Pelosi Condemns Terrorist Attack on Jewish Seminary in Jerusalem

WASHINGTON, March 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this evening on the terrorist attack at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem that killed at least eight people and wounded many others:

"The senseless attack on Mercaz Harav Yeshiva should shock civilized people everywhere. I send my deepest condolences to those whose lives have been shattered by this act of senseless and unprovoked violence.

"This terrorist act must reinforce the commitment of the international community to bring peace to the Middle East. The people of Israel know that the United States stands with them not only in this time of sorrow, but in their pursuit of a peaceful future for their children."

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