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http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/standing-with-israel/52850-jewish-rabbi-another-forgotten-victim-of-palestinian-terror

The Jamals murdered four rabbis (three of them American citizens) and an Israeli policemen. They also wounded seven others. Rabbi Rothman was one of those seven anonymous "others." He lingered in a deep coma for 11 months.

A fitting way to honor Rabbi Rothman and the other Har Nof victims would be to take some concrete action against those who sponsored the attack. In Gaza, Hani Thawabta, one of the leaders of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), announced that his group claimed "full responsibility for the execution of this heroic operation." Another PFLP leader, Jamil Mizher, told reporters, "We bless the operation and the two young men who carried it out, but we have not received any confirmation that it was planned by the PFLP, even though it was consistent with the history of the PFLP." Yet another PFLP official referred to the Udays as "PFLP comrades."

The PFLP is the second-largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, is also chairman of the PLO. The PFLP has never been expelled from the PLO, despite the fact that it continues to carry out periodic terrorist attacks against Israel. On June 29, 2015, for example, the PFLP claimed responsibility for a drive-by attack on Israeli motorists near the community of Shvut Rachel. One of the Israelis was killed, four others were wounded.

The Palestinian Authority has a policy of paying salaries to the families of Palestinian terrorists who are killed in action. Meaning that the families of the Jamals, the Har Nof killers, are now being subsidized by the PA. And since the U.S. gives the PA $500 million annually, it means that the killers' families are in effect being paid by American taxpayers. The U.S. should deduct those amounts from the PA's aid package, and send it to the families of Rabbi Rothman and the other victims.