"US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt slammed the 'absolutely disgusting' attack in Ofra on Sunday, speaking out against the UN's failed motion to condemn Hamas last week.
'@UN This is what you defended last week when you failed to condemn Hamas. Hamas praises yet another terror attack,' Greenblatt wrote on Twitter. 'You had the ability to help fight against terror. Is this what the UN wants its legacy to be?'
'President Abbas, will you condemn this time?' the envoy asked, calling on the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to speak out against the attacks.
Abbas is often criticized for not condemning such attacks as well as maintaining the Palestinian Authority's policy of paying salaries to the families of terrorists.
The envoy's pointed statements came in response to the Hamas militant group hailing the attack that injured seven Israelis, including a pregnant woman whose baby was prematurely delivered at a hospital following the shooting...
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman also levied criticism at the UN vote failure after decrying the event as 'another vile act of Palestinian terrorism.'
'Hamas calls the shooters 'heroic' yes, the same Hamas that the UN could not resolve to condemn last week. The US stands with Israel against terrorists even if others won't' the ambassador said..."