Fadi Khair, 30, one of three finalists of TV show called "The President," delivers a speech to the voters during the finale night of the show, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, June 2, 2016. Palestinians got to choose a new "president", but only in a TV reality show, that reminded the public it hasn't had a chance to cast an actual ballot in over a decade. AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Clarification: Palestinians-Reality President story

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territory – In a story June 3, The Associated Press reported that the winner of a reality TV show to choose the next Palestinian “president,” Waad Qannam, said Israel was responsible for the current wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence and said he wouldn’t call on Palestinians to stop stabbing attacks. While Qannam blamed Israel for the violence, he was evasive when asked whether he agreed with the stabbings, saying it is “impossible to equate the victim and the oppressor.”

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