State Department Refuses to Condemn Abbas’s Blood Libel in Speech to European Parliament (VIDEO) | Algemeiner.com

State Department Refuses to Condemn Abbas’s Blood Libel in Speech to European Parliament (VIDEO) | Algemeiner.com

The US State Department refused to condemn the use of antisemitic tropes by the president of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in a speech on Thursday before the European Parliament. AP reporter Matt Lee grilled spokesman John Kirby during a daily press briefing over the US’s response to PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s claim that Jews in Israel are seeking to poison the water wells of Palestinians. “Only a week ago, a number of rabbis in Israel announced, and made a clear announcement, demandi…