Taylor Force, the American veteran who was killed last month by a Palestinian in a terror attack in Jaffa, was honored in a memorial service on Thursday. The memorial was organized by The Israel Project, which publishes The Tower, and the Israeli Scouts Movement.

Force was an Eagle Scout and served in both Iraq and Afghanistan as a field artillery officer. Force was visiting Israel as part of a school trip organized by Vanderbilt University, where he was earning his MBA. At the ceremony, which took place thirty days after Force’s death, he was posthumously awarded an Israeli Scout uniform and Badge of Honor. Ten other people were injured in the stabbing attack last month, including Force’s wife.

The memorial ceremony, held at the site of his death, was attended by William Grant, deputy chief of mission at the United States Embassy in Israel. Force “represented the best of America,” Grant stated. “It’s a truth but it’s a tragic truth that Taylor Force’s murder helped build a connection between the people of the United States and the people of Israel, as represented by your presence here….We condemn the murder, and we also condemn those who failed to denounce his murder and other heinous acts,” Grant said. Vice President Joe Biden, who was visiting Israel at the time of the attack, similarly stated that the U.S. “condemns the failure to condemn these acts,” an allusion to the Palestinian Authority’s failure to denounce terrorist attacks against Israelis.

PA media outlets praised the terrorist who killed Force. The PA’s official TV news station called the terrorist responsible for the stabbing attack that killed Force a “martyr.” After the attack, Fatah, PA President Mahmoud Abbas’ political party, posted a drawing on its Facebook page of a hand clutching a knife over a map of Israel and the Palestinian territories. The text on the arm read “the heroic martyr,” and the terrorist’s name was written on the map. Hamas also called the attack “heroic.”

At the ceremony, Nurit Salti, a member of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa district’s Israeli Scouts leadership staff, asserted that American and Israeli scouts “share a common thread” and common values, including making a difference in society and “tikkun olam,” or repairing the world. She said the scouts attending the ceremony included a mix of Jews, Christians and Muslims from Jaffa who felt heavily impacted by the attack due to its proximity to their home. “The story of Force’s life is an inspiration to scouts around the world and to us in particular,” Salti said. “We came together today, with our diversity of backgrounds, to say we are against terror and against violence.”

A video of the ceremony is embedded below.