US President Donald Trump and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem on May 23, 2017. Photo: The White House.

JNS.org – President Donald Trump berated Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting last week in Bethlehem over Abbas’ personal responsibility for terrorism incitement, Israel’s Channel 2 reported on Sunday.

An unnamed American source reportedly told the Israeli broadcaster Trump was furious with Abbas and yelled at the PA leader for his direct involvement with incitement against Jews.

“You tricked me in DC! You talked there about your commitment to peace, but the Israelis showed me your involvement in incitement,” Trump reportedly screamed at Abbas, who was taken aback by the US president’s forceful comments. The two leaders had previously met at the White House on May 3.

The report further stated that several minutes of silence followed the outburst, before the meeting was able to resume. Although the PA denied Channel 2’s account, a reporter for the network, Udi Segal, posted segments of the purported spat on Twitter.

In his public remarks with Abbas last week, Trump had said peace “can never take root in an environment where violence is tolerated, funded and even rewarded,” but conveyed assurances that both Israel and the Palestinians were ready for peace.

Palestinian Media Watch reported in early May that PA Prisoners’ Affairs Committee leader Issa Qaraqe had announced Abbas’s “absolute refusal of the Israeli demands” to halt PA payments to terrorists and their families.