The United States deplored the attack by three terrorists on civilians in a crowded Jerusalem intersection as evidence that the Palestinians are turning to violence rather than negotiations.
“We deplore and condemn this calculated act of violence in Jerusalem,” State Department spokesman John Hughes said. He noted that the Palestinians must decide “whether to go down the track or road of violence or whether to go down the track or road of negotiations.”
Hughes said that in Jerusalem today “they have taken the track of violence and it is distressing to the United States. Violence begets violence. What the United States would prefer to see is a return to the peace process and a return to the negotiations.”
Hughes said that as far as could be determined as of noon EST, there were no American citizens among the 48 casualties.
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