US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman placed the blame for Tuesday’s terror attack squarely on the shoulders of the Palestinian Authority, saying that one need look no further than PA salaries and pension payments to terrorists and their families to understand the lack of peace between Israel and the Palestinians

Responding to the murder of Rabbi Raziel Shevach near the Havat Gilad outpost on Tuesday Friedman wrote on Twitter that “Hamas praises the killers and PA laws provide them financial rewards. Look no further to why there is no peace.

“An Israeli father of six was killed last night in cold blood by Palestinian terrorists. Praying for the bereaved Shevach family,” Friedman added.