When Jason Greenblatt, the Trump administration's Special Representative for International Negotiations, met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday, Abbas "assured Mr. Greenblatt that he is fully committed to creating an atmosphere that is conducive to making peace."
Just days earlier, Abbas, his Fatah Party, and the Palestinian Authority were celebrating a notorious terrorist on the anniversary of her attack in which 38 Israeli civilians, including 13 children, were shot and burned to death in a bus hijacking.
The Palestinian Authority's annual celebration of the 1978 Coastal Road Massacre, the deadliest Palestinian terror attack in history, fell on March 11 and 12. Greenblatt arrived on March 13.
According to a report by the Middle East Media Research Institute, both Abbas's Fatah Party and the Palestinian Authority glorified the terror attack in official media and in government celebrations.
On March 12, the Palestinian Authority opened a "youth training camp" named after the terrorist who carried out the attack, Dalal Mughrabi. The ceremony was attended by top Fatah Party officials.
The Palestinian Authority National Security Forces posted a picture of Mughrabi to Facebook with the caption, "The martyr Dalal Al-Mughrabi, the bride of Jaffa, on the 39th anniversary of her martyr's death."
Additionally, the governor of Ramallah and the Fatah Party in Bethlehem hosted ceremonies honoring Mughrabi and the attack, hailing her as a role model for Palestinians.
In a statement after his meeting with Greenblatt, the Palestinian Authority said "President Abbas committed to preventing inflammatory rhetoric and incitement."