Palestinians on Friday pushed back on the U.S.'s claims that they incited violence that left three Palestinians dead and over a dozen Israeli soldiers wounded. ADVERTISEMENTThe day before, Jared Kushner Jared Corey KushnerPalestinians reject US allegations of incitement, link violence to Trump peace plan Watchdog group files Hatch Act complaint against Kushner Israeli settler leader: 'Kushner took a knife and put it in Netanyahu's back' MORE, Trump's son-in-law who largely shaped the president's peace plan, publicly blamed the violence on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. According to Erekat, Abbas will submit his own peace plan to the Security Council soon. Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, which is controlled by extremist group Hamas, have been continuously firing mortar rounds at Israel since the release of Trump's peace plan. Israel has responded with airstrikes, but there have been no reports of deaths on either side.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 07, 2020 14:28 UTC