Excellency,
I am
writing to you, for the third time in three days, to call your attention to a
terror attack against Israelis, and to urge you to speak out.
Earlier today, three Israeli soldiers on routine patrol were
wounded when a Palestinian man intentionally plowed his car into them. The
terrorist saw them standing on the side of the road, made a U-turn, and used
his vehicle to crush them. As I write this letter, two of the injured are in critical
condition.
Hamas, an internationally recognized terrorist organization,
rushed to praise this attack, and encouraged Palestinians to continue to launch
such attacks against Israelis.
This attack is part of an escalation of terror against
Israel. It must be stopped. The Palestinian leadership must cease their
incitement, break their silence, and denounce these heinous attacks.
While Hamas rushed to praise today’s attack, the
international community has yet to even address the attacks from earlier this
week. I have not heard any condemnation of this terror attack, or the previous
attacks, from the Security Council. This silence stands in stark contrast to
the immediate and extensive condemnation issued in response to the horrific terror
attack on a Palestinian family last week.
As I have written to you previously, terror
is terror, no matter where it takes place, or who is harmed. The people of
Israel deserve the same level of concern and empathy as any other people in the
world.
I call on you, once again, to make a public statement condemning
these attacks, and sending a clear message to the Palestinian Authority and to
the rest of the world that such attacks are unacceptable.