestinians widely viewed PA President Abbas' speech last week at the UN General Assembly as tacit approval for defiant, violent attacks against Israelis - even though Abbas made no such call. "He gave a green light for the attacks, that's what people think," said Mahmoud, 26, from east Jerusalem. A funeral tent in the Shuafat neighborhood already bore posters of Alon's visage, with Abbas' face superimposed behind him, alongside the slogan, "Behind the president, there are soldiers ready."