(Times of Israel) Yoel Goldman - Speaking to a group of Jewish leaders in New York on Monday, PA President Mahmoud Abbas commented for the first time publicly on the killing of two Israeli soldiers in recent days. Answering a question posed by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at a dinner hosted by the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace, Abbas condemned the murders of Sgts. Gal Gabriel Kobi and Tomer Hazan. He added that he expected Israel to condemn the deaths of four young Palestinians at the hands of the IDF in recent weeks, according to Israel Radio. Earlier Monday, Fatah central committee member Abbas Zaki claimed that Prime Minister Netanyahu and "his extremist government" were the cause of the soldier's death.
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