President Barack Obama on Friday expressed concern about the outbreak of violence centered in Jerusalem and called on Israeli and Palestinian Authority (PA) leaders to tamp down inflammatory rhetoric.
"We are very concerned about the outbreak of violence," Obama said at a news conference with visiting South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, according to the AFP news agency.
"We condemn in the strongest possible terms violence directed against innocent people, and believe that Israel has a right to maintain basic law and order and protect its citizens from knife attacks, and violence on the streets," he added.
"We also believe that it's important for both Prime Minister (Binyamin) Netanyahu and Israeli elected officials, and [PA chairman Mahmoud] Abbas and other people in positions of power, to try to tamp down rhetoric that may feed violence or anger or misunderstanding," said Obama. (Read More)
