However , an unnamed Israeli official told the press that Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad was " actively encouraging Palestinians to use popular resistance against Israel . " Israeli columnist Caroline Glick argues that this attack was the result of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas 's ongoing " incitement against Israel , " rhetoric that " encourages his own forces to attack Israelis . " Writing in Haaretz , security analyst Avi Issacharoff described the attack as part of an " emerging trend , " a series of attacks on Israelis carried out by Palestinian security personnel , including the killing of Killing of Rabbi Meir Hai two months earlier , caused by incitement to terrorism by members of the Palestinian Authority government
Killing of Rabbi Meir Hai
Killing of Rabbi Meir Hai
2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing