BREAKING NEWS

US calls Kiryat Arba shooting 'a tragedy'

By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER

AUGUST 31, 2010 22:04

The US labeled the deadly shooting of four Israelis in Kiryat Arba by a Palestinian gunman Tuesday “a tragedy” while urging both sides not to take steps that would jeopardize direct peace negotiations set to be launched Thursday.

“Any time one human being takes out a weapon and fires and kills other human beings it’s a tragedy,” said State Department spokesman PJ Crowley following the attack, adding that the US still didn’t know the circumstances surrounding the incident.

“We are cognizant that there could be external events that can have an impact on the environment. We also are cognizant that there may well be actors in the region who are deliberately making these kinds of attacks in order to sabotage the process,” he said. “We are very aware that as we go forward in this process, not everyone sees this in the same way, and there are those who will do whatever they can to disrupt or derail the process.

Displaced Gaza border residents can return home in two-three years

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

05/07/2024 03:59 PM

US repatriates 11 citizens from northeast Syria

By REUTERS

05/07/2024 02:58 PM

PA calls on US to 'intervene immediately' to prevent invasion of Rafah

By REUTERS

05/07/2024 02:11 PM

Ukraine catches Russian agents plotting Zelensky assassination

By REUTERS

05/07/2024 01:55 PM