'Mr. President, shut up': Obama calls on Israel to help 'lower tensions' following terrorist attack in Jerusalem

Who says he can’t do both?

https://twitter.com/NoahPollak/status/534745861612638208

Right on cue:

"There is and can be no justification for such attacks against innocent civilians," POTUS says of Jerusalem synagogue murders. #jpost

— Michael Wilner (@mawilner) November 18, 2014

"All the more important" for Israelis and Palestinians to reject violence "at this sensitive moment in Jerusalem," POTUS says. #jpost

— Michael Wilner (@mawilner) November 18, 2014

"Too many Israelis have died. Too many Palestinians have died," POTUS says of J'lem attack. "Obviously, we condemn in the strongest terms."

— Michael Wilner (@mawilner) November 18, 2014

Pres. Obama: “I strongly condemn today’s terrorist attack on worshipers at a synagogue in Jerusalem" #Israel pic.twitter.com/7kXEATYJWK

— Embassy of Israel (@IsraelinUSA) November 18, 2014

Also worth mentioning:

POTUS notes that #Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has strongly condemned Jerusalem synagogue attack. #Israel #jpost

— Michael Wilner (@mawilner) November 18, 2014

Evidently Obama missed the part where Abbas and his party took the opportunity to condemn Israel:

“The Palestinian presidency has always condemned the killing of civilians on both sides, and condemns today the killing of worshipers in a house of worship in West Jerusalem,” a statement posted to the official Palestinian Wafa news agency said.

“It also condemns all acts of violence from whatever source and demands an end to invasions of Al-Aqsa Mosque, to the provocations of settlers, and to the incitement of certain Israeli ministers,” the statement continued.

But Tawfik Tirawi, former chief of the Palestinian General Security in the West Bank and a member of Fatah’s Central Committee, told a radio station in Hebron Tuesday morning that the attack was “nothing but a reaction to the recent crimes of the occupation and the settlers in occupied Jerusalem and across the nation. The threats of the occupation against our people and the Palestinian leadership, represented by the president, will only increase our resolve in safeguarding our rights.”