"We respectfully request that you do everything possible to urge president (Mahmud) Abbas to root out terrorism, return to negotiations without preconditions, earnestly work toward peace with Israel and slam the door on any effort to deal with final status issues at the United Nations," they wrote on Thursday .
"As part of that, president Abbas must fully renounce any and all Palestinian incitement against Israel and the Jewish people," said the 46 members of the House of Representatives.Buy cheap nike mens acg sandals
Democratic Representative Steve Rothman and Republican Representative Steve Austria led the group, which warned that the current state of Middle East peace efforts is "dangerous and unacceptable."
The lawmakers noted past appeals to Abbas to do more to crack down on "incitement" to violence against Israel and Jews, but added: "clearly, there needs to be further pressure" and charged Palestinian institutions were complicit.
The group cited the grisly slayings of a family of five Israelis, including three children under 12, at the Itamar settlement in the West Bank near the northern city of Nablus.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed Palestinian incitement for creating an atmosphere that led to the killings -- widely believed to have been carried out by Palestinians. Abbas has flatly rejected the charge.
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