HOME     |     LEARN     |     ACT     |     EVENTS     |     DONATE    Palestinian Terrorist Kills American Veteran, Wounds 12 Innocents in Latest Attack A US Army veteran, Taylor Force, was murdered yesterday. Taylor was not killed on the battlefield or by a mugger, he was stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist in Israel. Taylor's wife was severely injured in the attack and remains in critical condition. Please keep her and the 11 other innocents stabbed yesterday in Israel in your prayers. Taylor was a Lubbock, Texas native, an Eagle Scout, a West Point graduate, and a Field Artillery Officer who served three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was a graduate student at Vanderbilt and was in Israel on a school trip learning how Israeli start-ups are blessing the world through medical and technological advancements. The attack that killed Taylor was one of three terrorist attacks in Israel yesterday. In Jerusalem, two Palestinian terrorists opened fire on Israelis outside the Old City.  And in Petach Tikvah, a Palestinian terrorist repeatedly stabbed a man before the victim was able to pull the knife from his own neck and stop his attacker.  Since September, 26 Israelis and 2 Americans have been murdered by Palestinian terrorists in what some are calling the "stabbing intifada." Instead of condemning this murderous rampage, the Palestinian leadership is encouraging more bloodshed. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party called Taylor's murderer a "hero" and a "martyr." This should come as no surprise. For the Palestinian Authority, praising murderers and inciting others to violence is business as usual. For us, and our brothers and sisters in Israel, we know that every life is precious, every person a unique reflection of the Almighty, and every act of violence against the innocent a tragedy. So we will work to protect every innocent life by standing with the nation that shares our reverence of human life: Israel.   May Taylor's memory be a blessing. May God comfort Taylor's family among the other mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.     US tourist killed in terrorist stabbing spree in Jaffa An American man was killed and 12 other people were wounded when a knife-wielding Palestinian terrorist went on a stabbing spree on the boardwalk in Jaffa on Tuesdayevening. The terrorist, a 22-year-old Palestinian man from Qalqilya who was illegally residing in Israel, was eventually shot and killed by a police officer near the seaside Manta Ray restaurant.    Fatah celebrates terror attack that killed American tourist  [On Facebook, Fatah] ...posted a hand drawn sketch of a hand gripping a knife over a map of Israel and the Palestinian territories. The text on the arm reads "the heroic martyr," (Shahid in Arabic), and written on the map is the name Bashar Masalha, the murderer of the American Taylor Force.   Biden meets Netanyahu in Jerusalem Vice President Joe Biden met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday in Jerusalem and criticized Palestinians for a "failure to condemn" a stabbing spree that killed an American student and war veteran.   Jaffa terrorist was in Mecca days before rampage The Palestinian terrorist who went on a stabbing spree Tuesday night in Jaffa had recently returned from a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, posts on his Facebook profile indicate.