UN Middle East "Peace" Coordinator Equates Palestinian Bus Bombing and Israel Foiling a Terror Attack

At a meeting of the UN Security Council on May 25, 2016, the UN "Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process" Nickolay Mladenov claimed that Israel's foiling of a stabbing attack by two Palestinian siblings on April 27, 2016 was "questionable," and equated it with a Palestinian bus bombing on April 18, 2016 that injured over 20 people. He also perpetuated the inflammatory and erroneous Palestinian narrative the Palestinian Authority was against incitement of terror attacks against Israel and it is the democratic state of Israel that has a suspect legal system.

According to the UN press release:

"Despite a general downward trend in violence, a bomb attack on a bus in Jerusalem that had caused serious injuries had been criticized by President Mahmoud Abbas, but unfortunately praised by some Palestinian factions. Days later, a pregnant Palestinian mother and her young brother had been shot and killed under questionable circumstances, he said, urging a swift and transparent conclusion of the investigation already initiated."